2011 Canada Winter Games
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Host city | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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Country | Canada |
Provinces and Territories | 13 |
Athletes | 2321 |
Events | 166 in 21 sports |
Opening | February 11 |
Closing | February 27 |
Main venue | Halifax Metro Centre |
Winter | |
The 2011 Canada Winter Games were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Friday, 11 February 2011, to Sunday, 27 February 2011.[1]
Bids
[edit]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
[edit]The following is the medal table for the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[3]
* Host nation (Nova Scotia)
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 |
Totals (11 entries) | 168 | 171 | 173 | 512 |
- 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
[edit]Ontario won the flag points competition, and Nova Scotia won the Centennial Cup.[5]
Participating provinces and territories
[edit]All 13 provinces and territories competed.
- Alberta (242)[6]
- British Columbia (242)
- Manitoba (224)
- New Brunswick (200)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (97)[7]
- Northwest Territories (103) [8]
- Nova Scotia (222) (hosts)
- Nunavut (28)[9]
- Ontario (260)
- Prince Edward Island (147)
- Quebec (254)
- Saskatchewan (223)
- Yukon (107)
Sports
[edit]- Alpine skiing (10) ( )
- Archery (6) ( )
- Artistic gymnastics (14) ( )
- Badminton (6) ( )
- Biathlon (8) ( )
- Boxing (9) ( )
- Cross-country skiing (20) ( )
- Curling (2) ( )
- Figure skating (14) ( )
- Freestyle skiing (8) ( )
- Ice hockey (2) ( )
- Judo (16) ( )
- Ringette (1) ( )
- Shooting (8) ( )
- Short track speed skating (10) ( )
- Snowboarding (6) ( )
- Squash (2) ( )
- Speed skating (12) ( )
- Synchronized swimming (4) ( )
- Table tennis (7) ( )
- Wheelchair basketball (1) ( )
Schedule
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "2011 Canada Games - Venues". Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Multi-city games bid might not work". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Medal standing". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Halfpipe". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Centennial Cup Point Standing". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Government of Alberta". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "The Telegram". www.thetelegram.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "2011 Canada Winter Games - Team NWT". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results". cg2011.gems.pro. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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