2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

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2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Venue Kaprun, Austria
Date(s) (2002-08-24 - 2002-09-01)24 August – 1 September 2002
EventsMTB: 12
Trials: 7
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The 2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Kaprun, Austria from 24 August to 1 September 2002. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. This was the first UCI world championship in which four-cross was included, replacing the dual that had been run at the previous two championships.

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The event was the 13th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 17th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. It was also the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to be held in Austria.

Roland Green of Canada successfully defended his world title in the men's cross-country. Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway won her first world title in the women's cross-country.

French riders won three of the four downhill events, including the two elite categories. Nicolas Vouilloz won his seventh world title in the men's downhill. Having won the junior downhill world title three times, this was his tenth world title overall. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her seventh consecutive world title in the women's downhill.

Riders from Australia won three of the four world titles in the junior mountain bike (cross-country and downhill) events.

Medal summary

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country [1] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Roland Green  (CAN)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Filip Meirhaeghe  (BEL)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Thomas Frischknecht  (SUI)
Under 23 cross-country [2] Flag of France.svg  Julien Absalon  (FRA)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Ralph Näf  (SUI)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ryder Hesjedal  (CAN)
Junior cross-country [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Trent Lowe  (AUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Iouri Trofimov  (RUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Tony Longo  (ITA)
Downhill [4] Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Vouilloz  (FRA)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Peat  (GBR)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Chris Kovarik  (AUS)
Junior downhill [4] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sam Hill  (AUS)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gee Atherton  (GBR)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Justin Havukainen  (AUS)
Four-cross [5] Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Lopes  (USA)Flag of France.svg  Cédric Gracia  (FRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Carter  (USA)
Trials, 20 inch [6] Flag of Germany.svg  Marco Hösel  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Antonio Linares  (ESP)Flag of Slovakia.svg  Peter Bartak  (SVK)
Trials, 26 inch [6] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kenny Belaey  (BEL)Flag of France.svg  Marc Vinco  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Marc Caisso  (FRA)
Junior trials, 20 inch [6] Flag of France.svg  Gilles Coustellier  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Diego Barrio Roa  (ESP)Flag of France.svg  Giacomo Coustellier  (FRA)
Junior trials, 26 inch [6] Flag of France.svg  Giacomo Coustellier  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Gilles Coustellier  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Marc Soulas  (FRA)

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country [7] Flag of Norway.svg  Gunn-Rita Dahle  (NOR)Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Szafraniec  (POL)Flag of Germany.svg  Sabine Spitz  (GER)
Junior cross-country [3] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lisa Mathison  (AUS)Flag of Austria.svg  Elisabeth Osl  (AUT)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petra Bublova  (CZE)
Downhill [4] Flag of France.svg  Anne-Caroline Chausson  (FRA)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fionn Griffiths  (GBR)Flag of the United States.svg  Missy Giove  (USA)
Junior downhill [4] Flag of France.svg  Emmeline Ragot  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Claire Bauchet  (FRA)Flag of Ecuador.svg  Diana Marggraff  (ECU)
Four-cross [5] Flag of France.svg  Anne-Caroline Chausson  (FRA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Katrina Miller  [ pl ] (AUS)Flag of France.svg  Sabrina Jonnier  (FRA)
Trials [6] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Karin Moor  (SUI)Flag of France.svg  Lucie Miramond  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Floriane Combe  (FRA)

Team events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Cross-country [8] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ryder Hesjedal
Roland Green
Max Plaxton
Alison Sydor
Flag of France.svg  France
Julien Absalon
Jean Eudes
Laurence Leboucher
Cedric Ravanel
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Florian Vogel
Thomas Frischknecht
Lukas Flückinger
Petra Henzi
Trials, 20 inch [6] Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Trials, 26 inch [6] Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)96520
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)3126
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)2013
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1124
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1102
6Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)1023
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1012
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0303
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0303
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0123
12Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0112
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0101
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0101
15Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)0011
Totals (17 entries)19191957

See also

References

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