Stockholm bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics several existing arenas, adding VIP lounges for IOC members and separate ones for media, restaurant kitchens etc. Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics. Stockholm also hosted the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Stockholm bid to host the 2004 Summer Olympics but lost to Athens. Gothenburg (with cities spread over Sweden) bid to host the 1984 Winter Olympics but lost to Sarajevo. Falun (with Åre) bid to host the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics but lost to Calgary and Albertville respectively. Östersund bid to host the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics but lost to Lillehammer, Nagano and Salt
Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics men and eight women. Canadian speed skaters participated in every event, with the exception of the men's 10,000 m. The team was named on 11 January 2010. Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics Canada hosted and participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canada previously hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Canada sent a team of 206 athletes (116 men, 90 women), including participants in all 15 sports, and finished with 14 gold medals and 26 in total (ranking 1st and 3rd respectively), surpassing their previous best medal performance