title: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
text: # Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
  
  The 2006 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's halfpipe, parallel giant slalom and snowboard cross events.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
  | 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  | 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Halfpipe details | Shaun White United States | Danny Kass United States | Markku Koski Finland |
  | Parallel giant slalom details | Philipp Schoch Switzerland | Simon Schoch Switzerland | Siegfried Grabner Austria |
  | Snowboard cross details | Seth Wescott United States | Radoslav Židek Slovakia | Paul-Henri de Le Rue France |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Halfpipe details | Hannah Teter United States | Gretchen Bleiler United States | Kjersti Buaas Norway |
  | Parallel giant slalom details | Daniela Meuli Switzerland | Amelie Kober Germany | Rosey Fletcher United States |
  | Snowboard cross details | Tanja Frieden Switzerland | Lindsey Jacobellis United States | Dominique Maltais Canada |
  
  ## Participating NOCs
  
  Twenty-four nations competed in the snowboarding events at Torino.
  
  * Australia (9)
  * Austria (12)
  * Brazil (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Canada (16)
  * China (2)
  * Czech Republic (3)
  * Spain (5)
  * Finland (5)
  * France (16)
  * Germany (11)
  * Great Britain (4)
  * Italy (16)
  * Japan (13)
  * Netherlands (2)
  * Norway (4)
  * New Zealand (3)
  * Poland (6)
  * Russia (8)
  * Slovenia (4)
  * Slovakia (1)
  * Sweden (13)
  * Switzerland (16)
  * United States (16)
  