2010 Winter Olympic Medal Count & Round-Up for Day 6; US Leads with 5 Gold, 14 Overall
The day's action included seven event finals and the subsequent awarding of 21 more medals, bringing the total number of gold, silver and bronze medals awarded at the 2010 Winter Olympics to 84.
A group of athletes from 23 nations around the world own the 84 medals included in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic medal count through day 6. Previous medal count leader Germany sits in second place behind the United States, with 10 total (3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze). Currently in third place is France with 7 (2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze), with fourth place host nation Canada right on their heels with a total of 6 (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
The other nations represented in the current Olympic medal count are South Korea, Norway and Austria with 5 each; Switzerland, China and Italy with 4 apiece; Russia with 3; Sweden, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Japan with 2 each; and the Netherlands, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Australia, Slovenia and Croatia all with one medal per nation.
Second behind the United States in the Olympic gold medal count with 3 each is a trio of nations that includes Germany, South Korea and Switzerland.
The United States' dramatic jump in the Olympic medal count standings is the result of a day of excellent success by several athletes. In addition to the three gold medals won, the US also had three other medalists in Julia Mancuso, who took the silver medal in the women's downhill event behind Lindsey Vonn; Scotty Lago, who earned the bronze medal behind Shaun White in men's halfpipe; and Chad Hedrick, who finished third in the men's 1000 meter speed skating event won by Team USA's Shani Davis.
Here's a listing of the day's Olympic medal count, organized by event.
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Alpine Skiing - Women's Downhill
Gold: Lindsey Vonn, United States
Silver: Julia Mancuso, United States
Bronze: Elisabeth Gorgl, Austria
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Cross Country - Women's Individual Sprint
Gold: Marit Bjorgen, Norway
Silver: Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland
Bronze: Petra Majdic, Slovenia
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Cross Country - Men's Individual Sprint
Gold: Nikita Kriukov, Russia
Silver: Alexander Panzhinskiy, Russia
Bronze: Petter Northug Jr, Norway
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Luge - Men's Doubles
Gold: Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger, Austria
Silver: Andris Sics and Juris Sics, Latvia
Bronze: Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch, German
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Short Track - Women's 500m
Gold: Wang Meng, China
Silver: Marianne St. Gelais, Canada
Bronze: Arianna Fontana, Italy
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Snowboarding - Men's Halfpipe
Gold: Shaun White, United States
Silver: Peetu Piiroinen, Finland
Bronze: Scotty Lago, United States
2010 Olympic Medal Count: Speed Skating - Men's 1000m
Gold: Shani Davis, United States
Silver: Mo Tae-Bum, South Korea
Bronze: Chad Hedrick, United States
Sources
Olympic Medal Counts, Vancouver 2010
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