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  1. See table. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Turin 2006 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.

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    • A Record Games
    • Expanding Coverage
    • Debuts and Firsts

    With a population of more than 900,000, Turin became the largest city ever to host the Olympic Winter Games. A record 2,508 athletes from 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed, and 26 NOCs took home medals—another record.

    For the first time, live video coverage of the Games was available on mobile phones. Video coverage was available in 18 countries on five continents. In another first, television viewers in Mongolia and Azerbaijan were also able to watch all the action. Surfing the internet for results proved popular too, with torino2006.org registering approximate...

    Albania, Madagascar and Ethiopia were all represented for the first time. Claudia Pechstein of Germany became the first speed skater to earn nine career medals, and with his victory in the Super G, Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway became the first Alpine skier to earn four medals in the same event and the first to win four gold medals in total.

  3. The 2006 Winter Olympics (Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy.

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners. The medal ceremony for the women's team sprint in cross-country skiing. Left to right: Sara Renner and Beckie Scott (silver); Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg (gold); and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen (bronze). Part of a series on.

    Event
    Gold
    Silver
    Bronze
    Men's downhill details
    Antoine Dénériaz France
    Michael Walchhofer Austria
    Bruno Kernen Switzerland
    Men's slalom details
    Benjamin Raich Austria
    Reinfried Herbst Austria
    Rainer Schönfelder Austria
    Men's giant slalom details
    Benjamin Raich Austria
    Joël Chenal France
    Hermann Maier Austria
    Men's super-G details
    Kjetil André Aamodt Norway
    Hermann Maier Austria
    Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland
  6. German speed skater Claudia Pechstein won two medals in Turin, bringing her career total to nine and making her the top medal winner in her sport’s Olympic history. Ahn Hyun-Soo of South Korea dominated the short-track skating, winning three gold medals and one bronze.

  7. He was the first Spanish medallist in a winter sport, and only the third Spanish champion in Olympic history.

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