Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Germany at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	GER
NOC:	German Olympic Sports Confederation external link (German)
2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	162 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Kati Wilhelm
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 11	Silver 12	Bronze 6	Total 29
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
• United Team of Germany (1956-1964) • West Germany (1952, 1968-1988) • East Germany (1968-1988)

Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning both the most gold medals and the most total medals of any nation. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany) nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete. German athletes competed in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. As part of the iron curtain, East Germany won the highest number of gold medals at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Since reunification, the country has also won the most medals both at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics, with 12 golds each time.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Top 10 finishes 2.1 4th place 2.2 7th place 2.3 8th place 2.4 9th place 2.5 10th place 3 Events 3.1 Alpine skiing 3.2 Biathlon 3.3 Bobsleigh 3.4 Cross country skiing 3.5 Curling 3.6 Figure skating 3.6.1 Men's Individuals 3.6.2 Pairs 3.7 Freestyle skiing 3.8 Ice hockey 3.9 Luge 3.10 Nordic combined 3.11 Short track speed skating 3.12 Skeleton 3.13 Ski jumping 3.14 Snowboarding 3.14.1 Giant slalom 3.14.2 Halfpipe 3.14.3 Snowboard cross 3.15 Speed skating 4 Notes and references 5 Further references

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Biathlon
  • Women's 10 km pursuit: Kati Wilhelm in a time of 36:43.6.
  • Men's 20 km individual: Michael Greis in a time of 54:23.0.
  • Men's 10 km sprint: Sven Fischer in a time of 26:11.6.
  • Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Ricco Groß, Michael Rösch, Sven Fischer, and Michael Greis
  • Men's 15 km mass start Michael Greis in a time of 47:20.0.

• Bobsleigh
  • Two-man event: Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske
  • Two-woman event: Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze
  • Four-man event: Andre Lange, Rene Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, and Martin Putze

• Luge
  • Women's singles: Sylke Otto in a time of 3:07.979

• Nordic combined
  • Individual: Georg Hettich with a total of 262.5 points

• Speed skating
  • Women's team pursuit: Daniela Anschuetz Thoms, Lucille Opitz, Claudia Pechstein, Sabine Völker, Anni Friesinger in a time of 3:01.25

[edit] Silver

• Biathlon
  • Women's 15 km individual: Martina Glagow in a time of 50:34.9
  • Women's 10 km pursuit: Martina Glagow in a time of 37:57.1.
  • Women's 4x6 km relay: Martina Glagow, Andrea Henkel, Katrin Apel and Kati Wilhelm
  • Women's 12.5 km mass start: Kati Wilhelm in a time of 40:45.3.

• Cross-country skiing
  • Women's 4x5 km relay: Stefanie Boehler, Viola Bauer, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Claudia Künzel
  • Men's 4x10 km relay: Andreas Schlütter, Jens Filbrich, René Sommerfeldt, and Tobias Angerer
  • Women's sprint: Claudia Kuenzel

• Luge
  • Women's singles: Silke Kraushaar in a time of 3:08
  • Men's doubles' competition: Andre Florschütz and Torsten Wustlich

• Nordic combined
  • Team 4x5 km: Björn Kircheisen, Georg Hettich, Ronny Ackermann, and Jens Gaiser

• Snowboarding
  • Women's parallel giant slalom: Amelie Kober

• Speed skating
  • Women's 5000 m: Claudia Pechstein

[edit] Bronze

• Biathlon
  • Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Sven Fischer
  • Women's 12.5 km mass start: Uschi Disl in a time of 41:18.4.

