3 3 9 9 ff |      ●      ▁| bg color = # 3 3 9 9 ff |      ●      ▁| bg color = # ff cc 0 0 |      1      ▁|   ▁| - ▁ ▁Part icip ants ▁Th irty - n ine ▁National ▁Par al ym pic ▁Comm itte es ▁( N PC s ) ▁entered ▁athlet es ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Winter ▁Par al ym p ics . ▁This ▁was ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁three ▁from ▁the ▁ 3 6 ▁represented ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Winter ▁Par al ym p ics . ▁The ▁number ▁in ▁parentheses ▁indicates ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁participants ▁from ▁each ▁N PC . ▁ ▁Note ▁that , ▁although ▁Greece ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁comp ete , ▁no ▁Greek ▁ath lete ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁any ▁event ; ▁the ▁International ▁Par al ym pic ▁Committee ▁does ▁not ▁list ▁Greece ▁as ▁having ▁entered ▁any ▁ath lete ▁in ▁the ▁Games , ▁and ▁cons iders ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁thirty - e ight ▁N PC s ▁at ▁the ▁Games , ▁rather ▁than ▁thirty - n ine . ▁▁ ▁( 2 ) ▁ ▁( 2 ) ▁ ▁( 1 0 ) ▁ ▁( 2 5 ) ▁ ▁( 6 ) ▁ ▁( 1 ) ▁ ▁( 3 ) ▁ ▁( 3 5 ) ▁ ▁( 2 ) ▁ ▁( 8 ) ▁ ▁( 1 ) ▁ ▁( 5 ) ▁ ▁( 6 ) ▁▁ ▁( 7 ) ▁ ▁(