2006 Winter Olympics
Information about 2006 Winter Olympics
| XX Olympic Winter Games | |
) XX Olympic Winter Games The emblem shows a stylized profile of the Mole Antonelliana, drawn in ice crystals in white and blue, signifying the snow and the sky. The crystal web also portrays the web of new technologies and the Olympic spirit of community. | |
| Host city | Turin, Italy |
| Nations participating | 80[1] |
| Athletes participating | 2,508 (1,548 men; 960 women)<ref name="Turin 2006 IOC" /> |
| Events | 84 in 7 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 10 |
| Closing ceremony | February 26 |
| Officially opened by | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi[2] |
| Athlete's Oath | Giorgio Rocca[3] |
| Judge's Oath | Fabio Bianchetti<ref name="Oaths" /> |
| Olympic Torch | Stefania Belmondo<ref name="Relay-Opening" /> |
| Stadium | Stadio Olimpico di Torino |
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Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. Italy also hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960. Turin was selected as the host city for the 2006 games in 1999.
The official logo displayed the name "Torino", the Italian name of the city, but the city is known as "Turin" in both English and the local traditional dialect, Piedmontese, although having slightly different pronunciations.[4] The Olympic mascots of Torino 2006 were Neve ("snow" in Italian), a female snowball, and Gliz, a male ice cube.[5] The official motto of the XX Olympic Winter Games was "Passion lives here".[6]
Turin, with a metropolitan area of 1.7 million,[7] is the largest city to have ever hosted a Winter Olympics;[8] the title will fall to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (2.1 million) when that city hosts the XXI Olympic Winter Games.[9] The 2002 Salt Lake City games also claims this title because at the time of the Olympics its metropolitan population was 1,516,227[10] and some events were held in the Provo metropolitan area of 400,209,[11] which the state of Utah calls a single metropolitan area of 1.9 million[12] and the U.S. government describes as two metropolitan areas in a single urban area.
Sports
The following are the disciplines that were contested at the games. The numbers in parentheses after each sport discipline indicate the number of events contested.
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Results
Medal table
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Gold medal and flower bouquet.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | ){kind=small} Germany | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | ){kind=small} United States | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Austria | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Russia | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | ){kind=small} Canada | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | ){kind=small} Sweden | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | ){kind=small} Italy (host nation) | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | ){kind=small} France | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
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The 2006 Olympics logo on display in Turin
Athletes with the most gold medals
Michael Greis (GER) (Biathlon): 3 gold medals
- Jin Sun-Yu (KOR) (Short track speed skating): 3 gold medals
- Ahn Hyun Soo (KOR) (Short track speed skating): 3 gold medals
Athletes with the most medals
Cindy Klassen (CAN) (Speed skating): 5 (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
- Ahn Hyun Soo (KOR) (Short track speed skating): 4 (3 gold, 1 bronze)
Nations with medals in most disciplines
- Canada: 10 disciplines, 21 events
United States: 9 disciplines, 21 events
Finland: 8 disciplines, 9 events
- Germany: 7 disciplines, 25 events
- Russia: 7 disciplines, 21 events
Norway: 7 disciplines, 15 events
- Switzerland: 7 disciplines, 13 events
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Medal sweep events
- Austria: 3/3 medals in Men's Slalom
- Germany: 3/3 medals in Women's single luge
- Canada: curling; short track speed skating relay; Speed skating team pursuit
France: biathlon relay
- Germany: biathlon relay; Cross country skiing relay
Italy: Cross country skiing relay
- South Korea: short track speed skating relays
- Russia: biathlon relay
Sweden: Cross country skiing team sprint; Ice hockey
Sweden in Cross country skiing team sprint.
Highlights
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Jeremy Teela in the biathlon
The first gold medal of the 2006 Games was awarded in the 20 kilometre biathlon, won by German Michael Greis on the first day of competition. Ice hockey began with the women's competition; Sweden defeated Russia 3-1 in the first match while Canada's team opened with the most lopsided win in Olympic history by beating the host Italians 16-0.
On 12 February, Latvia won its first winter Olympic medal when Mārtiņš Rubenis took the bronze in the men's luge. Armin Zöggeler's win in that event gave Italy its first gold medal of the Games. Both the Canadian and American women's ice hockey teams posted their second straight shutout wins.
Chinese figure skating pair Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, trailing a dominant Russian pair, attempted a throw quadruple salchow jump—an element which had never been successfully completed in competition. Zhang Dan fell, injuring her knee, but the pair finished their program to a standing ovation and took the silver medal. Russia finished the third day of competition with two gold medals, as did the United States.