• Cross-country skiing
  • Men's 15 km classical: Tobias Angerer

• Luge
  • Women's singles: Tatjana Hüfner in a time of 3:08.460

• Nordic combined
  • Men's sprint: Georg Hettich

• Speed skating
  • Women's 1000 m: Anni Friesinger

[edit] Top 10 finishes

[edit] 4th place

• Biathlon
  • Women's 12.5 km mass start: Martina Glagow
  • Women's 15 km individual: Andrea Henkel

[edit] 7th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Women's combined - Martina Ertl-Renz
  • Women's slalom - Annemarie Gerg
• Biathlon
  • Men's 10 km sprint: Ricco Gross
  • Women's 7.5 km sprint: Kati Wilhelm

[edit] 8th place

• Biathlon
  • Men's 12.5 km pursuit: Michael Greis
  • Men's 15 km mass start: Alexander Wolf

[edit] 9th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Women's Super-G - Petra Haltmayr

[edit] 10th place

• Biathlon
  • Women's 10 km pursuit: Uschi Disl

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Felix Neureuther	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Felix Neureuther	55.16	Did not finish	-	-
Alois Vogl	Did not finish	-	-	-

Women's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Martina Ertl-Renz	1:31.08	39.28	43.92	2:54.28	7th place
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer	1:32.54	40.37	43.89	2:56.80	16th place

Women's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Petra Haltmayr	1:57.69	6th place

Women's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Martina Ertl-Renz	1:01.44	1:11.10	2:12.54	15th place
Annemarie Gerg	1:03.04	Did not finish	-	-

Women's slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Annemarie Gerg	43.37	47.52	1:30.89	7th place
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer	43.48	48.36	1:31.84	16th place
Martina Ertl-Renz	Did not finish	-	-	-

Women's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Petra Haltmayr	1:33.50	9th place
Martina Ertl-Renz	1:34.03	16th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 10 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Sven Fischer	0	26:11.6	Gold medal
Ricco Gross	0	27:15.1	7th place
Alexander Wolf	2	27:34.5	15th place
Michael Greis	3	28:22.9	35th place

Men's 12.5 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Sven Fischer	4	+15.6	Bronze medal
Michael Greis	4	1:19.7	8th place
Ricco Gross	2	2:03.3	12th place
Alexander Wolf	6	2:15.2	19th place

Men's 15 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Michael Greis	1	47:20.0	Gold medal
Alexander Wolf	2	48:15.3	8th place
Michael Roesch	3	48:19.9	10th place
Sven Fischer	2	48:53.7	17th place

Men's 20 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Michael Greis	1	54:23.0	Gold medal
Ricco Gross	1	56:14.3	11th place
Sven Fischer	3	57:14.3	17th place
Michael Roesch	6	59:56.6	42nd place

Men's 4x6 km relay

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Ricco Gross	1	20:47.1
Michael Roesch	0	19:42.5
Sven Fischer	5	21:11.6
Michael Greis	3	20:10.3
Total	9	1:21:51.5	Gold medal

Women's 7.5 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Kati Wilhelm	1	22:49.8	7th place
Martina Glagow	1	23:35.9	17th place
Katrin Apel	2	24:04.9	22nd place
Uschi Disl	3	24:29.1	34th place

Women's 10 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Kati Wilhelm	2	36:43.6	Gold medal
Martina Glagow	3	+1:13.6	Silver medal
Uschi Disl	7	+2:47.2	10th place
Katrin Apel	5	+2:55.3	11th place

Women's 12.5 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Kati Wilhelm	1	40:55.3	Silver medal
Uschi Disl	3	41:18.4	Bronze medal
Martina Glagow	2	41:33.6	4th place
Andrea Henkel	3	42:41.5	13th place

Women's 15 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Martina Glagow	2	50:34.9	Silver medal
Andrea Henkel	2	51:46.3	4th place
Uschi Disl	5	52:49.7	12th place
Kati Wilhelm	5	52:59.0	16th place

Women's 4x6 km relay

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Martina Glagow	3	19:18.8
Andrea Henkel	2	19:15.9
Katrin Apel	4	19:45.5
Kati Wilhelm	0	18:43.0
Total	9	1:17:03.2	Silver medal

[edit] Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics

A total of ten men and five women have been selected.

Men:		Women: Two- and four-woman: Susi Erdmann Nicole Herschmann Sandra Kiriasis Anja Schneiderheinze Berit Wiacker
Four-man: Andre Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze René Spies Christoph Heyder Alexander Metzger Enrico Kühn	Two-man: Lange/Kuske Matthias Höpfner Marc Kühne

[edit] Cross country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Six men and six women have been selected. In brackets are their positions at the distance World Cup (15 to 30 km), and the sprint World Cup^[1] as of 25 January.

