2002 Winter Olympics

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The 2002 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter event held in Salt Lake City, Utah, featuring competitions in sports such as ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.


Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
biddingCity Quebec City
Salt Lake City
Sion
Östersund
cauldronLighter 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
closingCeremonyDate 2002-02-24
competitionVenue Deer Valley
Park City Mountain Resort
Snowbasin
Soldier Hollow
Stein Eriksen Lodge
The Ice Sheet at Ogden
Utah Olympic Oval
Utah Olympic Park
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateAwarded 1995-06-16
endDate 2002-02-24
featuredSport Nordic combined
alpine skiing
biathlon
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
curling
figure skating
freestyle skiing
ice hockey
luge
short track speed skating
skeleton
ski jumping
snowboarding
speed skating
figureSkatingControversy pairs figure skating judging scandal
followedBy 2006 Winter Olympics
hostCity Salt Lake City
hostCityMayor Rocky Anderson
hostCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hostState Utah
introducedEvent biathlon pursuit events
skeleton (reintroduced as medal sport)
skeleton for men
skeleton for women
snowboard parallel giant slalom
women's bobsleigh
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session
surface form: 104th IOC Session
legacyUse training center for winter sports
legacyVenue Soldier Hollow
Utah Olympic Oval
Utah Olympic Park
mainStadium Rice-Eccles Stadium
mascot Coal
Copper
Powder
mascotSpecies black bear
coyote
snowshoe hare
motto Light the Fire Within
notableAthlete Janica Kostelić
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Sarah Hughes
Vonetta Flowers
notableFeature first Winter Olympics after September 11 attacks
notableIssue Salt Lake City Olympic bid scandal
numberOfAthletes 2399
numberOfDisciplines 15
numberOfEvents 78
numberOfParticipatingNations 77
numberOfSports 7
officialLanguage English
French
officialName XIX Olympic Winter Games
openedBy George W. Bush
openingCeremonyDate 2002-02-08
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
organizingCommittee Salt Lake Organizing Committee
precededBy 1998 Winter Olympics
primaryIndoorArena Delta Center
E Center
Peaks Ice Arena
securityLevel heightened security measures
startDate 2002-02-08
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
surface form: Mountain Standard Time
topGoldMedalCountry Germany
topMedalCountry Norway
torchRelayEndDate 2002-02-08
torchRelayEndLocation Salt Lake City
torchRelayStartDate 2001-11-19
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece
USGoldMedals 10
USMedalsTotal 34
VonettaFlowersDistinction first Black athlete to win Winter Olympic gold for the United States

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Teemu Selänne OlympicGames 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: Salt Lake City 2002
The Ice Sheet at Ogden OlympicGames 2002 Winter Olympics
Chris Chelios OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Michelle Kwan OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Brian Leetch OlympicParticipant 2002 Winter Olympics
Copper associatedWithEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Light the Fire Within associatedWithEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Utah Olympic Oval builtForEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Herb Brooks coachedAtEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
XIX Olympic Winter Games commonName 2002 Winter Olympics
Catriona Le May Doan competedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Jonny Moseley competedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake Organizing Committee eventBrand 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: Salt Lake 2002
E Center eventHosted 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 2002 Winter Olympics ice hockey events
1998 Winter Olympics followedBy 2002 Winter Olympics
XVIII Olympic Winter Games followedBy 2002 Winter Olympics
Delta Center hostedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Park City Mountain Resort hostedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 2002 Winter Olympics giant slalom events
Rice-Eccles Stadium hostedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Salt Lake City hostedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Powder isMascotOf 2002 Winter Olympics
Powder isMascotOf 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games
Utah Olympic Oval legacyFacilityOf 2002 Winter Olympics
Snowbasin olympicGames 2002 Winter Olympics
Albert II of Monaco olympicParticipation 2002 Winter Olympics
Utah Olympic Park openedFor 2002 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake Organizing Committee organizedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
Salt Lake Organizing Committee organizedEvent 2002 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Cammi Granato participantIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Hayley Wickenheiser participantIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Ben Smith participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Colleen Sostorics participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Ed Belfour participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
František Kučera participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Janica Kostelić participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Kazuyoshi Funaki participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Mike Modano participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Miroslav Šatan participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Ľubomír Višňovský participatedIn 2002 Winter Olympics
Roman Čechmánek playedInTournament 2002 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics precededBy 2002 Winter Olympics
Sarah Hughes representedAt 2002 Winter Olympics
Peter Bondra representedAtTournament 2002 Winter Olympics
Utah Olympic Park usedAfter 2002 Winter Olympics
E Center usedDuring 2002 Winter Olympics
Light the Fire Within usedFor 2002 Winter Olympics
Deer Valley wasVenueFor 2002 Winter Olympics