United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2006
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Turin
Competitors:	204
Competitors Men:	117
Competitors Women:	87
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Chris Witty (opening)^[1] Nicky Hayden (closing)^[2]
Rank:	2
Gold:	9
Silver:	9
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto

The United States sent 204 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Chris Witty, a four-time Olympian, who competed in both Summer and Winter games, and won a gold medal in speed skating at the 2002 Games, served as the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Speed skater Joey Cheek, who won gold in the 500 m and silver in the 1000 m, was the flag bearer at the closing ceremonies. One athlete, Sarah Konrad, became the first American woman to compete in two different disciplines at the same Winter Olympics – biathlon and cross-country skiing.

While the United States' total medal count was down from the 2002 Winter Olympics, there were many highlights to the Games. Pete Fenson led the U.S. Curling team to a bronze medal, their first curling medal ever won. Speed skater Shani Davis became the first athlete of African descent from any country to win an individual gold medal. He won gold in the 1,000 m and followed that with a silver medal in the 1,500 m. Ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto won America's first figure skating ice dancing medal in 30 years.

Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" |

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Speed skating	Men's 5000 meters
		Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
		Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe
		Speed skating	Men's 500 meters
		Alpine skiing	Men's combined
		Snowboarding	Men's snowboard cross
		Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters
		Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
		Short track speed skating	Men's 500 meters
		Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
		Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe
		Snowboarding	Women's snowboard cross
		Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters
	Benjamin Agosto	Figure skating	Ice dance
	Valerie Fleming	Bobsleigh	Two-woman
		Speed skating	Men's 1500 meters
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Speed skating	Men's 10,000 meters
		Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
		Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 meters
		Ice hockey	Women's tournament
		Speed skating	Men's 1500 meters
		Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom
	Shawn Rojeski Joseph Polo John Shuster Scott Baird	Curling	Men's tournament
	J. P. Kepka Apolo Ohno Rusty Smith	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 meter relay

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Snowboarding	3	3	1	7
Speed skating	3	3	1	7
Alpine skiing	2	0	0	2
Short track speed skating	1	0	2	3
Figure skating	0	2	0	2
Bobsled	0	1	0	1
Curling	0	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	0	0	1	1
Ice hockey	0	0	1	1
Total	style=background:gold	9	style=background:silver	9	style=background:#c96	7	25

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	February 11	1	0	0	1
2	February 12	1	1	0	2
3	February 13	2	1	0	3
4	February 14	1	0	0	1
5	February 15	0	0	1	1
6	February 16	1	0	0	1
7	February 17	0	1	0	1
8	February 18	1	1	1	3
10	February 20	0	1	1	2
11	February 21	0	2	1	3
13	February 23	0	1	1	2
14	February 24	1	1	1	3
15	February 25	1	0	1	2
Total		style=background:gold	9	style=background:silver	9	style=background:#c96	7	25

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	7	4	5	16	64%
Female	2	4	2	8	32%
Mixed	0	1	0	1	4%
Total	style=background:gold	9	style=background:silver	9	style=background:#c96	7	25	100%

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Chad Hedrick	Speed skating	1	1	1	3
Apolo Ohno	Short track speed skating	1	0	2	3
Shani Davis	Speed skating	1	1	0	2
Joey Cheek	Short track speed skating	1	0	1	2

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The American alpine ski team fell short of its self-proclaimed goal of eight medals, earning only two in Turin, both gold.^[3] Bode Miller, who won two gold medals at the 2005 World Championships, failed to medal in Turin, but the men's team still earned a gold medal, as Ted Ligety took a surprise victory in the combined.^[4] The other medal came from Julia Mancuso, who put together two strong runs to win the women's giant slalom.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Scott Macartney	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:50.68	15
Bode Miller	1:49.93	5
Steven Nyman	1:50.88	19
Daron Rahlves	1:50.33	10
Ted Ligety	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	1:41.42	44.09	43.84	3:09.35
Scott Macartney	1:40.06	46.82	46.17	3:13.05	16
Bode Miller	1:38.36
Steven Nyman	1:40.19	47.14	55.35	3:22.68	29
Scott Macartney	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:31.23	7
Bode Miller
Steven Nyman	1:36.22	43
Daron Rahlves	1:31.37	9
Ted Ligety	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom
Bode Miller	1:17.58	1:18.48	2:36.06	6
Daron Rahlves
Erik Schlopy	1:18.34	1:19.22	2:37.56	13
James Cochran	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	54.49	51.19	1:45.68	12
Chip Knight	54.71	51.55	1:46.26	18
Ted Ligety
Bode Miller

