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Highlights subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Highlights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Day_1_(Opening_Ceremony)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_1_(Opening_Ceremony)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Day 1 (Opening Ceremony)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_1_(Opening_Ceremony)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Day 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Day 3</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Day 4</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Day 5</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Day 6</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Day 7</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>Day 8</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.9</span> <span>Day 9</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.10</span> <span>Day 10</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.11</span> <span>Day 11</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_12" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_12"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.12</span> <span>Day 12</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_12-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_13" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_13"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.13</span> <span>Day 13</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_13-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_14" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_14"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.14</span> <span>Day 14</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_14-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_15" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_15"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.15</span> <span>Day 15</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_15-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_16" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_16"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.16</span> <span>Day 16</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_16-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Day_17_(Closing_ceremony)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Day_17_(Closing_ceremony)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.17</span> <span>Day 17 (Closing ceremony)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Day_17_(Closing_ceremony)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Venues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Venues</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Venues-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Venues subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Olympic_areas" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_areas"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Olympic areas</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_areas-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Turin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Turin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>Turin</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turin-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_locations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_locations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.2</span> <span>Other locations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_locations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_villages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_villages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Olympic villages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_villages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Official_Olympic_training_sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Official_Olympic_training_sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Official Olympic training sites</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Official_Olympic_training_sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_mountain_training_site" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_mountain_training_site"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Olympic mountain training site</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_mountain_training_site-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Participating_National_Olympic_Committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Participating_National_Olympic_Committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Participating National Olympic Committees</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Participating_National_Olympic_Committees-sublist" 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</div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Organization-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Organization subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Construction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Construction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Construction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Construction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sponsors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sponsors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Sponsors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Broadcasting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Broadcasting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Broadcasting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Broadcasting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Controversies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Controversies</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Controversies subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Controversies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Metro" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metro"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Metro</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metro-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Doping" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Doping"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Doping</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Doping-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ratings_and_attendance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ratings_and_attendance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Ratings and attendance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ratings_and_attendance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Olympic legacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Security_measures" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Security_measures"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Security measures</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Security_measures-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_2006" title="Турин 2006 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Турин 2006" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9_2006" title="الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 2006 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 2006" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuegos_Olimpicos_d%27hibierno_de_2006" title="Chuegos Olimpicos d'hibierno de 2006 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Chuegos Olimpicos d'hibierno de 2006" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Tur%C3%ADn_2006" title="Xuegos Olímpicos de Turín 2006 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xuegos Olímpicos de Turín 2006" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Q%C4%B1%C5%9F_Olimpiya_Oyunlar%C4%B1" title="2006 Qış Olimpiya Oyunları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="2006 Qış Olimpiya Oyunları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiade_Masan_Dingin_2006" title="Olimpiade Masan Dingin 2006 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Olimpiade Masan Dingin 2006" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%AC_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95" title="২০০৬ শীতকালীন অলিম্পিক – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="২০০৬ শীতকালীন অলিম্পিক" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_n%C3%AE_Tang-k%C3%B9i_Olympic_%C5%AAn-t%C5%8Dng-ho%C4%93" title="2006 nî Tang-kùi Olympic Ūn-tōng-hoē – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="2006 nî Tang-kùi Olympic Ūn-tōng-hoē" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96_2006" title="Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 2006 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 2006" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%96_2006_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83" title="Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 2006 году – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 2006 году" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_2006" title="Зимни олимпийски игри 2006 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Зимни олимпийски игри 2006" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimske_olimpijske_igre_2006." title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27hoario%C3%B9_Olimpek_goa%C3%B1v_2006" title="C'hoarioù Olimpek goañv 2006 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="C'hoarioù Olimpek goañv 2006" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocs_Ol%C3%ADmpics_d%27Hivern_de_2006" title="Jocs Olímpics d'Hivern de 2006 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Jocs Olímpics d'Hivern de 2006" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%C4%95%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B8_XX-%D0%BC%C4%95%D1%88_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF_%D0%B2%C4%83%D0%B9%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Хĕллехи XX-мĕш олимп вăййисем – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Хĕллехи XX-мĕш олимп вăййисем" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimn%C3%AD_olympijsk%C3%A9_hry_2006" title="Zimní olympijské hry 2006 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zimní olympijské hry 2006" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemau_Olympaidd_y_Gaeaf_2006" title="Gemau Olympaidd y Gaeaf 2006 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gemau Olympaidd y Gaeaf 2006" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinter-OL_2006" title="Vinter-OL 2006 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vinter-OL 2006" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Winterspiele_2006" title="Olympische Winterspiele 2006 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Olympische Winterspiele 2006" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006._aasta_taliol%C3%BCmpiam%C3%A4ngud" title="2006. aasta taliolümpiamängud – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="2006. aasta taliolümpiamängud" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CE%9F%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CE%91%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%82_2006" title="Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2006 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2006" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juegos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Tur%C3%ADn_2006" title="Juegos Olímpicos de Turín 2006 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Juegos Olímpicos de Turín 2006" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vintra_Olimpiko_2006" title="Vintra Olimpiko 2006 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vintra Olimpiko 2006" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006ko_Neguko_Olinpiar_Jokoak" title="2006ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="2006ko Neguko Olinpiar Jokoak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B6" title="بازی‌های المپیک زمستانی ۲۰۰۶ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بازی‌های المپیک زمستانی ۲۰۰۶" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_olympiques_d%27hiver_de_2006" title="Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2006 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2006" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympyske_Winterspullen_2006" title="Olympyske Winterspullen 2006 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Olympyske Winterspullen 2006" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluich%C3%AD_Oilimpeacha_an_Gheimhridh_2006" title="Cluichí Oilimpeacha an Gheimhridh 2006 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cluichí Oilimpeacha an Gheimhridh 2006" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xogos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Inverno_de_2006" title="Xogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2006 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Xogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2006" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%EB%85%84_%EB%8F%99%EA%B3%84_%EC%98%AC%EB%A6%BC%ED%94%BD" title="2006년 동계 올림픽 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2006년 동계 올림픽" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%81%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D6%85%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%80_2006" title="Ձմեռային օլիմպիական խաղեր 2006 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ձմեռային օլիմպիական խաղեր 2006" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95" title="2006 शीतकालीन ओलंपिक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="2006 शीतकालीन ओलंपिक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX._Zimske_olimpijske_igre_%E2%80%93_Torino_2006." title="XX. Zimske olimpijske igre – Torino 2006. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="XX. Zimske olimpijske igre – Torino 2006." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiade_Musim_Dingin_2006" title="Olimpiade Musim Dingin 2006 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Olimpiade Musim Dingin 2006" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpic_Ludes_de_hiverne_2006" title="Olimpic Ludes de hiverne 2006 – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Olimpic Ludes de hiverne 2006" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetrar%C3%B3lymp%C3%ADuleikarnir_2006" title="Vetrarólympíuleikarnir 2006 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vetrarólympíuleikarnir 2006" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_Giochi_olimpici_invernali" title="XX Giochi olimpici invernali – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="XX Giochi olimpici invernali" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%90%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95_(2006)" title="אולימפיאדת טורינו (2006) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אולימפיאדת טורינו (2006)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB%D2%93%D1%8B_%D2%9A%D1%8B%D1%81%D2%9B%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="2006 жылғы Қысқы Олимпиада ойындары – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="2006 жылғы Қысқы Олимпиада ойындары" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_hiemalia_2006" title="Olympia hiemalia 2006 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Olympia hiemalia 2006" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006._gada_ziemas_olimpisk%C4%81s_sp%C4%93les" title="2006. gada ziemas olimpiskās spēles – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="2006. gada ziemas olimpiskās spēles" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympesch_Wanterspiller_2006" title="Olympesch Wanterspiller 2006 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Olympesch Wanterspiller 2006" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_m._%C5%BEiemos_olimpin%C4%97s_%C5%BEaidyn%C4%97s" title="2006 m. žiemos olimpinės žaidynės – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="2006 m. žiemos olimpinės žaidynės" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006._%C3%A9vi_t%C3%A9li_olimpiai_j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kok" title="2006. évi téli olimpiai játékok – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="2006. évi téli olimpiai játékok" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_2006" title="Зимски олимписки игри 2006 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Зимски олимписки игри 2006" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AC_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95" title="२००६ हिवाळी ऑलिंपिक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="२००६ हिवाळी ऑलिंपिक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7_2006" title="اوليمبياد شتا 2006 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوليمبياد شتا 2006" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B0%DB%B6_%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="۲۰۰۶ زمستونی المپیک – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۲۰۰۶ زمستونی المپیک" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukan_Olimpik_Musim_Sejuk_2006" title="Sukan Olimpik Musim Sejuk 2006 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sukan Olimpik Musim Sejuk 2006" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D3%A8%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="2006 оны Өвлийн Олимп – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="2006 оны Өвлийн Олимп" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympische_Winterspelen_2006" title="Olympische Winterspelen 2006 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Olympische Winterspelen 2006" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E5%B9%B4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" title="2006年トリノオリンピック – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="2006年トリノオリンピック" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_Olimpiade_Viernale" title="XX Olimpiade Viernale – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="XX Olimpiade Viernale" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinter-OL_2006" title="Vinter-OL 2006 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vinter-OL 2006" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinter-OL_2006" title="Vinter-OL 2006 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vinter-OL 2006" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B2cs_Olimpics_d%27iv%C3%A8rn_de_2006" title="Jòcs Olimpics d'ivèrn de 2006 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Jòcs Olimpics d'ivèrn de 2006" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qishki_Olimpiya_o%E2%80%98yinlari_2006" title="Qishki Olimpiya o‘yinlari 2006 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qishki Olimpiya o‘yinlari 2006" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gieugh_Ol%C3%ACmpich_Invernaj_n%C3%B9mer_XX" title="Gieugh Olìmpich Invernaj nùmer XX – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Gieugh Olìmpich Invernaj nùmer XX" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimowe_Igrzyska_Olimpijskie_2006" title="Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 2006 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 2006" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogos_Ol%C3%ADmpicos_de_Inverno_de_2006" title="Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2006 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2006" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocurile_Olimpice_de_iarn%C4%83_din_2006" title="Jocurile Olimpice de iarnă din 2006 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Jocurile Olimpice de iarnă din 2006" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B_2006" title="Зимние Олимпийские игры 2006 – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Зимние Олимпийские игры 2006" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_%D0%9A%D1%8Bh%D1%8B%D2%A5%D2%A5%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%83%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="2006 Кыhыҥҥы Олимпия оонньуулара – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="2006 Кыhыҥҥы Олимпия оонньуулара" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="2006 Winter Olympics" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loj%C3%ABrat_olimpike_dim%C3%ABrore_2006" title="Lojërat olimpike dimërore 2006 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Lojërat olimpike dimërore 2006" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpiadi_Mmirnali_XX" title="Olimpiadi Mmirnali XX – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Olimpiadi Mmirnali XX" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="2006 Winter Olympics" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimn%C3%A9_olympijsk%C3%A9_hry_2006" title="Zimné olympijské hry 2006 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Zimné olympijské hry 2006" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimske_olimpijske_igre_2006" title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5_2006." title="Зимске олимпијске игре 2006. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Зимске олимпијске игре 2006." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimske_olimpijske_igre_2006." title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006. – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Zimske olimpijske igre 2006." data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talviolympialaiset_2006" title="Talviolympialaiset 2006 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Talviolympialaiset 2006" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiska_vinterspelen_2006" title="Olympiska vinterspelen 2006 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Olympiska vinterspelen 2006" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palarong_Olimpiko_sa_Taglamig_2006" title="Palarong Olimpiko sa Taglamig 2006 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Palarong Olimpiko sa Taglamig 2006" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%88%D0%BA%D1%8B_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_2006" title="Кышкы Олимпия уеннары 2006 – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кышкы Олимпия уеннары 2006" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A4%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7_2006" title="โอลิมปิกฤดูหนาว 2006 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โอลิมปิกฤดูหนาว 2006" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_K%C4%B1%C5%9F_Olimpiyatlar%C4%B1" title="2006 Kış Olimpiyatları – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="2006 Kış Olimpiyatları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8_2006" title="Зимові Олімпійські ігри 2006 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Зимові Олімпійські ігри 2006" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%E1%BA%BF_v%E1%BA%ADn_h%E1%BB%99i_M%C3%B9a_%C4%91%C3%B4ng_2006" title="Thế vận hội Mùa đông 2006 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Thế vận hội Mùa đông 2006" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E5%B9%B4%E5%86%AC%E5%AD%A3%E5%A5%A5%E6%9E%97%E5%8C%B9%E5%85%8B%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8%E4%BC%9A" title="2006年冬季奥林匹克运动会 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="2006年冬季奥林匹克运动会" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E5%B9%B4%E5%86%AC%E5%AD%A3%E5%A5%A7%E6%9E%97%E5%8C%B9%E5%85%8B%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%E6%9C%83" title="2006年冬季奧林匹克運動會 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="2006年冬季奧林匹克運動會" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" 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<li><b><a href="/wiki/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee" title="Italian National Olympic Committee">CONI</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Turin_Organising_Committee_for_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Turin Organising Committee for the XX Olympic Winter Games (page does not exist)">TOROC</a></b></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2006 Winter Olympics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2006 Winter Olympics</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">2006 Olimpiadi invernali</i>), officially the <b>XX Olympic Winter Games</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">XX Giochi olimpici invernali</i>) and also known as <b>Torino 2006</b>, were a winter <a href="/wiki/Multi-sport_event" title="Multi-sport event">multi-sport event</a> held from 10 to 26 February in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympics</a>, the first being in <a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cortina_d%27Ampezzo" title="Cortina d'Ampezzo">Cortina d'Ampezzo</a>; Italy had also hosted the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. </p><p>Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999. The official motto of Torino 2006 was "Passion lives here".<sup id="cite_ref-Motto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Motto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Games' logo depicted a stylized profile of the <a href="/wiki/Mole_Antonelliana" title="Mole Antonelliana">Mole Antonelliana</a> building, drawn in white and blue ice crystals, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web was also meant to portray the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community. The 2006 Olympic mascots were Neve ("snow" in Italian), a female <a href="/wiki/Snowball" title="Snowball">snowball</a>, and Gliz, a male <a href="/wiki/Ice_cube" title="Ice cube">ice cube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mascots_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mascots-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Italy is scheduled to host the <a href="/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics" title="2026 Winter Olympics">Winter Olympics in 2026</a> in <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cortina_d%27Ampezzo" title="Cortina d'Ampezzo">Cortina d'Ampezzo</a>, 20 years after the 2006 event and the city will host the speed skating events of the <a href="/wiki/2030_Winter_Olympics" title="2030 Winter Olympics">2030 Winter Olympics</a> with a project shared with the neighbour region of the <a href="/wiki/French_Alps" title="French Alps">French Alps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Host_city_selection">Host city selection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Host city selection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PassionLivesHere.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PassionLivesHere.jpg/220px-PassionLivesHere.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PassionLivesHere.jpg/330px-PassionLivesHere.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/PassionLivesHere.jpg/440px-PassionLivesHere.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>"Passion lives here", the Turin 2006 motto written by the Italian calligrapher <a href="/w/index.php?title=Francesca_Biasetton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Francesca Biasetton (page does not exist)">Francesca Biasetton</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Biasetton" class="extiw" title="it:Francesca Biasetton">it</a>]</span></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bids for the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bids for the 2006 Winter Olympics</a></div> <p>Turin was chosen as the host of the Olympics at the 109th <a href="/wiki/IOC_Session" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC Session">IOC Session</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> on 19 June 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Bid_archives_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bid_archives-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This decision was the first bidding process, after the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">IOC</a> had adopted new election procedures during the 108th Extraordinary IOC Session in light of the controversies surrounding the votes for the <a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998</a> and <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bid_process_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bid_process-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since IOC members were forbidden from visiting the candidate cities (in the interests of reducing bribery), the 109th IOC Session elected a special body, the Selection College, to choose finalist cities from the pool of candidate cities after each had made their final presentations to the full IOC Session. </p><p>The full IOC Session then voted on the cities chosen as finalist cities by the Selection College. Although six European cities presented their projects. Only two would advance to the final stage, which was the choice of the host city. At the first phase, all had to make the preliminary presentation in full IOC Session. All the members of the Selection College had to be present at the audience and it was their responsibility to decide which would be the two finalists. They decided that the cities were: the big favorite <a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a> and the dark horse of the process: <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bid_archives_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bid_archives-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bids of <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, Finland; <a href="/wiki/Poprad" title="Poprad">Poprad-Tatry</a>, Slovakia; <a href="/wiki/Zakopane" title="Zakopane">Zakopane</a>, Poland; and <a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a>, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six bidding cities made their presentations.<sup id="cite_ref-Election_IOC_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Election_IOC-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise around the world since the Swiss city was seen as the overwhelming favorite in part because the IOC had their headquarters in Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-Sion_favorite_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sion_favorite-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some analysts attribute the choice of Turin as a reaction to Swiss IOC member <a href="/wiki/Marc_Hodler" title="Marc Hodler">Marc Hodler</a>'s role in exposing the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal" title="2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal">bribery scandal</a> surrounding <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>'s bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics<sup id="cite_ref-Whistleblower_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whistleblower-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The information below comes from the International Olympic Committee Vote History <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html">Archived</a> 25 May 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> web page. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>2006 Winter Olympics bidding results<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>City </th> <th>Country </th> <td style="background:silver;"><b>Round 1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a></b></td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>53</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) <i>operational costs</i> incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) <i>direct capital costs</i> incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are <i>not</i> included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost and cost overrun for Torino 2006 compares with costs of US$2.5 billion and a cost overrun of 13% for Vancouver 2010, and costs of US$51 billion and a cost overrun of 289% for Sochi 2014, the latter being the most costly Olympics to date. Average cost for Winter Games since 1960 is US$3.1 billion, average cost overrun is 142%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Events_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Events at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Events at the 2006 Winter Olympics</a></div> <p>The 2006 Winter Olympics featured 84 medal events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports.<sup id="cite_ref-Turin_2006_IOC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turin_2006_IOC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the previous four editions of the Winter Games, no new sport/discipline was introduced. Eight new events were added in disciplines already on the Olympic program, including mass start in biathlon, team sprint in cross-country skiing, boarder cross in snowboard, and team pursuit in speed skating, all with both men's and women's competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-Events_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Events-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The International Ski Federation introduced an alternating system for cross-country skiing styles in certain events. Long-distance races (30 km for women and 50 km for men) that were contested in the classic style during the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a> were freestyle events in Torino. </p><p>The sports and disciplines that were contested at the 2006 Games: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ol><li><b>Biathlon</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Biathlon_pictogram.svg/20px-Biathlon_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" 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1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg/40px-Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobsleigh" title="Bobsleigh">Bobsleigh</a> <small>(3)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Bobsleigh_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Skeleton_pictogram.svg/20px-Skeleton_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Skeleton_pictogram.svg/30px-Skeleton_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Skeleton_pictogram.svg/40px-Skeleton_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_(sport)" title="Skeleton (sport)">Skeleton</a> <small>(2)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Curling</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/20px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/30px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/40px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Curling" title="Curling">Curling</a> <small>(2)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Ice hockey</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg/20px-Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg/30px-Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg/40px-Ice_hockey_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">Ice hockey</a> <small>(2)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Luge</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luge_pictogram.svg/20px-Luge_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luge_pictogram.svg/30px-Luge_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Luge_pictogram.svg/40px-Luge_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luge" title="Luge">Luge</a> <small>(3)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Luge_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Skating</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/20px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/30px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/40px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Figure_skating" title="Figure skating">Figure skating</a> <small>(4)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg/20px-Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg/30px-Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg/40px-Short_track_speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating" class="mw-redirect" title="Short