List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners

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.

The medal ceremony for the women's team sprint in cross-country skiing . Left to right: Sara Renner and Beckie Scott (silver); Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg (gold); and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Virpi Kuitunen (bronze).
Canadian speed skater Cindy Klassen became the eighth Winter Olympian to win five medals at one edition of the Games. [ 10 ]
Norwegian Ole Einar Bjørndalen won three medals in 2006, tying the record for most career biathlon medals (9) set by Uschi Disl . [ 11 ]
American Apolo Anton Ohno won three medals in Turin, becoming one of six short track speed skaters to win five career medals. [ 11 ]