Torino Winter Games The second time that Italy hosts the Olympic Games. The official mascots were a woman and a man: Neve ("snow" in italian) who is a snowball and Gliz who is an ice cube. There were a record breaking 80 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) at these Games – a first time for Albania, Ethiopia and Madagascar. These are the only Games where Serbia and Montenegro participated, as they took place between the time when country changed its name in 2003 and the moment when Montenegro declared its independence in May 2006. Germany won the most medals – 29 (11 gold medals), followed by USA which one 25 (9 gold medals) and Austria on 23 (9 gold medals).
