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XIX GAMES - SALT LAKE CITY 2002
Date: 8 - 24 February.
Nations: 77.
Athletes: 2,399 (1,513 men, 886 women).
Sports: 7.
Events: 78.
Official opening of the Games by: President George W. Bush.
Olympic flame: the American ice hockey team, gold medal winners in Lake Placid in 1980.
Olympic oath: Jim Shea (skeleton). Official oath: Allen Church (Alpine skiing).
Number of medal-winning nations: 25.
National medal total:
1. Germany 29 (12, 16, 7).
   
                   
      The USA organised their fourth Winter Olympic Games (Lake Placid in 1932 and 1980, Squaw Valley in 1960).
The skeleton returned to the programme and women’s bobsleigh was introduced.
Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen triumphed in all four biathlon events, Janica Kostelić (Croatia) earned three golds and a silver in Alpine skiing, and Samppa Lajunen (Finland) won all three Nordic combined competitions.
Georg Hackl (Germany) won his fifth straight medal in the same event (luge).
For the first time black athletes won gold medals at the Winter Games: Vonetta Flowers (bobsleigh) and Jarome Iginla (ice hockey). China and Australia also medalled their first Winter Olympic golds.
Yugoslavia competed in bobsleigh and alpine skiing.

Candidate cities: Öestersund, Quebec City and Sion. 		   
     

SPORTS (7)

   The most successful athlete: Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen with four biathlon golds  
     
  • Bobsleigh
  • Biathlon
  • Curling
  • Luge
  • Skiing
  • Skating
  • Ice Hockey
      
             
     

National medal total

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1. GERMANY 13 5 7 25
2. NORWAY 12 16 8 36
3. USA 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. SWITZERLAND 3 4 10 17
11. CROATIA 3 2 6 11
12. AUSTRIA 3 1 0 4
13. CHINA 2 2 4 8
14. SOUTH KOREA 2 2 0 4
15. AUSTRALIA 2 0 0 2
15. SPAIN 1 2 0 3
17. CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 1 3
17. ESTONIA 1 0 1 2
19. GREAT BRITAIN 0 2 5 7
20. SWEDEN 0 1 2 3
21. BULGARIA 0 1 1 2
22. JAPAN 0 1 1 2
23. POLAND 0 0 1 1
24. SLOVENIA 0 0 1 1
24. BELARUS 0 0 1 1
  TOTAL 79 78 77 234
     
      Twenty-four nations won medals. An average number of medals won per nation was 8.5. The most successful nation won 14.1 per cent of the total number of medals.      
                 
                   
             
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