2006 Winter Olympics

"Torino 2006" and "Turin 2006" redirect here. For the Winter Paralympics, see 2006 Winter Paralympics.

XX Olympic Winter Games
Emblem of the 2006 Winter Olympics
LocationTurin, Italy
MottoPassion Lives Here
(Italian: La passione vive qui)
Nations80
Athletes2,563 (1,608 men and 955 women)
Events84 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening10 February 2006 (2006-02-10)
Closing26 February 2006 (2006-02-26)
Opened by
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Closed by
IOC president Jacques Rogge
Cauldron
Stefania Belmondo
StadiumStadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Winter
Summer
2006 Winter Paralympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics (Italian: 2006 Olimpiadi invernali), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games (Italian: XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 Games in June 1999.

This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Olympics, the first being in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and the third would be the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo which was 20 years after the 2006 event. Italy had also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960 in Rome.

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