The fourth day saw the two North American women's hockey teams finish out pool play with their third win each. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia set a world record score in the men's figure skating short program; his 90.66 points was more 10 points better than the nearest opponent's score. The men's combined alpine skiing was riddled with disqualifications, including front-runners Bode Miller and Benjamin Raich.
Canada had another strong day on 15 February, setting new Olympic records in both men's and women's pursuit team speed skating events as well as opening the men's ice hockey competition with a win against Italy. Italy finished the day with the men's pursuit team Olympic record, however, after the Netherlands bettered Canada's time only to have Italy improve upon theirs. China won its first gold of 2006 with Wang Meng's victory in the women's individual 500 metre short track speed skating. A pair of Austrian brothers won the men's doubles luge while Michaela Dorfmeister gave the nation another championship in the women's downhill.
Kristina Šmigun won her second gold medal of the Games with a victory in the women's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing on 16 February, remaining the only Estonian to medal. In men's curling action, Great Britain edged Germany 7-6, Switzerland kept New Zealand winless by winning 9-7, Canada beat Norway 7-6, and the United States defeated Sweden, 10-6.
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Poster of Lindsey Jacobellis in New York City.
Kjetil André Aamodt won gold for Norway in the men's Super G on 18 February, beating Hermann Maier of Austria. Germans Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow finished first and second in the 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit. The host Italians defeated Canada in men's curling, while Switzerland did the same in men's ice hockey to put the Canadians on the wrong end of two major upsets in the same day. The United States men's ice hockey team suffered its first loss of the tournament as Slovakia and Russia continue their dominance of the pool.
Lascelles Brown became the first Jamaican-born competitor to win a medal at the Winter Olympics on 19 February, competing on the Canadian 2-man bobsleigh team which finished second in an extremely tight competition. The German pair was only .21 seconds ahead of the Canadians, themselves only .14 ahead of the Swiss team. Finland continued to be unbeaten in men's ice hockey, handing Canada its second loss.
The final day of curling pool play was 20 February; Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals while Finland, Canada, the United States, and Great Britain qualified in the men's competition. Austria took their first team gold medal in ski jumping, while Canada took their second in women's ice hockey to take a 2-1 lead over the United States in all-time Olympic championships.
Slovakia and Finland both won their final men's ice hockey games on 21 February to win their respective pools with 5-0-0 records. Enrico Fabris gave the host nation another gold medal in speed skating by winning the men's 1500 metres.
On 22 February, the twelfth day of competition, Anja Pärson won her first gold medal in the women's slalom; it was her fifth overall Olympic medal and third of the 2006 Games. Chandra Crawford took a quicker route to the top of the podium, winning the 1.1 kilometre cross-country sprint gold in her Olympic debut. In the men's ice hockey quarterfinals, the previously undefeated Slovakians lost to the Czech Republic while Russia, Finland, and Sweden eliminated Canada, the United States, and Switzerland, respectively. Philipp Schoch successfully defended his snowboarding giant slalom gold against his brother Simon.
Sweden took the women's championship in the curling finals held on 23 February. Shizuka Arakawa gave Japan its first gold medal of the Games and first figure skating gold medal, winning the ladies' figure skating competition in part by being able to finish without falling, as Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya both tumbled. Russia wrested the gold medal in women's team biathlon from two-time defending champions Germany.
February 24 was the day of the men's curling finals, in which Canada won its first gold medal and the United States won its first medal in the sport as Canada defeated Finland and the United States beat Great Britain for the second time. The figure skating gala was also held, with top placers in all of the events performing exhibitions. Sweden and Finland won their men's ice hockey semifinal games, defeating the Czech Republic and Russia.
The Austrians swept the men's alpine slalom medals on 25 February, led by Benjamin Raich. Germany took gold medals in the men's 15 kilometre biathlon and the men's individual bobsleigh. Apolo Anton Ohno won his second short track speed skating gold medal, with only somewhat less controversy than his first 4 years earlier.
The final day of competition and the closing ceremony, were held on 26 February. The Swedish men's ice hockey team handed Finland their first loss in the final to take the gold medal. In the closing ceremony, Manuela Di Centa, a seven-time Olympic medalist from Italy and then-member of the International Olympic Committee, was scheduled to present the medals for the men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing event. This resulted in her presenting the gold medal to her own brother when Giorgio Di Centa won the event to take his second gold medal.
Venues
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Landsat 7 image of the Italian Alps with some of the venues marked.
