List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 2006 Winter Olympics were held in Turin, Italy, from 10 to 26 February 2006. Approximately 2,508 athletes from 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games. Overall, 84 events in 15 disciplines were contested; 45 events were opened to men, 37 to women and 2 were mixed pairs events. Two disciplines were open only to men: Nordic combined and ski jumping, while figure skating was the only one in which men and women competed together in teams. Eight new events were introduced: snowboard cross, team pursuit (speed skating), team sprint (cross-country skiing), and the mass-start race (biathlon). The team sprint events replaced the classical men's 30 kilometers (km) and women's 15 km cross-country distances, held at the previous Winter Games in 2002. In total, there were six more events than in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

A total of 451 individual athletes won medals. Germany won the highest number of gold medals (11) and led in overall medals (29) for the third consecutive Games. Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal; of these, 18 won at least one gold medal. Latvia (Mārtiņš Rubenis – luge, men's singles) and Slovakia (Radoslav Židek – snowboarding, men's snowboard cross) won the first medals in their Winter Olympic history. Korean short-track speed skater Ahn Hyun-Soo was the most successful athlete, winning three gold medals and a bronze medal. His compatriot Jin Sun-Yu and Germany's Michael Greis also won three gold medals in short-track speed skating and biathlon respectively. Canadian speed skater Cindy Klassen won five medals (one gold, two silver, two bronze) and became the eighth Winter Olympian to win five medals at one edition of the Games. German Claudia Pechstein won two medals and became the fourth Winter Olympian to win at least one medal at five editions of the Games. Canadian Duff Gibson won a gold medal in the men's skeleton and, at age 39, became the oldest athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Winter Olympics.

Several records for career medals in a sport were tied or surpassed, including alpine skiing (Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt won a gold medal to extend his career record to eight medals), biathlon (Germany's Uschi Disl won a bronze, further extending her lead in this sport with nine medals; Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen's three medals raised his career medal tally to nine), freestyle skiing (Norwegian Kari Traa won a silver for a career total of three medals), Nordic combined (Austrian Felix Gottwald won three medals, and tied the record with a career total of six), short track speed skating (American Apolo Anton Ohno and Chinese athletes Yang Yang (A) and Li Jiajun have all won five medals in total), and speed skating (Claudia Pechstein won two medals to extend her career record to nine medals).

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Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling |valign=top| Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined |valign=top| Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating |- |align=center colspan=3| Medal winner changes       Statistics       References |} __NOTOC__

Alpine skiing

Men's downhill Men's slalomMen's giant slalomMen's super-GMen's combined Women's downhill Women's slalomWomen's giant slalomWomen's super-GWomen's combined

Biathlon

Men's individualMen's sprintMen's pursuitMen's mass startMen's 4 × 7.5 km relayRicco GroßMichael RöschSven FischerMichael GreisIvan TcherezovSergei TchepikovPavel RostovtsevNikolay Kruglov, Jr.Julien RobertVincent DefrasneFerréol CannardRaphaël PoiréeWomen's individualWomen's sprintWomen's pursuit Women's mass startWomen's 4 × 6 km relayAnna Bogaliy-TitovetsSvetlana IshmouratovaOlga ZaitsevaAlbina AkhatovaMartina GlagowAndrea HenkelKatrin ApelKati WilhelmDelphyne PerettoFlorence Baverel-RobertSylvie BecaertSandrine Bailly

Bobsleigh

Men's two-manKevin KuskeAndré LangePierre LuedersLascelles BrownMartin AnnenBeat HeftiWomen's two-manSandra KiriasisAnja SchneiderheinzeShauna RohbockValerie FlemingGerda WeissensteinerJennifer IsaccoMen's four-manKevin KuskeRené HoppeMartin PutzeAndré LangeAlexey VoyevodaAlexei SeliverstovFilipp YegorovAlexandr ZubkovMartin AnnenCédric GrandThomas LamparterBeat Hefti

