2010 Winter Olympics: Final Medal Count from Vancouver

The 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver have finally come and gone. In all, 258 medals were awarded to 25 different nations but only one nation came out on top of the total medal count and the gold medal count.

Record amounts of medals were won while the home nation leaves Vancouver riding a huge wave of pride with gold medals in both Men's and Women's Hockey.

How did the top medal winners all shake out? Look inside to find out.

United States: 37 medals

The main U.S. headline of the weekend is no doubt Team USA's difficult, gut-wrenching loss in the gold medal game to Canada. However, the United States won two gold medals over the weekend and set a Winter Olympic medal record with 37 medals.

The U.S. four-man bobsled driven by Steven Holcomb claimed the first U.S. gold medal since the 1948 Games.

Bill Demong too accomplished an American first with a gold medal in the Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill/10-kilometer Cross-Country combined.

The U.S. also took two additional silver medals in the Men's Speed Skating Team Pursuit and the Women's 1,000-meter Short Track.

Overall, the U.S. finished with nine gold medals, 15 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals.

Germany: 30 medals

Germany's took two gold medals over the weekend. The first came in the Women's Slalom with Maria Riesch's gold medal run. Riesch's victory in the downhill was her second gold medal of the Games, and she earned two of Germany's 10 gold medals.

The second gold came from the German women in the team pursuit in speed skating with a victory over Japan.

Germany took second in the Men's Four-man Bobsled and Axel Teichmann took silver in the Men's 50-kilometer Mass Start Classic.

Overall, Germany finished with 10 gold medals, 13 silver medals and seven bronze.

Canada: 26 medals

Leading up to the 2010 Winter Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee created a program called "Own the Podium."

Well, Canada came in third in the overall medal count but the country can firmly say it did in fact own the podium due to an Olympic-record 14 gold medals and the most at the 2010 Games.

Canada earned an astounding six gold medals over the weekend including in Men's Hockey, Men's Curling, Men's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom, Men's Team Pursuit Speed Skating, Men's 5,000-meter Short Track Relay, and the Men's Individual 500-meter Short Track.

In addition to its 14 gold medals, Canada won seven silver medals and five bronze medals.

Norway: 23 medals

Norway picked up an additional four medals over the weekend to run its total to 23, punctuated by a national pride raising victory in the Men's 50-kilometer Mass Classic Start.

Petter Northug (pictured) conquered the marathon cross-country event. Marit Bjoergen took silver in the Women's 30-kilometer Mass Classic Start.

Norway also took silver in Men's Curling and the Men's 4x10-kilometer Cross-Country Relay.

Overall, Norway left Vancouver with nine gold medals, eight silver medals, and six bronze medals.

Austria: 16 medals

Austria helped itself in the medal standings with four additional medals won over the weekend.

Austria picked up its final gold medal with a victory in the Men's 4x5-kilometer Nordic Combined. Benjamin Karl (pictured) took silver in the Men's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom.

Marlies Schild won silver in the Women's Slalom and Marion Kreiner won bronze in the Women's Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom.

Overall, Austria won four gold medals, six silver medals and six bronze medals.

Russian Federation: 15 medals

Ekaterina Ilyukhina took silver in the Women's Snowboarding Giant Parallel Slalom, earning Russia its 14th medal of the Games. Russia also captured bronze in the Men's 4x7.5-kilometer Biathlon Relay.

Overall, Russia won three gold medals, five silver medals and seven bronze medals.

The three golds was a drop off after Russia won eight at the 2006 Games in Torino.

South Korea: 14 medals

South Korea picked up three medals in its final weekend of the 2010 Games, led by the nation's silver medal finish in the Men's 5,000-meter Short Track Relay.

Si-Bak Sung (pictured) took the silver medal in the controversial Men's 500-meter Short Track. Korea's final medal was a bronze in the Ladies 1,000-meter Short Track.

Korea went home with six gold medals, six silver medals and two bronze medals.