Closing Ceremony Complete Event - Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Full coverage of the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics featuring incredible sporting, artistic and musical performances to the 2010 Winter Games to a close.
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[@halifaxboyns]

Only in Canada could we take something (that any other country would consider embarassing) and turn it into a totally appropriate gag to start the closing cerimony with. I loved it. Neil - was the icing on the cake to me. When he sang - I cry. Whenever I watch the clip of him; I always cry because it was just so simple, so Canadian. I miss the games - such an incredible time. I hope they come again to somewhere else in Canada so we can feel this way again...

[@nintony2994]

so true

[@EclipsedEquinox]

It has been 10 years!! It feels like yesterday.

[@Intel_i13]

Yeah watching these games on TV in 2010!!!

[@Nathaniel3040]

Let’s go Vancouver 2030 Olympic Winter Games

[@LordDavid04]

@@Nathaniel3040 No doubt they could host it again. All the venues are technically there. Maybe a different venue is needed for Curling this time. Add a new Olympic Village, operating costs and you have an Olympics that could happen again without any need for taxpayer expense.

[@hakuqtsukii]

NothingYT I know right? Time is going by so fast.

[@casipie]

So nice to rewatch because it being back memories of pre-COVID 😞

[@joejonas3684]

I’m an American, and this was no doubt one of my favorite Olympic ceremonies! Well done Canada 🇨🇦

[@SheilaLJones]

As a fellow American, I can agree! This tops Turin 2006!

[@simonesewitt1040]

As an Canadian I can say thank you from the bottom of my heart 🥲🥲🥲😘😘😘 God speed.

[@anakerose]

I loved how they gave Catriona her Olympic Flame moment that she lost out on in the opening. Came here in 2024 to watch!

[@simmons865]

the opening ceremony was for the world.. the closing well that, that was for us.

[@myajones9326]

Oh Repair Mime. You're my hero.

[@natthor]

I love that when Jacque Rogge announces that Olympics are over you can hear many audible "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo's" from the crowd

[@VictorYong36]

Sydney had the same feeling too

[@JeremiahNuddFilms]

as a kid living in Calgary, when the olympics ended I was so sad and was crying because Vancouver was amazing.

[@lesmercredis]

Anyone here in 2021, watching clips from this broadcast as they simultaneously watch the Tokyo OCs?

[@kruger.1]

i wnt vancouver to host in 2030 so bad, i was 6 in 2010 but been going back and watching a bunch of stuff liek the gol dmedal hockey game. canada is one of the top 4 bids rn

[@vapoursaveofficial]

@@kruger.1 dude same!

[@rockerseven]

the best part about this...no annoying NBC commentators chiming in with their political opinions or useless ranting every 5 minutes!

[@brentmims6012]

#yaasss

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Yeah or any stupid rants by Don Cherry I’m glad CBC fired him after he made that stupid rant about Remembrance Day because no one cares about garbage like that...

[@DTownsQPER]

Closing part is kinda sort of Scott Pilgrims movie

[@CurritmoRx]

I will NEVER forget those 17 days (even if I was only a german TV viewer). This is still impressing me, thank you Canada ! :-)))))

[@CanadianWarMachine]

I swear these games were SOO much fun.

[@ahaighway]

Over a year later and I still tear up everytime I watch these videos. What an amazing show of patriotism from our great country! I have never been more proud to be Canadian.

[@giordy9013]

12 years after I still think both this and the opening ceremony of Vancouver were the best ceremony in a long time. Canadians really made two marvelous event, I do hope they get to organize the 2030 Olympics ❤️

[@melaniethielmann3108]

Had to watch the opening and closing ceremonies again! Love how Canadians make fun of their mistakes, then have a very sincere speech and are so welcoming and then party hard all in the same ceremony! Best Olympics ever.

[@nghtangel25]

Love Canadian sense of humour! Canada Rocks! Not many countries can make fun of themselves but we seem to excel at it. So miss the Vancouver Olympics. It was a great party and the friendliness and joy on the streets are unparalleled.

