2006 Winter Olympics medal table

July 2024 2006 Winter Olympics medals Turin, ITA Most total medals GER 2006 Winter 29 Most gold medals GER 2006 Winter 11 Medalling NOCs 26 2002 Olympics medal tables 2010 thumb|right|380px|2006 Winter Olympic Games Medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate thumb|300px|Victory ceremony at Medals Plaza The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Turin, Italy, from February 10 to 26, 2006. A total of 2,508 athletes representing 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+3 from 2002 Olympics) participated in 84 events (+6 from 2002) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2002). Turin 2006 International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Turin-2006/ May 5, 2008 July 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140705173501/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Turin-2006 live Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 18 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. Germany won the highest number of gold medals (11) and led in overall medals (29) for the third consecutive Games. Latvia and Slovakia won the first medals in their Winter Olympic history. Germany, U.S. finish 1-2, many nations share wealth in Turin medals race ESPN https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=2345562 February 26, 2006 Associated Press May 6, 2008 October 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024111802/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=2345562 live Speed skater Cindy Klassen of Canada won five medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze) and was the most medalled athlete at the Games. Biathlete Michael Greis of Germany and short track speed skaters Ahn Hyun Soo and Jin Sun-Yu, both of South Korea, tied for the most gold medals, with three each. Great Olympic performances Canadian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/great-olympic-performances-1.586694 February 28, 2006 May 5, 2008 September 24, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080924191203/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2006/02/28/oly_greatperformers060228.html live Changes in medal standings List of stripped Olympic medals One athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games. 2006–Winter Olympics Games XX (Torino, Italy) The Sports Network https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10298 May 5, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080923214436/http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10298 September 23, 2008 dead Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva won a silver medal in the 15 km race, but tested positive for carphedon and lost her medal. Germany's Martina Glagow was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova (who was caught doping in 2009 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/sports/13iht-dope.1.20176190.html Biathlon champion is banned The New York Times November 3, 2009 January 23, 2020 November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129154942/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/sports/13iht-dope.1.20176190.html live and missed the 2010 Olympics) won the bronze. Russian athlete stripped of medal BBC Sports https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4719916.stm February 16, 2006 May 5, 2008 February 21, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012033/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4719916.stm live IOC retesting 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 Kristina Šmigun had tested positive. On October 24, 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes' Commission stated that Šmigun, who won two gold medals at the Turin Games, would face a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October.http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042965/smigun-vahi-facing-cas-hearing-after-positive-retest-at-turin-2006 Šmigun-Vähi facing CAS hearing after "positive" retest at Turin 2006 INSIDETHEGAMES.BIZ Nick Butler October 24, 2016 October 24, 2016 Dunsar Media Company Limited October 25, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161025115726/http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1042965/smigun-vahi-facing-cas-hearing-after-positive-retest-at-turin-2006 live In December 2017, IOC announced that re-analysis of samples resulted in no positive cases.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059102/estonian-cross-country-skier-looks-to-be-in-clear-as-ioc-announce-no-positive-results-in-turin-2006-re-analysis Estonian cross-country skier looks to be in clear as IOC announce no positive results in Turin 2006 re-analysis December 13, 2017 www.insidethegames.biz Nick Butler March 23, 2022 February 21, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220221173207/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1059102/estonian-cross-country-skier-looks-to-be-in-clear-as-ioc-announce-no-positive-results-in-turin-2006-re-analysis live Medal table Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Ostlere Lawrence 11 August 2024 Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 12 August 2024 The Independent enAraton Harvey 18 August 2008 A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 25 July 2024 The New York Times If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.Cons Roddy 10 August 2024 What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 11 August 2024 Diario AS en-us 2006 Winter Olympics medal tableTurin 2006 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/turin-2006/medals International Olympic Committee 16 January 2025 ITA flagIOC 2006 Winter 11 12 6 9 9 7 9 7 7 8 6 8 7 10 7 7 2 5 6 3 2 5 4 5 5 0 6 yes 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 0 0 2 8 9 2 4 5 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 Change by doping List of stripped Olympic medals OlympicsAthleteCountryMedalEventRef2006 Winter OlympicsOlga PylevaBiathlon, Women's individualhttp://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11382529/site/21683474/ Russian Woman Stripped of Biathlon Medal February 16, 2006 NBCSports.com Associated Press August 4, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105941/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11382529/site/21683474/ May 19, 2011 dead See also 2006 Winter Paralympics medal table List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners References 30em External links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/49 February 24, 2021 March 22, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210322081613/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/49 live Olympic Analytics/2006_2 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=2006%2F2 August 21, 2020 August 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210817203111/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=2006%2F2 live Medal Count for the 2006 Winter Olympics databaseOlympics.com http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=46 May 5, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080408104152/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=46 April 8, 2008 dead Turin 2006 Australia at the Games Australian Olympic Committee http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/3006/Torino+2006 May 5, 2008 July 27, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080727090600/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/3006/Torino+2006 live Winter Games–Torino 2006 ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/index May 5, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080514101839/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/index May 14, 2008 dead Medal count 2006