Opening ceremonyStefania Belmondo lit the
Olympic flame. Actresses
Susan Sarandon and
Sophia Loren (along with some other famous women) carried a flag into the stadium while
Laura Bush and
Cherie Blair watched from special seats in the audience.
Luciano Pavarotti, in his final performance, sang Nessun Dorma.
BiathlonMichael Greis of
Germany wins the first gold medal of the
2006 Winter Olympics, with a victory in the individual 20 km race.
Figure skatingRussian pair
Tatiana Totmianina and
Maxim Marinin lead after the short program.
Freestyle skiingJennifer Heil becomes the first Canadian woman to win a medal in moguls. Norwegian
Kari Traa wins the silver and
Sandra Laoura of
France wins the bronze.
Ice hockeyThe Canadian women's hockey team sets an Olympic record for the most lopsided win, beating their Italian hosts 16–0.
Nordic combinedGerman Georg Hettich picks up the gold medal in
Nordic combined.
Speed skatingAmerican
Chad Hedrick wins the 5000 m long-track event.
Alpine skiingAntoine Dénériaz of
France wins gold in the men's downhill event.
Cross-country skiingEstonian Kristina Šmigun wins the women's 7.5 + 7.5 km double pursuit event; a few hours later, Yevgeniy Dementiev secures gold for
Russia on the men's 15 km + 15 km distance.
Figure skatingMichelle Kwan of the
United States withdraws from the Olympics following a groin injury in practice.
Emily Hughes is named her replacement.
Ice hockeyCanada defeats
Russia 12–0 in the women's competition.
United States defeats
Germany 5–0, keeping the predicted collision course between the two North American powers intact.
LugeArmin Zöggeler of
Italy wins the gold in men's singles.
Mārtiņš Rubenis of
Latvia won his country's first ever Winter Olympic medal, a bronze.
Short track speed skatingAhn Hyun-soo of
South Korea wins gold in the men's 1500 m. His compatriot, Lee Ho-Suk wins silver and Chinese veteran
Li Jiajun earns bronze.
SnowboardingShaun White of the U.S. team takes the gold medal at the men's snowboarding halfpipe event.
Speed skating19-year-old
Ireen Wüst of the
Netherlands wins gold at the women's 3000 m long-track event.
Ski jumpingLars Bystøl from
Norway wins the gold medal at the men's normal hill K95
ski jumping event.
BiathlonRussian Svetlana Ishmuratova wins the women's 15 km biathlon.
Figure skatingRussian pair
Tatiana Totmianina and
Maxim Marinin beat two Chinese pairs to take home the gold, posting the only composite score over 200. Chinese pair
Zhang Dan and
Zhang Hao finish their free skate and win the silver medal, despite a fall and injury to Zhang Dan after their attempt at a quadruple throw.
SnowboardingHannah Teter of the U.S. team takes the gold medal at the women's snowboarding halfpipe event. American teammate
Gretchen Bleiler wins the silver, with
Kjersti Buaas of Norway taking the bronze.
Speed skatingJoey Cheek of the
United States wins the gold medal at the 500 m long track event, skating both runs in less than 35 seconds; the fastest time of any other competitor was that of silver medalist
Dmitry Dorofeyev, with a 35.17.
Lee Kang-seok of Korea wins a bronze medal, the first Korean medal in (long track) speed skating in 14 years.
Alpine skiingTed Ligety wins gold for the United States in the men's Combined. Then-leader
Bode Miller was disqualified for straddling a gate in the first
slalom section; in addition, the leader after the first slalom section,
Benjamin Raich, skied off-course in the second section and was also disqualified. Ivica Kostelić of
Croatia was second and
Rainer Schönfelder of
Austria took the bronze.
BiathlonSven Fischer of Germany wins the 10 km sprint race.
Cross-country skiingSweden's first medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics was brought home by
Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg, who won the gold medal in women's team sprint, classical style. Minutes later
Thobias Fredriksson and
Björn Lind did the same in men's team sprint, giving the Swedes a sweep of the event. These were
Sweden's first Winter Olympic gold medals since 1994.
Figure skatingRussian
Evgeni Plushenko leads after the men's short program. Plushenko's score of 90.66 was the highest for any short program since the current scoring system was adopted in 2003.
Ice hockeyIn the women's competition,
Canada defeats
Sweden 8–1 and will face
Finland in the semi-final. USA defeats
Finland 7–3 and will face
Sweden in the other semi-final match.
