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

MedalNameSportEventDate
LugeMen's singles12 February

Stefano Donagrandi
Enrico Fabris
Ippolito Sanfratello
Speed skatingMen's team pursuit16 February

Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
Cross-country skiingMen's 4 x 10 km relay19 February
Speed skatingMen's 1500 m21 February
Cross-country skiingMen's 50 km freestyle26 February
Speed skatingMen's 5000 m11 February
Cross-country skiingMen's 30 km pursuit12 February

Oswald Haselrieder
LugeDoubles15 February

Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
Cross-country skiingWomen's 4 x 5 km relay18 February

Jennifer Isacco
BobsleighTwo-woman21 February

Mara Zini
Arianna Fontana
Katia Zini
Short track speed skatingWomen's 3000 m relay22 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
RankTeamSkipWonLost
1Markku Uusipaavalniemi72
2Brad Gushue63
3Pete Fenson63
4David Murdoch63
5Pål Trulsen54
6Ralph Stockli54
7Joel Retornaz45
8Peter Lindholm36
9Andy Kapp36
10Sean Becker09

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
RankTeamSkipWonLost
1Anette Norberg72
2Mirjam Ott72
3Shannon Kleibrink63
4Dordi Nordby63
5Rhona Martin54
6Ludmila Privivkova54
7Ayumi Onodera45
8Dorthe Holm27
9Cassandra Johnson27
10Diana Gaspari18

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 Program

Freestyle 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

;Halfpipe
Note: 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

Speed skating

;Team Pursuit

Athlete's oath

Italian skier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.