• The 2010 Winter Olympics will feature 86 competitions between 15 sports. The games will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 12 to February 28, 2010.

  
  There were a total of 28 sports at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Within those 28 sports, there were 302 separate competitions, including 165 men's events, 127 women's events, and 10 mixed events.

• 1. Dates: February 12 to February 28, 2010
  2. Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  3. Television coverage: NBC
  4. Competitions: 86
  5. Sports: 15
  6. Over 80 nations expected to participate
  7. Total of 258 medals to be awarded (86 each gold, silver and bronze)

• Summer Sports

  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Canoeing
  • Cycling
  • Diving
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Field Hockey
  • Football (Soccer)
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Judo
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Rowing
  • Sailing
  • Shooting
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling

• Longtime and Former Sports

  Since the first Summer Olympics in 1896, only five sports, swimming, athletics, gymnastics, fencing and cycling, have been contested at each Summer Games. There are also 11 sports that have been discontinued, including golf, cricket and tug of war.

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