United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors	202 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Amy Peterson opening Brian Shimer closing
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 10	Silver 13	Bronze 11	Total 34
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The United States was the host nation for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

These Games were by far the best home Winter Games for the United States, earning 34 total medals, nearly triple their best previous hauls at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, both in Lake Placid, New York and the most a host country has won at a single Winter Olympics.

The United States also tied Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a host country has won at a Winter Olympics, with 10.^[1] However, Canada broke it during the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[1]

The Olympics were held only months after September 11, 2001. During the opening ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, presiding over his first Olympics as IOC president, told the American athletes that the world was gathered in their country and that their country was overcoming the "horrific tragedy" of that day and stands united with them in promoting the IOC's ideals.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results by Event 2.1 Alpine Skiing 2.2 Biathlon 2.3 Bobsleigh 2.4 Cross Country Skiing 2.5 Curling 2.6 Figure Skating 2.7 Freestyle Skiing 2.8 Ice Hockey 2.9 Luge 2.10 Nordic Combined 2.11 Short Track Speed Skating 2.12 Skeleton 2.13 Ski Jumping 2.14 Snowboarding 2.15 Speed Skating 3 Notes and references 3.1 Notes 3.2 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Bakken, JillJill Bakken Vonetta Flowers	Bobsleigh	Two-woman
1 Gold	Hughes, SarahSarah Hughes	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
1 Gold	Ohno, Apolo AntonApolo Anton Ohno	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Shea, JimmyJimmy Shea	Skeleton	Men
1 Gold	Gale, TristanTristan Gale	Skeleton	Women
1 Gold	Powers, RossRoss Powers	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
1 Gold	Clark, KellyKelly Clark	Snowboarding	Women's halfpipe
1 Gold	FitzRandolph, CaseyCasey FitzRandolph	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
1 Gold	Parra, DerekDerek Parra	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres
1 Gold	Witty, ChrisChris Witty	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
2 Silver	Miller, BodeBode Miller	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
2 Silver	Miller, BodeBode Miller	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
2 Silver	Hays, ToddTodd Hays Garrett Hines Randy Jones Bill Schuffenhauer	Bobsleigh	Four-man
2 Silver	Pack, JoeJoe Pack	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials
2 Silver	Mayer, TravisTravis Mayer	Freestyle skiing	Men's moguls
2 Silver	Bahrke, ShannonShannon Bahrke	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
2 Silver	United States men's national ice hockey team Tony Amonte   Brett Hull   Jeremy Roenick Tom Barrasso   John LeClair   Brian Rolston Chris Chelios   Brian Leetch   Gary Suter Adam Deadmarsh   Aaron Miller   Keith Tkachuk Chris Drury   Mike Modano   Doug Weight Mike Dunham   Tom Poti   Mike York Bill Guerin   Brian Rafalski   Scott Young Phil Housley   Mike Richter	Ice hockey	Men's competition
2 Silver	United States women's national ice hockey team Chris Bailey   Cammi Granato   Tara Mounsey Laurie Baker   Courtney Kennedy   Jenny Potter Karyn Bye   Andrea Kilbourne   Angela Ruggiero Julie Chu   Katie King   Sarah Tueting Natalie Darwitz   Shelley Looney   Lyndsay Wall Sara Decosta   Sue Merz   Krissy Wendell Tricia Dunn-Luoma   Allison Mleczko	Ice hockey	Women's competition
2 Silver	Grimmette, MarkMark Grimmette Brian Martin	Luge	Doubles
2 Silver	Ohno, Apolo AntonApolo Anton Ohno	Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
2 Silver	Parsley, Lea AnnLea Ann Parsley	Skeleton	Women
2 Silver	Kass, DannyDanny Kass	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
2 Silver	Parra, DerekDerek Parra	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Kohn, MikeMike Kohn Doug Sharp Brian Shimer Dan Steele	Bobsleigh	Four-man
3 Bronze	Goebel, TimothyTimothy Goebel	Figure skating	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Kwan, MichelleMichelle Kwan	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
3 Bronze	Ives, ClayClay Ives Chris Thorpe	Luge	Doubles
3 Bronze	Smith, RustyRusty Smith	Short track speed skating	Men's 500 metres
3 Bronze	Thomas, JarretJarret Thomas	Snowboarding	Men's halfpipe
3 Bronze	Klug, ChrisChris Klug	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
3 Bronze	Carpenter, KipKip Carpenter	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
3 Bronze	Cheek, JoeyJoey Cheek	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
3 Bronze	Rodriguez, JenniferJennifer Rodriguez	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
3 Bronze	Rodriguez, JenniferJennifer Rodriguez	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres

