Skeleton at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Utah Olympic Park |
Dates | February 20 |
Competitors | 39 from 19 nations |
Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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men | women | |
Skeleton returned to the program of the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 54 years at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the first time Olympic competitions in skeleton were held during an Olympics outside of St. Moritz. Both men and women competed, with women competing for the first time in Olympic history. Medals were awarded after five runs down the course. Both events were contested on February 20.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's | Jim Shea Jr. United States 1:41.96 | Martin Rettl Austria 1:42.01 | Gregor Stähli Switzerland 1:42.15 |
Women's | Tristan Gale United States 1:45.11 | Lea Ann Parsley United States 1:45.21 | Alex Coomber Great Britain 1:45.37 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Nineteen nations competed in the skeleton events at Salt Lake City.
The Luge competition at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Three events were staged, taking place from 10 to 14 February.
The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe and Parallel Giant Slalom events. The snowboarding competition took place at Park City, over a five-day period.
Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Denmark competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Romania competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Argentina competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Spain competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Ireland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Brazil competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Chile competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Liechtenstein competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Turkey competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Iceland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. They did not win any medals.
Lebanon returned to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States after missing both the 1994 and 1998 editions.
Venezuela competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Israel competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2002 Winter Olympics for Hong Kong in Salt Lake City, United States. This delegation, separate from the China team that consisted of athletes from mainland China only, competed under the name Hong Kong, China (中國香港).
Georgia competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Moldova competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
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