United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=2006 Winter
competitors=221
sports=15
flagbearer=Chris Witty (opening)
Joey Cheek (closing)
gold=9
silver=9
bronze=7
total=25
rank=2

The United States Olympic Committee (abbreviated USOC) sent 211 athletes (122 men, 89 women) to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Chris Witty, a four-time Olympian, who competed in both Summer and Winter games, and won a gold medal in speed skating at the 2002 Games, served as the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Speed skater Joey Cheek, who won gold in the 500 m and silver in the 1000 m, was the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremonies. One athlete, Sarah Konrad, became the first American woman to compete in two different disciplines at the same Winter Olympics - biathlon and cross country skiing.

While the United States' total medal count was down from the 2002 Winter Olympics, there were many highlights to the Games. Pete Fenson led the U.S. Curling team to a bronze medal, their first curling medal ever won. Speed skater Shani Davis became the first athlete of African descent from any country to win an individual gold medal. He won gold in the 1,000 m and followed that with a silver medal in the 1,500 m. Ice Dancers Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto won America's first figure skating ice dancing medal in 30 years.

Medalists

Gold

* Alpine skiing
** Men's combined: Ted Ligety with a total time of 3:09.35
** Women's giant slalom: Julia Mancuso with a total time of 2:09.19
* Short track speed skating
** Men's 500 m: Apolo Anton Ohno in a time of 0:41.935
* Snowboarding
** Men's halfpipe: Shaun White with a score of 46.8
** Women's halfpipe: Hannah Teter with a score of 46.4
** Men's snowboard cross: Seth Wescott finishes first of four in the big final
* Speed skating
** Men's 500 m: Joey Cheek in a time of 34.82 (1st heat) and 34.94 (2nd heat)
** Men's 5000 m: Chad Hedrick in a time of 6:14.68
** Men's 1000 m: Shani Davis in a time of 1:08:89

ilver

* Bobsleigh
** Women's bobsleigh: Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming in a total time of 3:50.69
* Figure skating
** Ice dancing: Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto with a total score of 196.06
** Ladies' singles: Sasha Cohen with a total score of 183.36
* Snowboarding
** Men's halfpipe: Danny Kass with a score of 44.0
** Women's halfpipe: Gretchen Bleiler with a score of 43.4
** Women's snowboard cross: Lindsey Jacobellis finishes second of four in the big final
* Speed skating
** Men's 1000 m: Joey Cheek in a time of 1:09.16
** Men's 1500 m: Shani Davis in a time of 1:46.13
** Men's 10000 m: Chad Hedrick in a time of 13:05.40

Bronze

*Curling
** Men's curling: Pete Fenson, Shawn Rojeski, Joseph Polo, John Shuster, Scott Baird (alternate) defeating Great Britain 8-6
* Freestyle skiing
** Men's moguls: Toby Dawson with a final score of 26.30
* Ice hockey
** Women's ice hockey: United States beats Finland 4-0
* Short track speed skating
** Men's 1000 m: Apolo Anton Ohno in a time of 1:26.927
** Men's 5000 m relay: Alex Izykowski, J. P. Kepka, Apolo Anton Ohno, Rusty Smith with a time of 6:47.990
* Snowboarding
** Women's parallel giant slalom: Rosey Fletcher finishes first of two in the small final
* Speed skating
** Men's 1500 m: Chad Hedrick in a time of 1:46.22

Top 10 finishes

4th place

* Figure skating
** Men's singles: Evan Lysacek

5th place

*Alpine skiing
**Men's downhill: Bode Miller
* Figure skating
** Men's singles: Johnny Weir

6th place

*Alpine skiing
**Men's giant slalom: Bode Miller
* Figure skating
** Ladies' singles: Kimmie Meissner

7th place

*Alpine skiing
**Men's Super-G: Scott Macartney
**Women's downhill: Julia Mancuso
**Women's Super-G: Lindsey Kildow
* Figure skating
** Ladies' singles: Emily Hughes
** Men's singles: Matthew Savoie
** Pairs: Rena Inoue and John Baldwin

8th place

*Alpine skiing
**Women's downhill: Lindsey Kildow
*Luge
**Doubles luge: Preston Griffall

9th place

*Alpine skiing
**Men's Super-G: Daron Rahlves
**Women's combined: Julia Mancuso
*Biathlon
**Men's 4x6 km relay: Jay Hakkinen, Timothy Burke, Lowell Bailey, Jeremy Teela

10th place

*Alpine skiing
**Men's downhill: Daron Rahlves
**Women's slalom: Sarah Schleper
*Biathlon
**Men's 20 km individual: Jay Hakkinen

Events

Alpine skiing

;Men's combined:

;Men's slalom:

;Women's downhill:

;Women's Super-G:

;Men's 15 km mass start:

;Women's 7.5 km sprint:

;Women's 4x6 km relay:

Figure skating

Men's competition

* Evan Lysacek: Short program - 67.55: Free skate - 152.58: Total score - 220.13 (4th place)
* Johnny Weir: Short program - 80.00: Free skate - 136.63: Total score - 216.63 (5th place)
* Matthew Savoie: Short program - 69.15: Free skate - 137.52: Total score - 206.67 (7th place)

Women's competition

*Sasha Cohen: Short program - 66.73: Free skate - 116.63: Total score - 183.36 (Silver medal)
*Kimmie Meissner: Short program - 59.40: Free skate - 106.31: Total score - 165.71 (6th place)
*Emily Hughes: Short program - 57.08: Free skate - 103.79: Total score - 160.87 (7th place)
*"Michelle Kwan withdrew due to injury."