Cross-country skiing

Men's sprint Men's 15 kmMen's 30 km pursuitMen's 50 kmMen's team sprintThobias FredrikssonBjörn LindJens Arne SvartedalTor Arne HetlandIvan AlypovVasily RochevMen's 4 x 10 km relayFulvio ValbusaGiorgio Di CentaPietro Piller CottrerCristian ZorziAndreas SchlütterJens FilbrichRené SommerfeldtTobias AngererMats LarssonJohan OlssonAnders SödergrenMathias FredrikssonWomen's sprintWomen's 10 kmWomen's 15 km pursuitWomen's 30 kmWomen's team sprintLina AnderssonAnna DahlbergSara RennerBeckie ScottAino-Kaisa SaarinenVirpi KuitunenWomen's 4 x 5 km relayNatalia Baranova-MasolkinaLarisa KurkinaYuliya ChepalovaYevgeniya MedvedevaStefanie BöhlerViola BauerEvi Sachenbacher-StehleClaudia KünzelArianna FollisGabriella ParuzziAntonella ConfortolaSabina Valbusa

Curling

Men's team Brad GushueMark NicholsRuss HowardJamie KorabMike Adam Markku UusipaavalniemiWille MäkeläKalle KiiskinenTeemu SaloJani Sullanmaa Pete FensonShawn RojeskiJoseph PoloJohn ShusterScott BairdWomen's team Anette NorbergEva LundCathrine LindahlAnna SvärdUlrika Bergman Mirjam OttBinia BeeliValeria SpältyMichèle MoserManuela Kormann Shannon KleibrinkAmy NixonGlenys BakkerChristine KeshenSandra Jenkins

Figure skating

Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Tatiana TotmianinaMaxim Marinin Zhang DanZhang Hao Shen XueZhao HongboIce dancing Tatiana NavkaRoman Kostomarov Tanith BelbinBenjamin Agosto Elena GrushinaRuslan Goncharov

Freestyle skiing

Men's mogulsWomen's mogulsMen's aerialsWomen's aerials

Ice hockey

Men's teamDaniel AlfredssonP. J. AxelssonChristian BäckmanPeter ForsbergMika HannulaNiclas HävelidTomas HolmströmJörgen JönssonKenny JönssonNiklas KronwallNicklas LidströmStefan LivHenrik LundqvistFredrik ModinMattias ÖhlundSamuel PåhlssonMikael SamuelssonDaniel SedinHenrik SedinMats SundinRonnie SundinMikael TellqvistDaniel TjärnqvistHenrik ZetterbergNiklas BäckströmAki-Petteri BergNiklas HagmanJukka HentunenJussi JokinenOlli JokinenNiko KapanenMikko KoivuSaku KoivuLasse KukkonenAntti LaaksonenJere LehtinenToni LydmanAntti-Jussi NiemiVille NieminenAntero NiittymäkiFredrik NorrenaPetteri NummelinTeppo NumminenVille PeltonenJarkko RuutuSami SaloTeemu SelänneKimmo TimonenJan BulisPetr ČajánekPatrik EliášMartin EratDominik HašekMilan HejdukAleš HemskýMilan HniličkaJaromír JágrFrantišek KaberleTomáš KaberleAleš KotalíkFilip KubaPavel KubinaRobert LangMarek MalíkRostislav OleszVáclav ProspalMartin RučinskýDušan SalfickýJaroslav ŠpačekMartin StrakaTomáš VokounDavid VýbornýMarek ŽidlickýWomen's teamMeghan AgostaGillian AppsJennifer BotterillCassie CampbellGillian FerrariDanielle GoyetteJayna HeffordBecky KellarGina KingsburyCharline LabontéCarla MacLeodCaroline OuelletteCherie PiperCheryl PounderColleen SostoricsKim St-PierreVicky SunoharaSarah VaillancourtKatie WeatherstonHayley WickenheiserCecilia AnderssonGunilla AnderssonJenni AsserholtAnn-Louise EdstrandJoa ElfsbergEmma EliassonErika HolstNanna JanssonYlva LindbergJenny LindqvistKristina LundbergKim MartinFrida NevalainenEmilie O'KonorMaria RoothDanijela RundqvistTherese SjölanderKatarina TimglasAnna VikmanPernilla WinbergCaitlin CahowJulie ChuNatalie DarwitzPam DreyerTricia Dunn-LuomaMolly EngstromChanda GunnJamie HagermanKim InsalacoKathleen KauthCourtney KennedyKatie KingKristin KingSarah ParsonsJenny PotterHelen ResorAngela RuggieroKelly StephensLyndsay WallKrissy Wendell

