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XX GAMES – TURIN 2006
Date: 10 – 26. February.
Nations: 80.
Athletes: 2,508 (1,548 men, 960 women).
Sports: 7.
Events: 84.
Official opening of the Games by: President Carlo Azaglio Ciampi.
Olympic flame:
Stefania Belmondo (cross country).
Olympic oath: Giorgio Rocca (Alpine skiing). Official oath: Fabio Bianchetti (skating).
Number of medal-winning nations: 26.
National medal total:
1. Germany 29 (11, 12, 6).
   
               
 
 
   Norway, the most successful nation in the history of the “white Olympics” and defender of the title of the best nation from the previous Games, dropped to the 13th place with 19 medals, only two of which were gold.
The most successful athlete was short-track speed skater Hyun-Soo Ahn (South Korea). However, given the tradition and the quality of biathlon, the hero of the Games was thirty-year old German Michael Greis, who medalled three golds.
Canada’s Cindy Klassen won the most medals – 5 in speed skating, one gold, two silvers and two bronzes. In Turin, forty-year old Duff Gibson (skeleton) of Canada became the oldest Winter Olympic champion, and fifty five-year old American Scott Baird (curling, bronze, team) became the oldest Olympic medallist.
The Turin Games will be remembered by the favourites’ failures, especially in Alpine skiing, excellent attendance (over 900,000 tickets were sold) and TV coverage in over 160 countries worldwide.
For the first time, our athletes participated in the Winter Olympics as the national team of Serbia and Montenegro.

Candidate cities: Helsinki, Klagenfurt, Poprad-Tatry, Sion, Zakopane.
 		  
The most successful athlete: Hyun-Soo Ahn (South Korea), three golds and a bronze in short-track speed skating		  
     

SPORTS (7)

      
     
  • Bobsleigh
  • Biathlon
  • Curling
  • Luge
  • Skiing
  • Skating
  • Ice Hockey
      
             
             
     

National medal total

      
     
  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1. GERMANY 11 12  6 29
2. USA 9 9 7 25
3. AUSTRIA 9 7 7 23
4. RUSSIA 8 6 8 22
5. CANADA 7 10 7 24
6. SWEDEN 7 2 5 14
7. SOUTH KOREA 6 3 2 11
8. SWITZERLAND 5 4 5 14
9. ITALY 5 0 6 11
10. FRANCE 3 2 4 9
10. NETHERLANDS 3 2 4 9
12. ESTONIA 3 0 0 3
13. NORWAY 2 8 9 19
14. CHINA 2 4 5 11
15. CZECH REPUBLIC 1 2 1 4
16. CROATIA 1 2 0 3
17. AUSTRALIA 1 0 1 2
18. JAPAN 1 0 0 1
19. FINLAND 0 6 3 9
20. POLAND 0 1 1 2
21. BELARUS 0 1 0 1
21. BULGARIA 0 1 0 1
21. GREAT BRITAIN 0 1 0 1
21. SLOVAKIA 0 1 0 1
25. UKRAINE 0 0 2 2
26. LATVIA 0 0 1 1
  TOTAL 84 84 84 252
     
      Twenty-six nations won medals. An average number of medals won per nation was 9.69. The most successful nation won 11.5 per cent of the total number of medals.      
             
                 
                   
             
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