Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing; at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario; Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Dates	12–25 February 2006
No. of events	10
Competitors	287 (168 men, 80 women) from 60 nations
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Turin

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Location in the Alps of Europe

Sestriere

Turin

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Locations in Piedmont

Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy. The races were held 12–25 February 2006.^[1]

Medal table

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Antoine Dénériaz France	1:48.80	Michael Walchhofer Austria	1:49.52	Bruno Kernen Switzerland	1:49.82
Combined details	Ted Ligety United States	3:09.35	Ivica Kostelić Croatia	3:09.88	Rainer Schönfelder Austria	3:10.67
Super-G details	Kjetil André Aamodt Norway	1:30.65	Hermann Maier Austria	1:30.78	Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland	1:30.98
Giant slalom details	Benjamin Raich Austria	2:35.00	Joël Chenal France	2:35.07	Hermann Maier Austria	2:35.16
Slalom details	Benjamin Raich Austria	1:43.14	Reinfried Herbst Austria	1:43.97	Rainer Schönfelder Austria	1:44.15

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Michaela Dorfmeister Austria	1:56.49	Martina Schild Switzerland	1:56.86	Anja Pärson Sweden	1:57.13
Combined details	Janica Kostelić Croatia	2:51.08	Marlies Schild Austria	2:51.58	Anja Pärson Sweden	2:51.63
Super-G details	Michaela Dorfmeister Austria	1:32.47	Janica Kostelić Croatia	1:32.74	Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria	1:33.06
Giant slalom details	Julia Mancuso United States	2:09.19	Tanja Poutiainen Finland	2:09.86	Anna Ottosson Sweden	2:10.33
Slalom details	Anja Pärson Sweden	1:29.04	Nicole Hosp Austria	1:29.33	Marlies Schild Austria	1:29.79

Participating NOCs

Fifty-eight nations contributed alpine skiers to the events at Torino.

Course information

Date	Race	Start elevation	Finish elevation	Vertical drop	Course length	Average gradient
Sun 12 Feb	Downhill – men	2,800 m (9,186 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	914 m (2,999 ft)	3.299 km (2.050 mi)	27.7%
Wed 15 Feb	Downhill – women	2,538 m (8,327 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	800 m (2,625 ft)	3.058 km (1.900 mi)	26.2%
Tue 14 Feb	Downhill (K) – men	2,686 m (8,812 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	800 m (2,625 ft)	2.965 km (1.842 mi)	27.0%
Sat 18 Feb	Downhill (K) – women	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	548 m (1,798 ft)	2.331 km (1.448 mi)	23.5%
Sat 18 Feb	Super-G – men	2,536 m (8,320 ft)	1,886 m (6,188 ft)	650 m (2,133 ft)	2.325 km (1.445 mi)	28.0%
Mon 20 Feb	Super-G – women	2,286 m (7,500 ft)	1,738 m (5,702 ft)	548 m (1,798 ft)	2.331 km (1.448 mi)	23.5%
Mon 20 Feb	Giant slalom – men	2,480 m (8,136 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	450 m (1,476 ft)
Fri 24 Feb	Giant slalom – women	2,370 m (7,776 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	340 m (1,115 ft)
Sat 25 Feb	Slalom – men	2,240 m (7,349 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	210 m (689 ft)
Wed 22 Feb	Slalom – women	2,210 m (7,251 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	180 m (591 ft)
Tue 14 Feb	Slalom (K) – men	2,210 m (7,251 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	180 m (591 ft)
Fri 17 Feb	Slalom (K) – women	2,170 m (7,119 ft)	2,030 m (6,660 ft)	140 m (459 ft)

Qualification

All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.

In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event.

If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event.

References

^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

TOROC Explanatory Book - Alpine Skiing^{[permanent dead link]}
FIS-SKI - FIS World Ski Championships medals^{[permanent dead link]}, URL accessed 23 December 2005
FIS-Ski - Olympic medals, URL accessed 21 December 2005
Alpine Skiing Cup Standings, URL accessed 21 December 2005
World Cup Calendar, from FIS-Ski, URL accessed 21 December 2005
(in Norwegian) Sportsboken 2002 published by Sportsboken AS, edited by Tore Johansen

External links

FIS-Ski.com – alpine skiing – 2006 Winter Olympics – Sestriere and San Sicario, Italy

[SR-1] "Alpine Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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