Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Dmitry Dorofeev, a speed skater, served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

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

Olga Pyleva was stripped of her silver medal in the women's individual after testing positive for carphedon, a stimulant.

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Women's tournament

Team: Ludmila Privivkova (skip), Nkeirouka Ezekh, Yana Nekrasova, Yekaterina Galkina and Olga Zharkova (alternate)

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

The Russian men's team finished the round robin portion of the competition ranked second in Group B, losing just once, to Slovakia. It beat Canada in thequarter finals, but lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to finish fourth overall

Women's tournament

The Russian women's team lost to both Canada and Sweden, and failed to progress to the medal round. In the 5th place game, the team lost on a shootout to Germany.

Luge

Nordic combined

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

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

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

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

Speed skating

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