The Sports Almanac



2006 Winter Olympics
Turin, Italy

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GERMANY - 29 Medals
UNITED STATES - 25 Medals
CANADA - 24 Medals

Biathlon Bobsled Skeleton
Curling Ice Hockey Luge
Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Speed Skating
Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Freestyle Skiing
Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Snowboarding


2006 Torino Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Germany 11
 12
 6
 29
2
 United States 9
 9
 7
 25
3
 Canada 7
 10
 7
 24
4
 Austria 9
 7
 7
 23
5
 Russia 8
 6
 8
 22
6
 Norway 2
 8
 9
 19
7
 Sweden 7
 2
 5
 14
8
 Switzerland 5
 4
 5
 14
9
 South Korea 6
 3
 2
 11
10
 Italy 5
 0
 6
 11
11
 China 2
 4
 5
 11
12
 France
 3
 2
 4
 9
13
 Netherlands 3
 2
 4
 9
14
 Finland 0
 6
 3
 9
15
 Czech Republic 1
 2
 1
 4
16
 Estonia 3
 0
 0
 3
17
 Croatia
 1
 2
 0
 3
18
 Australia 1
 0
 1
 2
19
 Poland
 0
 1
 1
 2
20
 Ukraine
 0
 0
 2
 2
21
 Japan 1
 0
 0
 1
22
 Great Britain
 0
 1
 0
 1
23
 Bulgaria
 0
 1
 0
 1
24
 Belarus
 0
 1
 0
 1
25
 Slovakia
 0
 1
 0
 1
26
 Latvia 0
 0
 1
 1

2006 Turino Biathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Individual Michael Greis - Germany
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway
 Halvard Hanevold - Norway
Women's Individual Svetlana Ishmouratova - Russia
 Martina Glagow - Germany
 Albina Akhatova - Russia
Men's Sprint Sven Fischer - Germany
 Halvard Hanevold - Norway Frode Andresen - Norway
Women's Sprint Florence Baverel-Robert - France
 Anna Carin Olofsson - Sweden
 Lilia Efremova - Ukraine
Men's Pursuit Vincent Defrasne - France
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway Sven Fischer - Germany
Women's Pursuit Kati Wilhelm - Germany
 Martina Glagow - Germany Albina Akhatova - Russia
Men's Mass Start Michael Greis - Germany Tomasz Sikora - Poland
 Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway
Women's Mass Start Anna Carin Olofsson - Sweden Kati Wilhelm - Germany
 Uschi Disl - Germany
Men's Relay Germany
 Russia
 France
Women's Relay Russia
 Germany
 France

2006 Turino Boblsed
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Two-Man
 Germany
 Canada
 Switzerland
Two-Woman
 Germany
 United States
 Italy
Four-Man
 Germany
 Russia
 Switzerland

2006 Turino Skeleton
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Duff Gibson - Canada
 Jeff Pain - Canada
 Gregor Stähli - Switzerland
Women's
 Maya Pedersen-Bieri - Switzerland
 Shelley Rudman - Great Britain
 Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards - Canada

2006 Turino Curling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Canada
 Finland
 United States
Women's
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Canada

2006 Turino Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Sweden
 Finland
 Czech Republic
Women's
 Canada
 Sweden
 United States

2006 Turino Luge
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Armin Zöggeler - Italy
 Albert Demtschenko - Russia
 Mātiņš Rubenis - Latvia
Women's Singles
 Sylke Otto - Germany
 Silke Kraushaar - Germany
 Tatjanna Hüfner - Germany
Doubles
 Andreas Linger, Wolfgang Linger - Austria
 André Florsschütz, Torsten Wustlich - Germany
 Gerhard Plankensteiner, Oswald Haselrieder - Italy

2006 Turino Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles Evgeni Plushenko - Russia
 Stéphane Lambiel - Switzerland
 Jeffrey Buttle - Canada
Women's Singles Shizuka Arakawa - Japan
 Sasha Cohen - United States
 Irina Slutskaya - Russia
Pairs Tatiana Totmianina, Maxim Marinin - Russia
 Zhang Dan, Zhang Hao - China
 Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo - China
Ice Dancing Tatiana Navka, Roman Kostomarov - Russia
 Tanith Belbin, Benjamin Agosto - United States
 Elena Grushina, Ruslan Goncharov - Ukraine

2006 Turino Short Track Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Apolo Anton Ohno - United States
 François-Louis Tremblay - Canada
 Ahn Hyun-soo - South Korea
Women's 500 Meters Wang Meng - China
 Evgenia Radanova - Bulgaria
 Anouk Leblanc-Boucher - Canada
Men's 1000 Meters Ahn Hyun-soo - South Korea Lee Ho-suk - South Korea
 Apolo Anton Ohno - United States
Women's 1000 Meters Jin Sun-yu - South Korea
 Wang Meng - China Yang Yang (A) - China
Men's 1500 Meters
 Ahn Hyun-soo - South Korea Lee Ho-suk - South Korea Li JiaJun - China
Women's 1500 Meters Jin Sun-yu - South Korea Choi Eun-kyung - South Korea
 Wang Meng - China
Men's 5000 Meter Relay South Korea
 Canada
 United States
Women's 3000 Meter Relay South Korea
 Canada
 Italy

