Lebanon was represented at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States by the Lebanese Olympic Committee.
In total, two athletes including one man and one woman represented Lebanon in alpine skiing.
Background The 2002 Winter Olympics would be Lebanon's 13th appearance at the Winter Olympics. The country had achieved a streak of 12 consecutive appearances at the Winter Olympics following their debut at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. However, that run would end as they missed the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Competitors In total, two athletes represented Lebanon at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States across one sport.
Sport Men Women TotalAlpine skiing 112 Total 112
Alpine skiing
In total, two Lebanese athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Niki Fürstauer in the men's slalom and Chirine Njeim in the women's giant slalom and the women's slalom.
The alpine skiing events took place from 20 to 23 February 2002 at various venues. The giant slaloms took place at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah, United States and the slaloms took place at Deer Valley, also in Park City.
The women's slalom took place on 20 February 2002. Njeim completed her first run in one minute 5.54 seconds and her second run in one minute 7.94 seconds for a combined time of two minutes 13.48 seconds to finish 36th overall.
The women's giant slalom took place on 22 February 2002. Njeim completed her first run in one minute 27.76 seconds and her second run in one minute 25.66 seconds for a combined time of two minutes 53.42 seconds to finish 45th overall.
The men's slalom took place on 23 February 2002. Fürstauer completed his first run in 51.99 seconds. He did not finish his second run.
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankNiki FürstauerMen's slalom51.99DNFDNF–Chirine NjeimWomen's giant slalom1:27.761:25.662:53.4245Women's slalom1:05.541:07.942:13.4836
External links Official Olympic Reports Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com
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