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The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (Arapaho: Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: Tit'-so-pi 2002; Navajo: Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: Soónkahni 2002), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from February 8 to 24, 2002, in and around Salt Lake City, Utah ...
Feb 8, 2002 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2002 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
The United States teams, in the four-man bobsleigh event, won the country's first bobsleigh medals in 46 years. The 2002 Games also saw the first Winter Olympics gold medalists of African origin: Vonetta Flowers of the United States in the women's bobsleigh event, and Canada 's Jarome Iginla in men's ice hockey. [3]
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
Overview. The roller coaster saga of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games began when Salt Lake City was selected as the host city at the 1995 IOC Session. Salt Lake City had bid for 1998 but lost out to Nagano, and its 2002 bid was so strong that the IOC needed only one round of voting to award the Utah city the bid, almost by acclamation.
With 36 total medals, Germany set a record for most total medals at a single Winter Olympics edition. Two years later, however, Norway was awarded two extra gold medals for a single event (where two Norwegians tied) after medal re-allocations, raising their total to thirteen and giving them the lead in gold medals (albeit not in the number of ...
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002, were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from February 8 to 24, 2002, in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Relive the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games day by day with this compilation of stunning highlights.
Aug 24, 2002 · Edited by SLOC - 2002. Vol. I : Official report. Vol. II : The fire within : 12 photographers' quest to capture the Olympic spirit presented in the official commemorative book of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, 8-24 February, 2002.
Feb 8, 2022 · Exactly 20 years ago today, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games kicked off with an emotional Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City. A landmark Paralympic Winter Games followed a few weeks later. Two decades later, much has changed as today’s athletes take part in the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