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Kirsten Clark	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:59.07	21
Stacey Cook	1:58.70	19
Lindsey Kildow	1:57.78	8
Julia Mancuso	1:57.71	7
Lindsey Kildow	align=left rowspan=4	Combined	39.86
Julia Mancuso	39.79	44.81	1:30.84	2:55.44	9
Kaylin Richardson	40.45	44.55	1:31.83	2:56.83	17
Resi Stiegler	39.08	44.36	1:32.35	2:55.79	11
Kirsten Clark	align=left rowspan=4	Super-G	1:33.98	14
Lindsey Kildow	1:33.42	7
Libby Ludlow	1:35.01	28
Julia Mancuso	1:33.72	11
Stacey Cook	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:03.35	1:11.09	2:14.44	23
Lindsey Kildow
Julia Mancuso	1:00.89	1:08.30	2:09.19
Sarah Schleper	1:02.01
Lindsey Kildow	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	43.92	47.66	1:31.58	14
Kristina Koznick	45.72
Sarah Schleper	43.61	47.77	1:31.38	10
Resi Stiegler	44.15	47.33	1:31.48	12

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The top finish from the U.S. biathlon team came from Jay Hakkinen, who was 10th in the men's individual event.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lowell Bailey	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	29:02.0	3	47
Tim Burke	28:27.8	3	36
Jay Hakkinen	31:22.2	6	79
Jeremy Teela	29:32.7	4	61
Lowell Bailey	align=left rowspan=2	Pursuit	41:31.30	9	48
Tim Burke	39:17.66	7	36
Lowell Bailey	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	58:45.1	3	27
Tim Burke	1:01:55.0	7	58
Jay Hakkinen	56:10.9	3	10
Jeremy Teela	1:01:03.3	5	51
Jay Hakkinen	Mass start	48:29.66	1	13
Lowell Bailey Tim Burke Jay Hakkinen Jeremy Teela	Relay	1:24:23.4	18	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tracy Barnes	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	26:47.9	2	71
Sarah Konrad	27:30.6	8	75
Rachel Steer	24:29.6	1	35
Carolyn Treacy	28:18.7	4	80
Rachel Steer	Pursuit	43:32.83	3	39
Lanny Barnes	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	59:46.2	4	64
Tracy Barnes	57:58.0	1	57
Sarah Konrad	59:33.1	10	62
Rachel Steer	55:48.3	3	41
Lanny Barnes Tracy Barnes Rachel Steer Carolyn Treacy	Relay	1:25:20.3	11	15

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Shauna Rohbock and Valerie Fleming, bronze medalists at the 2005 World Championships, had four strong runs to earn the United States' only bobsleigh medal in Turin.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	55.81	7	55.72	3	56.31	7	56.88	7	3:44.72	7
Steve Holcomb Bill Schuffenhauer	56.16	13	55.96	12	57.05	17	57.04	12	3:46.21	14
Todd Hays Pavle Jovanovic Steve Mesler Brock Kreitzburg	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	55.43	5	55.56	7	55.04	6	55.41	10	3:41.44	7
Steve Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz Bill Schuffenhauer Lorenzo Smith III	55.46	6	55.50	6	55.14	7	55.26	6	3:41.36	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jean Prahm Vonetta Flowers	align=left rowspan=2	Two-woman	57.97	10	57.67	4	57.81	4	58.33	7	3:51.78	6
Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	57.37	3	57.65	2	57.78	3	57.89	3	3:50.69

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Two skiers, Kikkan Randall and Leif-Orin Zimmermann, were suspended for health reasons for the first five days of competition after showing abnormally high values of hemoglobin in their blood.^[8] Randall eventually was cleared to compete, participating in the women's relay and finishing 53rd in the 10 kilometre classical race.^[9]

