| Greece at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | GRE |
| NOC | Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
in Turin  Italy | |
| Competitors | 5 (3 men, 2 women) in 3 sports |
| Flag bearers | Eleftherios Fafalis (opening) Vassilis Dimitriadis (closing) [1] [2] |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Greece competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Vassilis Dimitriadis | Men's giant slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Men's slalom | 57.38 | 54.00 | n/a | 1:51.38 | 23 | |
| Magdalini Kalomirou | Women's giant slalom | 1:15.28 | 1:21.17 | n/a | 2:36.45 | 39 |
| Women's slalom | disqualified | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Stavros Christoforidis | Men's sprint | 32:48.3 | 3 | 84 |
| Men's individual | 1:13:13.3 | 11 | 88 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Eleftherios Fafalis | Men's sprint | 2:20.33 | 29 Q | 2:26.7 | 6 | Did not advance | 29 | ||
| Panagiota Tsakiri | Women's sprint | 2:43.28 | 66 | Did not advance | 66 | ||||
Israel competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Athletes from Northern Ireland were generally free to participate for either this team or the Ireland team under a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland. Forty-one athletes were selected for these Winter Games.
Denmark competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, but only competed in one sport: women's curling. Denmark's only medal at the Winter Olympics came in women's curling in 1998.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The team of 35 competed in speed skating, bobsleigh, short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Dutch flag bearer during the opening ceremony was speedskater Jan Bos.
Belgium sent four athletes to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Armenia sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, from 10–26 February 2006. This marked the nation's fourth appearance at a Winter Olympics as an independent country. The Armenian delegation consisted of five athletes: two in cross-country skiing, two in figure skating and one in alpine skiing.
Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Estonia sent 27 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Half of them competed in cross-country skiing, where Estonia won all of their three Turin Olympic medals. Olympic champion Andrus Veerpalu participated on his 5th Winter Olympics.
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games and the third time overall. Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Georgia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Hungary competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Iceland competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. All five members of the team competed in alpine skiing.
Japan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Shizuka Arakawa won the country's only medal, a gold, in women's figure skating. She was the first person born and raised in Asia to become an Olympic champion in that event. Athletes representing Japan participated in all but one of the 2006 Olympics' 15 sports, with Ice hockey the only exception.
Kazakhstan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Their largest contingent was their ice hockey squad of 23, in which Kazakhstan qualified after winning a qualifying series also including Austria, France and Ukraine. The cross country skiing team was also sizeable, with of 19 Kazakh athletes entered.
North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the opening ceremony, the athletes of both North and South Korea entered the stadium together behind the Korean Unification Flag.
One athlete from Costa Rica competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on February 12, 2010, 82 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.