Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Snowboarding at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Bardonecchia |
Dates | 12–23 February 2006 |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 187 from 24 nations |
Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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Halfpipe | men | women |
Parallel giant slalom | men | women |
Snowboard cross | men | women |
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's halfpipe, parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross events.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Men's events
Event[2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Halfpipe |
Shaun White United States |
Danny Kass United States |
Markku Koski Finland |
Parallel giant slalom |
Philipp Schoch Switzerland |
Simon Schoch Switzerland |
Siegfried Grabner Austria |
Snowboard cross |
Seth Wescott United States |
Radoslav Židek Slovakia |
Paul-Henri de Le Rue France |
Women's events
Event[2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Halfpipe |
Hannah Teter United States |
Gretchen Bleiler United States |
Kjersti Buaas Norway |
Parallel giant slalom |
Daniela Meuli Switzerland |
Amelie Kober Germany |
Rosey Fletcher United States |
Snowboard cross |
Tanja Frieden Switzerland |
Lindsey Jacobellis United States |
Dominique Maltais Canada |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-four nations competed in the snowboarding events at Torino.
- Australia (9)
- Austria (12)
- Brazil (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (16)
- China (2)
- Czech Republic (3)
- Spain (5)
- Finland (5)
- France (16)
- Germany (11)
- Great Britain (4)
- Italy (16)
- Japan (13)
- Netherlands (2)
- Norway (4)
- New Zealand (3)
- Poland (6)
- Russia (8)
- Slovenia (4)
- Slovakia (1)
- Sweden (13)
- Switzerland (16)
- United States (16)
References
- ^ "Snowboarding at the 2006 Torino Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.