LugeGermany's
Sylke Otto wins gold in the injury-plagued women's luge event while countrywomen Silke Kraushaar and Tatjana Huefner complete the podium.
Speed skatingSvetlana Zhurova of
Russia takes gold in the women's 500 m event.
Wang Manli and
Ren Hui of
China win the other two (2) medals.
Alpine skiingMichaela Dorfmeister of
Austria won the women's downhill.
Martina Schild of
Switzerland and
Anja Pärson of
Sweden completed the podium.
Freestyle skiingDale Begg-Smith of
Australia won the men's moguls.
Mikko Ronkainen of
Finland and
Toby Dawson of the United States won silver and bronze, respectively.
Ice hockeyOn the first day of men's competition,
Canada defeated host
Italy 7–2. In upsets,
Latvia tied with the USA 3–3 and
Slovakia defeated
Russia 5–3.
LugeAustrian brothers
Andreas and
Wolfgang Linger won the doubles competition. Teams from Germany and
Italy took the silver and bronze.
Nordic combinedHigh winds in the ski jumping hill forced the jury to abandon the team competition midway through the second round. The teams resumed the next day. The Norwegians withdrew due of illness.
Speed skatingBoth Canadian men's and ladies' team pursuit teams set new Olympic records, the first of the 2006 Olympic Games. In the men's competition the record was subsequently broken by the
Netherlands, and then by Italy.
Short trackChina's
Wang Meng won her country's first gold at Turin in the women's individual 500 m.
Bulgaria's
Evgenia Radanova took the silver, while Canada's
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher claimed the bronze.
BiathlonFlorence Baverel-Robert of France wins the women's biathlon 7.5 km sprint. Anna Carin Olofsson of
Sweden and Lilia Efremova of
Ukraine complete the podium. Also, Olga Pyleva of
Russia, who placed second at the 15 km on day 3, has been disqualified from the Games following a positive test for carphedon. She has been stripped of her medal.
Cross-country skiingKristina Šmigun wins her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10 km classical and remains the only Estonian to medal.
Curling In men's action,
Great Britain edges Germany 7–6,
Switzerland keeps
New Zealand winless by winning 9–7, Canada edges Norway 7–6, and the United States defeats Sweden, 10–6.
Figure skatingEvgeni Plushenko of Russia dominates the competition and takes gold in the men's competition ahead of
Switzerland's
Stéphane Lambiel and Canada's
Jeffrey Buttle. Plushenko sets a world record for the highest score in the free skate since the new scoring system was adopted in 2003.
Ice hockeyThe upsets in the men's tournament continue as
Switzerland defeats the
Czech Republic 3–2.
Nordic combinedAustria wins the men's team competition after
Mario Stecher catches up with Germany's
Jens Gaiser on the final 5 km leg.
Finland wins bronze, finishing nearly a minute ahead of the rest of the field.
SnowboardingSeth Wescott of the United States wins the inaugural men's snowboard cross competition.
Radoslav Židek of
Slovakia is second and
Paul-Henri de Le Rue of France is third.
Speed skatingThe German team of
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms,
Anni Friesinger and
Claudia Pechstein defeats the Canadian team to win gold in the final of the women's team pursuit. Italy wins its first ever Olympic speed skating gold in the men's team pursuit event. The Italians beat the favored Dutch team in the semifinals after
Sven Kramer suffers a costly fall. In the final, Italy defeats Canada, which took its second silver in the Oval Lingotto.
SkeletonMaya Pedersen-Bieri of Switzerland wins gold in the women's final.
Shelley Rudman of
Great Britain earns silver, the only medal of the games for Great Britain. Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards of Canada claims bronze.
Cross-country skiingEstonia gains another gold as
Andrus Veerpalu wins the 15 km classical cross-country race ahead of
Lukáš Bauer and
Tobias Angerer.
CurlingIn the men's competition, Great Britain makes short work of Sweden 8–2, while the United States defeats Switzerland 7–4.
Finland edges Canada, 6–5.
Figure skatingIn the ice dancing competition, the Italian team of
Barbara Fusar-Poli and
Maurizio Margaglio lead after the compulsory dance, with Russians
Tatiana Navka and
Roman Kostomarov in second place.
Ice hockeySweden scores an upset victory against the United States in the women's hockey semi-finals after a 3–2
penalty shootout win to advance to the gold medal game. There, they will face Canada, who shut out
Finland in the other semi-final. This marks the first time that either the United States or Canada has lost to a third country in an international women's hockey competition.