[@karelcornelius9586]

0:32 Trailer 30:26 Vancouver from above 31:38 BC Place 36:16 Electric Brutal 38:07 Obor Switch On, after Inauguration to Sochi 2014 in switch off in Theater Musical 47:53 National Anthem of Canada Pop Version 1:23:07 National Anthem of Greece 1:29:39 Inauguration Host City to Sochi 2014 with Mr Anatoly Pakhomov Mayor of Sochi 1:30:42 National Anthem of Russia Federation 2:01:24 Inauguration to Sochi 2014 2:05:50 Obor Switch Off 3:04:47 Ending

[@spaceBoba]

you are my hero

[@あゆちゃ-k6v]

47:53 National Anthem of Canada

[@membrainiac]

One of my favourite parts of the whole olympics was the collective "Awww" when Jacques Rogue closed the games.

[@unlocked6352]

only in Canada would we have over a minute long standing ovation for a gold medal in hockey haha.

[@isaacamigofernandez4vancouver]

The games have came to an end with a glorious Sidney Crosby’s Golden Goal and I’m blessed to be a Canadian for the last 4 years, now 13 years ago in 2023, I’m 17 years old and why am I overthinking and seeing Vancouver 2010 after the games are over??? #nostalgic 😢🥲 The XXI Olympic Winter Games will historically always be a part of me, Vancouver, British Columbia and Canada, always. ❤️🇨🇦 2:02:03

[@nintony2994]

Truly an amazing show and I'm sure it leaves an impact on most Canadians like us :)

[@isaacamigofernandez4vancouver]

@@nintony2994 Exactly. 💙🩵💚

[@blkjock81]

The most depressing words uttered in this entire ceremony "I declare the 21st Olympic Winter Games closed"....

[@goldeneve]

blkjock81 I get sad when they say that

[@william2154]

You look really hot blkjock81 😍 you got ig?

[@vapoursaveofficial]

Yup, that made me depressed!

[@ItsNadine71335]

I've watched the entire thing and WOW did Alanis Morissette blow me away. :O That voice. She's another league.

[@halflife103]

I love how they symbolized our Humor, Humility and Patriotism. I am very happy with the Olympics... And honestly i didn't think it would be as good as it was.

[@Willysmb44]

My wife and I went to Vancouver to see some hockey. It was the firtst Ollmpics I've ever been to and the people there were great. So friendly, any local would drop what they were doing to give directions to anyone who asked. They were all amazing representatives of BC and Canada. It was so sad watching the closing on TV after we'd gotten home. Such a great time, something I'll never forget. Thank you, Vancouver!

[@homerbialy]

Neil Young performing Long May You Run. Truly amazing.

[@amidemocrate3764]

Very good idea to allow people to see the whole events and ceremonies. Each country always gives its best and show several pieces of their faces and culture. Vancouver's closing ceremony was a moment of joy and the relationship we can have with the nature, in Sotchi in was more emotional. Now we have to wait 4 more years to see what Pyeong Chang will do for South Korea.

[@lewisbryce15]

Brings back all these incredible feelings from 2010. Definitely something I will never, ever forget.

[@animefangirlxx]

Lol I loved how they incorporated the glitch into the closing ceremony and even had that construction mime "Look it's up! I fixed it!" I did not see that before lol D:

[@LordDavid04]

Also, by having a mime, it sort of eases any criticism of the ceremonies not being French enough.

I remember that part

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Well Canadians love their comedy. Seth Rogen recorded announcements for the bus and SkyTrain in Vancouver and while informative they sure were funny!

[@arbjbornk]

It was so brilliant how they incorporated the glitch, and gave the torchbearer who missed out on lighting it during the opening ceremonies her chance.

[@DiscoveryRoad]

I agree, it started the entire show

[@mcd1727]

THANK YOU 2 OUR GREAT NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH. PEACE LOVE ALWAYS. USA

[@sahilasre4006]

Best olympics ever

[@sergioenrique346]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@taryndancer29]

getting goosebumps at the singing of our national anthem

[@Kryptojackjr]

Fun Fact: My older sister was part of this ceremony by being on the team of snowboarders that did the countdown.

[@mapleplatoon]

Let's put it like this: Beijing had the bigness Canada had the soul London had the music Like it always does.

[@desimonium]

Sochi had the 'meh' Rio had the samba Pyeongchang had the boy band and Tokyo was postponed.

