United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=2002 Winter
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flagbearer=Amy Peterson opening Brian Shimer closing
gold=10
silver=13
bronze=11
total=34
rank=3

The United States was the host nation for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

These Games were by far the best Winter Games for the United States, earning 34 total medals, nearly triple their best previous hauls at the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, both in Lake Placid, New York.

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. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtNYyIapl8&feature=related] [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_286.pdf]

Medalists

Gold

*Bobsleigh
**Two-Woman: Jill Bakken & Vonetta Flowers
*Figure Skating
**Women: Sarah Hughes
*Short Track Speedskating
**Men's 1500 m:, Apolo Anton Ohno
*Skeleton
**Men: Jim Shea
**Women: Tristan Gale
*Snowboarding
**Men's Halfpipe: Ross Powers
**Women's Halfpipe: Kelly Clark
*Speedskating
**Men's 500 m: Casey FitzRandolph
**Men's 1500 m: Derek Parra
**Women's 1000 m: Christine Witty

ilver

*Alpine Skiing -
**Men's Combined: Bode Miller
**Men's Giant Slalom: Bode Miller
*Bobsleigh
**Four-man, Todd Hays, Randy Jones, Bill Schuffenhauer, Garrett Hines
*Freestyle Skiing
**Men's Aerials: Joe Pack
**Men's Moguls: Travis Mayer
**Women's Moguls: Shannon Bahrke
*Ice Hockey
**Men: Mike Dunham, Brian Leetch, Brian Rafalski, Tom Poti, Phil Housley, Keith Tkachuk, Mike Modano, John LeClair, Tony Amonte, Brian Rolston, Bill Guerin, Brett Hull, Chris Drury, Gary Suter, Chris Chelios, Adam Deadmarsh, Tom Barrasso, Aaron Miller, Mike Richter, Doug Weight, Scott Young, Mike York, Jeremy Roenick
**Women: Sara Decosta, Tara Mounsey, Courtney Kennedy, Angela Ruggiero, Lyndsay Wall, Karyn Bye, Sue Merz, Laurie Baker, Andrea Kilbourne, A.J. Mleczko, Jenny Potter, Julie Chu, Shelley Looney, Krissy Wendell, Katie King, Cammi Granato, Natalie Darwitz, Chris Bailey, Tricia Dunn, Sarah Tueting
*Luge
**Men's Doubles: Brian Martin & Mark Grimmette
*Short Track Speedskating
**Men's 1000 m: Apolo Anton Ohno
*Skeleton
**Women: Lea Ann Parsley
*Snowboarding
**Men's Halfpipe: Danny Kass
*Speed Skating
**Men's 5000 m: Derek Parra

Bronze

*Bobsleigh
**Four-man: Brian Shimer, Mike Kohn, Doug Sharp, Dan Steele
*Figure Skating
**Men: Timothy Goebel
**Women: Michelle Kwan
*Luge
**Men's Doubles: Chris Thorpe & Clay Ives
*Short Track Speed Skating
**Men's 500 m: Rusty Smith
*Snowboarding
**Men's Halfpipe: Jarret Thomas
**Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Chris Klug
*Speed Skating
**Men's 500 m: Kip Carpenter
**Men's 1000 m: Joey Cheek
**Women's 1000 m: Jennifer Rodriguez
**Women's 1500 m: Jennifer Rodriguez

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 ParticipantsMen'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 ParticipantsWomen'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
*Won Silver MedalWomen's
*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: DisqualifiedMen'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 ParticipantsWomen's 1500 m
*No ParticipantsWomen'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
*Alan Alborn - 240.0 (11th)K120
*Alan Alborn - 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 MedalWomen'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
* Gold Medal)
* Bronze Medal)
*Joey Cheek — 1:09.60 (→ 6th place)Men's 1000 m
* 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
* Gold Medal)
*Joey Cheek — 1:45.34 (→ 4th place)Men's 5000 m
* 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
* Gold Medal)
* Bronze Medal)Women's 1500 m
* 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)