Men: Tobias Angerer (1st in distance; 32nd sprint) René Sommerfeldt (4th in distance) Jens Filbrich (6th in distance) Axel Teichmann (17th in distance) Andreas Schlütter (31st in distance; 56th in sprint) Franz Göring (44th in distance)

Women: Claudia Künzel (6th in distance; 3rd in sprint) Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (5th in distance; 19th in sprint) Manuela Henkel (56th in distance; 6th in sprint) Viola Bauer (15th in distance; 18th in sprint) Stefanie Böhler (19th in distance; 26th in sprint) Nicole Fessel (22nd in sprint)

Sachenbacher-Stehle was suspended due to health reasons for the first five days of competition after recording too high values of haemoglobin in her blood^[2].

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Germany is planning to select a men's curling team to Turin. Positions in brackets are those which the players had at the 2005 European Curling Championships. The German team, consisting of the same players, finished third at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.

• Andy Kapp (skip)
• Uli Kapp (third)
• Oliver Axnick (second)
• Holger Höhne (lead)
• Andreas Kempf (reserve)

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Five figure skaters have been announced for the Turin Games; one man in the singles competition and two pairs.

[edit] Men's Individuals

• Stefan Lindemann

[edit] Pairs

• Eva-Maria Fitze and Rico Rex
  1. Short program - 43.86 points
• Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy
  1. Short program - 60.96 points

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Two men, Gerhard Blöchl and Christoph Stark, are selected for the moguls competition. No other freestyle event will have German participation. They are ranked 28th and 21st respectively in the men's moguls World Cup standings^[3].

[edit] Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's game results

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
February 11	Finland	3-0	L

Germany's ice hockey contingent is their largest at the Olympics, with 20 women and 23 men. The men finished 15th at the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, suffering relegation to Division I for 2006 after losses to Denmark (who are not taking part at the 2006 Olympics) and Kazakhstan, while the women finished 5th at the women's World Championships the same year, beating Russia and China on their way to a fifth place after being knocked out of the group stage with 1–5 and 0–7 defeats in their first two matches.

Thirty men have been nominated; when the NHL players join the squad on 12 February or 13 February, seven of these will be dropped.

Men: Alexander Barta Marian Bazany Jan Benda Tino Boos Florian Busch Sven Felski Peter Fical Sebastian Furchner Sascha Goc Thomas Greiss Michael Hackert Klaus Kathan Lasse Kopitz Dimitrij Kotschnew Daniel Kreutzer Robert Leask Eduard Lewandowski Tomas Martinec Robert Müller Stefan Schauer Alexander Sulzer Andreas Renz Stefan Ustorf NHL players Christian Ehrhoff Marcel Goc Jochen Hecht Olaf Kölzig Christoph Schubert Dennis Seidenberg Marco Sturm

Women: Maritta Becker Franziska Busch Bettina Evers Susanne Fellner Stefanie Frühwirt Susann Götz Claudia Grundmann Jennifer Harß Nikola Holmes Sabrina Kruck Andrea Lanzl Michaela Lanzl Christina Oswald Nina Ritter Anja Scheytt Sara Seiler Denise Soesilo Jennifer Tamas Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten Raffaela Wolf

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's singles luge

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Final rank
David Möller	52.085	51.533	51.655	51.438	3:26.711	5th place
Jan Eichhorn	52.103	51.469	51.656	51.515	3:26.743	6th place
Georg Hackl	51.856	51.583	51.806	51.674	3:26.919	7th place

Women's singles luge

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Final rank
Sylke Otto	47.041	46.820	46.902	47.216	3:07.979	Gold medal
Silke Kraushaar	47.269	46.860	46.991	46.995	3:08.115	Silver medal
Tatjana Hüfner	47.109	47.269	47.101	46.981	3:08.460	Bronze medal

Doubles luge

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Andre Florschuetz Torsten Wustlich	47.141	47.666	1:34.807	Silver medal
Patric Leitner Alexander Resch	47.198	47.762	1:34.960	6th place

[edit] Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Individual Gundersen 15 km

