Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing results

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[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Croatia Croatia (CRO) 3 1 0 4
2 Austria Austria (AUT) 2 2 5 9
3 France France (FRA) 2 2 0 4
4 Norway Norway (NOR) 2 1 1 4
5 Italy Italy (ITA) 1 1 1 3
6 United States United States (USA) 0 2 0 2
7 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 2
8 Germany Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 1 1

[edit] Men's events

[edit] Downhill

The event was held on February 10, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Fritz Strobl (AUT) 1:39.13
Silver Lasse Kjus (NOR) 1:39.35
Bronze Stephan Eberharter (AUT) 1:39.41

Big favorite Eberharter is beaten by a compatriot and the all-rounder Kjus.

[edit] Super-G

The event was held on February 16, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) 1:21.58
Silver Stephan Eberharter (AUT) 1:21.68
Bronze Andreas Schifferer (AUT) 1:21.83

10 years after his first Olympic title, Aamodt wins his second Super-G gold and his second gold of the Games.

[edit] Combined

The event was held on February 13, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) 3:17.56
Silver Bode Miller (USA) 3:17.84
Bronze Benjamin Raich (AUT) 3:18.26

Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhill to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who wins a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing.

[edit] Giant Slalom

The event was held on February 21, 2002 at Park City Mountain Resort.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Stephan Eberharter (AUT) 2:23.28
Silver Bode Miller (USA) 2:24.16
Bronze Lasse Kjus (NOR) 2:24.32

Eberharter becomes the oldest man to win an Alpine event.

[edit] Slalom

The event was held on February 23, 2002 at the Deer Valley Resort.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Jean-Pierre Vidal (FRA) 1:41.06
Silver Sébastien Amiez (FRA) 1:41.82
Bronze Benjamin Raich (AUT) 1:42.41

Pre-race favorite Bode Miller falls off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggle with an extremely challenging course. Britain's Alain Baxter originally takes the bronze, but loses it after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine. This apparently occurred because Baxter had used an American Vicks inhaler, which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler.

[edit] Women's events

[edit] Downhill

The event was held on February 12, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Carole Montillet (FRA) 1:39.56
Silver Isolde Kostner (ITA) 1:40.01
Bronze Renate Götschl (AUT) 1:40.39

Montillet surprises favorites Kostner, Götschl and Gerg.

France's Montillet Wins Women's Downhill, The New York Times, February 12, 2002

[edit] Super-G

The event was held on February 17, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Daniela Ceccarelli (ITA) 1:13.59
Silver Janica Kostelić (CRO) 1:13.64
Bronze Karen Putzer (ITA) 1:13.86

The podium is completely filled with surprises as the favorites fail to medal.

[edit] Combined

The event was held on February 14, 2002 at Snowbasin Ski Area.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Janica Kostelić (CRO) 2:43.28
Silver Renate Götschl (AUT) 2:44.77
Bronze Martina Ertl (GER) 2:45.16

Kostelic becomes the first woman to win four medals at a single Winter Games.

[edit] Giant Slalom

The event was held on February 22, 2002 at Park City Mountain Resort.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Janica Kostelić (CRO) 2:30.01
Silver Anja Pärson (SWE) 2:31.33
Bronze Sonja Nef (SUI) 2:31.67

After recovering from a 2001 knee injury, Kostelic wins the first medal for Croatia at the Winter Games.

[edit] Slalom

The event was held on February 20, 2002 at the Deer Valley Resort.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Janica Kostelić (CRO) 1:46.10
Silver Laure Péquegnot (FRA) 1:46.17
Bronze Anja Pärson (SWE) 1:47.09

Kostelic and Pärson both won medals for the second time in the Olympics.