<P> Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal , and athletes from 19 of these NOCs secured at least one gold . For the first time , Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted , having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics , the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins , and became the first host nation -- since Norway in 1952 -- to lead the gold medal count , with 14 medals . In doing so , it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics ( the previous was 13 , set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002 ) . The United States placed first in total medals -- its second time doing so in a Winter Games -- and set a new record for most medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics , with 37 ( the previous record was 36 , established by Germany in 2002 ) . Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations . </P>
<P> Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal , and athletes from 19 of these NOCs secured at least one gold . For the first time , Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted , having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics , the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins , and became the first host nation -- since Norway in 1952 -- to lead the gold medal count , with 14 medals . In doing so , it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics ( the previous was 13 , set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002 ) . The United States placed first in total medals -- its second time doing so in a Winter Games -- and set a new record for most medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics , with 37 ( the previous record was 36 , established by Germany in 2002 ) . Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations . </P>
who won the most medals in vancouver olympics
who won the most medals in vancouver olympics
United States
United States