Approximately 2,000 athletes, coaches, team staff and officials participated in the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada, celebrating the 20th event. The 2008 games took place from March 9 through March 15. Events were held in and around the city of Yellowknife. This was the fourth time Yellowknife had hosted the games, and the fifth time overall in the Northwest Territories.
2008, arctic, winter, games, approximately, athletes, coaches, team, staff, officials, participated, yellowknife, northwest, territories, canada, celebrating, 20th, event, 2008, games, took, place, from, march, through, march, events, were, held, around, city,. Approximately 2 000 athletes coaches team staff and officials participated in the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife Northwest Territories in Canada celebrating the 20th event The 2008 games took place from March 9 through March 15 Events were held in and around the city of Yellowknife This was the fourth time Yellowknife had hosted the games and the fifth time overall in the Northwest Territories 2008 Arctic Winter GamesHost cityYellowknife Northwest Territories CanadaNations participating7 countries Canada Denmark Finland Norway Russia Sweden United StatesTeams participating9 territories Alaska GreenlandNorthern Alberta Northwest TerritoriesNunavik Quebec Nunavut Sapmi Yamal Nenets YukonAthletes participatingapprox 2000Opening ceremony9 March 2008 2008 03 09 Closing ceremony15 March 2008 2008 03 15 Websitewww wbr awg2008 wbr ca Kenai Peninsula 2006Grande Prairie 2010 Contents 1 Participants 2 Events 3 Medal tally 4 External linksParticipants EditAlaska Greenland Northwest Territories host contingent Nunavik Quebec traditionally defined Northern Inuit region of the Nord du Quebec administrative region in Quebec Nunavut Northern Alberta Russia because only the Yamalo Nenets Autonomous Okrug participated they were referred to as team Russia competing under the Russian flag Sami Sami peoples of Norway Sweden and Finland collectively Yukon TerritoryThe 2010 Games was held in Grande Prairie Alberta Events EditCompetition was held in alpine skiing badminton basketball biathlon cross country skiing curling Dene games see Dene dog mushing figure skating gymnastics ice hockey indoor soccer Inuit Games see Inuit short track speed skating snowboarding snowshoe biathlon snowshoeing see Snowshoe speed skating table tennis volleyball and wrestling Medal tally Edit Unofficially listed with number of gold medals taking priority followed by silvers Team Gold Silver Bronze Overall Alaska 74 55 73 202 Yamal Nenets 44 32 16 92 Northwest Territories 34 41 36 111 Alberta North 29 37 24 90 Yukon 26 25 30 81 Nunavut 15 27 25 67 Greenland 12 14 18 44 Nunavik Quebec 9 7 8 24 Saami 5 5 6 16External links Edit2008 Official Site Arctic Winter Games Official Site This article about a sporting event is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Arctic related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Arctic Winter Games amp oldid 1053647040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
