2002 Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City 2002

The Opening Ceremony in Salt Lake City was tinged with tragic overtones as less than six months earlier, the World Trade Center had been destroyed. Some of the portraits in this documentary are engrossing, for Bud Greenspan is attracted to those who have overcome adversity. Women's Alpine Combined star Janica Kostelic of Croatia, having recovered from a terrible fall in training, is seen using logs as part of a weight-training programme. Alisa Camplin who takes the gold medal for Australia in the Freestyle Skiing Aerials. Also profiled is Jimmy Shea, who not only recited the Athlete's Oath in Salt Lake City, but won the men's skeleton competition for the United States.

Bud Greenspan | 119'| 2003

Salt Lake 2002 | Olympic Winter games

Originals

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Salt Lake City 2002 Official Film | Salt Lake City 2002, Bud Greenspan's Stories of Olympic Glory

How Jill Bakken found an unlikely brakewoman in Vonetta Flowers, who became the first black athlete to win gold at the Winter Olympics.

Bobsleigh

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Vonetta Flowers Pushes Past Barriers | Impossible Moments

Relive the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games day by day with this compilation of stunning highlights.

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Summary of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games

Steven Bradbury wins Australia's first gold in short track after all four the skaters ahead of him fall down in Salt Lake City 2002.

Steven BRADBURY

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Bradbury wins unexpected gold in short track 1000m event | Salt Lake 2002

How the Olympic Winter Games transformed Salt Lake City from an unremarkable city in the desert to a city filled with the Olympic spirit.

Figure Skating

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Design Focus: Salt Lake City 2002

Salt Lake City 2002 - Overview Mosaic

At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was determined to be in his best shape for the biathlon. Seeking out meaningful practice, he entered the 30km cross-country skiing race and came close to a medal, finishing sixth. Bjoerndalen won gold medals in every biathlon race at Salt Lake City, four in all. Prior to 2002, no biathlete had ever earned more than two gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.

Ole Einar BJØRNDALEN

Highlights

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Salt Lake 2002 Biathlon men 10km

A few months before the Salt Lake Winter Olympics got under way, Croatian skier Janica Kostelic was recovering from surgery on her knee and her chances of even participating looked mighty slim. But by the end of February 2002 Kostelic had carved herself into the record books. She was to become the first woman to win four alpine skiing medals at the same Games, and her three golds were also an unprecedented achievement in the sport.

Janica KOSTELIC

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Janica Kostelic: Four medals in Salt Lake

Any team performing under the tutelage of the greatest ice hockey player the game has ever known understands that the pressure is on to win gold. Such was the prospect facing the Canada ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City with Wayne Gretzky, or the Great One as he was affectionately known, their executive director. In the final they met host nation USA...

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Salt Lake 2002 Ice Hockey Men Final

Kelly Clark was the youngest member of the American team at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She was just 18 years old when she bid to become only the second woman to win gold in the snowboarding half-pipe at the Park City Mountain Resort.

Kelly CLARK

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A comfortable victory for Kelly Clark

Despite never having won a World Cup event, Simon Amman claimed gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games. Competing in the K90, he produced two superb jumps to win a close contest by just one-and-a-half points. Four days later, Ammann proved to the world that his victory was no fluke. Now competing in the K120, he achieved the best jump in each round to win his second gold by more than 11 points.

Simon AMMANN

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Salt Lake 2002 Ski Jumping men K90/120 individual

The Women's Free Program was held on 21/02/2002 at the Delta Center. Sarah Hughes (USA) claimed Gold, Irina Slutskaya (RUS) Silver and Michelle Kwan (USA) completed the podium.

Replay

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Women's Free Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

Samppa Lajunen indelibly etched his name in the Olympic record books with a unique treble at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Samppa LAJUNEN

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A hat-trick for Samppa Lajunen

Salt Lake City 2002 Overview Replays

The ceremony  took place at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City on 8 February 2002.

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Salt Lake 2002 - Opening Ceremony

The ceremony took place on February 24th and was designed by Seven Nielsen with music directed by Mark Watters.

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Salt Lake 2002 - Closing Ceremony

Ceremonies SL 2002

Alpine Skiing

Biathlon

Cross-Country Skiing

Curling

Freestyle Skiing

Hockey

Ice Hockey

Luge

Nordic Combined

Short Track Speed Skating

Skeleton

Ski Jumping

Snowboard

Speed Skating

Australia

Austria

Canada

Croatia

Czechia

Finland

France

Germany

Great Britain

Italy

Norway

P. R. China

Poland

Switzerland

United States

The Women's Short Program was held on 19/02/2002 at the Delta Center. Michelle Kwan (USA) was leading the competition into the Free Program.

