2006 Winter Olympics medal table

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2006 Winter Olympics medals
Location Turin, Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (11)
Most total medalsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (29)
Medalling NOCs26
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2006 Winter Olympic Games Medals map
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Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal

Silver represents countries that won at least one silver medal

Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal

Red represents countries that did not win any medals

Grey represents countries that did not participate 2006 Winter Olympic Games Medals map.svg
2006 Winter Olympic Games Medals map
Legend:
  Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal
  Silver represents countries that won at least one silver medal
  Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal
  Red represents countries that did not win any medals
  Grey represents countries that did not participate
Victory ceremony at Medals Plaza Torino 2006 Medals Plaza.jpg
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). [1]

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Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 18 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. [1] 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. [2]

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. [3]

Changes in medal standings

One athlete was stripped of an Olympic medal during these Games. [4] 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 [5] and missed the 2010 Olympics) won the bronze. [6]

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. [7] In December 2017, IOC announced that re-analysis of samples resulted in no positive cases. [8]

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. [1] By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1112629
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 99725
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 97723
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 86822
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 710724
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 72514
7Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 63211
8Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 54514
9Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy*50611
10Flag of France.svg  France 3249
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3249
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 3003
13Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 28919
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 24511
15Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1214
16Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1203
17Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1012
18Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1001
19Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0639
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0112
21Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 0101
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0101
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0101
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0101
25Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0022
26Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 0011
Totals (26 entries)848484252

Change by doping

OlympicsAthleteCountryMedalEventRef
2006 Winter Olympics Olga Pyleva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Silver medal icon.svg Biathlon, Women's individual [9]

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