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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.
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., that took place Feb. 8–24, 2002. The Salt Lake City Games were the 19th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. Scandal and fears of terrorism marked the 2002 Games long before the Olympic torch arrived.
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, was an international multi-sport event held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 8 February through 24 February 2002.
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.
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.
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 ...
Aug 10, 2011 · Clara Hughes won bronze in the 5000m on the long track for her first Winter Olympic medal following her pair of cycling bronze medals from Atlanta 1996. Four years before her dominant performance in Turin, Cindy Klassen started her Olympic career with a bronze medal in the 3000m.
Re-live medal-winning moments and celebrate the world's finest athletes in their quest for gold at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Feb 24, 2002 · Australia sent a team of 27 athletes to the 2002 Winter Olympics – the Games that rocked a nation when two extraordinary gold medals were won. Australia’s first golden moment came at the short track speed skating rink when Steven Bradbury won an unforgettable gold in the men’s 1000m.
