2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Turin, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. This was the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games. The first time was the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Italy also had the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

XX Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Turin, Italy
Motto	Passion Lives Here (Italian: La passione vive qui)
Nations	80
Athletes	2,629
Events	84 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening	10 February
Closing	26 February
Opened by	President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Cauldron	Stefania Belmondo
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Winter
← Salt Lake 2002 Vancouver 2010 →
Summer
← Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 →

Jeremy Teela in the biathlon

The President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, opened the ceremony. Stefania Belmondo was the torch-bearer.

1,548 men and 960 women were in the Olympics. There were 84 events. The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was "Passion lives here".

Medals won by each nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	11	12	6	29
2	United States	9	9	7	25
3	Austria	9	7	7	23
4	Russia	8	6	8	22
5	Canada	7	10	7	24
6	Sweden	7	2	5	14
7	South Korea	6	3	2	11
8	Switzerland	5	4	5	14
9	Italy	5	0	6	11
10	France	3	2	4	9
	Netherlands	3	2	4	9
12	Estonia	3	0	0	3
13	Norway	2	8	9	19
14	China	2	4	5	11
15	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
16	Croatia	1	2	0	3
17	Australia	1	0	1	2
18	Japan	1	0	0	1
19	Finland	0	6	3	9
20	Poland	0	1	1	2
21	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
25	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
26	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Total		84	84	84	252

Venues

Mole Antonelliana in Turin.

Olympic areas

Olympic events were mainly held in Turin. Other events such as skiing and snowboarding had to be held in mountain areas.

Turin

Many venues were located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including:

• Oval Lingotto – Speed skating
• Torino Esposizioni – Ice hockey
• Palasport Olimpico – Ice hockey (final)
• Stadio Olimpico – Opening and closing ceremonies
• Palavela – Figure skating, short-track speed skating
• Olympic Village

Other locations

• Bardonecchia – Snowboarding
• Cesana Pariol – Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton
• Cesana San Sicario – Biathlon
• Pinerolo – Curling
• Pragelato – Nordic combined (ski jumping), Ski jumping
• Pragelato Plan – Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing)
• San Sicario Fraiteve – Alpine skiing (women's combined (downhill), downhill, and super-g)
• Sauze d'Oulx – Freestyle skiing
• Sestriere Borgata – Alpine skiing (men's combined (downhill), downhill, super-g)
• Sestriere Colle – Alpine skiing (combined (slalom), giant slalom, slalom)

Olympic villages

• Bardonecchia
• Sestriere
• Turin

2006 Winter Olympics Media

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  "Passion lives here", the Turin 2006 motto written by the Italian calligrapher Francesca Biasetton

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  Small, easyfied version of Olympic Rings black.svg without gaps fo better use downscaled as icon.

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Alpine skiing

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Biathlon

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Bobsleigh

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  Cross country skiing pictogram

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Curling

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Figure skating

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  Freestyle skiing pictogram

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Ice hockey

References

Olympic Games
Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games