2002 Winter Olympics
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{{Olympics infobox|2002|Winter |
Name = XIX Olympic Winter Games |
Logo = SL Cauldron park.JPG|
Size = 200 |
Optional caption = <!--The emblem represents a snow crystal, <br> with the Olympic rings and “SALT LAKE 2002” below. <br> The colors; yellow, orange and blue; <br>represent the Utah landscape.--> |
Host city = [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], [[United States]] |
Nations participating = 77 |
Athletes participating = 2,399 (1,513 men, 886 women) |
Events = 78 in 7 [[sport]]s |
Opening ceremony = [[February 8]], [[2002]]. [[2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony|Opening]] |
Closing ceremony = [[February 24]], [[2002]]. [[2002 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony|Closing]] |
Officially opened by = [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] |
Athlete's Oath = [[Jim Shea]] |
Judge's Oath = [[Allen Church]] |
Olympic Torch = Members of the [[Miracle on Ice|1980 USA<br> men's ice hockey team]], led by <br>team captain [[Mike Eruzione]] |
Stadium = [[Rice-Eccles Stadium]] |
}}
The '''2002 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XIX Olympic Winter Games''', and with the theme slogan "Light The Fire Within", were a [[winter]] [[multi-sport event]] which was celebrated in [[2002]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], [[United States]].
The 2002 Salt Lake City Games became the most populated area to have ever hosted a Winter Olympics; at the time of the Olympics its metropolitan population was 1,516,227<ref>[http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metropop/table06.csv Salt Lake population figures] by the [[United States Census]]</ref>.
== Bids ==
{{main|2002 Winter Olympics bids}}
Other candidate cities were: [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]; [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]], [[Valais]], [[Switzerland]]; and [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]]. Salt Lake City was selected as host city on [[June 16]], [[1995]], at the 104th [[IOC Session]] in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. Olympic venues were scattered around Salt Lake City, as well as in the mountains at [[Park City, Utah|Park City]], [[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]], and [[Provo, Utah|Provo]]. Athletes were housed in the Olympic Village at the [[University of Utah]].
The information below comes from [http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html the International Olympic Committee Vote History] web page.
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! colspan="6" | 2002 Winter Olympics Bidding Results
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| '''City'''
| '''NOC Name'''
| bgcolor=""|'''Round 1'''
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||[[Salt Lake City, Utah]]||{{USA}}
||'''54'''
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||[[Östersund]]||{{SWE}}
||14
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||[[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]||{{SUI}}
||14
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||[[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]]||{{CAN}}
||7
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[[Image:2002 Winter Olympics flame.jpg|thumb|150px|Olympic flame at [[Rice-Eccles Stadium|Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium]] during the opening ceremonies.]]
==Highlights==
*The opening ceremonies included [[Grammy Award]]-winning artist, [[LeAnn Rimes]] singing "Light the Fire Within", the official song of the 2002 Olympics.
*The Grammy Award winning [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] performed the "[[Star-Spangled Banner]]", National Anthem of the United States, for the opening ceremonies.
*There were also signs of the [[Aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks|aftermath of September 11, 2001]]. They included the flag that flew at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]], [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] officer [[Daniel Rodriguez]] singing "[[God Bless America]]," and honor guards of NYPD and [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]] members.
* Along with the flag that flew at the World Trade Center site, the [[Challenger Flag]] was also carried into the stadium.
*The opening segment of the opening ceremony, celebrated all previous hosts of the Olympic Winter Games. [http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/launchvideo.asp?name=2002w_opening_cer_high.wmv]
*The Olympics marked the first time an [[President of the United States|American president]] opened an Olympic Winter Games held in the United States.
*These were the first Games to be held under IOC president [[Jacques Rogge]].
*Competition highlights included biathlete [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] of [[Norway]], winning gold in all four men's events (10 k, 12.5 k, 20 k, 4 x 7.5 relay), [[nordic combined]] athlete [[Samppa Lajunen]] of [[Finland]] winning three gold medals, [[Simon Ammann]] of Switzerland taking the double in ski jumping, and alpine skier [[Janica Kostelić]] winning three golds and a silver (the first Winter Olympic medals ever for an athlete from [[Croatia]]).
*[[Skeleton (sport)|Skeleton]] returned as a medal sport in the 2002 Games for the first time since 1948.
* Ireland reached its best ever position and came close to winning its first winter medal when [[Clifton Wrottesley]] (Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley) finished fourth in the men's skeleton event.
*The Women's Bobsled Event had its debut at the 2002 Games after several years of World Cup competition.
*A feature of these Games has been the emergence of the so-called "extreme" sports, such as snowboarding, moguls and aerials, which appeared in previous Olympic Winter Games but have captured greater public attention in recent years.
* American [[Sarah Hughes]] won the gold medal in figure skating. American and heavy favorite [[Michelle Kwan]] fell during her long program and received the bronze medal.
*[[People's Republic of China|China]] won its first and second Winter Olympic gold medals, both by women's short track speed skater [[Yang Yang (A)]].
*One of the most memorable stories of the event occurred at the men's short track. Australian skater [[Steven Bradbury]], a competitor who had won a bronze in [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] as part of a relay team but well off the pace of the medal favourites, cruised off the pace in his semifinal only to see three of his competitors crash into each other, allowing him to finish second and go through to the final. Bradbury was again well off the pace, but lightning struck again and all four other competitors crashed out in the final turn, leaving a jubilant Bradbury to take the most unlikely of gold medals, the first for Australia – or any other country of the [[Southern Hemisphere]] – in the Olympic Winter Games.
