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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.This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo; Italy had also hosted the Summer ...
About the Games A Record Games. 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.
Jun 3, 2024 · Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Turin, Italy, that took place Feb. 10–26, 2006.The Turin Games were the 20th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games.. In 2006 the Winter Games returned to Italy after a 50-year absence. Unlike the 1956 Games, which were held in the small resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the 2006 Games were hosted by Turin, an industrial city and ...
The 2006 Winter Olympics were held in Turin, Italy, from 10 February to 26 February 2006.Approximately 2,508 athletes from 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games. Overall, 84 events in 15 disciplines were contested; 45 events were opened to men, 37 to women and 2 were mixed pairs events. Two disciplines were open only to men: Nordic combined and ski jumping, while ...
By all accounts there was nothing wrong with the Torino Winter Olympics. But neither was there anything special about them. Prior to the Games, there were reports of apathy towards the Games in Italy, with significant cost overruns and the government at first refusing to help the Organizing Committee, although finally they came to their aid.
Official medal table of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2006's finest athletes
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 (unchanged from 2002).
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.
For the 2006 Winter Olympics, the IOC introduced a new selection process that prohibited visits by IOC members to the candidate sites.; In June 1999, at the 109th IOC session in Seoul, Torino, Italy was awarded the 20 Winter Olympic Games over Sion, Switzerland, by a 53-36 vote margin. The other candidate cities were Helsinki, Finland; Klagenfurt, Austria; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia and Zakopane ...
20th edition of Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy
