Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Turin
Competitors	185 (111 men, 74 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Carolina Kostner (opening) Armin Zöggeler (closing)[1][2]
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 5 Silver 0 Bronze 6 Total 11
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Armin Zöggeler	Luge	Men's singles	12 February
Gold	Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit	16 February
Gold	Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	19 February
Gold	Enrico Fabris	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m	21 February
Gold	Giorgio Di Centa	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km freestyle	26 February
Bronze	Enrico Fabris	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m	11 February
Bronze	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km pursuit	12 February
Bronze	Gerhard Plankensteiner Oswald Haselrieder	Luge	Doubles	15 February
Bronze	Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	18 February
Bronze	Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Bobsleigh	Two-woman	21 February
Bronze	Marta Capurso Mara Zini Arianna Fontana Katia Zini	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay	22 February

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.

Alpine skiing

Men

Women

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Men

Women

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Simone Bertazzo Matteo Torchio	Two-man	55.78	55.99	56.43	56.95	3:45.15	9
Fabrizio Tosini Samuele Romanini	Two-man	56.06	56.02	56.93	57.10	3:46.11	13
Gerda Weissensteiner Jennifer Isacco	Two-woman	57.50	57.67	57.71	58.13	3:51.01
Jessica Gillarduzzi Fabiana Mollica	Two-woman	58.26	57.77	58.38	58.55	3:52.96	12
Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini Matteo Torchio Omar Sacco	Four-man	55.63	56.13	55.46	55.62	3:42.84	12
Fabrizio Tosini Luca Ottolino Antonio De Sanctis Giorgio Morbidelli	Four-man	55.80	55.73	55.57	55.51	3:42.61	11

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Valerio Checchi	15 km classical	41:01.5	38
	30 km pursuit	1:17:37.8	19
Giorgio Di Centa	30 km pursuit	1:17:03.2	4
	50 km freestyle	2:06:11.8
Pietro Piller Cottrer	30 km pursuit	1:17:01.7
	50 km freestyle	2:06:14.0	5
Fabio Santus	15 km classical	40:47.0	33
	30 km pursuit	1:17:25.5	16
	50 km freestyle	2:06:38.2	19
Cristian Saracco	15 km classical	41:12.0	40
Fulvio Valbusa	15 km classical	39:18.8	12
	50 km freestyle	2:07:22.5	30
Fulvio Valbusa Giorgio Di Centa Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi	4 x 10 km relay	1:43:45.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Antonella Confortola	10 km classical	30:26.9	34
	15 km pursuit	45:11.9	22
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Arianna Follis	15 km pursuit	46:40.9	36
	30 km freestyle	1:24:46.1	12
Magda Genuin	10 km classical	31:37.8	48
Cristina Paluselli	10 km classical	30:46.0	39
Gabriella Paruzzi	10 km classical	29:24.0	13
	15 km pursuit	43:18.9	5
	30 km freestyle	1:23:00.8	5
Sabina Valbusa	15 km pursuit	44:44.7	17
	30 km freestyle	1:23:37.6	10
Arianna Follis Gabriella Paruzzi Antonella Confortola Sabina Valbusa	4 x 5 km relay	54:58.7

Sprint

Curling

Men's tournament

Team: Joël Retornaz (skip), Fabio Alvera, Gian Paolo Zandegiacomo , Antonio Menardi, Marco Mariani (alternate)

Round robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	7

;Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	8
Italy (Retornaz)	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	9

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	6

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
Norway (Trulsen)	0	2	0	4	0	1	4	X	X	X	11

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Gushue)	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	6
Italy (Retornaz)	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	7

;Draw 12

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	4	0	1	0	3	2	X	X	X	X	10
Italy (Retornaz)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stockli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Women's tournament

Team: Diana Gaspari (skip), Giulia Lacedelli, Rosa Pompanin, Violetta Caldart, Eleonora Alvera (alternate)

Round robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	4	0	2	0	3	2	X	X	11
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	X	4

;Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
Denmark (Holm)	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	10

;Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
Russia (Privivkova)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

;Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

;Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	9
Italy (Gaspari)	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	7

;Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	9
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

;Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	3
United States (Johnson)	0	2	3	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	11

;Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	4
Canada (Kleibrink)	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	X	11

;Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Gaspari)	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Japan (Onodera)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	2
2	Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	7	2
3	Canada	Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4	Norway	Dordi Nordby	6	3
5	Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
6	Russia	Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7	Japan	Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8	Denmark	Dorthe Holm	2	7
9	United States	Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10	Italy	Diana Gaspari	1	8

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Players

The following is the Italian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Michel Goulet

Assistant coaches: Ron Ivany, Fabio Polloni

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	F	Stefan Zisser	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1980-03-06)March 6, 1980 (aged 25)	HC Bolzano
3	D	Carter Trevisani	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1982-06-15)June 15, 1982 (aged 23)	Asiago
6	D	Michele Strazzabosco (A)	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)	223 lb (101 kg)	(1976-02-06)February 6, 1976 (aged 30)	Milano
7	D	Bob Nardella	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1968-02-02)February 2, 1968 (aged 38)	Rockford IceHogs
8	D	Florian Ramoser	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1979-10-07)October 7, 1979 (aged 26)	HC Bolzano
9	F	Giorgio De Bettin	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1972-08-07)August 7, 1972 (aged 33)	Cortina
10	F	Giulio Scandella	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	183 lb (83 kg)	(1983-09-18)September 18, 1983 (aged 22)	Asiago
11	D	Andrè Signoretti	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1979-01-16)January 16, 1979 (aged 27)	Cortina
14	D	Carlo Lorenzi	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	170 lb (77 kg)	(1974-09-02)September 2, 1974 (aged 31)	Alleghe
16	F	John Parco	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1971-08-25)August 25, 1971 (aged 34)	Asiago
17	F	Anthony Iob	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1971-01-02)January 2, 1971 (aged 35)	EC KAC
21	F	Giuseppe Busillo (C)	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	212 lb (96 kg)	(1970-05-13)May 13, 1970 (aged 35)	Milano
22	F	Stefano Margoni	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1975-05-12)May 12, 1975 (aged 30)	HC Bolzano
24	F	Mario Chitaroni (A)	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1967-06-11)June 11, 1967 (aged 38)	Milano
26	D	Armin Helfer	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	218 lb (99 kg)	(1980-05-31)May 31, 1980 (aged 25)	Milano
27	F	Lucio Topatigh	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1965-10-19)October 19, 1965 (aged 40)	Asiago
28	F/D	Manuel De Toni	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1979-01-10)January 10, 1979 (aged 27)	Alleghe
29	G	Jason Muzzatti	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	190 lb (86 kg)	(1970-02-03)February 3, 1970 (aged 36)	HC Bolzano
33	F	Tony Tuzzolino	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	201 lb (91 kg)	(1975-10-09)October 9, 1975 (aged 30)	MODO Hockey
34	F	Jason Cirone	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1971-02-21)February 21, 1971 (aged 34)	Asiago
50	D	Christian Borgatello	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1982-02-10)February 10, 1982 (aged 24)	Milano
71	F	Luca Ansoldi	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	196 lb (89 kg)	(1982-01-05)January 5, 1982 (aged 24)	Ritten/Renon
73	G	Günther Hell	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1978-08-30)August 30, 1978 (aged 27)	HC Bolzano
85	G	René Baur	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1985-01-19)January 19, 1985 (aged 21)	Pustertal/Val Pusteria
19	F	Nicola Fontanive	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)	163 lb (74 kg)	(1985-10-25)October 25, 1985 (aged 20)	Alleghe

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Switzerland	5	2	2	1	10	12	−2	6
3	Canada	5	3	0	2	15	9	+6	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	14	12	+2	4
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2
6	Italy (H)	5	0	2	3	9	23	−14	2

15 February 2006 13:05

Italy

2–7 (0–1, 2–5, 0–1)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,575

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Martin Brodeur	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 5:33 – J. Iginla (T. Bertuzzi, J. Sakic) (PP) J. Cirone (G. Scandella) (PP) – 20:43 1–1 1–2 21:55 – D. Heatley (M. St. Louis, V. Lecavalier) 1–3 25:38 – S. Doan (C. Pronger, B. Richards) 1–4 26:04 – J. Iginla (J. Sakic) (PP) 1–5 33:53 – M. St. Louis (D. Heatley, V. Lecavalier) 1–6 34:38 – B. Richards (S. Doan, T. Bertuzzi) J. Parco (T. Tuzzolino) – 38:08 2–6 2–7 43:39 – J. Thornton (S. Gagné) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	50

16 February 2006 12:05

Finland

6–0 (0–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 7,776

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Günther Hell	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Milan Mášik Kevin Redding
	J. Lehtinen (T. Numminen) (PP) – 21:49 1–0 S. Koivu (T. Numminen) (PP) – 23:51 2–0 J. Jokinen (P. Nummelin, S. Salo) (PP) – 30:11 3–0 V. Peltonen (P. Nummelin) (PP) – 38:25 4–0 T. Selänne (S. Koivu, S. Salo) (PP2) – 52:07 5–0 T. Selänne (J. Lehtinen) – 55:08 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	51	Shots	16

