# Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Four figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics were held at the Palavela in Turin.
Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas (who were married in 2000) became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Evgeni Plushenko Russia | Stéphane Lambiel Switzerland | Jeffrey Buttle Canada |
| Ladies' singles details | Shizuka Arakawa Japan | Sasha Cohen United States | Irina Slutskaya Russia |
| Pairs details | Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin (RUS) | Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao (CHN) | Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (CHN) |
| Ice dance details | Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov (RUS) | Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto (USA) | Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov (UKR) |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Entries

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Armenia | | | | Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan |
| Australia | | Joanne Carter | | |
| Austria | Viktor Pfeifer | | | |
| Azerbaijan | | | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | |
| Belarus | Sergei Davydov | | | |
| Belgium | Kevin Van Der Perren | | | |
| Bulgaria | Ivan Dinev | | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski |
| Canada | Jeffrey Buttle Emanuel Sandhu Shawn Sawyer | Mira Leung Joannie Rochette | Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison Valerie Marcoux / Craig Buntin | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe |
| China | Chengjiang Li Min Zhang | Yan Liu | Qing Pang / Jian Tong Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao Dan Zhang / Hao Zhang | |
| Croatia | | Idora Hegel | | |
| Czech Republic | Tomas Verner | | | |
| Estonia | | Elena Glebova | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks | |
| Finland | | Kiira Korpi Susanna Poykio | | |
| France | Frederic Dambier Brian Joubert | | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat |
| Georgia | Vakhtang Murvanidze | Elene Gedevanishvili | | |
| Germany | Stefan Lindemann | | Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | |
| Great Britain | | | | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr |
| Hungary | Zoltan Tóth | Viktória Pavuk Júlia Sebestyén | | Nóra Hoffman / Attila Elek |
| Israel | | | | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski |
| Italy | Karel Zelenka | Silvia Fontana Carolina Kostner | | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali Barbara Fusar Poli / Maurizio Margaglio |
| Japan | Daisuke Takahashi | Miki Ando Shizuka Arakawa Fumie Suguri | | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido |
| Lithuania | | | | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas |
| Luxembourg | | Fleur Maxwell | | |
| Poland | | | Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek | Alexandra Kauc / Michal Zych |
| North Korea | Jong In Han | Yong Suk Kim | Yong Myong Phyo / Yong Hyok Jong | |
| Romania | Gheorghe Chiper | Roxana Luca | | |
| Russia | Ilia Klimkin Evgeni Plushenko | Irina Slutskaya Elena Sokolova | Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Trifun Zivanovic | | | |
| Slovenia | Gregor Urbas | | | |
| Sweden | Kristoffer Berntsson | | | |
| Switzerland | Stephane Lambiel Jamal Othman | Sarah Meier | | |
| Turkey | | Tugba Karademir | | |
| Ukraine | Anton Kovalevski | Galina Efremenko Elena Liashenko | Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov |
| United States | Evan Lysacek Matthew Savoie Johnny Weir | Sasha Cohen Emily Hughes Kimmie Meissner | Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov Jamie Silverstein / Ryan O'Meara |
| Uzbekistan | | Anastasia Gimazetdinova | Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev | |

## Champions Gala

The traditional Figure Skating Champions Gala took place on February 24 at Palavela, featuring exhibition performances by the top five placers in the four figure skating events and all the Italian skaters. Pairs skaters Zhang and Zhang (second in pairs) did not participate in the gala.
The following is a partial list of skaters who appeared in the Champions Gala (in order of skate):
Faiella and Scali (Italian dance team), Karel Zelenka (Italian men skater), Silvia Fontana (Italian ladies skater), Denkova and Staviski (fifth in dance), Joannie Rochette (fifth in ladies), Inoue and John Baldwin (seventh in pairs), Johnny Weir (fifth in men), Delobel and Schoenfelder (fourth in dance), Fumie Suguri (fourth in ladies), Petrova and Tikhonov (fifth in pairs), Evan Lysacek (fourth in men), Grushina and Goncharov (third in dance), Irina Slutskaya (third in ladies), Fusar-Poli and Margaglio (Italian dance team), Carolina Kostner (Italian ladies skater), Pang and Tong (fourth in pairs), Jeffrey Buttle (third in men), Belbin and Agosto (second in dance), Sasha Cohen (second in ladies), Shen and Zhao (third in pairs), Stéphane Lambiel (second in men), Navka and Kostomarov (first in dance), Shizuka Arakawa (first in ladies), Totmianina and Marinin (first in pairs), and Evgeni Plushenko (first in men).
Russian pair Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin and Evgeni Plushenko skate accompanied by Edvin Marton at the violin, playing from the ice.
At the end of the gala, the skaters all gathered together to close the show with their bows.

## Participating NOCs

Thirty-five nations contributed figure skaters to the events at Torino.
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (5)
* Canada (13)
* China (9)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (2)
* France (8)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (5)
* Great Britain (2)
* Hungary (5)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (7)
* Japan (6)
* Lithuania (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Poland (4)
* North Korea (4)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (16)
* Serbia and Montenegro (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (11)
* United States (16)
* Uzbekistan (3)