Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin.[1]

Cross-country skiing
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePragelato Plan
Dates11–26 February
No. of events12
Competitors307 from 53 nations
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Medal summary

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Medal table

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[2]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden3025
2  Estonia3003
3  Russia2237
4  Italy2024
5  Czech Republic1203
6  Canada1102
7  Germany0314
  Norway0314
9  France0101
10  Austria0011
  Finland0011
  Poland0011
Totals (12 entries)12121236

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km classical
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Andrus Veerpalu
  Estonia
Lukáš Bauer
  Czech Republic
Tobias Angerer
  Germany
30 km pursuit
details
Yevgeny Dementyev
  Russia
Frode Estil
  Norway
Pietro Piller Cottrer
  Italy
50 km freestyle
details
Giorgio Di Centa
  Italy
Yevgeny Dementyev
  Russia
Mikhail Botvinov
  Austria
4 × 10 km relay
details
  Italy
Fulvio Valbusa
Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
  Germany
Andreas Schlütter
Jens Filbrich
René Sommerfeldt
Tobias Angerer
  Sweden
Mats Larsson
Johan Olsson
Anders Södergren
Mathias Fredriksson
Sprint
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Björn Lind
  Sweden
Roddy Darragon
  France
Thobias Fredriksson
  Sweden
Team sprint
details
  Sweden
Thobias Fredriksson
Björn Lind
  Norway
Jens Arne Svartedal
Tor Arne Hetland
  Russia
Ivan Alypov
Vasily Rochev

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km classical
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Kristina Šmigun
  Estonia
Marit Bjørgen
  Norway
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
  Norway
15 km pursuit
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Kristina Šmigun
  Estonia
Kateřina Neumannová
  Czech Republic
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
  Russia
30 km freestyle
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Kateřina Neumannová
  Czech Republic
Yuliya Chepalova
  Russia
Justyna Kowalczyk
  Poland
4 × 5 km relay
details
  Russia
Natalya Baranova-Masalkina
Larisa Kurkina
Yuliya Chepalova
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
  Germany
Stefanie Böhler
Viola Bauer
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Künzel
  Italy
Arianna Follis
Gabriella Paruzzi
Antonella Confortola
Sabina Valbusa
Sprint
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Chandra Crawford
  Canada
Claudia Künzel
  Germany
Alyona Sidko
  Russia
Team sprint
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  Sweden
Lina Andersson
Anna Dahlberg
  Canada
Sara Renner
Beckie Scott
  Finland
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen

Participating nations

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Torino Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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.