what is country that have win the first rank  in medals table in the last  winter Olympics 2006?
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Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!! but USA is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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If you base the performance on medals won, the best performing nation in Modern Olympic history is the USA. \n\nThe  link shows the total medals won by nation, for both the Summer & Winter games.
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There was no olympics in 2005, maybe your thinking of the world cup of hockey in 2004? Canada won, finland got second.
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During the Torino Olympics Cindy Klassen (Speed Skating)from Canada won 5 medals. 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. That's made her the biggest winner in Torino.\n\nIn 1980, in Lake PLacid, Eric Heiden from USA won 5 gold medals. That I think is the best in one olympics.\n\nBut, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Biathlon) is the most decorated athlete. He had 6 medals before the Torino games and add three other medals. So he has now 9 winter olympic medals (5-3-1).
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Dallas Stars, currently with six Finnish players on their roster.\nFour of these players, Niklas Hagman, Jussi Jokinen, Niko Kapanen, and Jere Lehtinen, are playing for team Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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At the 1960 Winter Olympics held in Squaw Valley, California, United States, one Ice Hockey event was held: men's Ice Hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at Blyth Arena.\n\nMedalists\nPos Team \nGold  United States \nSilver  Canada \nBronze  USSR \n\nPreliminary round\nTop two teams from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.\n\n\nGroup A\nRank  Pld W L T GF GA Pts \n1  Canada 2 2 0 0 24 3 4 \n2  Sweden 2 1 1 0 21 5 2 \n3  Japan 2 0 2 0 1 38 0 \n\nFebruary 19 Canada 5-2 Sweden \nFebruary 20 Canada 19-1 Japan \nFebruary 21 Sweden 19-0 Japan \n\nGroup B\nRank  Pld W L T GF GA Pts \n1  USSR 2 2 0 0 16 4 4 \n2  United Team of Germany 2 1 1 0 4 9 2 \n3  Finland 2 0 2 0 5 12 0 \n\nFebruary 19 USSR 8-0 Germany (UTG) \nFebruary 20 USSR 8-4 Finland \nFebruary 21 Germany (UTG) 4-1 Finland \n\nGroup C\nRank  Pld W L T GF GA Pts \n1  United States 2 2 0 0 19 6 4 \n2  Czechoslovakia 2 1 1 0 23 8 2 \n3  Australia 2 0 2 0 2 30 0 \n\nFebruary 19 USA 7-5 Czechoslovakia \nFebruary 20 Czechoslovakia 18-1 Australia \nFebruary 21 USA 12-1 Australia \n\nConsolation round\nTeams, which didn't qualify for the final round, played here.\n\n Pld W L T GF GA Pts \n Finland 4 3 0 1 50 11 7 \n Japan 4 2 1 1 32 22 5 \n Australia 4 0 4 0 8 57 0 \n\nFebruary 22 Australaia 1-14 Finland \nFebruary 23 Finland 11-2 Japan \nFebruary 24 Australia 2-13 Japan \nFebruary 25 Australia 2-19 Finland \nFebruary 27 Japan 11-3 Australia \nFinland 6-6 Japan \n\n\n\n\nFinal round\nFirst place team wins gold, second silver and third bronze.\n\nRank  Pld W L T GF GA Pts \n1  United States 5 5 0 0 29 11 10 \n2  Canada 5 4 4 0 31 12 8 \n3  USSR 5 2 2 1 24 19 5 \n4  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 0 21 23 4 \n5  Sweden 5 1 3 1 19 19 3 \n6  United Team of Germany 5 0 2 0 5 45 0 \n\nFebruary 22 \n1:00 p.m. USSR 8-5 Czechoslovakia \n3:30 p.m. USA 6-3 Sweden \n6:00 p.m. Canada 12-0 Germany (UTG) \nFebruary 24 \n1:00 p.m. USA 9-1 Germany (UTG) \n3:30 p.m. USSR 2-2 Sweden \n6:00 p.m. Canada 4-0 Czechoslovakia \nFebruary 25 \n1:00 p.m. USSR 7-1 Germany (UTG) \n3:30 p.m. USA 2-1 Canada \n6:00 p.m. Czechoslovakia 3-1 Sweden \nFebruary 27 \n11:00 a.m. Czechoslovakia 9-1 Germany (UTG) \n1:30 p.m. USA 3-2 USSR \n4:00 p.m. Canada 6-5 Sweden \nFebruary 28 \n8:00 a.m. USA 9-4 Czechoslovakia \n10:30 a.m. Sweden 8-2 Germany (UTG) \n10:30 a.m. Canada 8-5 USSR \n\nFinal ranking\nUnited States \nCanada \nUSSR \nCzechoslovakia \nSweden \nUnited Team of Germany \nFinland \nJapan \nAustralia
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Canada has won it 29 times in the 48 year history.\n\nSweden is second with 5 wins.
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For women it would likely be Joannie Rochette.  She finished 7th at the most recent ISU World Championships (#1 canadian) and was 5th at the Olympics in Torino and won the Canadian National Championships this year.\n\nFor the men it is probably Jeffery Buttle who finished 6th at the ISU World Championships (#2 canadian), captured bronze at the winter olympics in torino, and won his national championship.\n\nHope this helps.
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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  " .
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Um...Every Olympics...Most recent Olympics was Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, 2006.\n\nAdded:\nOK..OK... I think I realize what they are asking now....The last time they actually gave out actual Gold "gold medals" was in 1912. Now it is just gold plated silver for the "gold medals".\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Olympic_champions_and_medalists
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Winter = Canada 2010\nSummer - China 2008 (Bejing)
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I think the winter olympics were pretty good, not the best I've seen, but still very interesting seeing new countries winning medals. What I was a little disappointed about was the performance of Bode Miller. He was portrayed to be very good by the media, but then screwed up in most of his events.
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go to yahoo.com and click the link for winter olympics.  Near the top of the page is a link for athletes.  Click that and enter the name of the athlete and it will give you a bio of that individual.
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It will be announced on July 7, 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City, Guatemala.\n\nThe candidate cities are\n\n1. Sochi  (Russia)\n2. Salzburg (Austria)\n3. Jaca (Spain)\n4. Almaty ( Kazakhstan)\n5. PyeongChang (Republic of Korea)\n6. Sofia (Bulgaria)\n7. Borjomi (Georgia )\n\nFor more details see this link given below.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics
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There have been (in sequence)\nChamonix 1924 (I)\nSt. Moritz 1928 (II)\nLake Placid 1932 (III)\nGarmisch 1936 (IV)\nNo Winter Olympics in 1940 or 1944\nSt. Mortiz 1948 (V)\nOslo 1952 (VI)\nCortina 1956 (VII)\nSquaw Valley 1960 (VIII)\nInnsbruck 1964 (IX)\nGrenoble 1968 (X)\nSapporo 1972 (XI)\nInnsbruck 1976 (XII)\nLake Placid 1980 (XIII)\nSarajevo 1984 (XIV)\nCalgary 1988 (XV)\nAlbertville 1992 (XVI)\nLillehammer 1994 (XVII)\nNagano 1998 (XVIII)\nSalt Lake City 2002 (XIX)\nand then on Friday Turin 2006 (XX)
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1-Brazil\n2-Czech Republic\n3-Netherlands\n4-Mexico\n5-Spain\n -USA\n7-Portugal\n8-France\n9-Argentina\n10-England\n\nThe next ranking would be out on 12 July 2006
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2008 Summer Olympics in Bejiing, China\n2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada