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Vancouver Now The Games Past & Present Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishThe Games Olympic Past2006 Torino24 Canadian MedalsA halfcentury after the Cortina dAmpezzo experience the Olympics returned to Italy In celebration organizers wanted to ensure the Games dazzled on the world stage and no expense was spared2002 Salt Lake City17 Canadian MedalsScandal occurred well before the torch ever landed in Utah A few months prior to the Games a local television reporter discovered that multiple International Olympic Committee members sold their votes during the bid process1998 Nagano15 Canadian MedalsA return to Japan for a second time and as in Calgary a decade earlier the weather played havoc with the skiing events The usual suspects Germany Norway Russia finished atop the medal standings while Canada finished fifth with its best total ever1994 Lillehammer13 Canadian MedalsTwo years after the Albertville closed the event reappeared and returned to Norway The Games did not suffer from the quick turnaround as they were widely considered to be the most successful Winter Olympics in history1992 Albertville7 Canadian MedalsThe French closed a chapter in Olympic history as it was the final year the Winter and Summer Games would be hosted in the same year The change presented a way for the Winter Games to climb out of the shadow of the more highprofile Summer Olympics1988 Calgary5 Canadian MedalsCanada got a crack at hosting its first Winter Games and despite some unusually warm weather the Alberta city came through with more than its share of breathtaking performances and heartwarming as well as heartbreaking stories1984 Sarajevo4 Canadian MedalsThe Bosnian capital was virtually unknown on the global stage when competition landed in the Balkans for the first time Organizers took full advantage of the opportunity constructing stateoftheart sports facilities in hopes of gaining international exposure for the socialist nation of Yugoslavia1980 Lake Placid2 Canadian MedalsAmericanSoviet relations were as chilly as ever at the start of the 1980s when the Winter Olympics returned to this small New York town nestled in the Adirondacks The Cold War raged on as the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to American disapproval1976 Innsbruck3 Canadian MedalsThe fa...