18 February 2006 13:05

Italy

3–3 (1–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Germany

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,908

Game reference
	Jason Muzzatti	Goalies	Olaf Kölzig	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Joacim Karlsson Milan Mášik
	J. Parco (T. Iob) – 2:03 1–0 1–1 26:21 – T. Martinec (T. Boos) T. Iob (J. Parco, G. de Bettin) – 44:27 2–1 2–2 47:16 – S. Felski (D. Kreutzer) C. Borgatello (G. de Bettin, M. Chitaroni) (SH) – 58:28 3–2 3–3 58:43 – M. Goc (D. Kreutzer, E. Lewandowski) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	34

19 February 2006 20:05

Czech Republic

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,776

Game reference
	Tomáš Vokoun	Goalies	Günther Hell (out 27:32) Jason Muzzatti (in 27:32)	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Miroslav Halecký Joacim Karlsson
	M. Hejduk (D. Výborný, T. Kaberle) – 12:57 1–0 V. Prospal (J. Jágr, M. Straka) – 14:20 2–0 V. Prospal (M. Straka) (SH) – 28:36 3–0 3–1 57:53 – J. Parco (G. de Bettin, T. Iob) V. Prospal (M. Straka, T. Vokoun) (EN) – 58:40 4–1
	20 min	Penalties	58 min
	43	Shots	16

21 February 2006 12:35

Switzerland

3–3 (2–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,529

Game reference
	David Aebischer	Goalies	Jason Muzzatti	Referee: Dennis LaRue Linesmen: Milan Mášik Tony Sericolo
	R. Lemm (G. Bezina, S. Blindenbacher) (PP) − 3:06 1–0 P. Fischer (M. Plüss) – 6:33 2–0 2–1 15:41 – J. Busillo (B. Nardella) (PP) 2–2 20:53 – C. Trevisani (J. Cirone, J. Busillo) (PP) 2–3 46:13 – T. Iob (G. de Bettin) I. Rüthemann – 56:38 3–3
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	35

Women's tournament

Players

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	6	16	−10	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Italy (H)	3	0	0	3	1	32	−31	0

11 February 2006 20:35

Canada

16–0 (5–0, 4–0, 7–0)

Italy

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,399

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Ilse Robben
	Ouellette (Hefford, MacLeod) – 01:36 1–0 Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) – 01:52 2–0 Wickenheiser (Piper) – 04:04 3–0 Ouellette (Botterill, Campbell) (PP) – 06:53 4–0 Pounder (Kellar) – 11:34 5–0 Vaillancourt (Piper) – 20:25 6–0 MacLeod (Campbell, Apps) – 22:32 7–0 Piper (Wickenheiser, Apps) – 38:45 8–0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Apps) – 39:56 9–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) – 41:35 10–0 Botterill (Ouellette, MacLeod) – 47:31 11–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) (PP) – 48:41 12–0 Pounder – 49:42 13–0 Goyette (Campbell, Sunohara) – 52:19 14–0 Apps (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 56:15 15–0 Weatherston (Agosta, Vaillancourt) – 57:37 16–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	66	Shots	5

13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marte Hove Johanna Suban
	Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:45 2–0 G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:15 3–0 Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:59 4–0 Holst (Rooth) – 25:05 5–0 Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:45 6–0 Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:37 7–0 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:16 8–0 Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:31 9–0 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:55 10–0 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:08 11–0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

14 February 2006 13:05

Italy

1–5 (1–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,046

	Debora Montanari	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Bianca Walter Linesmen: Anne-Sophie Boniface Michaela Kiefer
	Florian (Leitner, Bettarini) (PP2) – 8:02 1–0 1–1 11:17 – Gladysheva (PP) 1–2 25:51 – Trefilova (Pashkevich) (PP) 1–3 44:31 – Gavrilova (Khomich) (PP) 1–4 46:53 – Gavrilova (Sotnikova) 1–5 53:04 – Trefilova (Shchelchkova) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	13	Shots	40

Classification games

5th-8th classification

17 February 2006 18:35

Germany

5–2 (3–2, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,750

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Debora Montanari	Referee: Arina Ustinova Linesmen: Marte Hove Jana Zítková
	Becker (M. Lanzl) – 00:27 1–0 Seiler (Tamas) (PP) – 05:32 2–0 2–1 06:18 – Leitner 2–2 06:59 – Leitner (Kaser, Bazzanella) Holmes (Soesilo) – 07:47 3–2 Becker (Ritter) – 42:50 4–2 Ritter (Becker, M. Lanzl) – 55:35 5–2
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	13