Olympic areas
Olympic events were mainly held in Turin, but other events (namely skiing, snowboarding, and the track sports) were held in mountainous outlying villages for obvious reasons.Turin
Many venues are located in the Olympic District in central Turin, including:- Oval Lingotto - Speed skating
- Torino Esposizioni - Ice hockey
- Palasport Olimpico - Ice hockey
- Stadio Olimpico - Opening and closing ceremonies
- Palavela - Figure skating, short-track speed skating
- Olympic Village
Other locations
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Location of Turin (Torino in Italian) and some other venues
- Bardonecchia, located in Alta Val di Susa, was the site of the snowboarding competitions. An Olympic Village is also located in Bardonecchia.
- Cesana-Pariol was the competition site for luge, bobsleigh, and skeleton.
- Cesana-San Sicario was the site of biathlon and alpine skiing events.
- Pinerolo, a town of 35,000, located 50 km from Turin, was the host of curling events.
- Pragelato was the site of cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined competitions.
- Sauze d'Oulx, a resort located 80 km from Turin, was the host of the freestyle skiing events.
- Sestriere, located 100 km from Turin, was the site of alpine skiing events. An Olympic village is also located in Sestriere.
Olympic villages
Official Olympic training sites
- Chiomonte
- Claviere
- Prali
- Alpe Lusentino - Domodossola (VB) (Alpine Skiing)
- Riale - Formazza (VB) (Nordic Skiing)
Olympic mountain training site
Participating NOCs
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Participating NOCs. Green: fewer than 10 athletes; blue: 10-49; orange: 50-99; red: 100 or more.
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Host selection process
The selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favorite.[17] Media speculation was that the choice of Turin was due to the combination of four factors: Turin's overwhelming population size difference (Turin had a population 1.5 million, whilst Sion's was only 27,000), the skills of the Italian bid team, the IOC's desire to compensate Italy for the recent selection of Athens over Rome for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finally a way to retaliate against Switzerland for the whistleblower role played by IOC member Marc Hodler in the revelation of the 2002 corruption scandal.[18]Organization
Out of 40,000 applicants, 20,000 volunteers were selected to help the athletes, spectators, and journalists, and to prepare the competition sites. They were selected by the recruiting program Noi2006.[19]Construction
Sixty-five sporting facilities, various infrastructures, sport villages for athletes and media, and transportation infrastructures were constructed for a total of 1.7 billion euros.[20]
"Palasport Olimpico"
Among the most important sporting facilities that were used:- The Stadio Olimpico (Turin) (formerly known as Stadio Comunale);
- 5 sports halls (3 new, 2 rearranged): the "Palazzo a Vela" re-designed by Gae Aulenti (to host short track and ice skating), the Oval Lingotto (speed ice skating), Torino Esposizioni (ice hockey), the Ice stadium in corso Tazzoli, the Palasport Olimpico designed by Arata Isozaki (ice hockey);
- The Olympic arch of Turin;
- Olympic villages of Turin, Bardonecchia and Sestriere;
- The ice stadium in Pinerolo, re-arranged and enlarged, to host the curling competition;
- A new stadium in Torre Pellice (ice hockey);
- 12 new intermediate-level ski lifts in Cesana Torinese, Cesana San Sicario, Sestriere, Bardonecchia, Claviere, Sauze d'Oulx, Pragelato;
- The tracks for bobsled, luge, and skeleton in Cesana (the second international track in Italy, along with the one in Cortina d'Ampezzo);
- The Turin Metro (VAL system), which for the Olympic games connected Collegno to the railway station of Porta Susa.
- The upgrade of 11 state roads and motorways connecting Turin with other Olympic sites.
Broadcasting
The 2006 Olympic Winter Games were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters:- An extensive list of official broadcasters is found at The Games on Television section of the Torino Games official site.
- The BBC provided television and radio coverage of the winter Olympics in the UK - the TV coverage was presented mainly by Grandstand regulars such as Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding. Most of the coverage was shown on BBC Two, with some on BBC One, and there was also BBCi for Freeview, Satellite and Cable (digital TV) viewers. Freeview provides an extra two screens whereas all 3 interactive streams were available to UK users only on bbc.co.uk and Digital Satellite and Cable such as Sky Digital.
- CBC, Radio-Canada, TSN, RDS, and CBC Country Canada broadcast the 2006 winter Olympics in Canada, with CBC Radio One, CBC Newsworld and RDI providing Olympic news and updates.
- NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, Telemundo, and Universal HD broadcast the winter Olympics in the USA. (American Forces Network rebroadcast some of this coverage for military personnel serving outside the United States.)
- Seven Network broadcast the games in Australia.
