Vinter-OL 2002

De XIX Olympiske Vinterlege
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OL-ilden
VærtsbyUSA Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
MottoLight The Fire Within
Deltagende lande78
Deltagende atleter2.399 (1.513 mænd, 886 kvinder)
Discipliner78 i 7 sportsgrene (15 discipliner)
Åbnings-
ceremoni
8. februar
Afslutnings-
ceremoni
24. februar
Officielt åbnet afPræsident George W. Bush
AtletløfteJim Shea
DommerløfteAllen Church
Fakkelbærer1980 US Olympic Ice hockey team
StadionRice-Eccles Stadium

Vinter-OL 2002 var den 19. olympiske vinterleg og blev arrangeret i Salt Lake City i Utah, USA. Norge blev bedste nation for første gang siden Grenoble i 1968, men først efter at dopingtiltalte tysker Johann Mühlegg blev frataget sine tre guldmedaljer.

Medaljestatistik

Nr.NationGSBTotalt
1Norge Norge135725
2Tyskland Tyskland1216836
3USA USA10131134
4Canada Canada73717
5Rusland Rusland54413
6Frankrig Frankrig45211
7Italien Italien44513
8Finland Finland4217
9Holland Holland3508
10Østrig Østrig341017

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Olympic flame during 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
From the Navy website: Salt Lake City, UT (Feb. 8, 2002) –– Members of the 1980 Gold Medal U.S. Olympic hockey team stand below the Olympic flame at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The team had the honor of lighting the cauldron to invoke the official start of the competition. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres.