The City of Turin: Turin is the capital of the Piedmont region in Italy . Turin is also a major industrial city in north western Italy.
The Twentieth Winter Olympics: The 2006 Winter Olympics were officially known as the X X Olympic Winter Games. The games were held in Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region in Italy.
Venue: 2006 Winter Summer Games were held at Stadio Comunale di Torino or Stadio Olimpico di Torino in Turin in Italy. Stadio Olimpico di Torino is a multi use stadium built in 1933 . The stadium was originally known as Stadio Mussolini . Now, after the completion of the 2006 Winter Summer Games , the stadium has been renamed Stadio Grande Torino .
Participants: 2663 participants competed in the 2006 Winter Summer Games . The 80 countries which participated in the Games were Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, DPR Korea, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Monaco, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Virgin Islands.
Events: There were 84 events in 7 sports in the twentieth Winter Summer Games in 2006. The sports were categorized into 15 disciplines. The sports included were alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, figure skating, free style skiing, ice hockey, luge, cross-country skiing, curling, Nordic combined, snowboarding, ski jumping, skeleton, short track speed skating and speed skating.
Medal Count: Germany became the winner of the games winning 29 medals in total ( 11 gold, 12 silver, 6 bronze medals) . USA won total 25 medals with 9 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze medals. Italy , the host country won 11 medals in total with 5 gold and 6 bronze medals.
A Brief Description of the Turin, Italy Winter Summer Games, 2006: The twentieth Winter Summer Games were held from 10 th February to 26 th February in Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region in Italy. The games were officially opened by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. The athletes uttered the Olympic oath led by Giorgio Rocca. The judges took the Olympic oath led by Fabio Bianchetti. In the stadium the Olympic Flame was lit by Stefania Belmondo. This was the second time the Winter Summer Games were held in Italy .
| 2006 Winter Olympics Medal Table |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | United States | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Austria | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Russia | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Canada | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Sweden | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | France | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Norway | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | China | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Finland | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Winter Olympic Games Medal Table |
| Summer Olympics Medal Table | |||