- TVNZ broadcast the Winter Olympic Games in New Zealand.
- TV 2 broadcast the games in Denmark.
- MediaCorp 5 broadcast the games in Singapore.
- Astro broadcast the games in Malaysia.
- CCTV-5 broadcast the games in the People's Republic of China.
- ARD and ZDF broadcast the winter Olympics in Germany every second day each.
- France 2 and France 3 broadcast the winter Olympics in France.
- Eurosport and BNT broadcast the winter Olympics in Bulgaria.
- RAI broadcast the games in Italy.
- Channel 2 broadcast the games in Israel.
- HRT broadcast the games in Croatia.
- ORF broadcast the winter Olympics in Austria.
- SF and TSR broadcast the winter Olympics in Switzerland.
- LTV7 in Latvia.
- Televisa and TV Azteca broadcast the games in Mexico.
- YLE broadcast the winter Olympics in Finland.
- NRK and SportN broadcast the winter Olympics in Norway.
- SVT broadcast the winter Olympics in Sweden.
- NOS on Nederland 2 broadcast the winter Olympics in The Netherlands
- Sportv on the Sportv 2, a Globosat sports channel, broadcast for the first time all days and all events for the Winter Olympics in Brazil.
- RTS broadcast the winter Olympics in Serbia.
- RTCG broadcasted the winter Olympics in Montenegro.
- Česká televize broadcasted the winter Olympics in Czech Republic. It introduced a new sport channel called "ČT4 Sport" on the occasion of the start of the winter Olympics.
- Televiziunea Română and Eurosport broadcasted the winter Olympics in Romania.
- RTÉ broadcasted in the Republic of Ireland highlights on RTÉ One
- ETV broadcasted the winter Olympics in Estonia.
- TVP broadcasted the winter Olympics in Poland
Olympic problems
The Games had several problems, including possible bankruptcy, doping, and poor ratings.Bankruptcy threats
The financial situation of the Organizing Committee has gradually become more and more difficult. The latest development was a 64 million euro financial shortfall appearing at the end of 2005, mainly due to the fact that Italy's draft budget for 2006 did not include the government's promised final 40 million euro allocation to Olympic organizers. This shortfall could have led the Torino 2006 Games to declare bankruptcy. The concerns went as far as starting to define the first step of a bankruptcy procedure for Torino 2006, which could have happened if the organizing committee had failed to approve its budget at a January 20, 2006 board meeting. Finally, the Italian Government promised to cover the shortfall.Metro
The metro was finally opened to the public on February 4 after a 45 day delay. It operates on a shorter stretch (XVIII Dicembre (Porta Susa) to Fermi - 11 stations) than originally forecast; it should reach the main railway station (Porta Nuova) and the rest of the city centre more than one year after the Games. For the duration of the Games, a single ticket (5 euros) covered use of both the metro and other means of public transportation for a whole day. However, during the Games, metro service stopped at 6:00 pm, making it impractical for spectators of evening events. Furthermore, the metro did not reach any of the Olympic venues. On the other hand, the bus service was heavily improved for the Games, although still inadequate at night hours.Weather
A number of Alpine competitions were delayed because of low visibility caused by snowfall. Despite these events being postponed, most were later held in better weather without any problems.Doping
Italian police raided the Austrian athletes' quarter in search of evidence of doping. The raid was conducted due to suspicions over the presence of biathlon coach Walter Mayer, who had been banned from all Olympic events up to and including the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 due to previous doping convictions. Around the time of the raid Mayer and two Austrian biathletes, Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann, tried to escape and fled back to Austria. Later, the Austrian ski federation president said that the two athletes told him they "may have used illegal methods."[21] After some days the results of the tests of all 10 tested Austrian athletes were presented and were all negative. List of athletes with doping convictions in these Games:- Russian Olga Pyleva was stripped of her silver medal in 15 km biathlon event after testing positive for carphedon.
- Brazilian boblsed athelte Armando dos Santos, ejected from the Games after a preventive antidoping test came positive (the results were from a test conducted in Brazil).
Ratings and attendance
A number of events reported low spectator attendance despite having acceptable ticket sales. Preliminary competition and locally less popular sports failed to attract capacity crowd as expected. Organisers explained this was because blocks of seats were reserved or purchased by sponsors and partners who later did not show up at the events.