2006 Turino Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Joey Cheek - United States
 Dmitry Dorofeyev - Russia
 Lee Kang-seok - South Korea
Women's 500 Meters Svetlana Zhurova - Russia
 Wang Manli - China
 Ren Hui - China
Men's 1000 Meters Shani Davis - United States
 Joey Cheek - United States Erben Wennemars - Netherlands
Women's 1000 Meters Marianne Timmer - Netherlands
 Cindy Klassen - Canada
 Anni Friesinger - Germany
Men's 1500 Meters Enrico Fabris - Italy
 Shani Davis - United States Chad Hedrick - United States
Women's 1500 Meters Cindy Klassen - Canada Kristina Groves - Canada
 Ireen Wüst - Netherlands
Men's 5000 Meters Chad Hedrick - United States Sven Kramer - Netherlands
 Enrico Fabris - Italy
Women's 3000 Meters Ireen Wüst - Netherlands Renate Groenewold - Netherlands
 Cindy Klassen - Canada
Women's 5000 Meters Clara Hughes - Canada
 Claudia Pechstein - Germany
 Cindy Klassen - Canada
Men's 10000 Meters Bob de Jong - Netherlands
 Chad Hedrick - United States Carl Verheijen - Netherlands
Men's Team Pursuit Italy
 Canada
 Netherlands
Women's Team Pursuit Germany
 Canada
 Russia

2006 Turino Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Antoine Dénériaz - France
 Michael Walchofer - Austria
 Bruno Kernen - Switzerland
Women's Downhill Michaela Dofrmeister - Austria
 Martina Schild - Switzerland
 Anja Pärson - Sweden
Men's Slalom Benjamin Raich - Austria
 Reinfried Herbst - Austria
 Rainer Schönfelder - Austria
Women's Slalom Anja Pärson - Sweden Nicole Hosp - Austria
 Marlies Schild - Austria
Men's Giant Slalom Benjamin Raich - Austria Joël Chenal - France
 Hermann Maier - Austria
Women's Giant Slalom
 Julia Mancuso - United States
 Tanja Poutiainen - Finland
 Anna Ottosson - Sweden
Men's Super-G
 Kjetil André Aamodt - Norway
 Hermann Maier - Austria Ambrosi Hoffmann - Switzerland
Women's Super-G
 Michaela Dofrmeister - Austria Janica Kostelić - Croatia Alexandra Meissnitzer - Austria
Men's Combined Ted Ligety - United States
 Ivica Kostelić - Croatia
 Rainer Schönfelder - Austria
Women's Combined
 Janica Kostelić - Croatia Marlies Schild - Austria Anja Pärson - Sweden

2006 Turino Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Women's 10KM Kristina Šmigun - Estonia
 Marit Bjørgen - Norway
 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen - Norway
Men's 15KM Andrus Veerpalu - Estonia
 Lukáš Bauer - Czech Republic
 Tobias Angerer - Germany
Women's 15KM
 Kristina Šmigun - Estonia Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic
 Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova - Russia
Men's 30KM
 Yevgeny Dementyev - Russia
 Frode Estil - Norway
 Pietro Piller Cottrer - Italy
Women's 30KM Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic Yuliya Chepalova - Russia
 Justyna Kowalczyk - Poland
Men's 50KM Giorgio Di Centa - Italy
 Yevgeny Dementyev - Russia Mikhail Botvinov - Austria
Men's Sprint
 Björn Lind - Sweden
 Roddy Darragon - France
 Thobias Fredriksson - Sweden
Women's Sprint
 Chandra Crawford - Canada
 Claudia Künzel - Germany
 Alyona Sidko - Russia
Men's Team Sprint Sweden
 Norway
 Russia
Women's Team Sprint Sweden
 Canada
 Finland
Men's Relay
 Italy
 Germany
 Sweden
Women's Relay
 Russia
 Germany
 Italy

2006 Turino Freestyle Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Moguls
 Dale Begg-Smith - Australia
 Mikko Ronkainen - Finland
 Toby Dawson - United States
Women's Moguls
 Jennifer Heil - Canada
 Kari Traa - Norway
 Sandra Loaura - France
Men's Aerials Han Xiaopeng - China
 Dmitri Dashinski - Belarus
 Vladimir Lebedev - Russia
Women's Aerials
 Evelyne Leu - Switzerland
 Li Nina - China
 Alisa Camplin - Australia

2006 Turino Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Sprint
 Felix Gottwald - Austria
 Magnus Moan - Norway
 Georg Hettich - Germany
Individual Gundersen
 Georg Hettich - Germany Felix Gottwald - Austria Magnus Moan - Norway
Team
 Austria
 Germany
 Finland

2006 Turino Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Normal Hill
 Lars Bystøl - Norway
 Matti Hautamäki - Finland
 Roar Ljøkelsøy - Norway
Individual Large Hill
 Thomas Morgenstern - Austria
 Andreas Kofler - Austria
 Lars Bystøl - Norway
Team Large Hill
 Austria
 Finland
 Norway

2006 Turino Snowboarding
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Halfpipe Shaun White - United States
 Danny Kass - United States
 Markku Koski - Finland
Women's Halfpipe
 Hannah Teter - United States
 Gretchen Bleiler - United States
 Kjersti Buaas - Norway
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Philipp Schoch - Switzerland
 Simon Schoch - Switzerland
 Siefried Grabner - Austria
Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Daniela Meuli - Swizterland
 Amelie Kober - Germany
 Rosey Fletcher - United States
Men's Snowboard Cross
 Seth Wescott - United States
 Radoslav Židek - Slovakia
 Paul-Henri de Le Rue - France
Women's Snowboard Cross
 Tanja Frieden - Switzerland
 Lindsey Jacobellis - United States
 Dominique Maltais - Canada