Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

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Olympic organizing committee non-profit organization

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the body responsible for planning, staging, and managing the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

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Label	Occurrences
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games canonical	16

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7462889 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Context triple: [XXI Olympic Winter Games, organisingCommittee, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games]

A. Albertville Organizing Committee
The Albertville Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning and managing the 1992 Winter Olympic Games held in Albertville, France.
B. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
C. XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee
The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering all aspects of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
D. Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
E. Whistler Olympic Park
Whistler Olympic Park is a Nordic sports venue in British Columbia, Canada, built to host cross-country skiing, biathlon, and ski jumping events for the 2010 Winter Olympics and now used as a public recreation area.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Target entity description: The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the body responsible for planning, staging, and managing the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

A. Albertville Organizing Committee
The Albertville Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning and managing the 1992 Winter Olympic Games held in Albertville, France.
B. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
C. XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee
The XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee was the body responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering all aspects of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.
D. Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was the official body responsible for planning, managing, and delivering the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
E. Whistler Olympic Park
Whistler Olympic Park is a Nordic sports venue in British Columbia, Canada, built to host cross-country skiing, biathlon, and ski jumping events for the 2010 Winter Olympics and now used as a public recreation area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic organizing committee ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ
cityHosted	Vancouver ⓘ Whistler ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
event	2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ 2010 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
followedBy	Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee ⓘ linked to: Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee
follows	Torino Organizing Committee for the XX Olympic Winter Games ⓘ linked to: Torino Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
hasScope	Olympic Games organization ⓘ Paralympic Games organization ⓘ linked to: Paralympic Games organizing committee
headquartersLocation	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Metro Vancouver ⓘ linked to: Metro Vancouver, Canada
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
operatedIn	British Columbia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Vancouver ⓘ Whistler ⓘ
parentOrganization	Canadian Olympic Committee ⓘ Canadian Paralympic Committee ⓘ International Olympic Committee ⓘ
responsibleFor	managing the 2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ managing the 2010 Winter Paralympics ⓘ planning the 2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ planning the 2010 Winter Paralympics ⓘ staging the 2010 Winter Olympics ⓘ staging the 2010 Winter Paralympics ⓘ
shortName	VANOC ⓘ
significantEvent	2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony ⓘ 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony ⓘ
usedFor	athlete services for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ broadcast operations for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ coordination of venues for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ marketing of 2010 Winter Games ⓘ sponsorship management for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ ticketing for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ volunteer coordination for 2010 Winter Games ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

XXI Olympic Winter Games → organisingCommittee → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

With Glowing Hearts → associatedWith → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Miga → organization → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Quatchi → creator → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Sumi → usedBy → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Mukmuk → associatedWithOrganization → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony → organizer → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

2010 Winter Paralympics → organizedBy → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

2010 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony → organizer → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

VANOC → fullName → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Whistler 2010 Sport Legacies → relatedTo → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics → hostedBy → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

International Broadcast Centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics → associatedWith → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics → organizedBy → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony → organisedBy → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony → organizer → Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games ⓘ

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