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lars Flora	align=left rowspan=4	15 km classical	41:53.1	50
Justin Freeman	42:00.9	52
Kris Freeman	39:57.4	21
Andrew Johnson	41:53.9	51
Lars Flora	align=left rowspan=4	30 km pursuit	1:22:31.2	49
Andrew Johnson	1:21:16.8	43
James Southam	1:22:05.8	44
Carl Swenson	1:21.08.0	40
Kris Freeman	align=left rowspan=4	50 km freestyle	2:15:32.6	61
Andrew Johnson	2:07:56.3	34
James Southam
Carl Swenson
Lars Flora Kris Freeman Andrew Johnson Carl Swenson	4 x 10 km relay	1:48:44.2	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abby Larson	align=left rowspan=4	10 km classical	32:09.0	57
Kikkan Randall	31:49.7	53
Wendy Kay Wagner	31:41.0	50
Lindsey Weier	32:43.3	59
Rebecca Dussault	align=left rowspan=4	15 km pursuit	47:53.7	48
Abby Larson	48:47.5	56
Lindsey Weier	48:45.0	55
Lindsay Williams	50:49.7	62
Rebecca Dussault	align=left rowspan=4	30 km freestyle	1:31:43.3	43
Sarah Konrad	1:28:39.2	32
Abby Larson	1:32:51.9	47
Lindsey Weier
Wendy Kay Wagner Kikkan Randall Sarah Konrad Rebecca Dussault	4 x 5 km relay	57:58.4	14

Sprint
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Cook	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	2:18.46	16 Q	2:27.9	5	Did not advance
Lars Flora	2:23.02	46	Did not advance
Torin Koos	2:21.47	36	Did not advance
Andrew Newell	2:14.79	2 Q	2:24.3	4	Did not advance
Chris Cook Andrew Newell	Team sprint	17:54.9	7	Did not advance	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kikkan Randall	align=left rowspan=3	Sprint	2:15.63	10 Q	2:17.8	2 Q	2:19.1	5	Did not advance
Wendy Kay Wagner	2:19.71	35	Did not advance
Lindsay Williams	2:20.28	38	Did not advance
Kikkan Randall Wendy Kay Wagner	Team sprint	17:51.4	5 Q	18:04.9	10

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In the men's event, Pete Fenson, who led his team to 4th place at the a 2006 World Championships, started inconsistently, with a 2–2 record that included a win over the defending gold medalists from Norway. A stretch of four straight wins, however, guaranteed them a spot in the medal round going into a final round-robin game with Canada. The Americans lost that game, meaning they would face Canada again in the semifinals. They also lost this second meeting, but recovered to win the United States' first ever curling medal by beating Great Britain 8–6 in the bronze medal game.^[10]

On the women's side, Cassandra Johnson, the 2005 World Championship silver medalist, struggled winning only two games and finishing well short of the mark needed to make the medal round.^[10]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pete Fenson Shawn Rojeski Joseph Polo John Shuster Scott Baird	Men's tournament	W 11–5	L 3–4	W 10–4	L 5–6	W 10–6	W 7–3	W 8–5	W 9–8	L 3–6	3 Q	L 5–11	W 8–6
Cassandra Johnson Jamie Johnson Jessica Schultz Maureen Brunt Courtney George	Women's tournament	L 6–11	L 5–11	L 5–6	W 8–3	L 4–5	L 7–8	W 11–3	L 8–9	L 4–10	8	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Pete Fenson
Third	Shawn Rojeski
Second	Joe Polo
Lead	John Schuster
Alternate	Scott Baird

Round-robin

width=25	Rank	width=150	Team	width=150	Skip	width=60	Won	width=60	Lost
1		Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2		Brad Gushue	6	3
3		Pete Fenson	6	3
4		David Murdoch	6	3
5		Pål Trulsen	5	4
6		Ralph Stöckli	5	4
7		Joel Retornaz	4	5
8		Peter Lindholm	3	6
9		Andy Kapp	3	6
10		Sean Becker	0	9

Draw 1
Monday, February 13, 9:00Draw 3
Tuesday, February 14, 14:00Draw 6
Thursday, February 16, 14:00Draw 9
Saturday, February 18, 14:00Draw 12
Monday, February 20, 14:00Draw 2
Monday, February 13, 19:00Draw 5
Wednesday, February 15, 19:00Draw 8
Friday, February 17, 19:00Draw 10
Sunday, February 19, 9:00