7th place game

20 February 2006 13:05

Switzerland

11–0 (4–0, 6–0, 1–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Luana Frasnelli Debora Montanari	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Sanna Mattila
	Diaz – 04:33 1–0 Diaz (Mosimann) (PP) – 09:54 2–0 Ju. Marty (Diaz) (PP) – 16:06 3–0 Lehmann (S. Marty) – 16:41 4–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 22:36 5–0 Ju. Marty (Ruhnke) – 26:51 6–0 Meier (Kunzle) – 31:09 7–0 Lehmann (Mosimann) – 32:48 8–0 Ruhnke (Rochat) – 33:16 9–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 35:37 10–0 S. Marty (Lehmann) – 56:08 11–0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	29

Luge

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Wilfried Huber	Men's singles	52.095	51.748	51.848	51.984	3:27.675	10
Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova	Women's singles	did not finish
Sarah Podorieszach	Women's singles	47.858	47.647	47.519	47.850	3:10.874	11
Reinhold Rainer	Men's singles	51.926	51.696	51.647	51.733	3:27.002	8
Armin Zoeggeler	Men's singles	51.718	51.414	51.430	51.526	3:26.088
Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz	Doubles	47.620	47.336	n/a		1:34.956	5
Oswald Haselrieder Gerhard Plankensteiner	Doubles	47.236	47.694	n/a		1:34.930

Nordic combined

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Short track speed skating

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marta Capurso	Women's 500 m	45.217	2 Q	44.438	2 Q	45.204	4	Final B 46.899	5
	Women's 1000 m	disqualified
	Women's 1500 m	2:31.053	2 Q	n/a		2:27.291	4	Final B 2:30.054	9
Fabio Carta	Men's 1000 m	1:27.826	2 Q	1:27.656	3	did not advance			8
	Men's 1500 m	2:27.799	3 Q	n/a		2:19.724	3	Final B 2:24.658	7
Arianna Fontana	Women's 500 m	45.398	2 Q	44.948	3	did not advance			11
	Women's 1000 m	1:32.033	2 Q	1:33.401	1 Q	1:33.228	4	Final B 1:34.269	6
Nicola Rodigari	Men's 500 m	42.189	2 Q	43.701	2 Q	42.131	4	Final B 42.398	7
	Men's 1000 m	1:27.184	2 Q	1:27.240	3	did not advance			7
	Men's 1500 m	2:29.885	2 Q	n/a		2:18.615	6	did not advance	14
Roberto Serra	Men's 500 m	43.120	2 Q	42.773	3	did not advance			9
Katia Zini	Women's 1500 m	2:41.561	3 Q	n/a		2:23.141	4	Final B 2:30.164	10
Fabio Carta Nicola Rodigari Nicola Franceschina Yuri Confortola	Men's 5000 m relay	n/a				7:07.358	3 ADV	6:48.597	4
Marta Capurso Arianna Fontana Katia Zini Mara Zini	Women's 3000 m relay	n/a				4:19.797	2 Q	4:20.030

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Davide Bresadola took part in both Nordic combined and ski jumping.

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Corinna Boccacini	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:23.40	19	did not advance				19
Isabella Dal Balcon	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:22.55	13 Q	Boldikova (RUS) (4) L +18.13 (-0.32 +18.45)	did not advance			13
Meinhard Erlacher	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.22	22	did not advance				22
Roland Fischnaller	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:11.61	12 Q	Jaquet (SUI) (5) L +0.51 (0.00 +0.51)	did not advance			13
Rudi Galli	Men's parallel giant slalom	disqualified
Marion Posch	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:22.89	15 Q	Fletcher (USA) (2) L +0.96 (+0.47 +0.49)	did not advance			15
Carmen Ranigler	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:25.23	26	did not advance				26
Simone Salvati	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.48	24	did not advance				24

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Anesi	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:49.88	29
Maurizio Carnino	Men's 500 m	36.24	36.43	1:12.67	31
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:11.44	30
Stefano Donagrandi	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:48.85	22
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:33.45	16
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:47,67	13
Enrico Fabris	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:45.97
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:18.25
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:21.54	8
Ermanno Ioriatti	Men's 500 m	35.88	35.80	1:11.68	21
	Men's 1000 m	disqualified
Adelia Marra	Women's 1500 m	n/a		2:03.07	31
	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:16.27	20
Ippolito Sanfratello	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:48.44	18
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:32.58	14
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:41.91	12
Chiara Simionato	Women's 500 m	39.02	38.66	1:17.68	10
	Women's 1000 m	n/a		1:17.53	13
	Women's 1500 m	n/a		1:58.76	5

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
From: Matteo Anesi Stefano Donagrandi Enrico Fabris Ippolito Sanfratello	Men's team pursuit	3:47.79	2	United States (7) W 3:43.64 OR	Netherlands (3) W Overtaken	Canada (1) W 3:44.46

Athlete's oath

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