2006 Winter Olympics - Sports

Sports

The Games featured 84 medal events over 15 sports. Events that made their Olympic debut in Turin included mass start biathlon, team sprint cross country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speedskating. The classical men's 50 km and women's 30 km distances, which were held at the previous Winter Games in 2002, were not held in these Games, as these events were alternated with freestyle events of the same distances. Most of the cross country skiing events at these Games involved different distances from those in Salt Lake City.

The following are the sports and disciplines that were contested at the games. The numbers in parentheses after each sport discipline indicate the number of events contested.

  • Alpine skiing (10)
  • Biathlon (10)
  • Bobsleigh (3)
  • Cross-country skiing (12)
  • Curling (2)
  • Figure skating (4)
  • Freestyle skiing (4)
  • Ice hockey (2)
  • Luge (3)
  • Nordic combined (3)
  • Short track speed skating (8)
  • Skeleton (2)
  • Ski jumping (3)
  • Snowboarding (6)
  • Speed skating (12)

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