track speed skating">Short track speed skating</a> <small>(8)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Speed_skating_pictogram.svg/20px-Speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Speed_skating_pictogram.svg/30px-Speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Speed_skating_pictogram.svg/40px-Speed_skating_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Speed_skating" title="Speed skating">Speed skating</a> <small>(12)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Speed_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Skiing</b> <ul><li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/20px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/30px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/40px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing" title="Alpine skiing">Alpine skiing</a> <small>(10)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/20px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/30px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/40px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)" title="Cross-country skiing (sport)">Cross-country skiing</a> <small>(12)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg/20px-Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg/30px-Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg/40px-Freestyle_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_skiing" title="Freestyle skiing">Freestyle skiing</a> <small>(4)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg/20px-Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg/30px-Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg/40px-Nordic_combined_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nordic_combined" title="Nordic combined">Nordic combined</a> <small>(3)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Nordic_combined_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg/20px-Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg/30px-Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg/40px-Ski_jumping_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ski_jumping" title="Ski jumping">Ski jumping</a> <small>(3)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Snowboarding_pictogram.svg/20px-Snowboarding_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Snowboarding_pictogram.svg/30px-Snowboarding_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Snowboarding_pictogram.svg/40px-Snowboarding_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Snowboarding" title="Snowboarding">Snowboarding</a> <small>(6)</small> (<span class="noprint" style="font-size:90%; font-style:italic;"><a href="/wiki/Snowboarding_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics">details</a></span>)</li></ul></li></ol> </div> <p><i>Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Calendar">Calendar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>All dates are in <a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">Central European Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a>)</i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:2.5em; background:#00cc33; text-align:center"><b>OC</b></td> <td>Opening ceremony </td> <td style="width:2.5em; background:#3399ff; text-align:center">●</td> <td>Event competitions </td> <td style="width:2.5em; background:#ffcc00; text-align:center"><b>1</b></td> <td>Event finals </td> <td style="width:2.5em; background:#ffdead; text-align:center"><b>EG</b></td> <td>Exhibition gala </td> <td style="width:2.5em; background:#FF8888; text-align:center"><b>CC</b></td> <td>Closing ceremony </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">February </th> <th style="width:2.5em">10th<br />Fri </th> <th style="width:2.5em">11th<br />Sat </th> <th style="width:2.5em">12th<br />Sun </th> <th style="width:2.5em">13th<br />Mon </th> <th style="width:2.5em">14th<br />Tue </th> <th style="width:2.5em">15th<br />Wed </th> <th style="width:2.5em">16th<br />Thu </th> <th style="width:2.5em">17th<br />Fri </th> <th style="width:2.5em">18th<br />Sat </th> <th style="width:2.5em">19th<br />Sun </th> <th style="width:2.5em">20th<br />Mon </th> <th style="width:2.5em">21st<br />Tue </th> <th style="width:2.5em">22nd<br />Wed </th> <th style="width:2.5em">23rd<br />Thu </th> <th style="width:2.5em">24th<br />Fri </th> <th style="width:2.5em">25th<br />Sat </th> <th style="width:2.5em">26th<br />Sun </th> <th>Events </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg/20px-Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg/30px-Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg/40px-Olympic_Rings_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="44" /></span></span> Ceremonies</td> <td bgcolor="#00cc33" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony">OC</a></b></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td bgcolor="#FF8888" align="center"><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony">CC</a></b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/20px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/30px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg/40px-Alpine_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Alpine skiing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Biathlon_pictogram.svg/20px-Biathlon_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Biathlon_pictogram.svg/30px-Biathlon_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Biathlon_pictogram.svg/40px-Biathlon_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Biathlon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Biathlon</a> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg/20px-Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg/30px-Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg/40px-Bobsleigh_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobsleigh_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bobsleigh</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/20px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/30px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg/40px-Cross_country_skiing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Cross country skiing</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2 </b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>2</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1 </b> </td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/20px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/30px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Curling_pictogram.svg/40px-Curling_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Curling</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#3399ff">● </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffcc00"><b>1</b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td colspan="2" align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/20px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/30px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Figure_skating_pictogram.svg/40px-Figure_skating_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Figure 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href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medal table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_medal_table" title="2006 Winter Olympics medal table">2006 Winter Olympics medal table</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Torino_2006_Medals_Plaza.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Torino_2006_Medals_Plaza.jpg/300px-Torino_2006_Medals_Plaza.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Torino_2006_Medals_Plaza.jpg/450px-Torino_2006_Medals_Plaza.jpg 1.5x, 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style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a></th><td>11</td><td>12</td><td>6</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics">United States</a></th><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a></th><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russia</a></th><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a></th><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Sweden</a></th><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Korea</a></th><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a></th><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:#ccccff;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Italy</a>*</th><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">10</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="France at the 2006 Winter Olympics">France</a></th><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Netherlands</a></th><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>9</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (11 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">73</th><th style="font-weight:bold">57</th><th style="font-weight:bold">61</th><th style="font-weight:bold">191</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podium_sweeps">Podium sweeps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Podium sweeps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Sport </th> <th>Event </th> <th>NOC </th> <th>Gold </th> <th>Silver </th> <th>Bronze </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luge_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Luge</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luge_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles" title="Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's singles">Women's singles</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylke_Otto" title="Sylke Otto">Sylke Otto</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silke_Kraushaar" class="mw-redirect" title="Silke Kraushaar">Silke Kraushaar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatjana_H%C3%BCfner" title="Tatjana Hüfner">Tatjana Hüfner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 February </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Alpine Skiing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_slalom" title="Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom">Men's slalom</a> </td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Raich" title="Benjamin Raich">Benjamin Raich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reinfried_Herbst" title="Reinfried Herbst">Reinfried Herbst</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Sch%C3%B6nfelder" title="Rainer Schönfelder">Rainer Schönfelder</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Highlights">Highlights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chronological_summary_of_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chronological summary of the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chronological summary of the 2006 Winter Olympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG/220px-Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG/330px-Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG/440px-Piazza_Carlo_Felice_Torino.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1232" /></a><figcaption>2006 Olympics logo on display in the Carlo Felice Square, in Turin</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_1_(Opening_Ceremony)"><span id="Day_1_.28Opening_Ceremony.29"></span>Day 1 (Opening Ceremony)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Day 1 (Opening Ceremony)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Stefania_Belmondo" title="Stefania Belmondo">Stefania Belmondo</a>, a 10-time Olympic medalist in <a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)" title="Cross-country skiing (sport)">cross-country skiing</a>, lit the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Flame" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Flame">Olympic Flame</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony">opening ceremony</a> on 10 February. Before that, the ceremony celebrated the best of Italy and Sport including a segment honoring the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=FilmMaster_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FilmMaster Group (page does not exist)">FilmMaster Group</a> K-events (from March 2012: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Filmmaster_Events&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Filmmaster Events (page does not exist)">Filmmaster Events</a>) created and produced the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin in 2006. Executive Producer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marco_Balich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marco Balich (page does not exist)">Marco Balich</a>, Content Supervisor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfredo_Accatino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfredo Accatino (page does not exist)">Alfredo Accatino</a>, Art Direction Lida Castelli. <a href="/wiki/Monica_Maimone" title="Monica Maimone">Monica Maimone</a> of Studio Festi directed the section <i>From Renaissance To Baroque</i>, part of the Opening Ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-Oaths_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oaths-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Relay-Opening_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Relay-Opening-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_2">Day 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Day 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first gold medal of the 2006 Games was awarded in the 20 kilometre <a href="/wiki/Biathlon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics">biathlon</a>, won by <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Greis" title="Michael Greis">Michael Greis</a> on the first day of competition. Ice hockey began with the women's competition; <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Sweden</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russia</a> 3–1 in the first match while <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a>'s team opened with the second most lopsided win in Olympic history by beating the host <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Italians</a> 16–0. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_3">Day 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Day 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 February, <a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Latvia</a> won its first winter Olympic medal when <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81rti%C5%86%C5%A1_Rubenis" title="Mārtiņš Rubenis">Mārtiņš Rubenis</a> took the bronze in the men's luge. <a href="/wiki/Armin_Z%C3%B6ggeler" title="Armin Zöggeler">Armin Zöggeler</a>'s win in that event gave Italy its first gold medal of the Games and gave Zöggeler medals at four consecutive Olympics, including two golds in a row. In Alpine skiing, the men's downhill was won by <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Deneriaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Antoine Deneriaz">Antoine Deneriaz</a> of France. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_4">Day 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Day 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="China at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chinese</a> figure skating pair <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Dan" title="Zhang Dan">Zhang Dan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Hao_(figure_skater)" title="Zhang Hao (figure skater)">Zhang Hao</a>, trailing a dominant <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russian</a> pair, attempted a throw quadruple <a href="/wiki/Salchow_jump" title="Salchow jump">salchow jump</a>—an element which had never been successfully completed in competition. Zhang Dan fell, injuring her knee, but the pair finished their program to a standing ovation and took the silver medal. Russia finished the third day of competition with two gold medals, as did the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_5">Day 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Day 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fourth day saw <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Plushenko" title="Evgeni Plushenko">Evgeni Plushenko</a> of Russia set a world record score in the men's figure skating short program; his 90.66 points exceeded the nearest opponent's score by more than 10 points. The men's combined <a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">alpine skiing</a> was riddled with disqualifications, including front-runners <a href="/wiki/Bode_Miller" title="Bode Miller">Bode Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Raich" title="Benjamin Raich">Benjamin Raich</a>. American <a href="/wiki/Ted_Ligety" title="Ted Ligety">Ted Ligety</a> won the event in what was considered an upset. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_6">Day 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Day 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Canada had another strong day on 15 February, setting new Olympic records in both men's and women's pursuit team speed skating events as well as opening the men's ice hockey competition with a win against Italy. Italy finished the day with the men's pursuit team Olympic record, however, after the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Netherlands</a> bettered Canada's time only to have Italy improve upon theirs. China won its first gold of 2006 with <a href="/wiki/Wang_Meng_(speed_skater)" title="Wang Meng (speed skater)">Wang Meng</a>'s victory in the women's individual 500-metre short track speed skating. A pair of <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austrian</a> brothers <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Linger" title="Andreas Linger">Andreas Linger</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Linger" title="Wolfgang Linger">Wolfgang Linger</a> won the men's doubles luge while <a href="/wiki/Michaela_Dorfmeister" title="Michaela Dorfmeister">Michaela Dorfmeister</a> gave the nation another championship in the women's downhill. