About games
- Before the XXI Olympic Winter Games, a survey was conducted among Vancouver residents to determine public opinion regarding the city's gains or losses in the competition for the right to host the Games. For the first time in the history of such a referendum, 64 percent answered in the affirmative.
- Germany is the only country that has won medals every day.
- Norway became the first country to win 100 gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games.