Results by Event

Alpine Skiing

Men's Downhill

• Marco Sullivan - 1:40.37 (9th)
• Daron Rahlves - 1:40.84 (16th)

Men's Super G

• Daron Rahlves - 1:22.48 (8th)
• Thomas Vonn - 1:23.22 (9th)

Men's Combined

• Bode Miller - 3:17.84 (Silver Medal)
• Jakub Fiala - 3:30.43 (19th)

Men's Giant Slalom

• Bode Miller - 2:24.16 (Silver Medal)
• Dane Spencer - 2:25.68 (16th)

Men's Slalom

• Chip Knight - 1:44.86 (12th)
• Erik Schlopy - 1:45.21 (14th)

Women's Downhill

• Jonna Mendes - 1:40.97 (11th)
• Kirsten Clark - 1:41.03 (12th)
• Picabo Street - 1:41.17 (16th)

Women's Super G

• Kirsten Clark - 1:15.13 (12th)
• Jonna Mendes - 1:15.25 (16th)
• Kathleen Monahan - 1:15.59 (17th)

Women's Combined

• Lindsey Kildow - 2:48.05 (6th)
• Julia Mancuso - 2:51.33 (13th)

Women's Giant Slalom

• Kristina Koznick - 2:34.22 (17th)
• Sarah Schleper - 2:35.96 (21st)

Women's Slalom

• Lindsey Kildow - 2:00.73 (32nd)

Biathlon

Men's 10 km Sprint

• Jeremy Teela - 26:36.6 (20th)

Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

• Jay Hakkinen - 1:00:55.3 (13th)

Men's 20 km Individual

• Jeremy Teela - 53:56.5 (14th)

Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay

• Jeremy Teela, Dan Campbell, Jay Hakkinen, Lawton Redman - 1:30:27.1 (15th)

Women's 7.5 km Sprint

• Kara Salmela - 23:44.1 (49th)

Women's 10 km Pursuit

• Kara Salmela - 37:07.7 (45th)

Women's 15 km Individual

• Rachel Steer - 51:50.6 (31st)

Women's 4 x 7.5 km Relay

• Kara Salmela, Rachel Steer, Andrea Nahrgang, Kristina Sabasteanski - 1:40:16.0 (15th)

Bobsleigh

Four-Man

• Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines - 3:07.81 (Silver Medal)
• Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele - 3:07.86 (Bronze Medal)

Two-Man

• Todd Hays & Garrett Hines - 3:10.65 (4th)
• Brian Shimer & Darrin Steele - 3:11.93(9th)

Two-Woman

• Jill Bakken & Vonetta Flowers - 1:37.76 (Gold Medal)
• Jean Racine & Gea Johnson - 1:38.73 (5th)

Cross Country Skiing

Men's 20 km (10 km + 10 km) Pursuit

• John Bauer - 50:49.9 (20th)

Men's 15 km Classical

• Patrick Weaver - 39:24.4 (16th)

Men's 50 km Classical

• John Bauer - 2:19:35.7 (35th)

Men's 30 km Freestyle Mass Start

• Andrew Johnson - 1:14:26.9 (22nd)

Men's 1.5 km Sprint

• No Participants

Men's 4 × 10 km Relay

• Justin Wadsworth, Kris Freeman, John Bauer, Carl Swenson - 1:34:05.5 (5th)

Women's 10 km (5 km + 5 km) Pursuit

Women's 10 km Classical

• Wendy Wagner - 30:50.7 (38th)

