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Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia a:lang(ar),a:lang(ckb),a:lang(fa),a:lang(kk-arab),a:lang(mzn),a:lang(ps),a:lang(ur){text-decoration:none}a.new,#quickbar a.new{color:#ba0000} /* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:4:c88e2bcd56513749bec09a7e29cb3ffa */ if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace": "", "wgCanonicalSpecialPageName": false, "wgNamespaceNumber": 0, "wgPageName": "Alpine_skiing_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics", "wgTitle": "Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics", "wgCurRevisionId": 462046503, "wgArticleId": 2658437, "wgIsArticle": true, "wgAction": "view", "wgUserName": null, "wgUserGroups": ["*"], "wgCategories": ["Articles with Norwegian language external links", "2006 Winter Olympics events", "Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics", "2006 in alpine skiing"], "wgBreakFrames": false, "wgRestrictionEdit": [], "wgRestrictionMove": [], "wgSearchNamespaces": [0], "wgFlaggedRevsParams": {"tags": {"status": {"levels": 1, "quality": 2, "pristine": 3}}}, "wgStableRevisionId": null, "wgVectorEnabledModules": {"collapsiblenav": true, "collapsibletabs": true, "editwarning": true, "expandablesearch": false, "footercleanup": false, "sectioneditlinks": false, "simplesearch": true, "experiments": true}, "wgWikiEditorEnabledModules": {"toolbar": true, "dialogs": true, "hidesig": true, "templateEditor": false, "templates": false, "preview": false, "previewDialog": false, "publish": false, "toc": false}, "wgTrackingToken": "a28c8a3e749a805cf008604764cd4ce0", "wikilove-recipient": "", "wikilove-edittoken": "+\\", "wikilove-anon": 0, "mbEditToken": "+\\", "Geo": {"city": "", "country": ""}, "wgNoticeProject": "wikipedia"}); } if ( window.mediaWiki ) { mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup"]); } Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Alpine Skiing at the XX Olympic Winter Games Venue Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario  Italy Dates February 12–25, 2006 «2002 2010» Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Combined   men   women Downhill men women Giant slalom men women Slalom men women Super-G men women Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy. The races were held from February 12-25, 2006. Contents 1 Medal table 1.1 Men's events 1.2 Women's events 2 Course Information 3 Qualification 4 References 5 See also 6 External links Medal table  Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Austria 4 5 5 14 2 United States 2 0 0 2 3 Croatia 1 2 0 3 4 France 1 1 0 2 5 Sweden 1 0 3 4 6 Norway 1 0 0 1 7 Switzerland 0 1 2 3 8 Finland 0 1 0 1 Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Downhill details  Antoine Dénériaz France (FRA) 1:48.80  Michael Walchhofer Austria (AUT) 1:49.52  Bruno Kernen Switzerland (SUI) 1:49.82 Combined details  Ted Ligety United States (USA) 3:09.35  Ivica Kostelić Croatia (CRO) 3:09.88  Rainer Schönfelder Austria (AUT) 3:10.67 Super-G details  Kjetil André Aamodt Norway (NOR) 1:30.65  Hermann Maier Austria (AUT) 1:30.78  Ambrosi Hoffmann Switzerland (SUI) 1:30.98 Giant slalom details  Benjamin Raich Austria (AUT) 2:35.00  Joël Chenal France (FRA) 2:35.07  Hermann Maier Austria (AUT) 2:35.16 Slalom details  Benjamin Raich Austria (AUT) 1:43.14  Reinfried Herbst Austria (AUT) 1:43.97  Rainer Schönfelder Austria (AUT) 1:44.15 Women's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Downhill details  Michaela Dorfmeister Austria (AUT) 1:56.49  Martina Schild Switzerland (SUI) 1:56.86  Anja Pärson Sweden (SWE) 1:57.13 Combined details  Janica Kostelić Croatia (CRO) 2:51.08  Marlies Schild Austria (AUT) 2:51.58  Anja Pärson Sweden (SWE) 2:51.63 Super-G details  Michaela Dorfmeister Austria (AUT) 1:32.47  Janica Kostelić Croatia (CRO) 1:32.74  Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria (AUT) 1:33.06 Giant slalom details  Julia Mancuso United States (USA) 2:09.19  Tanja Poutiainen Finland (FIN) 2:09.86  Anna Ottosson Sweden (SWE) 2:10.33 Slalom details  Anja Pärson Sweden (SWE) 1:29.04  Nicole Hosp Austria (AUT) 1:29.33  Marlies Schild Austria (AUT) 1:29.79 Course Information Course Information - (metric) Date Race Start Elevation Finish Elevation Vertical Drop Course Length Average Gradient Sun 12-Feb Downhill - men 2800 m 1886 m 914 m 3.299 km 27.7 % Wed 15-Feb Downhill - women 2538 1738 800 3.058 26.2 Tue 14-Feb Downhill - (K) - men 2686 1886 800 2.965 27.0 Sat 18-Feb Downhill - (K) - women 2286 1738 548 2.331 23.5 Sat 18-Feb Super-G - men 2536 1886 650 2.325 28.0 Mon 20-Feb Super-G - women 2286 1738 548 2.331 23.5 Mon 20-Feb Giant Slalom - men 2480 2030 450 Fri 24-Feb Giant Slalom - women 2370 2030 340 Sat 25-Feb Slalom - men 2240 2030 210 Wed 22-Feb Slalom - women 2210 2030 180 Tue 14-Feb Slalom - (K) - men 2210 2030 180 Fri 17-Feb Slalom - (K) - women 2170 2030 140 Course Information - (imperial) Date Race Start Elevation Finish Elevation Vertical Drop Course Length Average Gradient Sun 12-Feb Downhill - men 9186 ft 6187 ft 2999 ft 2.050 mi. 27.7 % Wed 15-Feb Downhill - women 8327 5702 2625 1.900 26.2 Tue 14-Feb Downhill - (K) - men 8812 6187 2525 1.842 27.0 Sat 18-Feb Downhill - (K) - women 7500 5702 1798 1.448 23.5 Sat 18-Feb Super-G - men 8320 6187 2133 1.445 28.0 Mon 20-Feb Super-G - women 7500 5702 1798 1.448 23.5 Mon 20-Feb Giant Slalom - men 8136 6660 1476 Fri 24-Feb Giant Slalom - women 7775 6660 1115 Sat 25-Feb Slalom - men 7349 6660 689 Wed 22-Feb Slalom - women 7251 6660 591 Tue 14-Feb Slalom - (K) - men 7251 6660 591 Fri 17-Feb Slalom - (K) - women 7119 6660 459 Qualification All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006. In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event. If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event. References TOROC Explanatory Book - Alpine Skiing FIS-SKI - FIS World Ski Championships medals, URL accessed 23 December 2005 FIS-Ski - Olympic medals, URL accessed 21 December 2005 Alpine Skiing Cup Standings, URL accessed 21 December 2005 World Cup Calendar, from FIS-Ski, URL accessed 21 December 2005 (Norwegian) Sportsboken 2002 published by Sportsboken AS, edited by Tore Johansen See also Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics List of Olympic medalists in alpine skiing External links FIS-ski.com - results - 2006 Winter Olympics v · d · eEvents at the 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin) Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snowboarding • Speed skating v · d · eAlpine skiing at the Winter Olympics 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006  • 2010 List of medalists • List of venues

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