Did Canada "Own The Podium"?

Apparently there has been a lot of revisionist history going on the past few days. After scoffs and laughs at the idea, people are now claiming that as a result of winning the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympic games, Canada did it. They owned the podium after all.

No. No, they did not. Not even a "sort of". Canada did not "Own The Podium" in Vancouver. Not by their own definition. From the official OTP website.



"Place first in the total medal count at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games" - What it means to Own the Podium.

Total medal count at the 2010 Winter Olympic games:
USA - 37
Germany - 30
Canada - 26

Yeesh. Canada was no where even close to owning the Vancouver podiums. Sure they won the most gold medals, but when you have a program that specifically says it's goal is to place first in total medal count and then you go around touting the fact that you owned the podium because you won the most gold medals, despite being a full 11 medals short of your initial goal is partaking in revisionist history.

As Olympic history goes on, there is no doubt that the trend will say yes, Canada did Own The Podium in Vancouver because they won most golds. People will completely forget the original definition of Own The Podium at the 2010 Winter games. But let us not forget what the program was and how they were a full 11 medals away from achieving their goal.