[@DTownsQPER]

Ahh the Timelines therefore

[@joejonas3684]

@@desimonium totally agree Sochi was one of my least favorite Olympics

[@alexosei-kofi1652]

@@desimonium Sochi had the Beauty (in my opinion)

[@spaceBoba]

now that tokyo and beijing happened.. beijing had the bigness canada had the soul london had the music sochi had the art rio had the eccentricness pyeongchang had the history tokyo had the simplicity and beijing (again) had the creativity

[@kruger.1]

i wish i wasnt 5 when these games where happening. ive cried twice now an dits 4 am. I cant stop watching these olimpics now that the tokyo games are over

[@ohmylovelydays]

I liked how Beijing and Vancouver told a story. And I liked how London's was entertaining and full of energy. They were all awesome. But in the end, I'm Canadian, and Vancouver 2010 will always have a special place in my heart, because there were just so many awesome memories from it.

[@dimetime35c]

Vancouver couldn't have ended with a more perfect story line. Canada beating the United States 3-2 in hockey. Canada's sport.

[@lesbleus71]

@1:30:40 This was the first time (I'm American) I had ever heard the Russian national anthem ten years ago, and I was so impressed by this exceptional performance by their choir delegation that I still have never forgotten it. And in my experience to this day IMO it remains the best performance of it I've yet heard. Our nations have always had our share of differences, to say the least, but I have to say I think Russia has one of the world's most beautiful anthems. Well done to the Russian singers (and their conductor as well), and thank you/merci once again to Canada and Vancouver for hosting a brilliant games in 2010! :)

[@barjinder8]

For Canada, this was the greatest Olympics ever. It was capped of by the best player in hockey today, Sidney Crosby, scoring the Gold Medal winning goal against our rivals the US

[@MattBInYYC]

i cried like a baby when the volunteers got the flowers and when furlong said the nice things about us. Also when the cauldron went out.

[@frogmansrevenge3550]

Vancouver is still to this day my favourite Olympics. Canada is just such a beautiful and loving country. I hope to see the olympics there again

[@kunlesanders]

I missed the old times of watching❄2010 Vancouver, Canada Winter Olympics❄years ago.

[@inuyashacrazy123]

ok two things, One: i loved the games, and when Rick Mercer said that the Athletes owned the podium already he wasn't kidding, and two these shots area amazing, whoever was on the teams that shot the cinematography and whoever edited them are amazing!!!

[@VictorYong36]

Loved the start of the ceremony with the fifth pillar rising

[@Booze129]

I never thought KZbin would host a video THAT long!

[@SpaceX_daboi]

I love the cauldron fixes its 4th pillar in the beginning LOL

[@kellygao]

The true north strong and free! We are Canadian

[@ONCIE_Lee]

I loved the part which looked like an amusement park parade / stage show.!! I loved all the balloon floats.!

[@haydendegrow945]

As always, the opening is a celebration of the HOST, the closing is a celebration for the ATHLETES.

[@crashtubes]

Well Done Canada! We British marvelled your closing ceremony and we hoped we did an alright job :)

[@GlenGiGi]

I love my country :D and i love my city, Vancouver

[@StephenLatimerWoody]

It's been a while now and this is as fresh and awesome as the day we watched it. I remember everyone talking about it over the next few days. Just WOW.

[@hmongcanadian]

Nickelback fucking rocked that ceremony!

[@ЕленаКрасникова-е3э]

Олимпиады 2014 Сочи 🇷🇺

[@AlexHWalker]

The conga line at 2:57:54 is the REAL Olympic spirit, people from different nations all having fun and a good laugh together!

[@roachtoasties]

Vancouver did a good job (one of my favorite cities). Come 2028 in Los Angeles, I'm sure they'll set the standards even higher.

[@NMeyer0]

It was so cool how they gave Katrina Lemay-Doan her chance to light the flame. Classy.

[@JaneKomočar]

Thank you Canada for the. Winter games thank you Canada for having the atletitiths Of the world ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@monb80]

See in the opening ceremonies we hid our crazy... showed some decorum if you will. Then we cut loose, proud we can have a laugh at ourselves :-) LOL

[@monb80]

***** Ugh.. I think I purposely blocked that out.. LOL Then again I block out pretty much anything having to do with Wayne Gretzky, almost everyone but the politicians in our town does.. Now Walter?... There's a man to admire :-) OK with the exception of the second cauldron lighting I think we did a pretty great job. And that would be in the opening ceremony video, this is the closing.