Name	1st round	Final round	Jump Total	15 km	Final rank
Georg Hettich	129.0	133.5	262.5	39:44.6	Gold medal
Sebastian Haseney	107.5	105.0	212.5	37:15.7	6th place
Bjoern Kircheisen	114.5	109.5	224.0	38:21.1	7th place
Ronny Ackermann	106.0	107.5	213.5	39:42.9	18th place

Team event

Name	1st round	Final round	Jump Total	4x5 km	Final rank
Bjoern Kircheisen	113.7	114.1	227.8	11:23.9
Georg Hettich	122.1	116.7	238.8	12:50.4
Ronny Ackermann	114.2	109.5	223.7	12:27.6
Jens Gaiser	114.5	108.7	223.2	13:26.0
Team total	464.5	449.0	913.5	50:07.9 (15.3 behind)	Silver medal

Large hill sprint

Name	LH jump	Sprint 7.5 km	Final rank
Georg Hettich	125.7	18:38.6 (9.6 behind)	Bronze medal
Bjoern Kircheisen	106.5	17:48.7 (36.7 behind)	7th place
Ronny Ackermann	114.0	18:20.7 (38.7 behind)	8th place
Sebastian Haseney	90.7	17:49.1 (1:40.1 behind)	29th place

[edit] Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Arian Nachbar	0:43.006 Heat 3 2nd place	0:42.605 Quarterfinal 1 4th place	-	-	-
Tyson Heung	0:43.572 Heat 1 3rd place	-	-	-	-

Men's 1000 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Sebastian Praus	1:35.375 Heat 5 3rd place	1:29.820 Quarterfinal 2 3rd place	-	-	-
Arian Nachbar	1:27.994 Heat 6 4th place	1:27.679 Quarterfinal 4 4th place	-	-	-

Men's 1500 m

Name	Qualifying	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Sebastian Praus	2:30.292 Heat 4 4th place	-	-	-
Tyson Heung	2:20.075 Heat 5 4th place	-	-	-

Men's 5000 m relay

Name	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Thomas Bauer Andre Hartwig Tyson Heung Arian Nachbar Sebastian Praus	7:02.367 Semifinal 1 3rd place	7:13.338	7th place

Women's 500 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Susanne Rudolph	0:46.503 Heat 2 3rd place	-	-	-	-
Aika Klein	0:57.732 Heat 4 3rd place	-	-	-	-

Women's 1000 m

Name	Qualifying	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Yvonne Kunze	1:40.166 Heat 3 Advanced	1:33.627 Quarterfinal 3 2nd place	1:36.765 Semifinal 1 4th place	1:34.789	7th place
Aika Klein	Disqualified	-	-	-	-

Women's 1500 m

Name	Qualifying	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Aika Klein	2:42.380 Heat 1 5th place	-	-	-
Yvonne Kunze	2:48.009 Heat 6 4th place	-	-	-

Women's 3000 m relay

Name	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Tina Grassow Aika Klein Yvonne Kunze Christin Priebst Susanne Rudolph	4:22.533 Semifinal 2 4th place	4:24.896	6th place

[edit] Skeleton

Men's skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Sebastian Haupt	58.48	59.10	01:57.58	9th place
Frank Rommel	59.94	01:00.41	02:00.35	24th place

Women's skeleton

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Diana Sartor	01:00.29	01:01.40	02:01.69	4th place
Anja Huber	01:01.12	01:01.44	02:02.56	8th place

[edit] Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's large hill individual

		Final round jumps
Name	Qualification	1st round	Final round	Total	Final rank
Michael Neumayer	114.4 points	110.3 points	118.8 points	229.1 points	11th place
Michael Uhrmann	106.2 points (Pre-qualified)	106.3 points	108.6 points	214.9 points	16th place
Martin Schmitt	92.1 points	97.2 points	115.4 points	212.6 points	19th place
Georg Späth	116.8 points (Pre-qualified)	108.6 points	103.6 points	212.2 points	20th place

Men's normal hill individual

		Final round jumps
Name	Qualification	1st round	Final round	Total	Final rank
Michael Uhrmann	120.5 points (Pre-qualified)	128.0 points	136.0 points	264.0 points	4th place
Michael Neumayer	127.0 points	129.5 points	131.0 points	260.5 points	8th place
Georg Späth	123.5 points (Pre-qualified)	124.5 points	126.5 points	251.0 points	12th place
Alexander Herr	125.5 points	119.0 points	112.0 points	231.0 points	21st place

