The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from February 8 to 24, 2002. A total of 2,399 athletes from 77 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+5 from 1998 Olympics) participated in these Games, competing in 78 events (+10 from 1998) in 15 sports and disciplines (+1 from 1998).[1]
| 2002 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Salt Lake City,  United States |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Norway (13) |
| Most total medals |  Germany (36) |
| Medalling NOCs | 24 |
Athletes from 24 countries won at least one medal. Germany led in overall medals (36) for the second consecutive Winter Games.[2] Immediately following the Games, Germany was also the gold medal leader with twelve. 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 won events).[3] In addition, Norway tied the former Soviet Union in 1976 for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics.[4] This record would later be broken by Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[4] The hosting United States was third in the medal table on both counts with a total of 34 medals.
Croatia and Estonia won the first medals and first gold medals in their Winter Olympic history,[5][6] while Australia and China won their first gold medals.[7][8] Biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen of Norway won four gold medals, while Croatian alpine skier Janica Kostelić won three golds and a silver, making them the two athletes with the most medals at the Games.[9]
Medal table
editThe medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.[1] By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.[clarification needed]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway‡ | 13 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Germany | 12 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | United States* | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 |  Canada | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 |  Russia | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 |  France | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 |  Italy | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 |  Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 |  Austria | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 11 |  Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 12 |  Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  China | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 |  South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 |  Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 |  Estonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 |  Sweden | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 20 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 80 | 76 | 78 | 234 | |
Note
edit‡ Norway won 12 events (like Germany) but collected two gold medals for a tie in a single event (the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit), resulting in a total of 13 gold medals.
Changes in medal standings
editDue to various events, two extra gold medals were awarded. In the figure skating pairs competition, Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia were originally awarded the gold over Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada. In the ensuing controversy, it was revealed that French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne had been pressured into voting for the Russians. Salé and Pelletier were later upgraded to gold, while Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze also kept their gold medals.[10] In the cross-country skiing 30 km race, Norwegians Thomas Alsgaard and Frode Estil originally tied for a silver medal behind Spain's Johann Muehlegg.[11] Muehlegg had won three gold medals but tested positive for darbepoetin after winning his third. He was originally allowed to keep the other two gold medals, but two years later was stripped of all medals by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[3][12]
In women's cross-country skiing, Larisa Lazutina of Russia originally won gold in the 30 km race, but tested positive for darbepoetin and was stripped of her medal, so Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy was awarded the gold, Italian Stefania Belmondo received the silver and Norwegian Bente Skari the bronze. Lazutina won two more medals, and was allowed to keep them until 2003 when she was stripped of them by the Court of Arbitration for sport. She also lost a silver medal in the 15 km race. In the 10 km pursuit, she was stripped of a silver, so Beckie Scott of Canada was promoted to the silver and Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic the bronze.[13] The gold medal in that race was won by Olga Danilova of Russia but she also tested positive for darbepoetin and in 2004, Scott was upgraded to gold, Neumannova to silver and Viola Bauer of Germany to bronze.[3]
In the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit, Frode Estil tied with fellow Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard for second place, with Johann Mühlegg (starting for Spain) winning the race. However, Mühlegg was found guilty of doping and disqualified by the IOC in February 2004, therefore upgrading Estil and Alsgaard to joint gold medalists. Alsgaard and Estil clocked times of 49:48.9, 4 seconds ahead of Per Elofsson.[14] Both Germany and Norway won 12 events, but Norway collected two gold medals for a single event, thus overtaking Germany, which had been considered the 2002 medal tally winner for two years.
Footnotes
edit- ^ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the IOC's decision to disqualify Baxter,[15][16] but the CAS judgement found that "The panel is not without sympathy for Mr Baxter, who appears to be a sincere and honest man who did not intend to obtain a competitive advantage in the race."[15]: 8 Nevertheless, they found that his offence had been committed and as such would not reinstate the medal.[17] In December 2002, Austrian Benjamin Raich received the bronze medal.[18]
References
edit- ^ a b "Salt Lake City 2002". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ "Nagano 1998". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Drugs pair lose medals". BBC Sport. February 28, 2004. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ a b Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on March 3, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ Caple, Jim (February 20, 2002). "Terrible conditions but a great day for Kostelic". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ "Day 5 Recap". Washington Post. Associated Press. February 12, 2002. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ Keown, Tim (February 17, 2002). "Bradbury's strategy of being last had golden payoff". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ "Ohno crashes yards from finish line". ESPN. February 16, 2002. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (February 27, 2002). "Despite disputes, Games still glow as the flame dies out". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
- ^ "Three-year ban for skating judge". BBC Sport. April 30, 2002. Archived from the original on March 17, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ "Norway demands that IOC strip Lazutina et al. of medals". CBC News. March 13, 2002. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
- ^ "Russian, Spaniard Stripped of Gold Medals". Fox News. Associated Press. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2008.
- ^ Wilson, Stephen (June 29, 2003). "IOC strips Russian cross-country skier of remaining medals". USA Today. Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 23, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2003.
- ^ [1] 2002 Olympic Gold
- ^ a b c "Arbitration CAS 2002/A/376 Baxter / International Olympic Committee (IOC), award of 15 October 2002" (PDF). July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Fury as Baxter loses medal appeal". The Scotsman. October 16, 2002. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "'Sincere and honest' Baxter loses medal appeal". The Guardian. October 16, 2002. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "Plus: Skiing; Olympic Bronze Goes to Austrian". The New York Times. December 11, 2002. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Muehlegg, Lazutina test positive, stripped of golds". ESPN.com. Associated Press. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Drugs test denies Lazutina gold". BBC News. February 24, 2002. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Lazutina loses Olympic medals". BBC News. June 29, 2003. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Danilova, Muehlegg stripped of Olympic golds". USA Today. December 18, 2003. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
External links
edit- "Salt Lake City 2002". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "2002 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/2002_2". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- "Medal Count for the 2002 Winter Olympics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- "2002–Winter Olympics XIX (Salt Lake City, Utah)". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on September 23, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- "British Olympic Association–Winter Games–Salt Lake City 2002". British Olympic Association. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- "Game: Salt Lake City–Australian Olympic Committee". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 27, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- "Winter Games–Salt Lake City 2002". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.