Vancouver 2010 Olympics Day 6 Medals Awarded and Country Medal Standings

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Day 6 Medals Awarded and Country Medal Standings

The sixth day (February 17, 2010) of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics has ended and medals have begun to be claimed. Below are the events with medals awarded for this day and the people and countries that earned the medals. The highlighs of the medal earnings today include Lindey Vonn of the USA winning gold in the Women's Downhill despite having a bruised shin and Shani Davis (USA) being the first to repeat as the gold medal winner in the 1000 meter Speed Skating event.

Note: At the end is the current Country Medal Standings.

Alpine Skiing - Women's Downhill

Gold: Lindsey Vonn (United States)
Silver: Julia Mancuso (United States)
Bronze: Elisabeth Gorgl (Austria)

Cross Country - Men's Individual Sprint

Gold: Nikita Kriukov (Russia)
Silver: Alexander Panzhinskiy (Russia)
Bronze: Petter Northug Jr (Norway)

Cross Country - Women's Individual Sprint

Gold: Marit Bjorgen (Norway)
Silver: Justyna Kowalczyk (Poland)
Bronze: Petra Majdic (Slovenia)

Luge - Men's Doubles

Gold: Andreas and Wolfgang Linger (Austria)
Silver: Andris and Juris Sics (Latvia)
Bronze: Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch (Germany)

Short Track - Women's 500m

Gold: Meng Wang (China)
Silver: Marianne St-Gelaid (Canada)
Bronze: Arianna Fontana (Italy)

Snowboarding - Men's Halfpipe

Gold: Shaun White (United States)
Silver: Peetu Piiroinen (Finland)
Bronze: Scotty Lago (United States)

Speed Skating - Men's 1000m

Gold: Shani Davis (United States)
Silver: Tae-Bum Mo (South Korea)
Bronze: Chad Hedrick (United States)

Country Medal Standings

1. United States - 14 Total (5 Gold, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze)
2. Germany - 10 Total (3 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze)
3. France - 7 Total (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze)
4. Canada - 6 Total (2 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)
5. South Korea - 5 Total (3 Gold, 2 Silver)
6. Austria - 5 Total (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
7. Norway - 5 Total (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
8. Switzerland - 4 Total (3 Gold, 1 Bronze)
9. China - 4 Total (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
10. Italy - 4 Total (1 Silver, 3 Bronze)
11. Russia - 3 Total (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
12. Sweden - 2 Total (2 Gold)
13. Slovakia - 2 Total (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
14. Czech Republic - 2 Total (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
15. Poland - 2 Total (2 Silver)
16. Japan - 2 Total (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
17. Netherlands - 1 Total (1 Gold)
18. Australia - 1 Total (1 Silver)
19. Finland - 1 Total (1 Silver)
20. Latvia - 1 Total (1 Silver)
21. Estonia - 1 Total (1 Silver)
22. Croatia - 1 Total (1 Bronze)
23 Slovenia - 1 Total (1 Bronze)