Semifinal
Wednesday, February 22, 19:00Bronze medal game
Friday, February 24, 13:00

Women's tournament

Team

Position	Curler
Skip	Cassandra Johnson
Third	Jamie Johnson
Second	Jessica Schultz
Lead	Maureen Brunt
Alternate	Courtney George

Round-robin

width=25	Rank	width=150	Team	width=150	Skip	width=60	Won	width=60	Lost
1		Anette Norberg	7	2
2		Mirjam Ott	7	2
3		Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4		Dordi Nordby	6	3
5		Rhona Martin	5	4
6		Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7		Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8		Dorthe Holm	2	7
9		Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10		Diana Gaspari	1	8

Draw 1
Monday, February 13, 14:00Draw 3
Tuesday, February 14, 19:00Draw 6
Thursday, February 16, 19:00Draw 9
Saturday, February 18, 19:00Draw 12
Monday, February 20, 19:00Draw 2
Tuesday, February 14, 9:00Draw 4
Wednesday, February 15, 14:00Draw 7
Friday, February 17, 14:00Draw 10
Sunday, February 19, 14:00

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

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The American figure skating team won two medals in Turin, both silver. Sasha Cohen led the ladies' singles event after the short program, but an early fall in the free skate left her in second place.^[11] In the ice dance, the team of Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto sat just sixth after the compulsory dance, but moved up the standings in the original dance, claiming the second silver medal.^[12] Michelle Kwan, an Olympic medalist in Nagano and Salt Lake, planned to compete in Turin, but pulled out due to a severe groin strain. Emily Hughes competed in place of Kwan.^[13]

Individual

Athlete	Event					Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evan Lysacek	align=left rowspan=3	Men's	67.55	10 Q	152.58	3	220.13	4
Matthew Savoie	69.15	8 Q	137.52	5	206.67	7
Johnny Weir	80.00	2 Q	136.63	6	216.63	5
Sasha Cohen	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies'	66.73	1 Q	116.63	2	183.36
Emily Hughes	57.08	7 Q	103.79	7	160.87	7
Kimmie Meissner	59.40	5 Q	106.31	6	165.71	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rena Inoue John Baldwin Jr.	align=left rowspan=2	Pairs	61.27	4	113.74	7	175.01	7
Marcy Hinzmann Aaron Parchem	49.58	13	97.47	13	147.05	13
Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	align=left rowspan=3	Ice dance	37.36	6	60.53	2	98.17	4	196.06
Melissa Gregory Denis Petukhov	30.51	15	47.00	14	81.64	14	159.15	14
Jamie Silverstein Ryan O'Meara	27.53	18	46.00	16	76.87	18	150.40	16

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The American freestyle skiing team in Turin boasted several medalists from previous Olympics, including 1998 aerials gold medalist Eric Bergoust. Two other skiers had won gold medals at the World Championships, Jeremy Bloom and Hannah Kearney. Despite this strong roster, the U.S. team won just a single medal in Turin, as Toby Dawson rose from 6th place in qualification to take bronze in the men's moguls.^[14] Kearney's failure to even advance from the qualifiers in the women's moguls was considering one of the team's disappointing performances.^[15]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying						Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Total		Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eric Bergoust	align=left rowspan=4	Aerials	113.72	14	92.13	20	205.85	17	Did not advance
Joe Pack	97.57	20	113.76	8	211.33	15	Did not advance
Jeret Peterson	114.38	11	112.83	9	227.21	8 Q	124.78	3	112.70	8	237.48	7
Ryan St. Onge	97.35	21	110.40	11	207.75	16	Did not advance
Jeremy Bloom	align=left rowspan=4	Moguls	24.51	4 Q	25.17	6
Travis Cabral	24.88	2 Q	24.38	9
Toby Dawson	24.20	6 Q	26.30
Travis Mayer	24.04	7 Q	24.91	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying						Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Total		Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emily Cook	align=left rowspan=2	Aerials	60.32	22	84.10	7	144.42	19	Did not advance
Jana Lindsey	79.38	15	70.85	18	150.23	16	Did not advance
Shannon Bahrke	align=left rowspan=4	Moguls	22.07	18 Q	22.82	10
Hannah Kearney	20.80	22	Did not advance
Michelle Roark	24.45	4 Q	20.04	18
Jillian Vogtli	21.79	20 Q	22.72	11