Men's large hill team jump

Name	1st round	Final round	Total	Final rank
Michael Neumayer	113.80	118.00
Martin Schmitt	116.40	100.90
Michael Uhrmann	105.40	125.00
Georg Späth	110.40	132.70
Total	446.00 points	476.60 points	922.60 points	4th place

[edit] Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue course	Red course	Total	1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Markus Ebner	36.32	35.90	01:12.22	-	-	-	-	-
Patrick Bussler	36.42	36.12	01:12.54	-	-	-	-	-

Women's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue course	Red course	Total	1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Amelie Kober	40.31	41.02	01:21.33	Heat 3 1st place	Quarterfinal 2 1st place	Semifinal 1 1st place	Big final	Silver medal

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s halfpipe

In men’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

	Qualification		Final
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 1	Run 2	Final rank
Christophe Schmidt	39.4 points	-	33.2 points	37.5 points	8th place
Vinzenz Lueps	33.9 points	39.5 points	28.7 points	36.8 points	9th place
Jan Michaelis	34.5 points	36.3 points	-	-	-
Xaver Hoffmann	22.6 points	18.7 points	-	-	-

[edit] Snowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
David Speiser	1:24.28	1:23.38	Heat 8 4th place	-	-	-	-
Michael Layer	1:23.92	1:22.43	Heat 7 4th place	-	-	-	-
Alex Kupprion	1:26.22	1:24.66	-	-	-	-	-

Women's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Katharina Himmler	1:32.15	1:33.89	Quarterfinal 2 3rd place	-	Classification 9-12	12th place

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 1500 m

Name	Final	Rank
Stefan Heythausen	01:49.58	26th place
Tobias Schneider	01:50.18	31st place
Robert Lehmann	01:51.04	36th place
Jörg Dallmann	01:51.32	37th place

Men's 5000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Jens Boden	6:38.34	20th place

Men's team pursuit

Name	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Jens Boden Jörg Dallmann Stefan Heythausen Robert Lehmann Tobias Schneider	3:49.59	Lost to Norway	-	Final D Defeated Japan	7th place

Women's 500 m

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Jenny Wolf	38.70	38.55	77.25	6th place
Judith Hesse	39.64	39.39	79.03	19th place
Pamela Zöllner	40.16	39.40	79.56	24th place

Women's 1000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Anni Friesinger	01:16.11	Bronze medal
Sabine Völker	01:17.97	21st place
Judith Hesse	01:17.98	22nd place
Pamela Zöllner	01:19.30	30th place

Women's 1500 m

Name	Final	Rank
Anni Friesinger	01:57.31	4th place
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms	01:59.74	10th place
Lucille Opitz	02:02.75	30th place

Women's 3000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Anni Friesinger	4:04.59	4th place
Claudia Pechstein	4:05.54	5th place
Daniela Anschütz Thoms	4:06.89	6th place

Women's 5000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Claudia Pechstein	07:00.08	Silver medal
Daniela Anschütz Thoms	07:02.82	5th place
Lucille Opitz	07:18.06	14th place

Women's team pursuit

Name	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Anni Friesinger Lucille Opitz Claudia Pechstein Sabine Völker	3:07.07	Defeated Netherlands	Defeated Russian Federation	Defeated Canada	Gold medal

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ Cross-Country World Cup Standings from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 January 2006
2. ^ (Norwegian) For høye blodverdier for Sachenbacher, from Aftenposten, 10 February 2006
3. ^ Freestyle Cup Standings, sorted by moguls points from fis-ski.com, retrieved 25 January 2006

[edit] Further references

• (German) NOK-Präsidium nominiert weitere 135 Aktive für die Olympischen Winterspiele - 162 Sportlerinnen und Sportler nach Turin from nok.de, retrieved 25 January 2006
• (German) 27 Turin Tickets vergeben - Präsidium benennt Dr. Clemens Prokop als Vertreter für Findungskommission des DOSB-Präsidiums from nok.de, retrieved 25 January 2006

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