2011 Canada Winter Games
Host city | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Provinces and Territories participating | 13 |
Athletes participating | 2321 |
Events | 166 in 21 sports |
Opening ceremony | February 11 |
Closing ceremony | February 27 |
Main venue | Halifax Metro Centre |
The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Friday, 11 February 2011, to Sunday, 27 February 2011.[1]
Bids
Four bids (all from Nova Scotia, as it was that province's turn) were made for the games, and eventually Halifax was selected to stage the games.[2]
- Halifax
- Annapolis Valley
- Truro, Wentworth and Brookfield with other communities.
- Antigonish, Pictou, Guysborough and Port Hawkesbury
- Wentworth was part of one of the losing bids, but did end up hosting the alpine skiing and freestyle skiing events at these games.
Medal table
The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[3]
- Key
The host province is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Quebec | 51 | 43 | 43 | 137 |
2 | Ontario | 45 | 34 | 31 | 110 |
3 | British Columbia | 28 | 30 | 30 | 88 |
4 | Alberta | 20 | 35 | 30 | 85 |
5 | Saskatchewan | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
6 | Manitoba | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
7 | Nova Scotia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
8 | Yukon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
9 | New Brunswick | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
10 | Prince Edward Island | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
11 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Total | 168 | 161 | 174 | 503 |
- 3 bronze medals were awarded in the freestyle skiing men's halfpipe.[4]
- 2 golds and one bronze medal award in female all around in artistic gymnastics, no silver medal was awarded.
- 2 bronze medals awarded in women's artistic gymnastics balance beam and men's rings.
- 2 gold medals awarded in men's artistic gymnastics pommel horse and horizontal bar, no silver medals were awarded in either event.
- No bronze and silver medals awarded in dance (solo) special Olympics Level II male and female figure skating.
Flag points/Centennial Cup
Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup.[5]
Participating provinces and territories
All 13 provinces and territories competed.
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Schedule
The schedule for the 2011 Canada Games (19 February is a crossover day):[10]
● | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | Exhibition gala | ● | Closing ceremony |
February 2011 | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat | 20th Sun | 21st Mon | 22nd Tue | 23rd Wed | 24th Thu | 25th Fri | 26th Sat | 27th Sun | Gold medals |
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Alpine skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Archery | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Artistic gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Badminton | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Biathlon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Boxing | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Cross-country skiing | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||||
Curling | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Freestyle skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Ice hockey | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Judo | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Ringette | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Shooting | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Short track speed skating | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Snowboarding | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Squash | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Speed skating | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Synchronized swimming | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Table tennis | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Wheelchair basketball | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Total gold medals | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 167 | |
Cumulative total | 3 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 40 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 77 | 90 | 110 | 137 | 152 | 166 | 167 | 167 | |
Ceremonies | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
February 2011 | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 19th Sat | 20th Sun | 21st Mon | 22nd Tue | 23rd Wed | 24th Thu | 25th Fri | 26th Sat | 27th Sun | Gold medals |
Venues
- Canada Games Centre: artistic gymnastics, badminton, synchronized swimming
- Canada Games Oval: long track speed skating
- Citadel High School: wheelchair basketball, table tennis
- Cole Harbour Place: ringette
- Dartmouth Sportsplex: ice hockey
- Halifax Forum: boxing
- Halifax Metro Centre: ice hockey
- Mayflower Curling Club: curling
- Sackville High School: shooting, archery
- St. Mary's University: squash, judo
- Ski Martock: biathlon, cross-country skiing, snowboarding
- Ski Wentworth: freestyle skiing, alpine skiing
- St. Margaret's Centre: short track speed skating, figure skating
References
- ↑ http://www.canadagames2011.ca/en/home/sportsvenues/venues/default.aspx
- ↑ Multi-city games bid might not work
- ↑ Medal standing
- ↑ Halfpipe
- ↑ Centennial Cup Point Standing
- ↑ http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=/acn/201101/297919A1CA1D0-A726-5DBB-1FF85C24472CEF84.html
- ↑ http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2011-01-20/article-2139431/This-flagbearer-is-Taylormade/1
- ↑ 2011 Canada Winter Games - Team NWT
- ↑ Nunavut
- ↑ http://www.canadagames2011.ca/site-cg/media/canadagames2011/HFX2011-Foldout-Event-Schedule.pdf
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