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The U.S. men's team, which won a silver medal on home ice in Salt Lake City, had a poor start when they suffered a surprising 3–3 tie against Latvia.^[16] They did rebound with a win over Kazakhstan, but further losses to Slovakia, Sweden and Russia meant that the Americans finished fourth in their group, with the lowest point total of any team advancing to the medal round. In their quarterfinal against undefeated Finland, the Americans quickly fell behind 2–0, but managed to tie the game early in the second period. However, the Finns again took a two-goal lead later in the second, and while the Americans managed to score once more, they could not get closer than a 4–3 loss.^[17]

The women's team, also defending silver medalists, had a very strong round-robin showing, winning their three games by a combined score of 18–3.^[18] In the semifinals, the U.S. team played Sweden, with the Americans taking a 2–0 lead early in the second period. However, the Swedes then rallied, scoring twice to tie the game, and holding off the American attack and forcing a shootout to decide the game. Swedish goaltender Kim Martin stopped four American shooters, while Pernilla Winberg and Maria Rooth scored for Sweden.^{[17] [19]} The American women bounced back from this loss in the bronze medal game, beating Finland 4–0.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Men's tournament	T 3–3	W 4–1	L 1–2	L 1–2	L 4–5	4 Q	L 3–4	Did not advance
United States women's	Women's tournament	W 6–0	W 5–0	W 7–3	1 Q		L 2–3 GWS	W 4–0

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

RosterGroup play----------------

Quarterfinal

The Roster for Men’s ice hockey is missing Bret Hedican, Defenseman

Women's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

RosterGroup play

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Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Tony Benshoof was in position to win America's first singles luge medal after the first two runs, but two slower efforts on the final two runs left him in fourth place. Courtney Zablocki had a similar story in the women's event, with a pair of slow runs dropping her well off the medal pace after being in contention for bronze early.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tony Benshoof	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	51.907	4	51.458	2	51.674	7	51.559	5	3:26.598	4
Jonathan Myles	52.579	18	52.267	20	52.230	16	52.332	20	3:29.408	18
Christian Niccum	53.669	29	52.675	26	52.306	19	52.539	25	3:31.189	23
Preston Griffal Dan Joye	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	47.722	11	47.688	4	1:35.410	8
Mark Grimmette Brian Martin

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erin Hamlin	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	48.660	20	47.816	14	47.534	12	47.280	8	3:11.290	12
Samantha Retrosi	47.861	13
Courtney Zablocki	47.253	3	47.129	3	47.234	5	47.236	6	3:08.852	4

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Todd Lodwick, who had the United States' best Nordic combined performance in Olympic history in Salt Lake City, finished in the top 10 in both individual events, with his 8th place in the Individual Gundersen the best showing for the U.S. in Turin.

^{[21] [22]}

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Eric Camerota	align=left rowspan=4	Sprint	94.5	40	2:05	21:04.8	39
Bill Demong	102.2	30	1:34	20:03.7	25
Todd Lodwick	107.3	19	1:14	19:11.4	9
Johnny Spillane	109.5	14	1:05	19:15.2	10
Brett Camerota	align=left rowspan=4	Individual Gundersen	203.5	33	3:56	44:59.6	38
Bill Demong	220.0	19	2:50	42:08.5	15
Todd Lodwick	232.0	13	2:02	40:56.6	8
Johnny Spillane	220.0	19	2:50	44:27.6	30
Bill Demong Todd Lodwick Johnny Spillane Carl Van Loan	Team	820.6	8	1:33	51:52.5	7

