During the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Davis competed in 4 long track speed skating events: the 500, 1,000, 1,500 and 5,000 meter races. All four of these events were held at the Richmond Olympic Oval, where Davis had held the track record in the 1,000 and 1,500 meter races, setting those records in 2009. Davis won the 1,000–meter men's speed skating event, becoming the first man to win back-to-back 1,000–meter Olympic speed skating gold medals. Davis won in 1 minute and 8.94 seconds,finishing just 18/100ths of a second quicker than his rival, South Korea's Mo Tae-Bum. Davis won a silver medal at the 1,500m distance, being defeated for the gold medal by Mark Tuitert of The Netherlands Davis finished 12th in the 5,000 meters and withdrew after a poor first race in the 500 meters.
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