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_7">Day 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Day 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kristina_%C5%A0migun" class="mw-redirect" title="Kristina Šmigun">Kristina Šmigun</a> won her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10 kilometre classical <a href="/wiki/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">cross-country skiing</a> on 16 February, remaining the only <a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Estonian</a> to medal. In men's <a href="/wiki/Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics">curling</a> action, <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a> edged <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a> 7–6, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a> kept <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics">New Zealand</a> winless by winning 9–7, <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Norway</a> 7–6, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics">United States</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Sweden</a>, 10–6. <a href="/wiki/Evgeni_Plushenko" title="Evgeni Plushenko">Evgeni Plushenko</a> of Russia won the gold in the men's singles artistic skating. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_8">Day 8</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Day 8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 February, <a href="/wiki/Tanja_Frieden" title="Tanja Frieden">Tanja Frieden</a> of <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a> took the gold in women's snowboard cross after <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Jacobellis" title="Lindsey Jacobellis">Lindsey Jacobellis</a> of the United States fell on the second-to-last jump while performing an unnecessary method grab. Jacobellis settled for silver (she would have won gold if she had not performed the grab), while <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Maltais" title="Dominique Maltais">Dominique Maltais</a> took bronze after recovering from a crash. <a href="/wiki/Duff_Gibson" title="Duff Gibson">Duff Gibson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a> took gold in the <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics">skeleton</a> just ahead of fellow Canadian <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Pain" title="Jeff Pain">Jeff Pain</a>, becoming the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history. In the women's ice hockey semifinals, the United States lost a shootout to Sweden, marking the first time in international competition that the United States had lost to anyone other than Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canada's win maintained its record of never having lost to anyone other than the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_9">Day 9</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Day 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kjetil_Andr%C3%A9_Aamodt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kjetil André Aamodt">Kjetil André Aamodt</a> won gold for <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Norway</a> in the men's super-G on 18 February, beating <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Maier" title="Hermann Maier">Hermann Maier</a> of <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a>. <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germans</a> <a href="/wiki/Kati_Wilhelm" title="Kati Wilhelm">Kati Wilhelm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martina_Glagow" class="mw-redirect" title="Martina Glagow">Martina Glagow</a> finished first and second in the 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit. The host Italians defeated Canada in men's curling, while Switzerland did the same in men's ice hockey to put the Canadians on the wrong end of two major upsets on the same day. The United States men's ice hockey team suffered its first loss of the tournament as <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Slovakia</a> and Russia continue their dominance of the pool. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_10">Day 10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Day 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lascelles_Brown" title="Lascelles Brown">Lascelles Brown</a> became the first Jamaican-born competitor to win a medal at the Winter Olympics on 19 February, competing on the Canadian 2-man bobsleigh team which finished second in an extremely tight competition. The German pair was only .21 seconds ahead of the Canadians, themselves only .14 ahead of the Swiss team. Finland continued to be unbeaten in men's ice hockey, handing Canada its second loss. </p><p>The day also saw the most hyped event of these games, at least in Europe, as the Men's 10 km Cross Country Relay was scheduled. The battle stemmed from the <a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Olympics" title="1994 Winter Olympics">Lillehammer</a> games 12 years ago in which Italy out-dueled Norway in that very same event. To that extent, many Norwegians wanted to win this event in order to embarrass the Italians on their home turf, but it was not to be as Italy crushed the field winning over Germany by over 15 seconds to take their 5th straight gold in this event. Norway failed to medal for the first time since 1988. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_11">Day 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Day 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The final day of curling pool play was 20 February; Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals while Finland, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain qualified in the men's competition. Austria took their first team gold medal in ski jumping, while Canada took their second in women's ice hockey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_12">Day 12</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Day 12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slovakia and Finland both won their final men's ice hockey games on 21 February to win their respective pools with 5–0–0 records. <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Fabris" title="Enrico Fabris">Enrico Fabris</a> gave the host nation another gold medal in speed skating by winning the men's 1500 metres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_13">Day 13</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Day 13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 22 February, the twelfth day of competition, <a href="/wiki/Anja_P%C3%A4rson" title="Anja Pärson">Anja Pärson</a> won her first gold medal in the women's slalom; it was her fifth overall Olympic medal and third of the 2006 Games. <a href="/wiki/Chandra_Crawford" title="Chandra Crawford">Chandra Crawford</a> took a quicker route to the top of the podium, winning the 1.1 kilometre cross-country sprint gold in her Olympic debut. In the men's ice hockey quarterfinals, the previously undefeated Slovaks lost to the Czech Republic while Russia, Finland, and Sweden eliminated Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Philipp_Schoch" title="Philipp Schoch">Philipp Schoch</a> successfully defended his snowboarding giant slalom gold against his brother <a href="/wiki/Simon_Schoch" title="Simon Schoch">Simon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_14">Day 14</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Day 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sweden took the women's championship in the curling finals held on 23 February. <a href="/wiki/Shizuka_Arakawa" title="Shizuka Arakawa">Shizuka Arakawa</a> gave Japan its first gold medal of the Games and first figure skating gold medal, winning the ladies' figure skating competition in part by being able to finish without falling, as <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Cohen" title="Sasha Cohen">Sasha Cohen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irina_Slutskaya" title="Irina Slutskaya">Irina Slutskaya</a> both tumbled. Russia wrested the gold medal in women's team biathlon from Germany. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_15">Day 15</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Day 15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>24 February was the day of the men's curling finals, in which Canada won its first gold medal and the United States won its first medal in the sport as Canada defeated Finland and the United States beat Great Britain for the second time. The figure skating gala was also held, with top placers in all of the events performing exhibitions. Sweden and Finland won their men's ice hockey semifinal games, defeating the Czech Republic and Russia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_16">Day 16</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Day 16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Austrians swept the men's alpine slalom medals on 25 February, led by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Raich" title="Benjamin Raich">Benjamin Raich</a>. Germany took gold medals in the men's 15 kilometer biathlon and the men's individual bobsleigh. <a href="/wiki/Apolo_Anton_Ohno" class="mw-redirect" title="Apolo Anton Ohno">Apolo Anton Ohno</a> won his second short track speed skating gold medal. South Korea's <a href="/wiki/Jin_Sun-Yu" class="mw-redirect" title="Jin Sun-Yu">Jin Sun-Yu</a> wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000 m. Compatriot <a href="/wiki/Ahn_Hyun-Soo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahn Hyun-Soo">Ahn Hyun-Soo</a> wins his third gold medal of the Games, medaling in every men's short track event and bringing his total number of medals in Turin to four. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Day_17_(Closing_ceremony)"><span id="Day_17_.28Closing_ceremony.29"></span>Day 17 (Closing ceremony)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Day 17 (Closing ceremony)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The final day of competition and the <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_Closing_Ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony">closing ceremony</a>, were held during the <a href="/wiki/Carnival_in_Italy" title="Carnival in Italy">Sunday Carnival</a> on 26 February. The Swedish men's ice hockey team handed Finland their first loss in the final to take the gold medal. In the closing ceremony, <a href="/wiki/Manuela_Di_Centa" title="Manuela Di Centa">Manuela Di Centa</a>, a seven-time Olympic medalist from Italy and then-member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a>, was scheduled to present the medals for the men's 50-kilometre cross-country skiing event. This resulted in her presenting the gold medal to her own brother when <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Di_Centa" title="Giorgio Di Centa">Giorgio Di Centa</a> won the event to take his second gold medal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Venues_of_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics">Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_areas">Olympic areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Olympic areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Olympic events were mainly held in Turin, but other events (namely skiing, snowboarding, and the track sports) were held in mountainous outlying villages for obvious reasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Turin">Turin</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Turin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many venues were located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oval_Lingotto" title="Oval Lingotto">Oval Lingotto</a> – Speed skating</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torino_Esposizioni" title="Torino Esposizioni">Torino Esposizioni</a> – Ice hockey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Alpitour" class="mw-redirect" title="Pala Alpitour">Palasport Olimpico</a> – Ice hockey (final)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_Grande_Torino" title="Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino">Stadio Olimpico</a> – <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_Opening_Ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony">Opening</a> and <a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Olympics_Closing_Ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony">closing</a> ceremonies</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torino_Palavela" title="Torino Palavela">Palavela</a> – Figure skating, short-track speed skating</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piazza_Castello,_Turin" title="Piazza Castello, Turin">Piazza Castello</a> - awarding ceremonies</li> <li>Olympic Village</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_locations">Other locations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_(english).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png/220px-Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png/330px-Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png/440px-Map_of_the_XX_Olympic_Winter_Games_%28english%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Location of venues</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bardonecchia" title="Bardonecchia">Bardonecchia</a> – Snowboarding</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesana_Pariol" title="Cesana Pariol">Cesana Pariol</a> – Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesana_San_Sicario" title="Cesana San Sicario">Cesana San Sicario</a> – Biathlon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinerolo" title="Pinerolo">Pinerolo</a> – Curling</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stadio_del_Trampolino" title="Stadio del Trampolino">Pragelato</a> – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pragelato_Plan" title="Pragelato Plan">Pragelato Plan</a> – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Sicario_Fraiteve" title="San Sicario Fraiteve">San Sicario Fraiteve</a> – Alpine skiing (women's combined (downhill), downhill, and super-g)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauze_d%27Oulx" title="Sauze d'Oulx">Sauze d'Oulx</a> – Freestyle skiing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sestriere" title="Sestriere">Sestriere Borgata</a> – Alpine skiing (men's combined (downhill), downhill, super-g)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sestriere" title="Sestriere">Sestriere Colle</a> – Alpine skiing (combined (slalom), giant slalom, slalom)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_villages">Olympic villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Olympic villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bardonecchia" title="Bardonecchia">Bardonecchia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sestriere" title="Sestriere">Sestriere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_Olympic_training_sites">Official Olympic training sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Official Olympic training sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiomonte" title="Chiomonte">Chiomonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_Lattea" title="Via Lattea">Claviere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prali" title="Prali">Prali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpe_Lusentino_-_Domodossola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alpe Lusentino - Domodossola (page does not exist)">Alpe Lusentino - Domodossola</a> (VB) (Alpine Skiing)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riale_-_Formazza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riale - Formazza (page does not exist)">Riale - Formazza</a> (VB) (Nordic Skiing)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_mountain_training_site">Olympic mountain training site</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Olympic mountain training site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Torre_Pellice" title="Torre Pellice">Torre Pellice</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participating_National_Olympic_Committees">Participating National Olympic Committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Participating National Olympic Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG/300px-2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG/450px-2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG/600px-2006_Winter_olympics_team_numbers.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1379" data-file-height="649" /></a><figcaption> Number of athletes sent from participating NOCs: 1–9; blue: 10–49; orange: 50–99; red: 100 or more.