2008 Arctic Winter Games

2008 Arctic Winter Games

Host city	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Nations	7 countries Canada Denmark Finland Norway Russia Sweden United States
Teams	9 territories Alaska Greenland Northern Alberta Northwest Territories Nunavik Québec Nunavut Sápmi Yamal-Nenets Yukon
Athletes	approx. 2000
Opening	9 March 2008 (2008-03-09)
Closing	15 March 2008 (2008-03-15)
Website	www.awg2008.ca

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.

Participants

• Alaska
• Greenland
• Northwest Territories (host contingent)
• Nunavik Quebec (traditionally defined Northern Inuit region of the Nord-du-Québec 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 Territory

The 2010 Games was held in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Events

Competition 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

(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	16

External links

• 2008 Official Site Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Arctic Winter Games Official Site