2006 Winter Olympics medal count
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The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event
held in Turin
, Italy
, from February 10 to February 26, 2006. A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committee
s (NOCs) participated in 84 events from 15 different sports and disciplines
.
Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 18 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Germany
won the highest number of gold medals (11) and led in overall medals (29) for the third consecutive Games. Latvia
and Slovakia
won the first medals in their Winter Olympic history.
Speed skater
Cindy Klassen
of Canada
won five medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze) and was the most medalled athlete at the Games. Biathlete
Michael Greis
of Germany and short track speed skaters
Ahn Hyun Soo
and Jin Sun-Yu
, both of South Korea, tied for the most gold medals, with three.
One athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games. Russian
biathlete Olga Pyleva
won a silver medal in the 15 km race, but tested positive for carphedon
and lost her medal. Germany's Martina Glagow
was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova
won the bronze.
(IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee
). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the
icon next to the column title.
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
held in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, from February 10 to February 26, 2006. A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
s (NOCs) participated in 84 events from 15 different sports and disciplines
Olympic sports
Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...
.
Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 18 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Germany
Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again the most total medals of any nation. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete, as the 5th largest team, in all 15 of the Winter Olympic...
won the highest number of gold medals (11) and led in overall medals (29) for the third consecutive Games. Latvia
Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Latvia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Mārtiņš Rubenis won Latvia's first Winter Olympic medal.-Medalists:- Alpine skiing :Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom...
and Slovakia
Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:Židek's silver medal was the first Winter Olympic medal won by Slovakia.- Alpine skiing:The top finish for the six-person Slovak Alpine team came from Veronika Zuzulova, who finished 15th in the Women's combined...
won the first medals in their Winter Olympic history.
Speed skater
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, was held over ten days, from 11 February to 21 February. Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals....
Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
of Canada
Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, with a team of 196 athletes and 220 support staff.As host of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada was pressured to do well at the 2006 Games...
won five medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze) and was the most medalled athlete at the Games. Biathlete
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee...
Michael Greis
Michael Greis
Michael Greis is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and...
of Germany and short track speed skaters
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, was held over thirteen days, from 12 February to 25 February. Eight events were contested at Torino Palavela. In the men's competition, Ahn Hyun-Soo earned a medal in each event, winning three golds...
Ahn Hyun Soo
Ahn Hyun Soo
Ahn Hyun-Soo is a Short track speed skating athlete from South Korea. One of the most accomplished Short Track Speed Skaters of all time, Ahn won three gold medals and a bronze medal in 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy, becoming the most successful athlete there...
and Jin Sun-Yu
Jin Sun-Yu
Jin Sun-Yu is a South Korean short-track speed skater. She is a triple Olympic Champion from 2006 and a three-time Overall World Champion ....
, both of South Korea, tied for the most gold medals, with three.
One athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games. Russian
Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Russia was a key part of the Soviet Union when it won the highest number of gold medals for the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1988 Winter...
biathlete Olga Pyleva
Olga Pyleva
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva , former Pyleva , née Zamorozova , is a retired Russian biathlete....
won a silver medal in the 15 km race, but tested positive for carphedon
Carphedon
Phenotropil is a derivative of the nootropic drug -4-pheyl-2-pyrrolidon. It was developed in Russia, and a small number of low-scale clinical studies have shown possible links between prescription of carphedon and improvement in a number of encephalopathic conditions, including lesions of cerebral...
and lost her medal. Germany's Martina Glagow
Martina Glagow
Martina "Molly" Beck , is a German biathlete. She now lives in Mittenwald in Bavaria. She was most successful in the 2002–03 season, when she was the first German to win the women's overall Biathlon World Cup...
was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova
Albina Akhatova
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova is a Russian biathlete.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won bronze medals in the 10 km pursuit and 15 km individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate Olga Pyleva was disqualified after failing a doping...
won the bronze.
Medal table
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the
icon next to the column title.| 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 | |
| 10 | 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 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 84 | 84 | 84 | 252 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also
- 2006 Winter Paralympics medal table2006 Winter Paralympics medal tableThe 2006 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2006 Winter Paralympics, held in Turin, Italy, from March 10 to March 19, 2006.-Medal table:...
- List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners