Approximately 2,508 athletes from 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games.
[5] In total, there were six more events than in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
His compatriot Jin Sun-Yu and Germany's Michael Greis also won three gold medals in short-track speed skating and biathlon respectively.
^ A. Russian biathlete Olga Pyleva was the only 2006 Winter Olympics medalist to be stripped of their medal.
Germany's Martina Glagow was given the silver medal and fellow Russian Albina Akhatova won the bronze.