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Apolo Anton Ohno became the fourth US Winter Olympian to win three medals in a single games, taking gold in the 500 metres to go with two bronze medals.^[23] The only other American to make an 'A-Final' in Turin was Rusty Smith, who set an Olympic record time in the quarterfinals of the 1000 metres, but ended up fourth in the final.^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anthony Lobello	align=left rowspan=2	500 m	1:13.722	4	Did not advance
Apolo Ohno	42.836	1 Q	42.020	1 Q	42.400	2 Q	41.935
Apolo Ohno	align=left rowspan=2	1000 m	1:36.120	1 Q	1:29.650	1 Q	1:28.080	2 Q	1:26.927
Rusty Smith	1:27.508	2 Q	1:27.000	1 Q	1:29.515	2 Q	1:27.435	4
Alex Izykowski	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	2:19.731	3 Q	2:18.610	5	Did not advance
Apolo Ohno	2:23.668	1 Q	2:20.346	4	Final B 2:24.789	8
Alex Izykowski J. P. Kepka Apolo Ohno Rusty Smith	5000 m relay	6:55.082	1 Q	6:47.990

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Allison Baver	align=left rowspan=2	500 m	45.998	1 Q	53.135	2 Q	45.512	3	Final B 55.689	7
Hyo-Jung Kim	46.077	2 Q	45.339	4	Did not advance
Kimberly Derrick	align=left rowspan=2	1000 m	1:33.812	2 Q			Did not advance
Hyo-Jung Kim	1:36.182	1 Q	1:34.164	1 Q	1:54.187	5	Did not advance
Allison Baver	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	2:27.635	1 Q	2:23.490	5	Did not advance
Hyo-Jung Kim	2:27.460	2 Q	2:32.527	3	Final B 2:29.978	8
Allison Baver Kimberly Derrick Maria Garcia Caroline Hallisey Hyo-Jung Kim	3000 m relay	4:18.333	5	Final B 4:18.740	4

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Zach Lund, considered the U.S.'s primary medal threat in the men's skeleton events, did not compete in the games after testing positive for finasteride (prohibited since 2005). "I've been losing my hair since I was a teenager and I've had a prescription for the last seven years and it was never an issue until this year," Lund told freestyle skiing analyst Nikki Stone (Yahoo! Sports, Feb. 10, 2006). "Whenever I've been tested, I always let them know that I was taking [Propecia]. I never had anything to hide." A panel on the Court of Arbitration for Sport believed Lund and wrote in its ruling that "it was entirely satisfied that Mr. Lund was not a cheat...But, unfortunately, in 2005, he made a mistake." His ban was reduced from two years to one, but this still left in ineligible in Turin.^[25]

In the women's events, the U.S. has two medal contenders in Lee Ann Parsley and Noelle Pikus-Pace. However, Parsley's career ended as she attempted to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She and several other teammates were struck by a runaway bobsled during a training session in Calgary, Canada on October 19, 2005. The bobsled, which failed to brake after crossing the finish line, ejected out the end of the track and struck Parsley and teammate Noelle Pikus-Pace. Pikus-Pace, who was the reigning overall world cup leader at the time, suffered a compound fracture of her right leg that took her out of the running for a 2006 Olympic bid as well. Parsley suffered soft-tissue injuries to her right leg that severely hampered her ability to compete in the US team trials less than 72 hours after the accident. She stayed with the team however as an assistant coach and was part of the 2006 US Olympic Skeleton Team coaching staff.^[26]

In their absence, the best finishes were a pair of 6ths, from Eric Bernotas and Katie Uhlaender in the men's and women's events, respectively.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Eric Bernotas	align=left rowspan=3	Men	58.43	58.76	1:57.19	6
Kevin Ellis	59.46	59.75	1:59.21	17
Chris Soule	1:00.33	1:00.90	2:01.23	25
Katie Uhlaender	Women	1:00.87	1:01.43	2:02.30	6

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

No American ski jumper qualified for a final jump in Turin, though Alan Alborn advanced to the first round in both the large and normal hill events.^[28]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Alan Alborn	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	117.0	16 Q	106.5	40	Did not advance		40
Jim Denney	91.5	46	Did not advance				46
Clint Jones	104.5	35 Q	97.5	47	Did not advance		47
Tommy Schwall	103.0	38	Did not advance				38
Alan Alborn	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	86.7	21 Q	79.9	43	Did not advance		43
Jim Denney	53.5	47	Did not advance				47
Clint Jones	64.9	39	Did not advance				39
Tommy Schwall	63.4	42	Did not advance				42
Alan Alborn Anders Johnson Clint Jones Tommy Schwall	Large hill team	286.8	14	Did not advance		14

