Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games and the third time overall. Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Luge | Men's singles | 12 February | ||
Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello | Speed skating | Men's team pursuit | 16 February | |
Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay | 19 February | |
Speed skating | Men's 1500 m | 21 February | ||
Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km freestyle | 26 February | ||
Speed skating | Men's 5000 m | 11 February | ||
Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km pursuit | 12 February | ||
Oswald Haselrieder | Luge | Doubles | 15 February | |
Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 x 5 km relay | 18 February | |
Jennifer Isacco | Bobsleigh | Two-woman | 21 February | |
Mara Zini Arianna Fontana Katia Zini | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 m relay | 22 February |
Host
Italy were hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.Alpine skiing
;Men;Women
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Biathlon
;Men;Women
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Distance;Men
;Women
;Sprint
Curling
Men's tournament
Team: Joël Retornaz, Fabio Alvera, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo, Antonio Menardi, Marco Mariani
;Round robin
;Draw 1
;Draw 2
;Draw 3
;Draw 5
;Draw 7
;Draw 8
;Draw 9
;Draw 10
;Draw 12
;Standings
Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
1 | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 7 | 2 | |
2 | Brad Gushue | 6 | 3 | |
3 | Pete Fenson | 6 | 3 | |
4 | David Murdoch | 6 | 3 | |
5 | Pål Trulsen | 5 | 4 | |
6 | Ralph Stockli | 5 | 4 | |
7 | Joel Retornaz | 4 | 5 | |
8 | Peter Lindholm | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Andy Kapp | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Sean Becker | 0 | 9 |
Women's tournament
Team: Diana Gaspari, Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin, Violetta Caldart, Eleonora Alvera;Round robin
;Draw 1
;Draw 3
;Draw 4
;Draw 5
;Draw 7
;Draw 8
;Draw 9
;Draw 10
;Draw 11
;Standings
Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
1 | Anette Norberg | 7 | 2 | |
2 | Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2 | |
3 | Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | 3 | |
4 | Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3 | |
5 | Rhona Martin | 5 | 4 | |
6 | Ludmila Privivkova | 5 | 4 | |
7 | Ayumi Onodera | 4 | 5 | |
8 | Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7 | |
9 | Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7 | |
10 | Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8 |
Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.
Figure skating
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short ProgramFreestyle skiing
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
;Players;Results
;Round-robin
;Standings
Women's tournament
;Players;Results
;Round-robin
;Standings
;Classification games
;5th-8th classification
;7th place game
Luge
Nordic combined
took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Short track speed skating
Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.Skeleton
Ski jumping
took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
Snowboarding
;HalfpipeNote: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
;Parallel GS
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
;Snowboard Cross