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. A total of 2399 athletes from 77 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated at the Games in 78 events across 15 disciplines.
New events were contested in these Games; skeleton (introduced for the first time at the 1928 Winter Olympics and not contested since 1948) was re-introduced with events for both men and women, while women's bobsleigh was added to the program. The 78 events in Salt Lake City were an increase from 68 in Nagano at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Both men and women competed at these Games.
A total of 407 athletes won at least one medal at the Games. Athletes from Norway topped the medal table with the most gold medals, winning 13 golds out of 25 total medals. Germany won the most medals overall with 36, of which 12 were gold. Host nation the United States won 34 medals, 10 of them gold. Athletes from 24 participating NOCs won at least one medal; and competitors from 18 won at least one gold medal. Athletes from Australia and China won their respective nations' first Winter Olympic gold medals, while the Croatian and Estonian delegations each won their first Winter Olympic medals of any color. Of the 407 medalists, 55 athletes won more than one medal of any color at the Games. Of the multiple medalists, 31 won at least one gold medal, and 13 won multiple gold medals.
A judging scandal in the pairs figure skating event, where it was revealed that a French judge had been bribed to inflate the scores of the Russian pair, led to the declaration of joint Olympic champions in the pairs event. Georg Hackl of Germany finished in second in the men's luge singles event, becoming the first athlete to win a medal at five consecutive Games in the same individual event. 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. The Games saw improved doping testing conditions; four medalists (three from Russia and one from Spain) were stripped of their medals as a result of doping disqualifications. Ole Einar Bjørndalen was the Games' most decorated athlete, winning four gold medals; Janica Kostelić was the best-performing female athlete with three golds and a silver medal. Finnish athlete Samppa Lajunen became the first person to win three Nordic combined gold medals at a single Olympics, while Simon Ammann of Switzerland, who had not won a FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event before the Games, was the surprise performer, winning the gold medal on both the normal and large hills. {| id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents" | align="center" colspan=3 | Contents
Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling | valign=top| Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined | valign=top| Short track Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating |- | align=center colspan=3 | Medal winner changes Medal leaders References |} __NOTOC__
Alpine skiing
Men's downhill"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Downhill ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Men's combined"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Combined ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Men's Super-G"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Super G ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Men's giant slalom"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Men's slalom"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Slalom ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Women's downhill"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Downhill ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Women's combined"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Combined ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2011. Women's Super-G"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Super G ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Women's slalom"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Slalom ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010. Women's giant slalom"Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
Biathlon
Men's 20 km individual"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 10 km sprint"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 10 kilometres Sprint ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 12.5 km pursuit"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 12.5 kilometres Pursuit ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay "Norway Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Halvard HanevoldFrode AndresenEgil GjellandOle Einar Bjørndalen "Germany Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Ricco GroßPeter SendelSven FischerFrank Luck "France Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Gilles MarguetVincent DefrasneJulien RobertRaphaël Poirée Women's 15 km individual"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 15 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 7.5 km sprint"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 10 km pursuit"Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres Pursuit ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 4 × 6 km relay Katrin ApelUschi DislAndrea HenkelKati Wilhelm Ann-Elen SkjelbreidLinda TjørhomGunn Margit AndreassenLiv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée "Russia Biathlon at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Olga PylevaGalina KouklevaSvetlana IshmouratovaAlbina Akhatova
Bobsleigh
Two-man "Germany Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010.Christoph LangenMarkus Zimmermann "Switzerland Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010.Christian ReichSteve Anderhub Martin AnnenBeat Hefti Four-man André Lange Enrico Kühn Kevin Kuske Carsten Embach Todd Hays Randy Jones Bill Schuffenhauer Garrett Hines Brian Shimer Mike Kohn Doug Sharp Dan Steele Two-woman "United States Bobsleigh at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 30 December 2010.Jill Bakken Vonetta Flowers Sandra Prokoff Ulrike Holzner Susi Erdmann Nicole Herschmann
Cross-country skiing
Men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 10/10 kilometres Pursuit ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. None awarded Men's 15 kilometre classical"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 30 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 50 kilometre classical"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay "Norway Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Anders AuklandFrode EstilKristen SkjeldalThomas Alsgaard "Italy Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Fabio MajGiorgio Di CentaPietro Piller CottrerCristian Zorzi "Germany Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Jens Filbrich Andreas SchlütterTobias AngererRené Sommerfeldt Men's sprint"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Sprint ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 5/5 kilometres Pursuit ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 10 kilometre classical"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 10 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 15 kilometre freestyle mass start"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 15 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 30 kilometre classical"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 30 kilometres ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011. Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Manuela HenkelViola BauerClaudia KunzelEvi Sachenbacher Marit BjørgenBente SkariHilde Gjermundshaug PedersenAnita Moen "Switzerland Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.Andrea Huber Laurence RochatBrigitte Albrecht-LoretanNatascia Leonardi Cortesi Women's sprint"Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's Sprint ". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
Curling