</figcaption></figure> <p>A record 80 <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">National Olympic Committees</a> (NOCs) entered athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. This was an increase of two from the 78 represented at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Olympic_Winter_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 Olympic Winter Games">2002 Olympic Winter Games</a>. The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants that NOC contributed. It was the first appearance for Albania, Ethiopia and Madagascar. It was the only appearance at the Winter Olympics for <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a>, coming between the country's name change in 2003 from the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Federal Republic of Yugoslavia</a> and Montenegro's then-pending <a href="/wiki/2006_Montenegrin_independence_referendum" title="2006 Montenegrin independence referendum">vote for independence</a> in May 2006. Algeria returned to the Winter games after a 14-year absence, Senegal returned to the Winter games after a 12-year absence, and Luxembourg, North Korea and Portugal returned after 8 years. Six countries, Cameroon, Fiji, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago which were at the 2002 Games, did not participate in 2006. </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Participating <a href="/wiki/Category:Nations_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics" title="Category:Nations at the 1904 Summer Olympics">National Olympic Committees</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 17em;"> <ul><li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Albania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Algeria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Algeria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Algeria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/44px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andorra_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Andorra</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Argentina</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(9)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Armenia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Australia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(40)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(73)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belarus</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(28)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belgium</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bermuda</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Brazil</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(9)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bulgaria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(21)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(191)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chile</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(9)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="China at the 2006 Winter Olympics">China</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(73)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/33px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, 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Olympics">Croatia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(23)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cyprus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Cyprus</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Czech Republic</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(83)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Denmark</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Estonia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(26)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ethiopia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Finland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(90)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="France at the 2006 Winter Olympics">France</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(82)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Georgia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Georgia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(155)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(39)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/33px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/44px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Greece at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Greece</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hong Kong</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hungary</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(19)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iceland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/33px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/44px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/India_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="India at the 2006 Winter Olympics">India</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iran at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iran</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ireland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/33px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/44px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Israel at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Israel</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Italy</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(179)</span> <b>(host)</b></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Japan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(110)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kazakhstan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(55)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Korea</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(40)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kyrgyzstan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Latvia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(57)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/33px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/44px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lebanon at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lebanon</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/33px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/44px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Liechtenstein at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Liechtenstein</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(5)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lithuania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lithuania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(7)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/33px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/44px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Luxembourg</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/33px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/44px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Macedonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Macedonia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/33px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/44px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Madagascar</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moldova_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Moldova at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Moldova</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/22px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/33px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/44px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monaco_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Monaco</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Mongolia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Mongolia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(2)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Nepal</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, 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Olympics">New Zealand</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(15)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Norway</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(67)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Poland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(45)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Portugal</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Romania</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(25)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(174)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Marino_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="San Marino at the 2006 Winter Olympics">San Marino</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Senegal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Senegal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Senegal</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Serbia and Montenegro</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Slovakia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(58)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/22px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/33px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/44px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Slovenia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(36)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Africa</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(3)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Spain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Spain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(16)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Sweden</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(106)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(125)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/33px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/44px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Thailand</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/33px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/44px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Turkey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(6)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ukraine</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(52)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics">United States</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(204)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Uzbekistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Uzbekistan</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(4)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Venezuela</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li> <li><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Virgin Islands</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(1)</span></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number_of_athletes_by_National_Olympic_Committee">Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>2,494 <a href="/wiki/Athlete" title="Athlete">athletes</a> from 80 <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">NOCs</a> participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IOC Letter Code</a> </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Athletes </th></tr> <tr> <td>ALB</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Albania</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ALG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Algeria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Algeria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Algeria</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AND</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/44px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andorra_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Andorra</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ARG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Argentina_%281861%E2%80%932010%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Argentina</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ARM</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Armenia</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AUS</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Australia</a></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AUT</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a></td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AZE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BLR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belarus_%281995%E2%80%932012%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belarus</a></td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BEL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belgium</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BER</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bermuda</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BIH</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BRA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/44px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Brazil</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BUL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bulgaria</a></td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CAN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a></td> <td>191 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CHI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chile</a></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CHN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="China at the 2006 Winter Olympics">China</a></td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CRC</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/33px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/44px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Costa Rica at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Costa Rica</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CRO</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg/33px-Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg/44px-Civil_ensign_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Croatia</a></td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CYP</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cyprus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Cyprus</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>CZE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Czech Republic</a></td> <td>83 </td></tr> <tr> <td>DEN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/33px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/44px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Denmark</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>EST</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Estonia</a></td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ETH</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281996%E2%80%932009%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ethiopia</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FIN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Finland</a></td> <td>90 </td></tr> <tr> <td>FRA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/33px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/44px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="France at the 2006 Winter Olympics">France</a></td> <td>82 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GEO</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Georgia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Georgia</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GER</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a></td> <td>155 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GBR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a></td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>GRE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/33px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/44px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Greece at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Greece</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>HKG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hong Kong</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>HUN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/33px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/44px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hungary</a></td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ISL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iceland</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IND</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/33px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/44px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/India_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="India at the 2006 Winter Olympics">India</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IRI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/33px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/44px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iran at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iran</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>IRL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ireland_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ireland</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ISR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/33px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/44px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Israel at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Israel</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ITA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy_%282003%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Italy</a></td> <td>179 </td></tr> <tr> <td>JPN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/44px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Japan</a></td> <td>110 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KAZ</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kazakhstan</a></td> <td>55 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KEN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kenya</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>PRK</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/33px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/44px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="North Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">North Korea</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KOR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Korea</a></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>KGZ</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan_%281992%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kyrgyzstan</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LAT</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Latvia</a></td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LIB</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/33px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/44px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lebanon