And we are not just talking about the action on the ski slopes and toboggan runs.
Vancouver has carved itself its very own niche as a rather scandalous event, where even the condoms ran out such was the 'off-piste' activity of the competitors. Here are the top ten scandals of this very entertaining Winter Olympics...
Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset blamed a bad ski run on watching too much porn and hearing noises from the next room
GOLD: The porn-watching skier
Running away with the gold medal for risque behaviour Norwegian cross-country skier Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset tops the list of gaffes for blaming a bad ski run that cost him the gold medal on watching too much porn.
'My name is Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset,' he said. 'I skied the second lap and I f***** up today. I think I have seen too much porn in the last 14 days.
'I have the room next to Petter Northug and every day there is noise in there. So I think that is the reason I f***** up. By the way Tiger Woods is a really good man.'
SILVER: The smutty snowboarder
U.S. snowboarder Scotty Lago was sent home before the closing ceremony after racy photographs surfaced showing a woman kissing his bronze medal near his waist.
'Keeping my medal in a safe spot for now, ha ha,' Lago tweeted when he got home.
Lago won the medal in the men's halfpipe competition but the United States Ski and Snowboard Association forced him to leave the Olympics.
Lago was forced to go on U.S television to defend the rather risque shots.
A female fan 'kisses' Scotty Lago's bronze medal at a party during the Games. The snowboarder was reprimanded by the US team when the photos emerged
There were further red faces when rather racy pictures of Germany's curler Melanie Robillard emerged just in time for the Games.
Robillard had taken part in the shoot to raise money for local ice rinks in her area but has declared that she won't be posing up again any time in the near future.
'I've been asked and I refused. Once is good. The first time was extremely blown out of proportion and I'd just rather not. It was a one-time experience,' Robillard said in an interview last year.
Germany's Melanie Robillard plays against Sweden last week, and , left, her racy photo for a calendar
Olympic athletes get through almost 100,000 condoms (that's 14 per PERSON)
Hjelmeset's next-door neighbour was not the only one who made the most of his downtime in the Olympic Village.
Health officials well-versed in the needs of the world's elite athletes had already provided 100,000 free condoms to 7,000 athletes and officials, which works out about 14 condoms per person.
But apparently this just wasn't enough.
With just a couple of days to go officials were forced to ship in an emergency supply of condoms after supplies ran dangerously low during the last week of the Games.
The Games was also memorable for its unique take on celebrations.
US bobsleigher arrested for assault
US bobsleigher Bill Schuffenhauer was arrested over an alleged assault
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said an unnamed man was arrested on Wednesday for assaulting his common law partner in Whistler.
Schuffenhauer was distraught after the first run and cried as he was led by the hand through the media mixed zone near the finish
Darren Steele, chief executive of US Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, said they were standing by Schuffenhauer.
'Billy was brought in, he answered questions for two to three hours and was let go," he said in a statement.
'The situation ocurred before midnight. Billy's focus now is the race on Friday and Saturday.'
Vancouver: Olympic-standard boozing
While glitches may have overshadowed the Games, the festive spirit that spilled onto the streets of Vancouver earned the city a gold medal in drinking.
According to a Time magazine report the Canadian public taken the Olympics as a the perfect excuse to cut loose and indulge in some serious drinking.
The reporter writes: 'You can't help but think to yourself: "These must be the drunkest Olympics ever."'
So much so that local hospitals are reporting a huge surge in visits to casualty for alcohol-related sicknesses and injuries.
Another reporter said that all the drinking in Vancouver has led to a lot of urinating in public.
'I've personally witnessed about 8-10 guys whizzing at once along a fence a half a block off the main street,' he said. 'It's like the infield at the Kentucky Derby.'
The underage-drinking ice hockey queens
Photographs of members of the Canadian women's hockey team drinking champagne and beer on the ice rink after their victory over the U.S.caused a stir among officials.
Members of the Canadian women's hockey team celebrate after beating the U.S. to win the gold medal
Even worse, star player Marie-Philip Poulin, 18, the youngest in the team and scorer of the two goals, is under British Columbia's legal drinking age of 19. Photos showed Poulin on the ice, with a beer in her hand.
Another player, Haley Irwin, poured champagne into the mouth of teammate Tessa Bonhomme while gold medals swung from their necks.
And one of the women, Rebecca Johnston, even tried to drive the ice-resurfacing machine during the party.
Supporters said the events were simply a traditional ice hockey celebration.
Australian commentators joked about U.S. skating star Johnny Weir's costume
A pair of Australian TV sports commentators came under fire for describing male ice skaters' routines as 'Brokeback Mountain' exercises.
Eddie McGuire and Mick Molloy joked about organisers being shocked at discovering one skater was not gay, adding that the non-gay skater was unlikely to be controversial and flamboyant U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir - because he wore a black and pink outfit while holding a heart-shaped cushion.
And the other Olympic headaches: The flickering flame
Away from the sex and the drinking, not everything went entirely to plan.
While the closing ceremony went without hitch yesterday, the same can't be said for the opening ceremony.
Technical hitch: During the lighting of the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the Winter Games, one of the four pillars of the Olympic cauldron didn't rise up
The skater who got lost... on a rink
Perhaps the most upset of the competitors was Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer the gold in the 10,000m race after his coach sent him into the wrong lane getting the skater disqualified after his gruelling event.
Kramer, who was cruising to victory, has suggested a new coach will be joining him for the 2014 Games.
But at least Kramer got to take part.
Sven Kramer, left, argues with his his coach Gerard Kemkers, right, after losing to team USA during the men's team pursuit semi finals speed skating
French skier Marion Rolland crashed a couple of yards from the start as she began her bid for gold in the women's downhill.
The 27-year-old left the starting gate and immediately lost her balance, toppling over as she waved her arms in the air and landing in the snow in front of stunned spectators.
Rolland lay slumped motionless and sobbing on the ground as onlookers gasped and sniggered.
France's Marion Rolland cries as she receives support after she crashed during the women's Alpine Skiing Downhill race
Miss Rudman did not attend the celebratory meal held for Miss Williams, nicknamed Curly Wurly for her pre-Raphaelite locks, after the medal ceremony.
The British men's curling team arrived in Vancouver as world champions and with high hopes.
But they left empty-handed without even making it to the semi-finals, sadly not making the most out of the £1.1m invested in curling over the past four years.
And... the snow
And finally, one of the first things you might expect to get at the Winter Games is plenty of snow.
When rain fell on the pistes instead, making them more mud bath than winter wonderland, Canada ended up flying in more of the white stuff in a desperate bid to make Cypress Mountain ski and snowboard-worthy.
But then, who need snow, when all the action appears to be off the slopes?
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