[@Rocker5593]

***** trust me there was no snow it was raining like crazy or at least fr ppl not from Raincouver lol it was a complete washout another Innsbruck 64 episode ahaha u know 09/10 was the only winter in the history of Vancouver we got no snow what timing meantime Al Gores like just u ppl wait lol!!!

[@Johalvancouver]

Rocker5593 Stop calling it raincouver.....In the past 3 months it has only rained like once!

[@Rocker5593]

Johalvancouver yeah when i was at Kits beach, it started raining just all of a sudden lol! no, i know it rains a lot, but the summers are usually ideal not too hot either minus the summer of 2009!!!!!! jeez I'm not making this up i was bout to go to dairy queen on probably 1 of the hottest days in Vancouvers history that summer, horrible idea!!! the lineup went around the block nearly twice it was insane!!!

[@sxymike12]

I got so exited then during the Sochi opening ceremony when that train came in and they performed the same song they did at the Sochi performance at Vancouver. It bought me back to some good times.

[@DIAENTHEDARK]

BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY!!!! IS MAGNIFICENT

[@markus33able]

This closing looks like the opening ceremony and is far better than some closing ceremonies of summer olympics

[@emilieboucher8527]

C'est vraiment bon et je les écoutes tous les jeux olympiques j'ai trop ça !!!

[@xKaishisxMoonx]

The year I learned that most of my favorite musicians at the time were Canadian! LOL

[@kimkeoughan692]

The best winter games opener or closer...hands down

[@MultiBlackjack24]

God bless my country Canada

[@haitiovahness3499]

i was in this !!! at the beggining with the ppl with the snowboards xD

[@Shooter333888]

thats awesome!

[@halflife103]

best Olympics ever! It made me feel so proud!.

[@fernfernisfernie]

Neil Young definately did his thing. What a legend.

[@ImEigee]

Omg, Canadians have such a weird sense of humor! I love it XD

[@ErickGainesSanders]

Right?! William Shatner, Catherine O'Hara, Michael J. Fox?!? HAHAHAHAHAAA

[@noneoftheabove3921]

When you live in a country where 30 below zero isn't unusual, you have to have sense of humour.

[@Waduppp]

Happy 14th anniversary❤❤❤

[@irs3209]

Omg, I was there! Good to see it again in 11 yrs.

[@sensarmy]

omg cant belive its been 10 years

[@FreshCreativeFrog25]

Such a beautiful performance! The performance at 2:22:56 was awesome and so adorable! 😂 By far my favourite Olympic Games yet! I remember watching, I was 10 years old and I felt so proud to be Canadian! ❤️🇨🇦

[@Ed-zl7uj]

The first olympics I've watched. I missed the Closing Ceremony, but I still thank you Canada for hosting the games!

[@SaberWolfStar]

I love how the audience was given a chance to participate just by wearing a few Canadian tokens. Really brings everyone together along with a sense of unity.

[@kennyho7073]

It's nice to see them relighting the torch for the last time at the Olympics. 😀

[@absolutdog8790]

Seems they were a little out of sync with flipping the switch. You can clearly see the flame light on the statue way before she actually touches it.

[@kediddy]

I love that vancouver to start it off

[@andrewt1on1]

@hanzosan And Jacques Rogge actually SMILED when the people booed him! He knew they were just sad that the Olympics were over.

[@lewisbryce15]

i LOVE catharine o'hara!!!!!!!!!! she's like everyone's dream mother!!!!!!

[@brentmims6012]

Did you know that the same man who created the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony was the same one who created the Vancouver opening and closing ceremonies?

[@c3cubed]

+brent mims Brent Mims is correct about David Atkins magnificent staging of the opening & closing ceremonies for the Sydney and Vancouver Olympics. It's interesting that I find myself watching it again, five years later. It was that special. Also of note too, that the Australian summer Olympics is the only other one that I remember fondly, in that it seemed to come off without any hint of a snag or controversy. While the Chinese Olympic ceremony was quite spectacular in scale, the external controversies seem to always muddy the beauty of the efforts. The simplicity and technical wonder (employing superbly timed & immense laser motion graphics) is mind blowing in the Vancouver ceremonies, and was the first time this state of the art system was used on such a grand scale before an international audience. Sydney & Vancouver - both ebullient examples of enthusiastic showmanship embedding warm memories thereafter.