Women's 30 km Classical

Women's 15 km Freestyle Mass Start

• Nina Kemppel - 42:53.1 (30th)

Women's 1.5 km Sprint

• No Participants

Women's 4 × 5 km Relay

• Wendy Wagner, Nina Kemppel, Barb Jones, Aelin Peterson - 53:23.4 (13th)

Curling

Men's Curling Team
Tim Somerville (Skip), Don Barcome Jr., Myles Brundidge, John Gordon, Mike Schneeberger

Round	Opponent	US Score	Opponent Score	Result
Preliminary	Sweden	10	5	W
Preliminary	Canada	3	8	L
Preliminary	Germany	8	9	L
Preliminary	Norway	5	6	L
Preliminary	Switzerland	6	2	W
Preliminary	France	8	3	W
Preliminary	Denmark	7	9	L
Preliminary	Finland	4	6	L
Preliminary	Great Britain	6	7	L

• Finished 3-6 (9th Place)

Women's Curling Team
Kari Erickson (Skip), Joni Cotten, Stacey Liapis, Ann Swisshelm, Deborah McCormick

Round	Opponent	US Score	Opponent Score	Result
Preliminary	Japan	8	7	W
Preliminary	Sweden	6	5	W
Preliminary	Canada	4	6	L
Preliminary	Denmark	4	9	L
Preliminary	Switzerland	6	7	L
Preliminary	Russia	11	4	W
Preliminary	Germany	7	6	W
Preliminary	Great Britain	6	5	W
Preliminary	Norway	11	2	W
Semifinals	Switzerland	4	9	L
Bronze Medal Game	Canada	5	9	L

• Finished 6-5 overall (4th Place)

Figure Skating

Men

• Timothy Goebel (Bronze Medal)
• Todd Eldridge (6th)
• Michael Weiss (7th)

Women

• Sarah Hughes (Gold Medal)
• Michelle Kwan (Bronze Medal)
• Sasha Cohen (4th)

Pairs

• Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman (5th)
• Tiffany Scott & Philip Dulebohn (13th)

Ice Dance

• Naomi Lang & Peter Tchernyshev (11th)
• Beata Handra & Charles Sinek (23rd)

Freestyle Skiing

Men's Aerials

• Joe Pack - 251.64 (Silver Medal)
• Brian Currutt - 245.19 (6th)
• Jeret Peterson - 238.05 (8th)

Men's Moguls

• Travis Mayer - 27.59 (Silver Medal)
• Jonny Moseley - 26.78 (4th)
• Jeremy Bloom - 26.19 (9th)

Women's Aerials

• No Finishers

Women's Moguls

• Shannon Bahrke - 25.06 (Silver Medal)
• Hannah Hardaway - 24.77 (5th)
• Ann Battelle - 24.62 (7th)

Ice Hockey

Men's

Round	Opponent	US Score	Opponent Score	Result
Final Round	Finland	6	0	W
Final Round	Russia	2	2	T
Final Round	Belarus	8	1	W
Quarterfinals	Germany	5	0	W
Semifinals	Russia	3	2	W
Gold Medal Game	Canada	2	5	L

• Won Silver Medal

Women's

Round	Opponent	US Score	Opponent Score	Result
Final Round	Germany	10	0	W
Final Round	China	12	1	W
Final Round	Finland	5	0	W
Semifinals	Sweden	4	0	W
Gold Medal Game	Canada	2	3	L

• Won Silver Medal

Luge

Men's Singles

• Adam Heidt - 2:58.60 (4th)
• Tony Benshoof - 3:00.10 (17th)
• Nick Sullivan - 3:02.09 (26th)

Men's Doubles

• Brian Martin & Mark Grimmette - 1:26.21 (Silver Medal)
• Chris Thorpe & Clay Ives - 1:26.22 (Bronze Medal)

Women's Singles

• Becky Wilczak - 2:54.25 (5th)
• Ashley Hayden - 2:54.65 (8th)
• Courtney Zablocki - 2:55.15 (13th)

Nordic Combined

Individual

• Todd Lodwick - 41:39.4 (7th)
• Matt Dayton - 43:12.3 (18th)

