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  1. 1. 1. Latvia. Detailed Results. Olympic Games. Official medal table of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2006's finest athletes.

  2. 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 26, 2006.A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+3 from 2002 Olympics) participated in 84 events (+6 from 2002) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2002).

  3. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Turin 2006 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.

    • A Record Games
    • Expanding Coverage
    • Debuts and Firsts

    With a population of more than 900,000, Turin became the largest city ever to host the Olympic Winter Games. A record 2,508 athletes from 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed, and 26 NOCs took home medals—another record.

    For the first time, live video coverage of the Games was available on mobile phones. Video coverage was available in 18 countries on five continents. In another first, television viewers in Mongolia and Azerbaijan were also able to watch all the action. Surfing the internet for results proved popular too, with torino2006.org registering approximate...

    Albania, Madagascar and Ethiopia were all represented for the first time. Claudia Pechstein of Germany became the first speed skater to earn nine career medals, and with his victory in the Super G, Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway became the first Alpine skier to earn four medals in the same event and the first to win four gold medals in total.

  4. The 2006 Winter Olympics (Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in ...

  5. Torino 2006; Medal winners Torino 2006 ... Gold: Silver: Bronze: Alpine Skiing: Downhill, Men: Antoine Dénériaz ... and only the third Spanish champion in Olympic ...

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  7. All current medals and successes have been brought together and evaluated by us. Olympic Winter Games Turin 2006 Medal table for competitions, sports and the games.