Michelle KWAN

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Women's Short Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

The Pairs Free Program was held on 11/02/2202 at the Delta Center. In ammended results after a scoring controversy Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze (RUS) and Sale/Pelletier (CAN) received Gold and Shen/Zhao (CHN) claimed Bronze.

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Pairs Free Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

The Men's Short Program was held on 12/02/2002 at the Delta Center. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) lead the competition into the Free Program.

Alexei YAGUDIN

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Men's Short Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

The Men's Free Program was held on 14/02/2002 at the Delta Center. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) claimed Gold, Evgenie Plushenko (RUS) Silver and Timothy Goebel (USA) completed the podium.

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Men's Free Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

The Pairs Short Program was held on 09/02/2002 at the Delta Center. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze (RUS) lead the competition into the Free program.

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Pairs Short Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

The Exhibition Gala took place on 21/02/2002 at the Delta Center, Salt Lake City (USA).

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Exhibition Gala - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

That's what you'd call a very colorfoul compilation!

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Halloween Special - Olympic Fancy Dress

The winner of two silver medals and a bronze in her three appearances at the Winter Games, US ice hockey player Natalie Darwitz made her Olympic debut as an 18-year-old on home ice at Salt Lake City 2002. In the latest instalment of our Words of Olympians series she recalls her experiences at the Games.

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Darwitz relives her Olympic debut

Four-time Olympian speed skater Dave Cruikshank explains the secrets of his enduring ability to thrive in elite-level sport.

Dave CRUIKSHANK

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David Cruikshank: Unlocking the key to performance

Now a well-known writer and TV personality in his native Germany, former cross-country skier Peter Schlickenrieder shares his memories of the Olympic Winter Games in this latest video in our Words of Olympians series.

Peter SCHLICKENRIEDER

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Peter Schlickenrieder: Silver swansong

More than all the speed skating medals that she won, Canadian Catriona Le May Doan’s most cherished Olympic memories are of the four opening ceremonies in which she took part, as she recalls in the latest instalment of our “Words of Olympians” series.

Catriona LE MAY DOAN

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The flame still burns for Catriona Le May Doan

Canada’s Beckie Scott was the first North American female cross-country skier to step on to the Olympic podium, winning a gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002 and a silver medal in Turin in 2006. She talks about her feelings in this new episode of our Words of Olympians video series.

Beckie SCOTT

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Beckie Scott: “atmosphere of friendship and universal camaraderie”

The French pair Gwendal Peizerat and Marina Anissina led the field after the compulsory and free dance sections and then it was down to the free dance, where skaters give full vent to their creative powers like Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean had done so mesmerisingly in Sarajevo 18 years earlier with the Bolero...

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A memorable gold for Gwendal Peizerat and Marina Anissina

Four-man bobsleigh requires explosive power from a standing start and the precise steering of a Formula One driver. Thankfully for Andre Lange he had both in abundance. His remarkable run in Olympic competition started at the Utah Olympic Park in a German quartet that never looked like losing their grip on gold.

Andre LANGE

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The finest pilot of his generation

Relive the Linger brothers' performances at Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010.

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Linger Brothers at the Winter Olympic Games - Luge | Vancouver 2010 Highlights

Relive when Simon Ammann paid a visit to the Olympic Magazine to relive his unbelievable golden moments.

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Simon Ammann Reflects - Ski Jumping | Vancouver 2010 Highlights

Don’t miss when Adam Malysz won two medals, silver in both individual normal and large hill in Vancouver 2010, bringing his total career medals to four Olympic medals.

Adam MALYSZ

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Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City 2002

Salt Lake City 2002Highlights & Replays

Salt Lake 2002 Biathlon men 10km

Janica Kostelic: Four medals in Salt Lake

Salt Lake 2002 Ice Hockey Men Final

A comfortable victory for Kelly Clark

Salt Lake 2002 Ski Jumping men K90/120 individual

Women's Free Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Replays

ceremonies

Salt Lake 2002 - Opening Ceremony

Salt Lake 2002 - Closing Ceremony

All Replays

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Men's Free Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Re...

Pairs Short Program - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 R...

Exhibition Gala - Figure Skating | Salt Lake City 2002 Repla...

Halloween Special - Olympic Fancy Dress

Darwitz relives her Olympic debut

David Cruikshank: Unlocking the key to performance

Peter Schlickenrieder: Silver swansong

The flame still burns for Catriona Le May Doan

Beckie Scott: “atmosphere of friendship and universal camara...

A memorable gold for Gwendal Peizerat and Marina Anissina

The finest pilot of his generation

Linger Brothers at the Winter Olympic Games - Luge | Vancouv...

Simon Ammann Reflects - Ski Jumping | Vancouver 2010 Highlig...

Malysz's Olympic Career - Ski Jumping | Vancouver 2010 Highl...