at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lebanon</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LIE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/33px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/44px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Liechtenstein at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Liechtenstein</a></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LTU</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lithuania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lithuania</a></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>LUX</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/33px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/44px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Luxembourg</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MKD</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/33px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/44px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Macedonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Macedonia</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MAD</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/33px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/44px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Madagascar</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MDA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Moldova_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moldova_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Moldova at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Moldova</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MON</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/22px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/33px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/44px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monaco_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Monaco</a></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MGL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Mongolia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Mongolia</a></td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NEP</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Nepal</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NED</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Netherlands</a></td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NZL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/22px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/33px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/44px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="New Zealand at the 2006 Winter Olympics">New Zealand</a></td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>NOR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Norway</a></td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>POL</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Poland</a></td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>POR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Portugal</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ROU</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/33px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/44px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Romania</a></td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>RUS</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russia</a></td> <td>174 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SMR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_San_Marino_%28pre-2011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Marino_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="San Marino at the 2006 Winter Olympics">San Marino</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SEN</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/44px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Senegal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Senegal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Senegal</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SCG</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Slovakia</a></td> <td>58 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SLO</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/22px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/33px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg/44px-Civil_Ensign_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Slovenia</a></td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <td>RSA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Africa</a></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ESP</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/33px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/44px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Spain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Spain</a></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SWE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/33px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/44px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Sweden</a></td> <td>106 </td></tr> <tr> <td>SUI</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a></td> <td>125 </td></tr> <tr> <td>TPE</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/33px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/44px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chinese Taipei</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>TJK</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/33px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png 1.5x, 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<td>TUR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/33px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/44px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Turkey at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Turkey</a></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>UKR</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/33px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/44px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ukraine at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ukraine</a></td> <td>52 </td></tr> <tr> <td>USA</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/33px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png/44px-Flag_of_Venezuela_%281954%E2%80%932006%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Venezuela</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>ISV</td> <td><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Virgin Islands</a></td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Out of 40,000 applicants, 20,000 volunteers were selected to help the athletes, spectators, and journalists, and to prepare the competition sites. They were selected by the recruiting program <a href="/w/index.php?title=Noi2006&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noi2006 (page does not exist)">Noi2006</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Volunteers_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Volunteers-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Construction">Construction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes and media, and transportation infrastructures were constructed for a total of 1.7 billion euros.<sup id="cite_ref-Construction_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Construction-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the most important sporting facilities that were used: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_(Turin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Olimpico (Turin)">Stadio Olimpico (Turin)</a> (formerly known as Stadio Comunale);</li> <li>Five sports halls (three new, two rearranged): the Palazzo a Vela re-designed by <a href="/wiki/Gae_Aulenti" title="Gae Aulenti">Gae Aulenti</a> (to host short track and ice skating), the <a href="/wiki/Oval_Lingotto" title="Oval Lingotto">Oval Lingotto</a> (speed ice skating), <a href="/wiki/Torino_Esposizioni" title="Torino Esposizioni">Torino Esposizioni</a> (ice hockey), the Ice stadium in corso Tazzoli, the <a href="/wiki/Torino_Palasport_Olimpico" class="mw-redirect" title="Torino Palasport Olimpico">Palasport Olimpico</a> designed by Arata Isozaki (ice hockey);</li> <li>The Olympic arch of Turin;</li> <li>Olympic villages of Turin, Bardonecchia and Sestriere;</li> <li>The ice stadium in Pinerolo, re-arranged and enlarged, to host the curling competition;</li> <li>A new stadium in Torre Pellice (ice hockey);</li> <li>Twelve new intermediate-level ski lifts in Cesana Torinese, Cesana San Sicario, Sestriere, Bardonecchia, Claviere, Sauze d'Oulx, Pragelato;</li> <li>The tracks for bobsled, luge, and skeleton in Cesana (the second international track in Italy, along with the one in <a href="/wiki/Cortina_d%27Ampezzo" title="Cortina d'Ampezzo">Cortina d'Ampezzo</a>);</li></ul> <p>The most important transport infrastructure works were: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Metrotorino" class="mw-redirect" title="Metrotorino">Turin Metro</a> (<a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9hicule_Automatique_L%C3%A9ger" title="Véhicule Automatique Léger">VAL</a> system), which for the Olympic games connected <a href="/wiki/Collegno" title="Collegno">Collegno</a> to the railway station of <a href="/wiki/Porta_Susa" class="mw-redirect" title="Porta Susa">Porta Susa</a>.</li> <li>The upgrade of 11 state roads and motorways connecting Turin with other Olympic sites, including the Motorway between Turin and Pinerolo, which was host to the Curling events.</li></ul> <p>In the city, the main developments were the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Palafuksas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palafuksas (page does not exist)">Palafuksas</a>, a glass building designed by <a href="/wiki/Massimiliano_Fuksas" title="Massimiliano Fuksas">Massimiliano Fuksas</a>, the new Modern Art Gallery and the great project of the "Spina", that will provide urban regeneration over an area of 2 million square meters through the construction of an underground urban railway and the re-utilization of abandoned industrial areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsors">Sponsors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sponsors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Worldwide Olympic Partners </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atos" title="Atos">Atos Origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" title="The Coca-Cola Company">The Coca-Cola Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodak" title="Kodak">Kodak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenovo" title="Lenovo">Lenovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manulife" title="Manulife">Manulife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_SA" title="Omega SA">Omega SA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Panasonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samsung_Electronics" title="Samsung Electronics">Samsung Electronics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_Inc." title="Visa Inc.">Visa Inc.</a></li></ul> </div> <p>Main sponsors </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiat Group">Fiat Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanpaolo_IMI" title="Sanpaolo IMI">Sanpaolo IMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecom_Italia" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecom Italia">Telecom Italia</a> (Telecom and <a href="/wiki/TIM_(brand)" class="mw-redirect" title="TIM (brand)">TIM</a>)</li></ul> <p>Official sponsors </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo" title="Alfa Romeo">Alfa Romeo</a></li> <li>Alpitour</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASICS" class="mw-redirect" title="ASICS">ASICS</a></li> <li>Berloni</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferrovie_dello_Stato_Italiane" title="Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane">Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Jet Set Sports">Jet Set Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnson" title="Johnson & Johnson">Johnson & Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyocera" title="Kyocera">Kyocera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancia" title="Lancia">Lancia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonardo-Finmeccanica" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonardo-Finmeccanica">Leonardo-Finmeccanica</a></li> <li>Reale Mutua Assicurazioni</li></ul> </div> <p>Official suppliers </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adecco_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Adecco Group">Adecco Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automobile_Club_d%27Italia" title="Automobile Club d'Italia">Automobile Club d'Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A.T._Kearney" class="mw-redirect" title="A.T. Kearney">A.T. Kearney</a></li> <li>Ceriel</li> <li>Cicrespi</li> <li>Cofatech</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn" title="Deutsche Bahn">Deutsche Bahn</a> (<a href="/wiki/DB_Schenker" title="DB Schenker">DB Schenker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europcar" title="Europcar">Europcar</a></li> <li>Fast-Buyer</li> <li>Fontanafredda Winery</li> <li>Garrett Metal Detectors</li> <li>Intercom Dr. Leitner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italcar" title="Italcar">Italcar</a></li> <li>Italgas</li> <li>Liski</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nortel" title="Nortel">Nortel</a></li> <li>Ottaviani</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pininfarina" title="Pininfarina">Pininfarina</a></li> <li>Recchi</li> <li>Seteco</li> <li>SITAF</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technogym" title="Technogym">Technogym</a></li> <li>Ticketone</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TNT_Express" title="TNT Express">TNT Express</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>About 40% of the television coverage of the Olympics was in <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high definition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2006 Winter Olympic Games were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Broadcaster </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>Argentina </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Torneos_y_Competencias" title="Torneos y Competencias">TyC</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific_Broadcasting_Union" title="Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union">ABU</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brazil </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SporTV" title="SporTV">SporTV</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC/Radio-Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Network" title="The Sports Network">TSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_des_sports" title="Réseau des sports">RDS</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span>Caribbean </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Media_Corporation" title="Caribbean Media Corporation">CMC</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>People's Republic of China </td> <td><a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">CCTV</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chinese Taipei </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Television_System" title="Chinese Television System">CTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Television" title="Taiwan Television">TTV</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Estonia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eesti_Televisioon" title="Eesti Televisioon">ETV</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Akamai_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akamai-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Europe </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">EBU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurosport" title="Eurosport">Eurosport</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yle" title="Yle">Yle</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-USA_Today_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_Today-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>France </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9visions" title="France Télévisions">France Télévisions</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Germany </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster)" title="ARD (broadcaster)">ARD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZDF" title="ZDF">ZDF</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Akamai_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akamai-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iceland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%9AV" title="RÚV">RÚV</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Akamai_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akamai-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Italy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAI" title="RAI">RAI</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Japan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span>Latin America </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Organizaci%C3%B3n_de_Televisi%C3%B3n_Iberoamericana" class="mw-redirect" title="Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana">OTI</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Malaysia </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Televisyen_Malaysia" title="Radio Televisyen Malaysia">RTM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astro_(Malaysian_satellite_television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astro (Malaysian satellite television)">Astro</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mexico </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Azteca_(multimedia_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Azteca (multimedia company)">Azteca</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-USA_Today_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_Today-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon" style="padding-left:25px;"> </span>Middle East </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arab_States_Broadcasting_Union" title="Arab States Broadcasting Union">ASBU</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Omroep_Stichting" title="Nederlandse Omroep Stichting">NOS</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Akamai_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akamai-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Television_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Television New Zealand">TVNZ</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norway </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NRK" title="NRK">NRK</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-USA_Today_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_Today-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puerto Rico </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Romania </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Televiziunea_Rom%C3%A2n%C4%83" class="mw-redirect" title="Televiziunea Română">TVR</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-USA_Today_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA_Today-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Serbia and Montenegro </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Television_of_Serbia" title="Radio Television of Serbia">RTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Television_of_Kosovo" title="Radio Television of Kosovo">RTK</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SuperSport_(South_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperSport (South African TV channel)">SuperSport</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Korea </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Broadcasting_System" title="Korean Broadcasting System">KBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seoul_Broadcasting_System" title="Seoul Broadcasting System">SBS</a></li></ul> </div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Torino2006_22-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torino2006-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sweden </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sveriges_Television" title="Sveriges Television">SVT</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-IOC_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IOC-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Switzerland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SRG_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="SRG SSR">SRG SSR</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Akamai_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akamai-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United Kingdom </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Games had issues with covering costs and international attendance. Due to a lack of funding by the Italian Government, TOROC risked dissolution. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metro">Metro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Metro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Turin_Metro" title="Turin Metro">metro</a> was finally opened to the public on 4 February 2006, after a 45-day delay. It operated on a shorter stretch (<i>XVIII Dicembre</i> (Porta Susa) to <i>Fermi</i> – 11 stations) than originally forecast; it finally reached the main railway station (<i>Porta Nuova</i>) and the rest of the city centre more than one year after the Games, in October 2007. For the duration of the Games, a single ticket (5 euros) covered use of both the metro and other means of public transportation for a whole day. However, during the Games, metro service stopped at 6:00 pm, making it impractical for spectators of evening events. Furthermore, the metro did not reach any of the Olympic venues. On the other hand, the bus service was heavily improved for the Games, although still inadequate at night hours.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doping">Doping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Doping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the games, Italian police raided the Austrian athletes' quarters in search of evidence of blood doping. The raid was conducted due to suspicions over the presence of biathlon coach <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mayer" title="Walter Mayer">Walter Mayer</a>, who had been banned from all Olympic events up to and including the <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010</a> due to previous doping convictions. Around the time of the raid Mayer and two Austrian biathletes, Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann, tried to escape and fled back to Austria. Later, the Austrian ski federation president said that the two athletes told him they "may have used illegal methods". Six skiers and four biathletes were also taken for drug screens by the <a href="/wiki/IOC" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC">IOC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those substance screens later returned negative results. </p><p>On 25 April 2007, six Austrian athletes (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Roland_Diethard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roland Diethard (page does not exist)">Roland Diethard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Eder" title="Johannes Eder">Johannes Eder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Perner" title="Wolfgang Perner">Wolfgang Perner</a>, <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Pinter" title="Jürgen Pinter">Jürgen Pinter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Rottmann" title="Wolfgang Rottmann">Wolfgang Rottmann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Tauber" title="Martin Tauber">Martin Tauber</a>) were banned for life from the Olympics for their involvement in the doping scandal at the 2006 Turin Olympics, the first time the <a href="/wiki/IOC" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC">IOC</a> punished athletes without a positive or missed doping test. The Austrians were found guilty of possessing doping substances and taking part in a conspiracy, based on materials seized by Italian police during the raid on the living quarters. The Austrians also had their competition results from Turin annulled.<sup id="cite_ref-AustTurin_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AustTurin-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>List of athletes with doping convictions in these Games: </p> <ul><li>Russian <a href="/wiki/Olga_Medvedtseva" title="Olga Medvedtseva">Olga Pyleva</a> was stripped of her silver and other medals in the 15 km biathlon event after testing positive for <a href="/wiki/Carphedon" class="mw-redirect" title="Carphedon">carphedon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Brazilian bobsled athlete <a href="/wiki/Armando_dos_Santos_(bobsleigh)" title="Armando dos Santos (bobsleigh)">Armando dos Santos</a>, ejected from the Games after a preventive antidoping test came positive (the results were from a test conducted in Brazil).<sup id="cite_ref-AdS2006_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdS2006-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The IOC has retested nearly 500 doping samples that were collected at the 2006 Turin Games. In 2014, the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that a retested sample from cross-country skier <a href="/wiki/Kristina_%C5%A0migun" class="mw-redirect" title="Kristina Šmigun">Kristina Šmigun</a> had tested positive. On 24 October 2016, the <a href="/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency" title="World Anti-Doping Agency">World Anti-Doping Agency</a> Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun, who won two gold medals at the Turin Games, faces a <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Arbitration_for_Sport" title="Court of Arbitration for Sport">Court of Arbitration for Sport</a> hearing before the end of October.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2017, IOC announced that re-analysis of samples resulted in no positive cases.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings_and_attendance">Ratings and attendance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Ratings and attendance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Globalize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-globalize" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Globe icon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/48px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png" decoding="async" width="48" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/73px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/97px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The examples and perspective in this article <b>may not represent a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias">worldwide view</a> of the subject</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You may <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit">improve this article</a>, discuss the issue on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Talk:2006 Winter Olympics">talk page</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard" title="Wikipedia:Article wizard">create a new article</a>, as appropriate.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A number of events reported low spectator attendance despite having acceptable ticket sales. Preliminary competition and locally less popular sports failed to attract capacity crowd as expected. Organizers explained this was because blocks of seats were reserved or purchased by sponsors and partners who later did not show up at the events.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Several news organizations reported that many Americans were not as interested in the Olympics as in years past.<sup id="cite_ref-Interest_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Interest-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been suggested that reasons for this lack of interest include the <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delayed</a> coverage, which showed events in prime-time as much as 18 hours later in the Western United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Ratings_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ratings-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Primetime viewing figures in Canada were also disappointing, especially after the early exit of the Canadian men's hockey team,<sup id="cite_ref-Canada_ratings_2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canada_ratings_2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though overall viewing figures were up from 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Canada_ratings_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canada_ratings-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympic_legacy">Olympic legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Olympic legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oval2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Oval2009.jpg/220px-Oval2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Oval2009.jpg/330px-Oval2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Oval2009.jpg/440px-Oval2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Torino's Olympic Oval hosting the 2009 European Athletics Indoor</figcaption></figure> <p>The Olympics represented an opportunity to revamp the city's look and change its traditional image as an industrial city by showing the world its hidden side of vibrant cultural life and stunning architectures. Thanks to the olympic exposure and state of the art venues, Turin has become one of Italy's primary tourist destinations and has been established as an important sport center in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2006, TOP (<a href="/wiki/Torino_Olympic_Park" title="Torino Olympic Park">Torino Olympic Park</a>) has been the agency in charge of managing the Olympic facilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_measures">Security measures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Winter_Olympics&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Security measures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with every Olympics since the <a href="/wiki/Munich_massacre" title="Munich massacre">Munich massacre</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a> and then increasingly since the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>, there was heavy security due to fears of terrorism. </p><p>The organizers further increased security measures<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in connection with the <a href="/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy" title="Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy">Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy</a> and insisted that the Olympic Games were going to be safe, which they were; the Olympics concluded without a major breach of security occurring. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Charter" title="Olympic Charter">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Congress" title="Olympic Congress">Olympic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_meetings" title="List of IOC meetings">IOC meetings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_sports_federations" title="List of international sports federations">International sports federations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_medal" title="Olympic medal">Medals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_medal_table" title="Olympic medal table">Medal table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_table" title="All-time Olympic Games medal table">All-time medal table</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-time_Youth_Olympic_Games_medal_table" title="All-time Youth Olympic Games medal table">youth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_teams_by_medals_won" title="List of Olympic teams by medals won">Medal table leaders by Olympic Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Olympic_medalists" title="Lists of Olympic medalists">Medalists</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Youth_Olympic_medalists" title="Lists of Youth Olympic medalists">youth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ties_for_medals_at_the_Olympics" title="List of ties for medals at the Olympics">Medal ties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Incentives_for_Olympic_medalists_by_country" title="Incentives for Olympic medalists by country">Incentives by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stripped_Olympic_medals" title="List of stripped Olympic medals">Stripped medals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_diploma" title="Olympic diploma">Olympic diploma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_wreath" title="Olive wreath">Olive wreath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">Nations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_participating_nations_at_the_Summer_Olympic_Games" title="List of participating nations at the Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_participating_nations_at_the_Winter_Olympic_Games" title="List of participating nations at the Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_nations_at_the_Winter_Olympics" title="Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics">tropical nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">country codes</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_host_cities" title="List of Olympic Games host cities">Host cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Bids for Olympic Games">Bids</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bids_for_the_Youth_Olympic_Games" title="Bids for the Youth Olympic Games">youth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_venues" title="List of Olympic venues">Venues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Youth_Olympic_venues" title="List of Youth Olympic venues">youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Stadium" title="Olympic Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games_ceremony" title="Olympic Games ceremony">Ceremonies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Mass" title="Olympic Mass">Olympic Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_opened_the_Olympic_Games" title="List of people who have opened the Olympic Games">People who opened the Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_torch_relays" title="List of Olympic torch relays">Torch relays</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_torchbearers_who_have_lit_the_Olympic_cauldron" title="List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron">lighters of the Olympic cauldron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_kept_the_Olympic_flag" title="List of people who have kept the Olympic flag">Keepers of the Olympic flag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympics_on_television" title="Olympics on television">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Broadcasting_Services" title="Olympic Broadcasting Services">Olympic Broadcasting Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Channel" title="Olympic Channel">Olympic Channel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Channel_(American_TV_channel)" title="Olympic Channel (American TV channel)">American</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media_coverage_of_the_Olympics" title="Social