Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Ski jumping
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Ski jumping pictogram.svg
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue Park City
DatesFebruary 10–13
Competitors73 from 22 nations
  1998
2006  
View of the ski jump from the spectator stands at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. Utah olympic park ski jumping stands.jpg
View of the ski jump from the spectator stands at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City.
Ski jump at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. 2002 Nordic combined.jpg
Ski jump at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City.

Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics, consisted of three events held from 10 February to 13 February, taking place at Park City. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2002
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1102
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0112
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0112
5Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Switzerland topped the medal table, with two gold medals from Simon Amman. The bronze medal won by Slovenia in the team event was the country's first in the sport.

Events

[1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Normal hill individual
details
Simon Ammann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
269.0 Sven Hannawald
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
267.5 Adam Małysz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
263.0
Large hill individual
details
Simon Ammann
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
281.4 Adam Małysz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
269.7 Matti Hautamäki
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
256.0
Large hill team
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sven Hannawald
Stephan Hocke
Michael Uhrmann
Martin Schmitt
974.1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Matti Hautamäki
Veli-Matti Lindström
Risto Jussilainen
Janne Ahonen
974.0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Damjan Fras
Primož Peterka
Robert Kranjec
Peter Žonta
946.3

Participating NOCs

Twenty-two nations participated in ski jumping at the Salt Lake Games. Estonia and Kyrgyzstan made their Olympic ski jumping debuts. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Salt Lake Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. "Ski Jumping at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2019.