2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Turin, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. This was the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games. The first time was the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy also had the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

The President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, opened the ceremony.  Stefania Belmondo was the torch-bearer.

1,548 men and 960 women were in the Olympics. There were 84 events.   The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was "Passion lives here".

Medals won by each nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1    11  12  6  29 2    9  9  7  25 3    9  7  7  23 4    8  6  8  22 5    7  10  7  24  6    7  2  5  14 7    6  3  2  11  8    5  4  5  14 9    5  0  6  11  10    3  2  4  9    3  2  4  9  12    3  0  0  3  13    2  8  9  19  14    2  4  5  11  15    1  2  1  4 16    1  2  0  3  17    1  0  1  2  18    1  0  0  1 19    0  6  3  9 20    0  1  1  2  21    0  1  0  1    0  1  0  1   0  1  0  1    0  1  0  1  25    0  0  2  2  26    0  0  1  1        Total  84  84  84  252

Venues

Olympic areas
Olympic events were mainly held in Turin. Other events such as skiing and snowboarding had to be held in mountain areas.

Turin
Many venues were located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including:
 Oval Lingotto – Speed skating
 Torino Esposizioni – Ice hockey
 Palasport Olimpico – Ice hockey (final)
 Stadio Olimpico – Opening and closing ceremonies
 Palavela – Figure skating, short-track speed skating
 Olympic Village

Other locations
 Bardonecchia – Snowboarding
 Cesana Pariol – Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton
 Cesana San Sicario  – Biathlon
 Pinerolo – Curling
 Pragelato – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
 Pragelato Plan – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
 San Sicario Fraiteve – Alpine skiing (women's combined (downhill), downhill, and super-g)
 Sauze d'Oulx – Freestyle skiing
 Sestriere Borgata – Alpine skiing (men's combined (downhill), downhill, super-g)
 Sestriere Colle – Alpine skiing (combined (slalom), giant slalom, slalom)

Olympic villages
 Bardonecchia
 Sestriere
 Turin

References


Category:2006 in sports
Category:2000s in Italian sport
Category:2006 in Europe