[@brentmims6012]

c3cubed actually at the Sydney opening ceremony there was a snag with cauldron that was similar to the snag with the cauldron here. the difference was in 2000 they were able to fix it after about 5 minutes delay

[@c3cubed]

Brent Mims is correct about David Atkins magnificent staging of the opening & closing ceremonies for the Sydney and Vancouver Olympics. It's interesting that I find myself watching it again, five years later. It was that special. Also of note too, that the Australian summer Olympics is the only other one that I remember fondly, in that it seemed to come off without any hint of a snag or controversy. While the Chinese Olympic ceremony was quite spectacular in scale, the external controversies seem to always muddy the beauty of the efforts. The simplicity and technical wonder (employing superbly timed & immense laser motion graphics) is mind blowing in the Vancouver ceremonies, and was the first time this state of the art system was used on such a grand scale before an international audience. Sydney & Vancouver - both ebullient examples of enthusiastic showmanship embedding warm memories thereafter.

[@prattpt6]

Best Games Ever.........Long live YVR!!!! Canada...the best country in the world!!

[@mysticnekoji]

i love how as Canadians we highlighted and made fun of our own mistake wit the torch !

[@HeartBreaker4u]

All I can say is...Jim Furlong should be the 2010 Man Of The Year in Canada....No other has brought a country together, and put on a specticle recognized around the world, for the BEST Olympic 's EVER..in my opinion. R.I.P Nodar...You are in our hearts

[@Gleb10]

it snowed so much the winter before the games, and it is gonna snow even more the winter after

[@ClayfordC]

We have different perspective. Each countries hosting the Winter Olympics has their own signatures so there is nothing to compare. Really.

[@rikkus67]

Who is here, 12 years later, and watching the humour of "fixing" the faulty cauldron? From Wikipedia: "...A joke was made about the hydraulic system failure with the indoor cauldron in the opening ceremony. Electrical sparks, a fake chicken and feathers shot out of the hole where the fourth arm would have risen. After this, Québécois clown and mime Yves Dagenais, dressed in workmen's clothing, climbed out of the hole, plugged two long cords together, and pretended to pull the fourth pillar out as it emerged. Dagenais then "summoned" Catriona Le May Doan (who appeared from underneath the stage via an elevated trap door), holding a lit torch in her hand. She looked around, acting bewildered, and then saw Dagenais, and he happily presented to her the emerging fourth pillar. He then wiped his brow with a red handkerchief to signify a job well done and walked off the stage. After the pillar was in place, Le May Doan, who had been left out of the lighting of the cauldron in the opening ceremony because of the failure, saluted the audience by holding her torch in the air, walked over toward the pillar and was finally able to light the cauldron, to great fanfare from the audience. With the entire cauldron lit, Le May Doan saluted the audience again and then descended back underneath the stage...". What a classy way to resolve and open the Closing Ceremonies, in such a clever manner! I'll never forget it.

[@KangaKucha]

2:09:30: that is where William, Cat-something, and Mike do their Canadian speechs. Love it especially the sorry :)

[@Catairo123]

they rolled with that broken pillar pretty well i think

[@davyt0247]

I laughed so much when I saw that. Sometimes you have to laugh at yourself

[@sxymike12]

2024, still getting choked up with that soundtrack, especially the music when they unveil the cauldron and why wouldn’t it, the same guy who created the music for Reflections of Earth did this soundtrack.

[@simunator]

the good days before trudeau

[@Senicks]

Live from Mr.Freeze's secret hideout from Batman & Robin.

[@Vekoma1261]

How awkward would it have been if that fourth pillar malfunctioned again XD

[@jessesmith-garcia5313]

Great video, I feel bad even more for not getting to see them...

[@Ikaro4d]

Such a wonderful games!

[@RoamingIRaccoon]

Imho this was 10X better than the London closing ceremony.

[@ianmunro5677]

Can't believe everyone is using cameras, not phones to take photos!! Was it really that long ago?

[@Kocis19]

The best part is that Vancouver held the biggest sports event and sports riot in the same year.

[@timtwoface]

It loved it because we showed stereotypes...anyone that watched that segment and thought that's all we are, obviously missed the stereotype we were promoting - our self-depreciating sense of humour. Besides, all Canada has pride in hockey, right?

[@KW-vd6ui]

22:26 Yuna Kim