Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Pragelato Plan |
Dates | 11–26 February |
No. of events | 12 |
Competitors | 307 from 53 nations |
Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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Distance | ||
10 km | women | |
15 km | men | women |
30 km | men | women |
50 km | men | |
4 × 5 km relay | women | |
4 × 10 km relay | men | |
Sprint | ||
Individual | men | women |
Team | men | women |
The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin.[1]
Medal summary[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Estonia (EST) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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15 km classical |
Andrus Veerpalu Estonia |
Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic |
Tobias Angerer Germany |
30 km pursuit |
Yevgeny Dementyev Russia |
Frode Estil Norway |
Pietro Piller Cottrer Italy |
50 km freestyle |
Giorgio Di Centa Italy |
Yevgeny Dementyev Russia |
Mikhail Botvinov Austria |
4 × 10 km relay |
Italy (ITA) Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi |
Germany (GER) Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer |
Sweden (SWE) Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson |
Sprint |
Björn Lind Sweden |
Roddy Darragon France |
Thobias Fredriksson Sweden |
Team sprint |
Sweden (SWE) Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind |
Norway (NOR) Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland |
Russia (RUS) Ivan Alypov Vasily Rochev |
Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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10 km classical |
Kristina Šmigun Estonia |
Marit Bjørgen Norway |
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Norway |
15 km pursuit |
Kristina Šmigun Estonia |
Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic |
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Russia |
30 km freestyle |
Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic |
Yuliya Chepalova Russia |
Justyna Kowalczyk Poland |
4 × 5 km relay |
Russia (RUS) Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Larisa Kurkina Yuliya Chepalova Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova |
Germany (GER) Stefanie Böhler Viola Bauer Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel |
Italy (ITA) Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa |
Sprint |
Chandra Crawford Canada |
Claudia Künzel Germany |
Alyona Sidko Russia |
Team sprint |
Sweden (SWE) Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg |
Canada (CAN) Sara Renner Beckie Scott |
Finland (FIN) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen |
Participating nations[]
Fifty-three nations contributed competitors to the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.[2]
- Algeria (1)
- Andorra (1)
- Argentina (1)
- Armenia (2)
- Australia (3)
- Austria (7)
- Belarus (7)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
- Brazil (2)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (12)
- China (20)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Croatia (4)
- Czech Republic (11)
- Spain (5)
- Estonia (12)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Finland (13)
- France (11)
- Germany (11)
- Greece (2)
- Hungary (2)
- India (1)
- Iran (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (17)
- Japan (9)
- Kazakhstan (17)
- Kenya (1)
- South Korea (4)
- Latvia (4)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Lithuania (2)
- Moldova (2)
- Mongolia (2)
- Macedonia (1)
- Nepal (1)
- Norway (16)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (3)
- South Africa (1)
- Russia (18)
- Serbia and Montenegro (2)
- Slovenia (5)
- Switzerland (9)
- Slovakia (6)
- Sweden (15)
- Thailand (1)
- Turkey (3)
- Ukraine (12)
- United States (16)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Torino Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
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