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The United States was the dominant nation in the Snowboarding events in Turin. The U.S. won seven medals, easily the most of any country, including three golds, from Shaun White and Hannah Teter in the men's and women's halfpipe and from Seth Wescott in men's snowboard cross.^[29] Lindsey Jacobellis was poised to give the Americans a fourth gold medal in the women's snowboard cross, but fell on the final hill while attempting a grab, was passed, and ended up with silver.^[30]

Freestyle
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1		Run 2
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Mason Aguirre	align=left rowspan=4	Halfpipe	43.4	3 Q	40.3	37.1	4
Andy Finch	43.1	4 Q	9.6	24.7	12
Daniel Kass	43.8	1 Q	20.8	44.0
Shaun White	37.7	7	45.3	1 Q	46.8	26.6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1		Run 2
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Gretchen Bleiler	align=left rowspan=4	Halfpipe	41.6	2 Q	41.5	43.4
Kelly Clark	44.9	1 Q	41.1	38.1	4
Elena Hight	33.1	8	36.8	4 Q	29.4	37.8	6
Hannah Teter	39.9	3 Q	44.6	46.4

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Tyler Jewell	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:11.13	9 Q	(8) L +0.30 (-0.29 +0.59)	Did not advance			9
Rosey Fletcher	align=left rowspan=2	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:20.88	2 Q	(15) W -0.96 (-0.47 -0.49)	(7) W -0.15 (-0.12 -0.03)	(6) L +3.70 (-0.24 +3.94)	Bronze Final (8) W -0.69 (-1.50 +0.81)
Michelle Gorgone	1:24.43	22	Did not advance				22

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Nate Holland	Men's snowboard cross	1:21.03	7 Q	1 Q	4	Did not advance	Classification 13-16 2	14
Jason R. Smith	1:21.98	15 Q	1Q	1Q	3	Classification 5-8 2	6
Graham Watanabe	1:22.98	29 Q	Did not advance				31
Jayson Hale	N/A	N/A	Injured				N/A
Seth Wescott	1:20.69	3 Q	1Q	1Q	2 Q	1
Lindsey Jacobellis	Women's snowboard cross	1:29.51	3 Q		2 Q	1 Q	2

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Three American men combined to win seven medals in Turin. This included three for Chad Hedrick, who entered the Games attempting to equal Eric Heiden's record of five gold medals. Hedrick won his first event, the 5000 metres, but when the men's pursuit team lost to Italy, his chances were dashed. He did not manage a second gold, but did win a silver and a bronze.^[31] Hedrick was the source of some controversy when he called out teammate Shani Davis, who skipped the team pursuit in order to prepare for his specialty, the 1000 metres. Davis won this event to become the first ever Winter Olympic individual gold medalist of African descent.^[32] The third medalist was Joey Cheek, who won gold in the 500 metres, and was chosen to carry the U.S. flag in the closing ceremonies.^[33]

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kip Carpenter	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	36.40	31	35.68	=17	1:12.08	26
Joey Cheek	34.82	1	34.94	1	1:09.76
Casey FitzRandolph	35.78	18	35.34	8	1:11.12	12
Tucker Fredricks	36.02	25	35.99	28	1:12.01	25
Joey Cheek	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:09.16
Shani Davis	1:08.89
Casey FitzRandolph	1:09.59	9
Chad Hedrick	1:09.45	6
Joey Cheek	align=left rowspan=4	1500 m	1:47.52	9
Shani Davis	1:46.13
Chad Hedrick	1:46.22
Derek Parra	1:48.54	19
K. C. Boutiette	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	6:37.29	19
Shani Davis	6:23.08	7
Chad Hedrick	6:14.68
Chad Hedrick	align=left rowspan=2	10000 m	13:05.40
Charles Leveille	14:14.81	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elli Ochowicz	align=left rowspan=4	500 m	39.83	=23	39.86	=22	1:19.48	23
Jennifer Rodriguez	38.97	10	38.73	10	1:17.70	11
Amy Sannes	39.42	=15	39.47	20	1:18.89	17
Chris Witty	40.23	28	40.46	28	1:20.69	28
Elli Ochowicz	align=left rowspan=4	1000 m	1:19.94	32
Jennifer Rodriguez	1:17.47	10
Amy Sannes	1:18.50	25
Chris Witty	1:18.70	27
Maria Lamb	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:02.12	27
Catherine Raney	2:01.17	18
Jennifer Rodriguez	1:59.30	8
Margaret Crowley	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:17.37	22
Kristine Holzer	4:26.60	27
Catherine Raney	4:10.44	11
Catherine Raney	5000 m	7:04.91	7