SnowboardingTanja Frieden of Switzerland takes the gold in women's snowboarding cross after
Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States falls on the second-to-last jump while performing an unnecessary method grab to give up the largest lead of the entire tournament. Jacobellis settles for silver, while Canada's
Dominique Maltais takes bronze after recovering from a crash.
SkeletonDuff Gibson of Canada takes gold, just ahead of fellow Canadian
Jeff Pain. Swiss slider
Gregor Stähli wins the bronze. The 39-year-old Gibson becomes the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympics history.
Alpine skiingCroatian Janica Kostelić takes gold in the women's combined. Austria's
Marlies Schild wins the silver and
Anja Pärson of Sweden finishes third.Kjetil André Aamodt wins gold for Norway in the men's Super G, beating
Hermann Maier of Austria.
Ambrosi Hoffmann takes bronze for the Swiss.
BiathlonGermans
Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow finish first and second in the 10 km pursuit;
Albina Akhatova of Russia takes bronze.
Vincent Defrasne wins gold for France in the 12.5 km pursuit event, followed closely by
Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway. Germany's
Sven Fischer takes bronze.
Cross-country skiingRussia wins the 20 km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists Germany and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners Italy.
CurlingIn the men's competition, Italy shocks Canada 6–5, while the United States beats Germany 8–5. Great Britain edges Switzerland, 6–5, and Finland takes out Norway 7–3.
Ice hockeySwitzerland stuns Canada 2–0 in the men's competition. Swiss goaltender
Martin Gerber has 49 saves in the win.
Slovakia defeats the United States 2–1.
Short track speed skatingJin Sun-Yu and Choi Eun-Kyung of
South Korea take gold and silver in the women's 1500 m. China's
Wang Meng takes bronze, after the disqualification of third-finished Byun Chun-Sa of Korea.In the men's 1000 m, Ahn Hyun-soo and Lee Ho-Suk of South Korea take gold and silver with the United States' Apolo Anton Ohno taking the bronze.
Speed skatingThe United States takes gold and silver in the men's 1000 m with
Shani Davis outskating
Joey Cheek for first.
Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands receives bronze. Davis' victory makes him the first black person to win an individual gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
Ski jumpingAfter a disappointing performance on the K90 hill, Austrian ski jumpers
Thomas Morgenstern and
Andreas Kofler take gold and silver on the large hill, with the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points between them. Norwegian
Lars Bystøl, winner of gold on the normal hill, places third, rather far behind the Austrians.
BobsleighThe German bob driven by
André Lange wins gold in the men's 2-man event 0.21 seconds ahead of the Canadian bob of
Pierre Lueders and
Lascelles Brown and 0.35 seconds ahead of
Martin Annen's Swiss sled. Brown becomes the first
Jamaican-born competitor to win a Winter Olympic medal.
Cross-country skiingItaly takes the gold in the men's 4x10 km relay, with Italian anchor
Cristian Zorzi crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of the German team. Sweden takes the bronze.
CurlingIn the men's competition, the United States surprises Great Britain, 9–8.
Figure skatingIn an evening of ice dancing marred by mistakes and falls by other pairs, Russians
Tatiana Navka and
Roman Kostomarov move into first place during the ice dancing original dance phase. Americans Tanith Belbin and
Benjamin Agosto are in second and Ukrainians
Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov are in third.
Ice hockeyFinland defeats Canada 2–0 in the men's competition. Slovakia defeats
Kazakhstan 2–1, securing the top spot in Group B.
Speed skatingMarianne Timmer of the Netherlands wins the women's 1000 m in 1.16.05, 8 years after winning in Nagano.
Cindy Klassen of Canada comes in second and favorite
Anni Friesinger of Germany wins the bronze, 0.06 seconds behind Timmer.
Alpine skiingBenjamin Raich of Austria comes from fifth place in the first run to win the men's
giant slalom event after two runs.
Joël Chenal of France takes silver, and
Hermann Maier of Austria gets another medal with his bronze.
Two hours later,
Michaela Dorfmeister wins the women's super-g event and grabs her second gold medal of the Games and giving the Austrians their second gold of the day. Austria also gets its second bronze of the day, as
Alexandra Meissnitzer comes in third, behind Croatian powerhouse Janica Kostelić.
