Each of the Olympic athletes at the 2010 Vancouver winter games competed at events in the city and in nearby locations like Whistler and Richmond. Similar events like Snowboarding and skiing where held at the same venue to minimize on travel.
At the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Iceland sent athletes to compete in alpine skiing. At previous Winter Olympics, athletes representing Iceland have also competed in cross country skiing and ski jumping. They have won no Winter Olympic medals.
Through the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Australia has never sent an athlete to compete in ski jumping.
According to the United States Olympic Committee, the US sent 613 athletes to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and 211 athletes to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin.
Bulgaria sent athletes to compete in short track speed skating, snowboarding, alpine skiing, luge, biathlon, and cross country skiing at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. They did not win any medals.
80 countries and 2 territories participated in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. More countries compete in the Summer Olympics than Winter.
The press is estimating 5,500 atheletes are going to particepate in the games
2,622 athletes participated in 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The olympic games are a bunch of compotitions that the best athletes all over the world get to compete in. There are summer Olympics and winter Olympics. Also the Olympics started in Greece.
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is the 13th that New Zealand has participated in. New Zealand first was the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo when they sent three athletes (Annette Johnson, Herbert Familton, Bill Hunt) to compete in alpine skiing.
2 athletes from Albania will compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia.
6 athletes from Andorra will compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia.
61 athletes from Australia will compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Russia.