LIGHT THE FIRE WITHIN

On 16 June 1995 in Budapest (Hungary) during the 104th IOC Session, Salt Lake City (USA) received 54 votes (Ostersund 14, Sion 14, Quebec 7) to become the host city of the XIXth Winter Olympic Games in 2002. The SL|02 Games was the largest Olympic Winter Games in history comprising of 7 sports (15 disciplines) with 78 events (10 more than Nagano 1998) of which 41 are men's events, 34 women's and 3 mixed events (luge doubles, figure skating pairs and ice dancing). It was attended by 2527 athletes from 78 countries. The XIXth Winter Olympic Games were officially opened by George W. Bush, President of the United States of America. The Olympic Flame was lit by Mike Eruzione and the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold-medal winning men's ice hockey team.

• DAY-BY-DAY - Events per day, schedule, opening/closing ceremonies, mascots

• HISTORY OF THE GAMES - From 1924-2002, Chamonix to Salt Lake

• PARADE OF NATIONS - See the flags of the 78 participating nations!

• 3-LETTER OLYMPIC COUNTRY ABBREVIATIONS

• FINAL MEDAL TALLY - see all 25 countries who shared the dream

QUADRUPLE MEDALLISTS
(1) Janica Kostelic, Croatia (Women's Alpine Skiing - 3 gold, 1 silver)
(2) Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway (Men's Biathlon - 4 gold)
 

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ALPINE SKIING (10)

LUGE (3)

BIATHLON (8)

NORDIC COMBINED (3)

BOBSLEIGH (3)

SHORT TRACK
SPEED SKATING (8)

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING (12)

SKELETON (2) (NEW)

CURLING (2)

SKI JUMPING (3)

FIGURE SKATING (4)

SNOWBOARDING (4)

FREESTYLE SKIING (4)

SPEED SKATING (10)

ICE HOCKEY (2)

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