2002 Winter Olympics

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Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

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.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
2002 Winter Olympics giant slalom events 1
2002 Winter Olympics ice hockey events 1
2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony 1
Salt Lake 2002 1
Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games 1
Salt Lake City 2002 1
Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Park City Mountain Resort → wasVenueFor → 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Soldier Hollow → wasVenueFor → 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Martin Brodeur → wonGoldMedalAt → 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Mario Lemieux → wonOlympicGoldMedal → 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