Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Italy
games=2006 Winter
competitors=185 (111 men, 74 women)
sports=15
flagbearer=Carolina Kostner (opening)
Armin Zöggeler (closing)
gold=5
silver=0
bronze=6
total=11
rank=9

Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games (after the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo) and the third time overall (after the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome). Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Gold

* Cross-country skiing
** Men's 4x10 km relay: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer and Cristian Zorzi
** Men's 50 km freestyle, mass start: Giorgio Di Centa

* Luge
** Men's singles: Armin Zöggeler in a combined time of 3:26.088

* Speed skating
** Men's team pursuit: Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi, Enrico Fabris, Ippolito Sanfratello, Ermanno Ioriatti in a time of 3:44.46
** Men's 1500 m: Enrico Fabris in a time of 1:45.97

Bronze

* Bobsleigh
** Two-woman event: Gerda Weissensteiner and Jennifer Isacco

* Cross-country skiing
** Men's 30 km pursuit: Pietro Piller Cottrer
** Women's 4x5 km relay: Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi, Antonella Confortola and Sabina Valbusa

* Luge
** Men's doubles' competition: Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder

* Short track speed skating
** Women's 3000 m relay: Marta Capurso, Mara Zini, Arianna Fontana and Katia Zini in a time of 4:20.030

* Speed skating
** Men's 5000 m: Enrico Fabris in a time of 6:18.25

Host

Italy were hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time. The 1956 Winter Olympics were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Cortina d'Ampezzo had also been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics which were cancelled due to World War II.

Athlete's oath

Italian skier Giorgio Rocca delivered the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.

Athletes by sport

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 15 km individual:

*Women: Michela Angeloni, Evelyn Bazzanella, Valentina Bettarini, Celeste Bissardella, Heidi Caldart, Silvia Carignano, Diana Da Rugna, Anna De La Forest, Nadia De Nardin, Linda De Rocco, Rebecca Fiorese, Sabina Florian, Luana Frasnelli, Manuela Friz, Waltraud Kaser, Maria Michaela Leitner, Debra Montanari, Katharina Sparer, Silvia Toffano, Sabrina Viel

Team event

ki Jumping

Men's large hill individual Jump

nowboarding

Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

Women’s Halfpipe

In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

peed Skating

Men's 500 m

Men's 5000 m

Women's 500 m

Women's 3000 m