CurlingAfter downing
Denmark 8–1, Norway becomes the third team to qualify for the semi-finals in the women's competition, joining Sweden and Switzerland. Canada beats
Denmark 9–8, occupying the fourth playoff spot.
In the men's competition, Canada defeats the United States 6–3 to qualify for the semi-finals, and will play the USA again in the first game of the medal round.
Figure skatingRussia continues to dominate on the ice as Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov win the gold in the Ice Dancing competition. Americans Tanith Belbin and
Benjamin Agosto win the first U.S. medals in this event since 1976, taking home the silver.
Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov of Ukraine earn bronze.
Ice hockeyCanada wins the gold in the women's tournament, defeating Sweden 4–1. The United States shuts out Finland 4–0 in the bronze medal game.
Ski jumpingAustria wins the team event for the first time. Finland takes the silver, while Norway takes the bronze.
BiathlonThe German team takes gold in the men's 4 x 7.5 km relay while teams from Russia and France take silver and bronze, respectively.
BobsleighThe German team of
Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze win gold in the women's event ahead of teams from the United States (
Shauna Rohbock and
Valerie Fleming) and Italy (
Gerda Weissensteiner and
Jennifer Isacco).
Figure skatingSasha Cohen of the United States leads after the women's short program, with Russian
Irina Slutskaya three-hundredths of a point behind.
Shizuka Arakawa of
Japan is third.
Ice hockeySlovakia defeats Sweden 3–0, winning every match in Group B and moving on to the quarterfinals, along with Russia, Sweden and the United States. In Group A, Finland, Switzerland, Canada and the
Czech Republic all move on to the quarterfinals.
Nordic combinedFelix Gottwald of Austria wins gold in the LH Sprint competition while Norway's
Magnus Moan and Germany's
Georg Hettich finish in the silver and bronze positions.
Speed skatingItalian
Enrico Fabris wins gold in the men's 1500 m ahead of feuding American teammates
Shani Davis and
Chad Hedrick, who take silver and bronze.
Alpine skiingAnja Pärson of Sweden wins her first Olympic gold medal in the women's slalom; her fifth career medal. Austrians
Nicole Hosp and
Marlies Schild take silver and bronze.
Cross-country skiingChandra Crawford of Canada wins a gold medal in her Olympic debut in the women's 1.1 km sprint. Germany's Claudia Künzel edges out Russia's Alena Sidko to earn the silver.
Björn Lind of Sweden claims the gold medal in the men's sprint in a rout. Frenchman
Roddy Darragon edges out Swede
Thobias Fredriksson to earn the silver.
CurlingIn the men's semifinals, Canada earns 5 points against the United States team in the 9th end, securing it a place in the final against Finland, who beat Great Britain 4–3. In the women's semi-finals. Sweden edges out Norway 5–4, while Switzerland beats Canada 7–5.
Freestyle skiingIn the women's aerials
Evelyne Leu of Switzerland wins the gold medal, ahead of
Li Nina of China and Australian
Alisa Camplin.
Ice hockeyRussia defeats Canada 2–0, moving on to the semi-finals to play the Fins, who beat the United States 4–3. The
Czech Republic defeats Slovakia 3–1 and will play Sweden, who beat Switzerland 6–2, in the quarter-finals.
Short track speed skatingSouth Korea wins the gold medal in the women's 3,000 m relay, while Canada takes silver, and Italy bronze.
SnowboardingPhilipp Schoch of Switzerland bests his older brother
Simon Schoch in the final of the men's parallel giant slalom to successfully defend his Olympic gold medal.
Siegfried Grabner of Austria takes bronze.
Speed skatingCanadians
Cindy Klassen and
Kristina Groves finish one-two in the women's 1,500 m competition, with Klassen winning by 1.47 seconds.
Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands takes bronze.
BiathlonDespite missing veteran Olga Pyleva, who failed an anti-doping test earlier in these Games, the Russian team of
Albina Akhatova, Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmuratova and
Olga Zaitseva leads from start to finish in the 4x6 km relay, posting a gold medal-winning time of 1:16:12.5. Two-time defending gold medalists from Germany finish 50.7 seconds behind for the silver. The French team take the bronze, more than two minutes back.
CurlingThe Swedish women's team skipped by
Anette Norberg win the gold medal match against Switzerland with a 7–6 double take out on the hammer of the 11th end. Canada defeats Norway in the bronze medal match 11–5.
