2006 Winter Olympics medal table
The 2006 Winter Olympics medal count is a list of nations (represented by National Olympic Committees) ranked by the number of medals won during the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Turin, Italy, from February 10 to February 26, 2006. A total of 2,508 athletes from 80 countries participated in 84 events, in 15 disciplines, making these the largest Winter Olympic Games to date.[1][2]
Athletes from 26 countries won at least one medal, leaving 54 countries without a medal.[3] Germany was the country which conquered 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.[4]
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.[5]
One athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games.[6] 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.[7]
Medal count
This is the full table of the medal count of the 2006 Winter Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[3] These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC.
The host country (Italy) is highlighted in lavender blue and the greatest number of medals in each medal category (gold, silver, bronze, and total) is in boldface.
| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) |
9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 |  Austria (AUT) |
9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) |
8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) |
7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) |
7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 |  South Korea (KOR) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 |  Italy (ITA) |
5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Netherlands (NED) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 |  Estonia (EST) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Norway (NOR) |
2 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 |  China (CHN) |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Croatia (CRO) |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  Japan (JPN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 |  Finland (FIN) |
0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 |  Belarus (BLR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 |  Latvia (LAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 84 | 84 | 84 | 252 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- ^ "Turin–XX Olympic Winter Games". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Turin 2006". Winter Games. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ a b "Turin 2006–Medal Table". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Associated Press (2006-02-26). "Germany, U.S. finish 1-2, many nations share wealth in Turin medals race". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Great Olympic performances". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "2006–Winter Olympics XX (Torino, Italy)". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ "Russian athlete stripped of medal". BBC Sports. 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
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External links
- "Medal Count for the 2006 Winter Olympics". databaseOlympics.com.
- "Turin 2006". Australia at the Games. Australian Olympic Committee.
- "Winter Games–Torino 2006". ESPN.