Luge

Men's singlesMen's doublesAndreas LingerWolfgang LingerAndré FlorschützTorsten WustlichGerhard PlankensteinerOswald HaselriederWomen's singles

Nordic combined

Men's sprint Men's individual Gundersen Men's team Michael GruberChristoph BielerFelix GottwaldMario Stecher Björn KircheisenGeorg HettichRonny AckermannJens Gaiser Antti KuismaAnssi KoivurantaJaakko TallusHannu Manninen

Short track speed skating

Men's 500 m Men's 1000 m Men's 1500 m Men's 5000 m relayAhn Hyun-SooLee Ho-SukOh Se-Jong Seo Ho-JinSong Suk-Woo Éric BédardJonathan Guilmette Charles Hamelin François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu TurcotteAlex IzykowskiJ. P. Kepka Apolo Anton Ohno Rusty Smith Women's 500 m Women's 1000 m Women's 1500 m Women's 3000 m relay Byun Chun-SaChoi Eun-KyungJeon Da-HyeJin Sun-YuKang Yun-Mi Alanna KrausAnouk Leblanc-BoucherAmanda OverlandKalyna RobergeTania VicentArianna FontanaMarta CapursoKatia ZiniMara Zini

Skeleton

Men'sWomen's

Ski jumping

Men's normal hill individual Men's large hill individual Men's large hill teamAndreas WidhölzlAndreas KoflerMartin KochThomas MorgensternTami KiuruJanne HapponenJanne AhonenMatti HautamäkiLars BystølBjørn Einar RomørenTommy IngebrigtsenRoar Ljøkelsøy

Snowboarding

Men's Halfpipe Men's parallel giant slalom Men's snowboard cross Women's Halfpipe Women's parallel giant slalom Women's snowboard cross

Speed skating

Men's 500 m Men's 1000 m Men's 1500 m Men's 5000 m Men's 10000 m Men's team pursuitMatteo Anesi Stefano DonagrandiEnrico FabrisIppolito SanfratelloArne DankersSteven ElmDenny MorrisonJason ParkerJustin WarsylewiczSven KramerRintje RitsmaMark TuitertCarl VerheijenErben Wennemars Women's 500 m Women's 1000 m Women's 1500 m Women's 3000 m Women's 5000 m Women's team pursuitDaniela Anschütz-ThomsAnni FriesingerLucille OpitzClaudia PechsteinSabine VölkerKristina GrovesClara HughesCindy KlassenChristine NesbittShannon RempelYekaterina AbramovaVarvara BaryshevaGalina LikhachovaYekaterina LobyshevaSvetlana Vysokova

Medal winner changes A. Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was the only 2006 Winter Olympics medalist to be stripped of their medal. She won a silver medal in the 15 km race, but tested positive for carphedon and was thus stripped of her medal. Germany's Martina Glagow was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova won the bronze.

Statistics Medal leaders

Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three total medals are listed below.

Athlete Nation SportGoldSilverBronze TotalAhn Hyun-SooShort track speed skating 3 0 1 4Biathlon 3 0 0 3Jin Sun-YuShort track speed skating 3 0 0 3Nordic combined 2 1 0 3Speed skating 2 0 1 3Biathlon 2 0 1 3Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2Biathlon 2 0 0 2Bobsleigh 2 0 0 2Bobsleigh 2 0 0 2Cross-country skiing 2 0 0 2Ski jumping 2 0 0 2Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2Kristina ŠmigunCross-country skiing 2 0 0 2Speed skating 1 2 2 5Lee Ho-SukShort track speed skating 1 2 0 3Biathlon 1 2 0 3Speed skating 1 1 1 3Nordic combined 1 1 1 3Wang MengShort track speed skating 1 1 1 3Biathlon 1 0 2 3Ski jumping 1 0 2 3Short track speed skating 1 0 2 3Alpine skiing 1 0 2 3Biathlon 0 3 0 3Biathlon 0 2 1 3

See also 2006 Winter Olympics medal table List of 2006 Winter Paralympics medal winners

References

External links

IOC's 2006 Winter Olympic page