Team

• Todd Lodwick, Bill Demong, Johnny Spillane, Matt Dayton - 49:54.1 (4th)

Sprint

• Todd Lodwick - 16:36.1 (5th)
• Bill Demong - 16:57.1 (14th)

Short Track Speed Skating

Men's 500 m

• Rusty Smith - Heat 1: 41:92 s, Final: 42.02 (3rd)
• Apolo Anton Ohno - Heat 2: Disqualified

Men's 1000 m

• Apolo Anton Ohno - Heat 1: 1:27.42, Final: 1:30.16 (Silver Medal)

Men's 1500 m

• Apolo Anton Ohno - Heat 2: 2:25.15, Final: 2:18.54 (Gold Medal)
• Rusty Smith - Heat 1: 2:16.90 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m Relay

• Apolo Anton Ohno, Rusty Smith, Dan Weinsteinm, Ron Biondo - 7:03.93 (4th)

Women's 500 m

• Caroline Hallisey - Heat 1: 44.307, Finals: 44.679 (5th)

Women's 1000 m

• No Participants

Women's 1500 m

• No Participants

Women's 5000 m Relay

• Caroline Hallisey, Julie Goskowicz, Amy Peterson, Erin Porter - 4:20.73 (7th)

Skeleton

Men

• Jim Shea - 1:41.96 (Gold Medal)
• Lincoln DeWitt - 1:42.83 (5th)
• Chris Soule - 1:42.98 (7th)

Women

• Tristan Gale - 1:45.11 (Gold Medal)
• Lea Ann Parsley - 1:45.21 (Silver Medal)

Ski Jumping

K90

• Nicholas Hollinger - 240.0 (11th)

K120

• Rob Hollinger - 105.4 (34th)

K120 Team

• Brian Welch, Tommy Schwall, Clint Jones, Alan Alborn - 728.4 (11th)

Snowboarding

Men's Halfpipe

• Ross Powers - 46.1 (Gold Medal)
• Danny Kass - 42.5 (Silver Medal)
• JJ Thomas - 42.1 (Bronze Medal)

Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

• Chris Klug - Bronze Medal

Women's Halfpipe

• Kelly Clark - 47.9 (Gold Medal)
• Shannon Dunn - 37.2 (5th)
• Tricia Byrnes - 36.4 (6th)

Women's Parallel Giant Slalom

• Lisa Kosglow - Lost in Quarterfinals

Speed Skating

Men's 500 m

• Casey FitzRandolph — 1:09.23 (→ Gold Medal)
• Kip Carpenter — 1:09.47 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Joey Cheek — 1:09.60 (→ 6th place)

Men's 1000 m

• Joey Cheek — 1:07.61 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Kip Carpenter — 1:07.89 (→ 4th place)
• Nick Pearson — 1:07.97 (→ 6th place)
• Casey FitzRandolph — 1:08.15 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1500 m

• Derek Parra — 1:43.95 (→ Gold Medal)
• Joey Cheek — 1:45.34 (→ 4th place)

Men's 5000 m

• Derek Parra — 6:17.98 (→ Silver Medal)
• KC Boutiette — 6:22.97 (→ 5th place)
• Jondon Trevena — 6:30.15 (→ 15th place)

Men's 10000 m

• Jason Hedstrand — 13:32.99 (→ 12th place)
• Derek Parra — 13:33.44 (→ 13th place)

Women's 500 m

• Chris Witty — 1:16.73 (→ 14th place)

Women's 1000 m

• Chris Witty — 1:13.83 (→ Gold Medal)
• Jennifer Rodriguez — 1:14.24 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 1500 m

• Jennifer Rodriguez — 1:55.32 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Chris Witty — 1:55.71 (→ 5th)

Women's 3000 m

• Jennifer Rodriguez — 4:04.99 (→ 7th place)
• Catherine Raney — 4:07.59 (→ 13th place)

Women's 5000 m

• Catherine Raney — 7:06.89 (→ 9th place)
• Annie Driscoll — 7:35.23 (→ 14th place)

Notes and references

Notes

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 

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