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
K. C. Boutiette Chad Hedrick Charles Leveille Clay Mull Derek Parra	Men's team pursuit	3:51.32	7	(2) L 3:44.11	Did not advance	Final C (6) L 3:49.73	6
Margaret Crowley Maria Lamb Catherine Raney Jennifer Rodriguez Amy Sannes	Women's team pursuit	3:07.83	6	(3) L 3:04.59	Did not advance	Final C (4) W 3:04.22	5

See also

• United States at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

External links

• Official page of the U.S. Olympic Committee
• Official site for the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team - Site includes ability to search by sport, state, and an interactive Olympic guide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony. May 27, 2009.
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony. May 27, 2009.
3. Web site: After Tumbles From On High, U.S. Skier Finds a Way Down. Sally Jenkins. Washington Post. February 25, 2006. May 27, 2009.
4. Web site: Ligety grabs upset gold in the combined. Associated Press. USA Today. February 14, 2006. May 27, 2009.
5. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013210/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
6. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013218/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Biathlon.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
7. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013222/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Bobsleigh.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
8. Web site: Medal favorite Lund tossed from Games. Bob Hohler. Boston Globe. February 11, 2006. May 27, 2009.
9. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013304/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
10. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Curling. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. April 6, 2009.
11. Web site: Outlook bright for USA, Japan, but not so for Russia. USA Today. Gary Mihoces. March 5, 2006. May 27, 2009.
12. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009 . September 3, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120903182244/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FigureSkating.pdf . dead.
13. Web site: Michelle Kwan Pulls Out of Olympics Because of Injury. Bloomberg. Ravi Ubha and Richard Blackden. February 12, 2006. May 27, 2009.
14. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013356/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FreestyleSkiing.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
15. Web site: Bumpy Start for Americans Is Opening for Canada . New York Times. Juliet Macur. February 12, 2006. May 27, 2009.
16. Web site: An eye-opener. Sports Illustrated. February 16, 2006. May 31, 2009.
17. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Ice Hockey. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. April 29, 2009.
18. Web site: Trying to avoid the ill fate of softball. John Eligon. New York Times. February 17, 2006. April 29, 2009.
19. Web site: Swedes perform own miracle on ice, deny U.S. women shot at hockey gold. Rachel Blount. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. seattlepi.com. February 18, 2006. May 31, 2009.
20. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Luge . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013446/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Luge.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
21. Web site: Lodwick ready to ski and jump to medal stand. USA Today. February 9, 2006. Steve Wieberg. May 31, 2009.
22. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Nordic Combined. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. May 27, 2009.
23. Web site: Ohno solid gold in 500, finishes with 3 medals . Associated Press . MSNBC . February 26, 2006 . May 31, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623093837/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11504405/page/2/ . June 23, 2011 . dead.
24. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Short Track Speed Skating. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. May 27, 2009.
25. Web site: Zach Lund gets one-year ban, will miss Torino Games. USA Today. Mike Dodd. February 11, 2006. May 31, 2009.
26. Web site: The 700 Club -- Lea Ann Parsley: When Faith Meets Fire and Ice.
27. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Skeleton . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013510/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Skeleton.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
28. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013517/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/SkiJumping.pdf . dead . June 12, 2012 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009.
29. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . May 27, 2009 . June 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013759/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Snowboard.pdf . dead.
30. Web site: Jacobellis makes rookie mistake on biggest stage. Lindsey Berra. ESPN. February 18, 2006. April 6, 2009.
31. Web site: Chad Hedrick Begins Bid for Five Golds. Jaime Aron. Associated Press. SFgate.com. February 9, 2006. May 31, 2009.
32. Web site: No reason for Chad Hedrick to try and spoil Shani Davis' party . Associated Press. ESPN. February 18, 2006. May 31, 2009.
33. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. May 27, 2009.