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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 ...
The country's participation in Salt Lake City marked its sixth appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in 1964. [a] The India team consisted of one male luger, Shiva Keshavan, who was the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. He did not win a medal, and as of these Games, India had not earned a Winter Olympic medal.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
The 78 events in Salt Lake City were an increase from 68 in Nagano at the 1998 Winter Olympics. [7] Both men and women competed at these Games. [3] A total of 407 athletes won at least one medal at the Games. [8] Athletes from Norway topped the medal table with the most gold medals, winning 13 golds out of 25 total medals.
Salt Lake City was chosen over Québec City, Canada; Sion, Switzerland; and Östersund, Sweden, on June 16, 1995, at the 104th IOC Session in Budapest, Hungary. [2] Salt Lake City had previously come in second during the bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics, awarded to Nagano, Japan, and had offered to be the provisional host of the 1976 Winter Olympics when the original host, Denver, Colorado ...
There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. [1] Athletes competing at the Olympics do so representing National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and cannot enter the Olympic Games as individual competitors or without the authority of an NOC.
India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years.
The skates Apolo Anton Ohno wore at the 2002 Winter Olympics are preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. For the long track speed skating events, see Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 23 February.