Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: CAN
NOC: Canadian Olympic Committee
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2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Flag Bearer Catriona Le May Doan
Medals Gold
7		 Silver
3		 Bronze
7		 Total
17
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Canada competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

These games were the second best ever for Canada, as they finished in fourth place in the medal standings with 17 medals, seven of which were gold.

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[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Athletes with top 10 finishes

[edit] 4th place

  • Jeffrey Bean, men's aerials freestyle skiing
  • Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz, dance figure skating
  • Isabelle Charest, women's 500 metres short track speed skating
  • Marie-Eve Drolet, women's 1000 metres short track speed skating
  • Jennifer Heil, women's moguls freestyle skiing
  • Cindy Klassen, women's 1500 metres long track speed skating
  • Cindy Klassen, women's 5000 metres long track speed skating
  • Beckie Scott, women's 10 km classic cross-country skiing

[edit] 5th place

  • Alanna Kraus, women's 1500 metres short track speed skating
  • Pierre Leuders & Giulio Zardo, men's two-man bobsleigh
  • Chris Moffat & Eric Adam Pothier, men's luge doubles
  • Beckie Scott, women's sprint cross-country skiing

[edit] 6th place

  • Lindsay Alcock, women's skeleton
  • Scott Bellavance, men's moguls freestyle skiing
  • Marie-Eve Drolet, women's 1500 metres short track speed skating
  • Alanna Kraus, women's 500 metres short track speed skating
  • Jeffrey Pain, men's skeleton

[edit] 7th place

  • Allison Forsyth, women's giant slalom alpine skiing
  • Michael Ireland, men's 500 metres speed skating
  • Ryan Johnson, men's moguls freestyle skiing
  • Jennifer Robinson, women's singles figure skating
  • Geneviève Simard, women's combined alpine skiing

[edit] 8th place

  • Andrew Capicik, men's aerials freestyle skiing
  • Women's 4x5 km relay cross country skiing team: Amanda Fortier, Sara Renner, Beckie Scott, Milaine Thériault
  • Kristina Groves, women's 3000 metres speed skating
  • Alanna Kraus, women's 1000 metres short track speed skating
  • Jean Philippe Roy, men's combined alpine skiing
  • Elvis Stojko, men's singles figure skating
  • Mélanie Turgeon, women's downhill alpine skiing

[edit] 9th place

  • Pierre Lueders, Ken LeBlanc, Giulio Zardo, Pascal Caron, four-man bobsleigh
  • Christine Smith and Paula McKenzie, two-woman bobsleigh
  • Trevor Andrew, men's half-pipe snowboarding

[edit] 10th place

  • Kristina Groves, women's 5000 metres speed skating
  • Duff Gibson, men's skeleton
  • Veronika Bauer, women's aerials freestyle skiing
  • Sara-Maude Boucher, women's combined alpine skiing
  • Michelle Kelly, women's skeleton
  • Clara Hughes, women's 3000 metres speed skating

[edit] Notable events

  • Canada won double gold in ice hockey after going 50 years without a gold medal. Both the women's and men's teams won gold.
  • Marc Gagnon, a short-track speedskater won double gold, and a bronze medal. One of his golds was for the 5000 m relay team.
  • Catriona LeMay Doan caps off an impressive speedskating career winning gold in the 500 m
  • Jamie Salé and David Pelletier win gold in the pairs figure skating event. They were given the gold after a controversy involving the French judge of their event. Both the Canadians and their Russian rivals would win gold in the same event.
  • Beckie Scott became the first North American to win a medal in cross-country skiing, when she placed third in her event. Later on however, she was bumped up to gold when the two finishers ahead of her were disqualified.
  • Clara Hughes made the transition from bronze medalist cyclist to bronze medalist speedskater when she finished 3rd in the 3000 m.
  • Jeremy Wotherspoon, expected to win gold in his event, disappointed many, when he tripped and fell after starting in his 500 m event.
  • Elvis Stojko finishes his career with an 8th place finish in the men's figure skating event.

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Speed skating


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