*The [[Canada|Canadian]] men's [[ice hockey]] team defeated the [[United States|American]] team 5-2 to claim the gold medal, ending [[Loonie#The_lucky_loonie|50 years without the hockey gold]]. The Canadian women's team also defeated the American team 3-2 after losing to them at the [[1998 Winter Olympic Games]] in [[Nagano]].
*The closing ceremonies marked the final live performance of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] with its complete original lineup. They performed "[[Rock And Roll All Nite]]". Other [[artist]]s performing at the 2002 ceremonies were [[Yo Yo Ma]], [[R. Kelly]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Dianne Reeves]], [[Harry Connick Jr.]], [[Dorothy Hamill]], [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[*NSYNC]], [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], [[Josh Groban]], and the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]].
[[Image:Salt Lake 2002 torch cu.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of the 2002 Winter Games Olympic Torch]]
*There was a Canadian dollar underneath the ice in support of the Canadian Mens team
==Controversies==
*Prior to these Olympic Winter Games, a number of [[IOC]] members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted bribes in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games. [[IOC President]] [[Dr. Jacques Rogge]] and new CEO of the Salt Lake Games [[Mitt Romney]] then staged the Games and contended with the public opinion backlash due to the [[scandal]].
*{{see|2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal}}
*In the first week the [[figure skating]] competition resulted in the French judge's scores being thrown out and the Canadian team of [[Jamie Salé]] and [[David Pelletier]] being awarded a second gold medal.
*{{see|2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal}}
*Athletes in short-track speed skating and cross-country skiing were disqualified for various reasons (including [[doping (sport)|doping]] by two Russians and one Spaniard in cross-country skiing), leading Russia to file protests and threaten to withdraw from competition.
*Unproven allegations of bribery were leveled against many ice skating judges, leading to the arrest (at the request of the United States) and release of known criminal [[Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov]] by Italian officials.
==Security measures==
These Olympic games were the first since [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11, 2001]], which meant a higher level of security than ever before provided for the Games. The [[Office of Homeland Security]] (OHS) designated the Olympics a [[National Special Security Event]] (NSSE).
When he spoke during the opening ceremonies, [[Jacques Rogge|Dr. Jacques Rogge]], presiding over his first olympics as IOC president, told the athletes of the host country: "Your nation is overcoming a horrific tragedy, a tragedy that has affected the whole world. We stand united with you in the promotion of our common ideals, and hope for world peace." [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_286.pdf]
==Medals awarded==
[[Image:Olympics medal Salt Lake 2002.jpg|200px|thumb|Salt Lake City 2002 medals]]
{|
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* [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
* [[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]
* [[Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
* [[Cross country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Cross country skiing]]
* [[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Curling]]
* [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
* [[Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]
* [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]
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* [[Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Luge]]
* [[Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]]
* [[Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]
* [[Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Skeleton]]
* [[Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
* [[Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]
* [[Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
|}
[[Image:020802 02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Delta Air Lines|Delta]]'s [[Boeing 777]]-200 in [[livery]] commemorating the Games]]
== Venues ==
*[[Deer Valley]] - Slalom, Freestyle Moguls and Aerials
*[[Utah Olympic Park]] - Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Nordic combined and Ski jumping
*[[Soldier Hollow]] - Cross-country skiing, Biathlon and Nordic combined
*[[Rice-Eccles Stadium]] - the opening and the closing ceremonies
*[[Peaks Ice Arena]] - Ice hockey
*[[E Center]] - Ice hockey
*[[EnergySolutions Arena|Delta Center]] - Short track speed skating and Figure skating.
*[[Park City Mountain Resort]] - Giant Slalom, Snowboard GS and Halfpipe
*[[Snowbasin]] - Downhill, Combined Downhill and Super-G
*[[Utah Olympic Oval]] - Speed skating
''NOTE: Because of the no-commercialisation policy of the Olympics, the Delta Center was labeled as the "Salt Lake Ice Center". That was controversial, as some visitors were unable to identify the proper venue name because of the IOC's policy.
==Medal count==
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|'''Rank'''
|'''Nation'''
|width=60 bgcolor=gold |'''Gold'''
|width=60 bgcolor=silver|'''Silver'''
|width=60 bgcolor=cc9966|'''Bronze'''
|width=60|'''Total'''
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|1||align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter}}||13||5||7||25
|-
|2||align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter}}||12||16||8||36
|- bgcolor=ccccff
||3||align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter}} (host nation)||10||13||11||34
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter}}||7||3||7||17
|-
|5||align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2002 Winter}}||5||4||4||13
|-
|6||align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2002 Winter}}||4||5||2||11
|-
|7||align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter}}||4||4||5||13
|-
|8||align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|2002 Winter}}||4||2||1||7
|-
|9||align=left|{{flagIOC|NED|2002 Winter}}||3||5||0||8
|-
|10||align=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2002 Winter}}||3||4||10||17
|}
{{see|2002 Winter Olympics medal count}}
==Participating nations==
[[Image:2002 Winter Olympics participants.PNG|thumb|Participating nations]]
77 National Olympic Committees sent athletes to the Salt Lake City games.
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==See also==
*[[:Category:Competitors at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
*[[2002 Winter Paralympics]]
*[[Olympic Games]]
*[[Winter Olympic Games]]
*[[International Olympic Committee]]
*[[IOC country codes]]
*[[Call of the Champions]], the Olympic theme song for 2002
==External links==
{{commonscat}}
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=2002 IOC Site on 2002 Winter Olympics]
*[http://www.technifex.com/pages/projects/projects_2002.html Pictures from the opening and closing Ceremonies]
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