The Sports Almanac



2002 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City, United States

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GERMANY - 36 Medals
UNITED STATES - 34 Medals
NORWAY - 25 Medals

Biathlon Bobsled Skeleton
Curling Ice Hockey Luge
Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Speed Skating
Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Freestyle Skiing
Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Snowboarding


2002 Salt Lake City Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Germany 12
 16
 8
 36
2
 United States 10
 13
 11
 34
3
 Norway
 13
 5
 7
 25
4
 Canada 7
 3
 7
 17
5
 Austria 3
 4
 10
 17
6
 Russia
 5
 4
 4
 13
7
 Italy 4
 4
 5
 13
8
 France
 4
 5
 2
 11
9
 Switzerland 3
 2
 6
 11
10
 Netherlands 3
 5
 0
 8
11
 China 2
 2
 4
 8
12
 Finland 4
 2
 1
 7
13
 Sweden
 0
 2
 5
 7
14
 Croatia 3
 1
 0
 4
15
 South Korea 2
 2
 0
 4
16
 Czech Republic 1
 2
 0
 3
17
 Estonia 1
 1
 1
 3
18
 Bulgaria
 0
 1
 2
 3
19
 Australia 2
 0
 0
 2
20
 Great Britain
 1
 0
 1
 2
21
 Japan
 0
 1
 1
 2
22
 Poland 0
 1
 1
 2
23
 Belarus
 0
 0
 1
 1
24
 Slovenia
 0
 0
 1
 1

2002 Salt Lake City Biathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway Sven Fischer - Germany
 Wolfgang Perner - Austria
Women's Sprint
 Kati Wilhelm - Germany
 Uschi Disl - Germany
 Magdalena Forsberg - Sweden
Men's Pursuit Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway Raphaël Poirée - France
 Ricco Groß - Germany
Women's Pursuit
 Olga Pyleva - Russia
 Kati Wilhelm - Germany Irina Nikulchina - Bulgaria
Men's Individual Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway
 Frank Luck - Germany
 Viktor Maigourov - Russia
Women's Individual
 Andrea Henkel - Germany
 Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée - Norway Magdalena Forsberg - Sweden
Men's Relay Norway
 Germany
 France
Women's Relay
 Germany
 Norway
 Russia

2002 Salt Lake City Boblsed
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Two-Man
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Switzerland
Two-Woman
 United States
 Germany
 Germany
Four-Man
 Germany
 United States
 United States

2002 Salt Lake City Skeleton
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Jim Shea, Jr. - United States
 Martin Rettl - Austria
 Gregor Stähli - Switzerland
Women's
 Tristan Gale - United States
 Lea Ann Parsley - United States
 Alex Coomber - Great Britain

2002 Salt Lake City Curling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Norway
 Canada
 Switzerland
Women's
 Great Britain
 Switzerland
 Canada

2002 Salt Lake City Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Canada
 United States
 Russia
Women's
 Canada
 United States
 Sweden

2002 Salt Lake City Luge
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Armin Zöggeler - Italy
 Georg Hackl - Germany
 Markus Prock - Austria
Women's Singles
 Sylke Otto - Germany
 Barbara Neidernhuber - Germany
 Silke Kraushaar - Germany
Doubles
 Patric Leitner, Alexander Resch - Germany
 Mark Grimmette, Brian Martin - United States
 Chris Thorpe, Clay Ives - United States

2002 Salt Lake City Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles Alexei Yagudin - Russia
 Evgeni Plushenko - Russia
 Timothy Goebel - United States
Women's Singles Sarah Hughes - United States
 Irina Slutskaya - Russia
 Michelle Kwan - United States
Pairs Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikharulidze - Russia
Jamie Salé, David Pelletier - Canada
 None Awarded
 Shen Xue, Zhao Hongbo - China
Ice Dancing Marina Anissina, Gwendal Peizerat - France
 Irina Lobacheva, Ilia Averbukh - Russia
 Barbara Fusar-Poli, Maurizio Margaglio - Italy

2002 Salt Lake City Short Track Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Marc Gagnon - Canada
 Jonathan Guilmette - Canada
 Rusty Smith - United States
Women's 500 Meters Yang Yang (A) - China
 Evgenia Radanova - Bulgaria
 Wang Chunlu - China
Men's 1000 Meters Steven Bradbury - Australia
 Apolo Anton Ohno - United States
 Mathieu Turcotte - Canada
Women's 1000 Meters Yang Yang (A) - China Ko Gi-hyun - South Korea
 Yang Yang (S) - China
Men's 1500 Meters Apolo Anton Ohno - United States Li Jiajun - China
 Marc Gagnon - Canada
Women's 1500 Meters Ko Gi-hyun - South Korea Choi Eun-kyung - South Korea
 Evgenia Radanova - Bulgaria
Men's 5000 Meter Relay Canada
 Italy
 China
Women's 3000 Meter Relay South Korea
 China
 Canada

