Alpine skiing at the XX Olympic Winter Games
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Venue |
Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
Dates | 12–25 February 2006 |
No. of events | 10 |
Competitors | 287 (168 men, 80 women) from 60 nations |
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Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events, held at Sestriere and Cesana-San Sicario, Italy. The races were held 12–25 February 2006.
All entries had to be submitted to the organizing committee by 30 January 2006.
In general, athletes must be among the top 500 in the world in their event to compete. They must also have no more than 120 FIS points. Each National Olympic Committee may enter up to 22 athletes, but not more than 14 men or 14 women. No more than 4 athletes from any NOC may compete in each event.
If an NOC has fewer than 2 athletes qualified under those rules, it may send one male and one female athlete with an FIS score of no more than 140 in the slalom or giant slalom event.