The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing.
The Winter Olympics are held every four years. Most recently, the 2002 Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The
Italian city of
Turin (Torino) is currently hosting the
Winter Olympics(2006). It is the second time Italy has hosted the Winter Olympic Games, after Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. The opening ceremonies for the Olympics are the last ones to be held outdoors for a Winter Olympics until at least the 2014 Winter Olympics because the ones for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held indoors.
:: Medals table updated on 27th Feb 2006 at 0500 GMT.
XXth Olympic Winter Games 10 - 26 Feb 2006
After 16 days of competition and 252 medals won by 26 nations in 84 events, the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin have drawn to a close.
| Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| Germany | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| United States of America | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Austria | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Russian Federation | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Canada | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| Sweden | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| China | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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