Pairs competition

*Rena Inoue & John Baldwin Jr.: Short program - Score: 61.27 (6th place) : Long program - Score: 113.74 (7th place): Total Score - 175.01 (7th place)
*Marcy Hinzmann & Aaron Parchem: Short program - Score: 49.58 (13th place): Long program - Score: 97.47 (13th place): Total Score - 147.05 (13th place)

Ice Dancing

*Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto: Compulsory Dance - 37.36 points: Original Dance - 60.53 points: Free Dance - 98.17: Total - 196.06 (Silver medal)
*Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov: Compulsory Dance - 30.51 points: Original Dance - 47.00 points: Free Dance - 81.64: Total - 159.15 (14th place)
*Jamie Silverstein & Ryan O'Meara: Compulsory Dance - 27.53 points: Original Dance - 46.00 points: Free Dance - 76.87: Total - 150.40 (16th place)

Freestyle skiing

Aerials

Men's aerials
*Jeret Peterson:: Qualification jump 1 - 114.38:: Qualification jump 2 - 112.83: Total qualification score - 227.21:: Final jump 1 - 124.78 :: Final jump 2 - 112.70 : Total final jump score - 237.48 (7th place)
* Joe Pack: Qualification jump 1 - 97.57: Qualification jump 2 - 113.76: Total qualification score - 211.33 - did not advance to finals
* Ryan St. Onge : Qualification jump 1 - 97.35: Qualification jump 2 - 110.40: Total qualification score - 207.75 - did not advance to finals
* Eric Bergoust : Qualification jump 1 - 113.72: Qualification jump 2 - 92.13: Total qualification score - 205.85 - did not advance to finals

Women's aerials
* Jana Lindsey: Qualification jump 1 - 79.38: Qualification jump 2 - 70.85: Total qualification score - 150.23 - did not advance to finals
* Emily Cook : Qualification jump 1 - 60.32: Qualification jump 2 - 84.10: Total qualification score - 144.42 - did not advance to finals

Men’s team
* Eric Bergoust (Missoula, Montana)
* Joe Pack (Park City, Utah)
* Jeret Peterson (Boise, Idaho)
* Ryan St. Onge (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)Women’s team
* Emily Cook (Belmont, Massachusetts)
* Jana Lindsey (Black Hawk, South Dakota)

Moguls

Men's moguls
* Toby Dawson: Qualification - 24.20: Final - 26.30 (Bronze medal)
* Jeremy Bloom: Qualification - 24.51: Final - 25.17 (6th place)
* Travis Mayer: Qualification - 24.04: Final - 24.91 (7th place)
* Travis Cabral: Qualification - 24.88: Final - 24.38 (9th place)

Women's moguls
* Shannon Bahrke: Qualification - 22.07: Final - 22.82 (10th place)
* Jillian Vogtli: Qualification - 21.79: Final - 22.72 (11th place)
* Michelle Roark: Qualification - 24.45: Final - 20.04 (18th place)
* Hannah Kearney: Qualification - 20.80 (did not advance)

Men’s team
* Jeremy Bloom (Loveland, Colorado)
* Travis Cabral (South Lake Tahoe, California)
* Toby Dawson (Vail, Colorado)
* Travis Mayer (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)Women’s team
* Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, California)
* Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vermont)
* Michelle Roark (Denver, Colorado)
* Jillian Vogtli (Ellicottville, New York)

Ice hockey

Men's team:
*Coach: Peter Laviolette (Lowell, Massachusetts)

*Goaltenders
**Rick DiPietro (Winthrop, Massachusetts), Robert Esche (Whitesboro, New York), John Grahame (Denver, Colorado)

*Defensemen
**Chris Chelios (Chicago, Illinois)(Captain), Derian Hatcher (Sterling Heights, Michigan), Bret Hedican (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Jordan Leopold (Golden Valley, Minnesota), John-Michael Liles (Zionsville, Indiana), Brian Rafalski (Detroit, Michigan), Mathieu Schneider (New York City, New York)

*Forwards
**Jason Blake (Moorhead, Minnesota), Erik Cole (Oswego, New York), Craig Conroy (Potsdam, New York), Chris Drury (Trumbull, Connecticut), Brian Gionta (Rochester, New York), Scott Gomez (Anchorage, Alaska), Bill Guerin (Worcester, Massachusetts), Mike Knuble (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Mike Modano (Livonia, Michigan), Mark Parrish (Bloomington, Minnesota), Brian Rolston (Flint, Michigan), Keith Tkachuk (Melrose, Massachusetts), Doug Weight (Warren, Michigan)

Men's game results

Men's 1000 m

Women's 500 m

keleton

Men's skeleton

Men's large hill individual

Women's parallel giant slalom

nowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

Men's 1000 m

Men's 10000 m

Women's 1000 m

Women's 5000 m

Women's team pursuit

ee also

* United States at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

References

* [http://www.usoc.org/ Official page of the U.S. Olympic Committee]

External links

* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/ Official site for the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team] - Site includes ability to search by sport, state, and an interactive Olympic guide
* [http://www.usolympicfanclub.com/ U.S. Olympic Fan Club]

Notes

# [http://www.nbcolympics.com/skeleton/5097453/detail.html Top U.S. slider Lund banned from Torino]