Several news organizations reported that many Americans are not as interested in the Olympics as in years past.[22] It has been suggested that reasons for this disinterest include the tape delayed coverage, which showed events in prime-time as much as 18 hours later in the West, and also due to the lack of success achieved by big-name American athletes.[23]
In Canada, CBC's coverage has also posted disappointing numbers, which were reduced as the Canadian men's hockey team was eliminated early in the competition. Primetime ratings reached only as high as #7 in the weekly ratings. However, ratings for live, afternoon coverage have attracted 300,000 more viewers than the taped, primetime coverage. Overall, only primetime coverage has suffered, dropping 45% from the 2002 Games, with the entire coverage being 52% ahead from 2002.[24][25] Meanwhile on TSN, the numbers for its live curling coverage (which aired as early as 3:00am EST) were between 300,000 and 500,000 viewers.
The Olympics' main threat was the 2006 season of American Idol.[26]Security measures
As with every Olympics since the 1972 Olympics in Munich and increasingly since the 2002 Winter Olympics, there was heavy security due to fears of terrorism.
The organizers further increased security measures [1] in connection with the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and insisted that the Olympic Games were going to be safe, which they were; the Olympics concluded without a major breach of security occurring.See also
- 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
- 2006 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony
- 2006 Winter Paralympics
- List of IOC country codes
- Neve and Gliz
External links
Official websites
- Official Website - In Italian, English and French
- International Olympic Committee's Turin Page
- City of Turin - English
Other sites
Official broadcasters
Notes
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2. ^ "Torino 2006: Flame in the Tallest Cauldron", International Olympic Committee, 2006-02-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
3. ^ "Olympic Daily News", The Sports Network, 2006-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
4. ^ "Turin or Torino? Depends on whom you ask", Associated Press/MSNBC, 2006-02-09. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.MSNBC&rft.date=2006-02-09">
5. ^ Torino 2006 Mascots. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
6. ^ Italian Passion in the Motto of Torino 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
7. ^ Torino - Turin Italy City Profile. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
8. ^ "Olympics by the numbers", USA Today, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
9. ^ Judd, Ron C.. "Vancouver to host 2010 Winter Olympics", The Seattle Times, 2003-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
10. ^ Salt Lake population figures by the United States Census
11. ^ Provo population figures by the United States Census
12. ^ Utah remark page 10 by the state of Utah
13. ^ In the recent years, the Freestyle events and the Classic events have been switched each Olympic Games.
14. ^ Olympic Bid Election History—Voting Records and Results. GamesBids. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
15. ^ World Games News. International World Games Association (April 1999). Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
16. ^ Turin 2006—Election. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
17. ^ "Olympic corruption whistle-blower Hodler dies", USA Today, 2006-10-18. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
18. ^ "Italian city prepares for next Winter Olympics", Associated Press/ESPN, 2002-02-24. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.ESPN&rft.date=2002-02-24">
19. ^ Noi2006 - The Volunteers Programme. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
20. ^ Villani, Ron. Winter Olympics Return to Italy Opening Ceremonies Begin February 10 in Turin. Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
21. ^ Couch, Greg. "Italians take hard line against steroids", 2006-02-24. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
22. ^ Shipley, Amy. "Ciao to the Winter Games", Washington Post, 2006-02-26. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
23. ^ Caple, Jim. "The best, and real, drama is always at Olympics", ESPN, 2006-02-26. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.ESPN&rft.date=2006-02-26">
24. ^ Brioux, Bill. "Olympics lose against fake games", 2006-02-23. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
25. ^ McArthur, Keith; Robertson, Grant. "Olympic hockey loss misses the net for CBC ratings", 2006-02-23. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
26. ^ Jones, Terry (2006-02-18). Curling is making waves. Archived from the original on 2006-02-21. Retrieved on 2007-04-19.
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Il Canto degli Italiani
(also known as Fratelli d'Italia)
..... Click the link for more information.The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The USSR debuted in these Winter Olympics. They immediately showed their strength by winning more medals than any other nation.
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Region Veneto
Province Belluno (BL)
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- Total (as of December 21, 2005)
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Time zone CET, UTC+1
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..... Click the link for more information.The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had been awarded the organization of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but, after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had to decline and pass the honours to London.
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Nickname: "The Eternal City"
Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR) (Latin)
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Official language of: European Union
European Union
Switzerland
San Marino
Vatican City
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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Writing system: Latin (English variant)
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng
..... Click the link for more information.Piedmontese (in Piedmontese: Piemontèis) is a Romance language spoken by over 2 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. It is geographically and linguistically included in the Northern Italian group (with Lombard, Emiliano-Romagnolo, Ligurian and Venetian).
..... Click the link for more information.The Olympic symbols are , icons, flags and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee for various aspects related to the promotion of the Olympic Movement around the world.
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