how do they get the different country names and flag for each race on the ice at the olympics speed skating?
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It's a computer graphic that only the viewers see.  It's similar to the graphics that are used in the NFL to highlight the first down marker.
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Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics hosted by France. France won one bronze in the Pairs Figure Skating competition.\nSt. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics hosted by Switzerland. Switzerland won one bronze in the Ice Hockey competition.
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2\n\nFigure Skating\nSpeed Skating
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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/fams/index.htm
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You can get all the information about the 2006 winter olympic in the link below.
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go to www.factmonster.com\nwww.cbc.ca/olympics\nsports.espn.com/oly\nwww.olympic.org*\nwww.torino2006.org*\nwww.nbcolympics.com*\nsports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006*\nsortsillistrated.cnn.com/olympics/2006\n\n*i suggest these ones
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Ice skating, Ice dancing, Speed Skating, Skiing, and Snowboarding
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1924 , Chamonix\nhe first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days in the French Alps, 60 miles northeast of Grenoble.\n\nAs expected, the Scandinavians dominated the 16–nation field. Norway and Finland won 27 of the 43 medals available, including all four Nordic events and four of the five speed skating races. Speed skater Clas Thunberg of Finland and Norwegian Nordic skier and jumper Thorleif Haug each won three gold medals.\n\nAmerican speed skater Charles Jewtraw won the first event of the Games with an upset in the 500 meters. But the most remarkable U.S. medal was the bronze won by Anders Haugen in the ski jump. Due to a scoring error at the time he didn't receive it until 1974 – when he was 83 years old.\n\nIn its first four hockey games, Canada beat Switzerland 33–0, Czechoslovakia 30–0, Sweden 22–0 and Great Britain 19–2, before winning the tournament with a 6–1 victory over the U.S. in the final.
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Speed Skating is basically sprint running on ice
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Group A: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. \n\nGroup B: Sweden, Slovakia, USA, Russia, Latvia and Kazakhstan. \n\nRules:\n\nIn the Olympics, tied playoff games are followed by ten minutes of sudden death overtime. If the game remains tied, it is decided by a shootout. An Olympic hockey shootout uses five shooters from each team.\n\nThe international ice is 210 feet long and 98 feet wide. Goal lines are 13 feet from the end boards. \n\nGoaltenders can play the puck anywhere behind the net. \n\nInternational hockey uses "no touch" icing. Sponsored Links\nThe play is whistled down as soon as the puck crosses the goal line. \n\nWhen a penalty shot is called during Olympic hockey, any player on the shooting team may be selected to take it. \n\nPlayers fighting in Olympic hockey receive a match penalty and are ejected form the game. \n\nMost of the rest of the rules are similar to the NHL.\n\nFormat:\n\nRound robin play within each group.\n\nThen the following playoff schedule:\n\nWednesday, Feb. 22 \nQuarterfinal (A1-B4)\nQuarterfinal (A2-B3)\nQuarterfinal (B1-A4)\nQuarterfinal (B2-A3)\n\nFriday, Feb. 24 \nSemifinal(winner A1-B4 vs. winner B2-A3) \nSemifinal(winner B1-A4 vs. winner A2-B3)\n\nSaturday, Feb. 25 \nBronze Medal Game\n\nSunday, Feb. 26 \nGold Medal Game
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
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I can't really find a definitive site, but for great TdF info, go to this site:\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/default.stm\n\nThere's always the TdF official site:\n\nwww.letour.fr\n\nClick on the British flag for the english version, should you need it.
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Men\nGold: Canada\nSilver:Finland\nBronze: US\n\nWomen\nGold: Sweden\nSilver: Switzerland\nBronze: Canada
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Dunno... a nation is a country with borders, passports laws etc.. and a race is something for horses, athletes, cars etc!
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for race rules applicable in races world-wide, visit the UCI website\n\nwww.uci.ch
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james,\n\nA country wins ONE medal for each event.  If there are say, two members to a team, ex. two-person luge, each member will get a gold medal.  Statistically however, one medal per event.
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the  gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse"  . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times .  Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal  " .