2002 Salt Lake City Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Casey FitzRandolph - United States
 Hiroyasu Shimizu - Japan
 Kip Carpenter - United States
Women's 500 Meters Catriona Le May Doan - Canada
 Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt - Germany
 Sabine Völker - Germany
Men's 1000 Meters Gerard van Velde - Netherlands
 Jan Bos - Netherlands
 Joey Cheek - United States
Women's 1000 Meters Chris Witty - United States
 Sabine Völker - Germany Jennifer Rodriguez - United States
Men's 1500 Meters Derek Parra - United States
 Jochem Uytdehaage - Netherlands
 Âdne Søndrå - Norway
Women's 1500 Meters Anni Friesinger - Germany
 Sabine Völker - Germany Jennifer Rodriguez - United States
Women's 3000 Meters
 Claudia Pechstein - Germany
 Renate Groenewold - Netherlands
 Cindy Klassen - Canada
Men's 5000 Meters
 Jochem Uytdehaage - Netherlands Derek Parra - United States Jens Boden - Germany
Women's 5000 Meters Claudia Pechstein - Germany Gretha Smit - Netherlands
 Clara Hughes - Canada
Men's 10000 Meters
 Jochem Uytdehaage - Netherlands Gianni Romme - Netherlands
 Lasse Sætre - Norway

2002 Salt Lake City Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Fritz Strobl - Austria
 Lasse Kjus - Norway
 Stephan Eberharter - Austria
Women's Downhill Carole Montillet - France
 Isolde Kostner - Italy
 Renate Götschl - Austria
Men's Slalom Jean-Pierre Vidal - France
 Sébastien Amiez - France
 Benjamin Raich - Austria
Women's Slalom Janica Kostelić - Croatia
 Laure Pequegnot - France
 Anja Pärson - Sweden
Men's Giant Slalom Stephan Eberharter - Austria Bode Miller - United States
 Lasse Kjus - Norway
Women's Giant Slalom
 Janica Kostelić - Croatia Anja Pärson - Sweden Sonja Nef - Switzerland
Men's Super-G Kjetil André Aamodt - Norway
 Stephan Eberharter - Austria Andreas Schifferer - Austria
Women's Super-G Daniela Ceccarelli - Italy
 Janica Kostelić - Croatia Karen Putzer - Italy
Men's Combined
 Kjetil André Aamodt - Norway Bode Miller - United States
 Benjamin Raich - Austria
Women's Combined
 Janica Kostelić - Croatia Renate Götschl - Austria Martina Ertl - Germany

2002 Salt Lake City Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 2 X 10KM Pursuit
 Frode Estil - Norway
Thomas Alsgaard - Norway
 None Awarded
 Per Elofsson - Sweden
Women's 2 X 5KM Pursuit
 Beckie Scott - Canada
 Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic
 Viola Bauer - Germany
Women's 10KM Bente Skari - Norway
 Yuliya Chepalova - Russia
 Stefania Belmondo - Italy
Men's 15KM Andrus Veerpalu - Estonia
 Frode Estil - Norway Jaak Mae - Estonia
Women's 30KM Gabriella Paruzzi - Italy
 Stefania Belmondo - Italy Bente Skari - Norway
Men's 30KM Mass Start
 Christian Hoffmann - Austria
 Mikhail Botvinov - Austria
 Kristen Skjeldal - Norway
Women's 15KM Mass Start
 Stefania Belmondo - Italy Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic Yuliya Chepalova - Russia
Men's 50KM Mikhail Ivanov - Russia
 Andrus Veerpalu - Estonia Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset - Norway
Men's Sprint
 Tor Arne Hetland - Norway
 Peter Schlickenrieder - Germany
 Cristian Zorzi - Italy
Women's Sprint
 Yuliya Chepalova - Russia Evi Sachenbacher - Germany
 Anita Moen - Norway
Men's Relay Norway
 Italy
 Germany
Women's Relay Germany
 Norway
 Switzerland

2002 Salt Lake City Freestyle Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Moguls
 Janne Lahtela - Finland
 Travis Mayer - United States
 Richard Gay - France
Women's Moguls
 Kari Traa - Norway
 Shannon Bahrke - United States
 Tae Satoya - Japan
Men's Aerials Aleš Valenta - Czech Republic
 Joe Pack - United States
 Alexei Grishin - Belarus
Women's Aerials
 Alisa Camplin - Australia
 Veronica Brenner - Canada
 Deidra Dionne - Canada

2002 Salt Lake City Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Sprint
 Samppa Lajunen - Finland
 Ronny Ackermann - Germany
 Felix Gottwald - Austria
Individual
 Samppa Lajunen - Finland Jaakko Tallus - Finland
 Felix Gottwald - Austria
Team
 Finland
 Germany
 Austria

2002 Salt Lake City Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Normal Hill
 Simon Ammann - Switzerland
 Sven Hannawald - Germany
 Adam Małysz - Poland
Large Hill
 Simon Ammann - Switzerland Adam Małysz - Poland Matti Hautamäki - Finland
Large Hill Team
 Germany
 Finland
 Slovenia

2002 Salt Lake City Snowboarding
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Halfpipe Ross Powers - United States
 Danny Kass - United States
 Jarret Thomas - United States
Women's Halfpipe
 Kelly Clark - United States
 Doriane Vidal - France
 Fabienne Reuteler - Switzerland
Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Philipp Schoch - Switzerland
 Richard Richardsson - Sweden
 Chris Klug - United States
Women's Parallel Giant Slalom
 Isabelle Blanc - France
 Karine Ruby - France
 Lidia Trettel - Italy