Figure skatingShizuka Arakawa of
Japan performs a conservative but clean free skate to defeat
Sasha Cohen of the United States and
Irina Slutskaya of Russia, who both suffer falls and take silver and bronze, respectively. Arakawa's win gives Japan their first medal in Turin, as well as Japan's first figure skating gold.
Freestyle skiingChina's
Han Xiaopeng wins gold in men's aerials by a little more than two points over
Dmitri Dashinski of
Belarus. Vladimir Lebedev of Russia wins bronze.
SnowboardingDefending World Cup champion
Daniela Meuli of Switzerland wins gold in the women's parallel giant slalom, with Germany's
Amelie Kober taking the silver and American
Rosey Fletcher the bronze.
Alpine skiingAmerican
Julia Mancuso captures gold in the women's giant slalom. Finland's
Tanja Poutiainen wins the silver, the country's first Olympic medal in the sport and Swede
Anna Ottosson wins the bronze.
Cross-country skiingKateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic wins the 30 km freestyle event. Russian Julija Tchepalova claims the silver and Pole Justyna Kowalczyk gets the bronze.
CurlingCanada defeats Finland 10–4 in the gold medal match to win the nation's first gold medal in men's curling after winning silver in Nagano and Salt Lake City. The United States men's team defeats Great Britain by a score of 8–6 to take the bronze medal, America's first medal in curling.
Figure skatingTraditional gala evening at
Palavela to conclude the figure skating events. Russian pair Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin and Evgeni Plushenko skate accompanied by Edwin Marton at the violin, playing from the ice.
Ice hockeyIn the men's competition, Sweden defeats the Czech Republic 7–3 to advance to the gold medal game. In the other semifinal, Finland beats Russia 4–0. Sweden and Finland will face off in the gold medal game, while the Czech Republic will face Russia in the bronze medal game.
Speed skatingBob de Jong of the Netherlands, the reigning world champion, sets the winning time at 13:01.57 for the gold medal in the 10000 m event. American Chad Hedrick skates to a silver medal, and the bronze goes to
Carl Verheijen, also of the Netherlands.
Alpine skiingAn Austrian team sweep in the men's slalom with gold for Benjamin Raich, silver for
Reinfried Herbst, bronze for
Rainer Schönfelder.
BiathlonMichael Greis of Germany wins the men's 15 km free gold medal.
Tomasz Sikora of Poland wins the silver and
Ole Einar Bjørndalen the bronze.Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden wins the women's 12.5 km free gold with
Kati Wilhelm of Germany taking the silver and her compatriot
Uschi Disl capturing the bronze.
BobsleighThe German bob driven by
André Lange wins gold in the 4-man event 0.13 seconds ahead of the Russian bob driven by Alexandre Zoubkov and 0.41 seconds ahead of
Martin Annen's Swiss sled.
Ice hockeyIn the men's competition, the Czech Republic defeats Russia 3–0 to win the bronze medal game.
Short track speed skatingAmerican Apolo Anton Ohno wins the men's 500 m, earning his second career gold medal. Canada's
François-Louis Tremblay wins the silver, while Ahn Hyun-soo of South Korea wins bronze, earning his third individual medal of the Olympics.South Korea's Jin Sun-Yu wins her third gold of the Games in the women's 1000 m. Chinese women Wang Meng and Yang Yang (A) take the silver and bronze respectively after 1500 m silver medalist Choi Eun-Kyung, who originally finished third, is disqualified.South Korea wins the gold medal in the men's 5000 m relay, Canada takes the silver, while the United States gets bronze. Ahn Hyun-soo wins his third gold medal of the Games, medaling in every men's short track event and bringing his total number of medals in Torino to four. Ahn and Jin become the first Korean athletes to win three gold medals in a single Olympics.
Speed skatingClara Hughes of Canada sets the winning time at 6:59.07 for the gold medal in the 5000 m event. German
Claudia Pechstein skates to a silver medal, and the bronze goes to another Canadian, Cindy Klassen, who wins her fifth medal of these Games.
Cross-country skiingGiorgio Di Centa of Italy wins the 50 km freestyle event. Russian
Yevgeny Dementyev claims the silver and Austrian
Mikhail Botvinov gets the bronze. The medals are presented during the closing ceremony.
Ice hockeySweden defeats Finland 3–2 to take the men's ice hockey gold medal, with
Nicklas Lidström scoring the deciding goal in the final. The Czech Republic takes the bronze after beating Russia.
Closing ceremonyManuela Di Centa gives the gold medal to her brother Giorgio.
