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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 ...
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 ...
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, [2] was an international multi-sport event held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 8 February through 24 February 2002.
The United States was the host nation for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.. These Games were by far the best home Winter Games for the United States, earning 34 total medals, nearly triple their best previous hauls at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, both in Lake Placid, New York, and the most a host ...
Medals awarded Thursday, February 21, 2002 Ladies' Singles gold medalist Sarah Hughes meets with President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2002.. 16-year-old Hughes, fourth after the short program, skated a clean free skating with seven triple jumps, including two triple-triple combinations.
Stand up and cheer everybody! The Olympics Salt Lake City, 2002, men's ice hockey, gold medal: Canada!" The CBC also said that the 10.6 million viewers broke the previous record of 4.957 million viewers for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals, another moment Cole himself called: "Here comes the faceoff and blare it Manhattan! The New York ...
The Salt Lake Olympic Square was located in downtown Salt Lake City, and was a four-block area open only to pedestrians during the 2002 games. The Olympic Square was home the Olympic Medals Plaza and the Salt Lake Ice Center, and also included the 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m 2) Olympic Superstore, which sold officially licensed products. The square ...
Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002, giving Idahoans a front-row seat. Many Olympians trained in Sun Valley, and the U.S. women’s hockey team played an exhibition in Boise before ...