China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
The 3 gold medals and 1 silver won by Janica Kostelic at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics were the first Winter medals won by a Croatian.
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The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924
1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer. They won 5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
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Guatemala, and Montenegro won their first Olympic medals. In prior Olympics, however, Montenegrin athletes have won medals as nationals of Serbia and Montenegro and of Yugoslavia.
The 21st Winter Olympics were hosted in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada. The opening and closing ceremonies were February 12, 2010 and February 28, 2010, respectively. 2,566 athletes from 82 Nations participated in 86 events. Canada won the most gold medals, winning 14 and marking the first time since 1952 that a host country has topped the gold medal count. The United Stated came out with the most medals overall, with 37. Both Belarus and Slovakia won medals for the first time ever in the Winter Olympics.
At the first modern Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 1896, Greece won the most medals with 47 (10 gold, 18 silver, 19 bronze).
1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. Norway won 17 medals (4 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze) at the 1924 Games, the first ever Winter Olympics. Speed skater Roald Larsen won the most medals of any Norwegian athlete with 5 (2 silver, 3 bronze).
Sweden competed at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 held at Chamonix, France. They won 2 medals at the 1924 Winter Games, 1 gold by Gillis Grafstrom in men's singles figure skating and 1 silver by the curling team.
25 total, 9 of them were gold. We were in second place for most medals in 2006. Germany was first with 29. nbcolympics.com