media coverage of the Olympics">Social media</a></li> <li>Films <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Summer_Olympic_documentary_films" title="List of Summer Olympic documentary films">summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Winter_Olympic_documentary_films" title="List of Winter Olympic documentary films">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_video_games" title="List of Olympic video games">Video games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_symbols" title="Olympic symbols">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_flame" title="Olympic flame">Flame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympiad" title="Olympiad">Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Oath" title="Olympic Oath">Oath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_songs_and_anthems" title="List of Olympic songs and anthems">Songs and anthems</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Hymn" title="Olympic Hymn">Hymn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_emblem" title="Olympic emblem">Emblem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_poster" title="Olympic poster">Poster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_mascots" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic mascots">Mascots</a></li> <li>Coins <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_coins" title="Summer Olympic coins">summer (pre-2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Coins_(2000%E2%80%93present)" title="Summer Olympic Coins (2000–present)">summer (2000-present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_coins" title="Winter Olympic coins">winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin_Medal" title="Pierre de Coubertin Medal">Pierre de Coubertin Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Cup" title="Olympic Cup">Olympic Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Diploma_of_Merit" title="Olympic Diploma of Merit">Olympic Diploma of Merit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Laurel" title="Olympic Laurel">Olympic Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Order" title="Olympic Order">Olympic Order</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Art competitions at the Summer Olympics">Art competitions at the Olympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_art_competitions" title="List of Olympic medalists in art competitions">medalists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_scandals,_controversies_and_incidents" title="List of Olympic Games scandals, controversies and incidents">Scandals and controversies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Olympic_Games" title="Antisemitism in the Olympic Games">antisemitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonialism_and_the_Olympic_Games" title="Colonialism and the Olympic Games">colonialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doping_at_the_Olympic_Games" title="Doping at the Olympic Games">doping</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_and_Paralympic_deaths" title="Olympic and Paralympic deaths">Deaths</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympians_killed_in_World_War_I" title="List of Olympians killed in World War I">WWI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympians_killed_in_World_War_II" title="List of Olympians killed in World War II">WWII</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participation_of_women_in_the_Olympics" title="Participation of women in the Olympics">Participation of women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a></li> <li>Continental <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Games" title="African Games">African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Games" title="Asian Games">Asian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Games" title="European Games">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Games" title="Pacific Games">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games" title="Pan American Games">Pan-American</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Esports_Series" title="Olympic Esports Series">Olympic Esports Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deaflympics" title="Deaflympics">Deaflympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games" title="1906 Intercalated Games">1906 Intercalated Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games" title="Ancient Olympic Games">Ancient Olympic Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #D5E6FF"><div id="Olympic_Games" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Olympic Games</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" title="1896 Summer Olympics">1896 Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics" title="1900 Summer Olympics">1900 Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics" title="1904 Summer Olympics">1904 St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Summer_Olympics" title="1908 Summer Olympics">1908 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Stockholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Summer_Olympics" title="1916 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1916 Berlin</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW1_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Antwerp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Summer_Olympics" title="1924 Summer Olympics">1924 Paris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Amsterdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics" title="1932 Summer Olympics">1932 Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics" title="1936 Summer Olympics">1936 Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1940 Tokyo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Summer_Olympics" title="1944 Summer Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1944 London</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Summer_Olympics" title="1948 Summer Olympics">1948 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952 Helsinki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">1968 Mexico City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Munich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Olympics" title="1988 Summer Olympics">1988 Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996 Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics" title="2000 Summer Olympics">2000 Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Rio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Tokyo</a><sup id="cite_ref-COVID2021_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COVID2021-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024 Paris</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics" title="2028 Summer Olympics">2028 Los Angeles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Olympics" title="2032 Summer Olympics">2032 Brisbane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2036_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2036 Summer Olympics">2036 TBD</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2040_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2040 Summer Olympics">2040 TBD</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Olympic rings"><img alt="Olympic rings" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/110px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/165px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg/220px-Olympic_rings_without_rims.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="158" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics" title="1924 Winter Olympics">1924 Chamonix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics" title="1928 Winter Olympics">1928 St. Moritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Winter_Olympics" title="1932 Winter Olympics">1932 Lake Placid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics" title="1936 Winter Olympics">1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Winter_Olympics" title="1940 Winter Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1940 Sapporo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Winter_Olympics" title="1944 Winter Olympics"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:gray">1944 Cortina d'Ampezzo</span></a><sup id="cite_ref-WW2_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">1948 St. Moritz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Winter_Olympics" title="1952 Winter Olympics">1952 Oslo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Winter_Olympics" title="1956 Winter Olympics">1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Winter_Olympics" title="1960 Winter Olympics">1960 Squaw Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics" title="1964 Winter Olympics">1964 Innsbruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Winter_Olympics" title="1968 Winter Olympics">1968 Grenoble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics" title="1972 Winter Olympics">1972 Sapporo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Olympics" title="1976 Winter Olympics">1976 Innsbruck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Olympics" title="1980 Winter Olympics">1980 Lake Placid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Winter_Olympics" title="1984 Winter Olympics">1984 Sarajevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988 Calgary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Winter_Olympics" title="1992 Winter Olympics">1992 Albertville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Olympics" title="1994 Winter Olympics">1994 Lillehammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998 Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Salt Lake</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2006 Torino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">2010 Vancouver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">2014 Sochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018 PyeongChang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Beijing</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Winter_Olympics" title="2026 Winter Olympics">2026 Milano Cortina</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_Winter_Olympics" title="2030 Winter Olympics">2030 French Alps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2034_Winter_Olympics" title="2034 Winter Olympics">2034 Salt Lake City–Utah</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3" style="background: #DDEBFF;background: #D5E6FF"><div id="Youth_Olympic_Games" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games" title="Youth Olympic Games">Youth Olympic Games</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DDEBFF;width:6em">Summer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist wraplinks" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2010 Summer Youth Olympics">2010 Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2014 Summer Youth Olympics">2014 Nanjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2018 Summer Youth Olympics">2018 Buenos Aires</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2026_Summer_Youth_Olympics" title="2026 Summer Youth Olympics">2026 Dakar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2030_Summer_Youth_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2030 Summer Youth Olympics">2030</a></i></li></ul> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Youth Olympic Games logo"><img alt="Youth Olympic Games logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg/110px-Youth_Olympic_Games_Logo_Third_Version.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="64" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Curling_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Curling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Figure skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Freestyle skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luge_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Luge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_combined_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Nordic combined</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Short track speed skating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Skeleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ski jumping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowboarding_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Snowboarding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_skating_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Speed skating</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Nations_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_in_Turin,_Italy" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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the <a class="mw-selflink selflink">2006 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Algeria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ethiopia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kenya at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Senegal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Argentina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bermuda at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Costa Rica at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Venezuela at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="China at the 2006 Winter Olympics">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Chinese Taipei at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Chinese Taipei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hong Kong at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="India at the 2006 Winter Olympics">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iran at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="North Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lebanon at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Mongolia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Nepal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Tajikistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Thailand at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Uzbekistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Albania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belarus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Belgium at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bosnia-Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Bulgaria at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Croatia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Cyprus at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Denmark at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="France at the 2006 Winter Olympics">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Georgia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Greece at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Hungary at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Iceland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Israel at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Liechtenstein at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Lithuania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Luxembourg at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Macedonia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Moldova at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Poland at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Portugal at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Romania at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="San Marino at the 2006 Winter Olympics">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Serbia-Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Slovakia at the 2006 Winter 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<li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Space_Agency" title="Italian Space Agency">Italian Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzelli_Hi-Tech_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Erzelli Hi-Tech Park">Erzelli Hi-Tech Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istituto_Italiano_di_Tecnologia" title="Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia">Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia</a> (IIT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istituto_Italiano_per_l%27Intelligenza_Artificiale" title="Istituto Italiano per l'Intelligenza Artificiale">Istituto Italiano per l'Intelligenza Artificiale</a> (AI4I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Innovation_District" title="Milan Innovation District">Milan Innovation District</a> (MIND)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Energy_in_Italy" title="Category:Energy in Italy">Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/EICMA" title="EICMA">EICMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expo_2015" title="Expo 2015">Expo 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euroflora" title="Euroflora">Euroflora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fieracavalli" title="Fieracavalli">Fieracavalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genoa_International_Boat_Show" title="Genoa International Boat Show">Genoa International Boat Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsenale_di_Venezia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenale di Venezia">Venice Boat Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucca_Comics_%26_Games" title="Lucca Comics & Games">Lucca Comics & Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terra_Madre_Salone_del_Gusto" title="Terra Madre Salone del Gusto">Terra Madre Salone del Gusto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padua" title="Padua">Auto Moto d'Epoca Padova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milano AutoClassica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Furniture_Fair" class="mw-redirect" title="Milan Furniture Fair">Milan Furniture Fair</a></li> 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