2002 Winter Olympic Games

The Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games saw the expansion of the Olympic programme to 78 events, including the return of skeleton and the introduction of women's bobsleigh. Athletes from a record 18 nations earned gold medals. Canadian teams won both the men's and women's ice hockey tournaments. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen earned gold medals in all four biathlon events and Samppa Lajunen in all three Nordic combined competitions. Alpine skier Janica Kostelic won three gold medals and one silver. Simon Ammann scored unexpected victories in both individual ski jump events. Speedskater Claudia Pechstein earned her third straight gold medal in the 5,000m race and also won at 3,000m. By taking the silver medal in singles luge, Georg Hackl became the first person in Olympic history to earn a medal in the same individual event five times in a row. Short track speedskater Yang Yang (A) became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Games. Competing in the women’s bobsleigh, Vonetta Flowers became the first black athlete to earn winter gold, while ice hockey player Jarome Iginla followed as the first black male winner.

2002 Winter Olympic Games Medal Table

Country
Germany
United States
Norway
Canada
Austria
Russia
France
Italy
Switzerland
China
Netherlands
Finland
Sweden
Croatia
South Korea
Bulgaria
Estonia
United Kingdom
Poland
Australia
Czech Rep.
Spain
Japan
Belarus
Slovenia

Gold
12
10
11
6
2
6
4
4
3
2
3
4
0
3
2
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
0
0
0

Silver
16
13
7
3
4
6
5
4
2
2
5
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0

Bronze
7
11
6
8
10
4
2
3
6
4
0
1
4
0
0
2
1
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1

Total
35
34
24
17
16
16
11
11
11
8
8
7
6
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1