Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon 10 km Sprint Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Sven Fischer (GER) Wolfgang Perner (AUT) Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games. 12.5 km Pursuit Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Raphaël Poiree (FRA) Ricco Groß (GER) Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics. 20 km Men: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) Frank Luck (GER) Viktor Maigurov (RUS) After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier. 7.5 km Sprint Women: Kati Wilhelm (GER) Uschi Disl (GER) Magdalena Forsberg (SWE) Another surprise from.
1928 Winter Olympics - 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympic Games were held in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. (introductory comments about these particular games) Opening ceremonies held: February 11 Closing ceremonies held: (date) Number of nations participating: # Number of athletes participating: # Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: (name) Judge who took the Judge's Oath: (name) Person who lit the Olympic Torch: (name) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medal winners 3 Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) 4 Internal links Highlights Sonja Henie wins her first gold medal in women's figure skating. Medal winners Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Skeleton Ski jumping Speed skating Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) Internal links WikiProject Sports Olympics Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920.
1960 Winter Olympics - 1960 Winter Olympics The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California. Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games. Then, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurants, and bridges, as well as the Ice Arena, the speed skating track, ski lifts, and the ski jumping hill, Walt Disney was the Head of Pageantry for the Games. Games of the VIII Winter Olympiad Nations participating 34 Athletes participating 1000 (?? women, ?? men) Events 26 in ?? sports Opening ceremonies February 18, 1960 Closing ceremonies ?? Officially opened by Avery Brundage Athlete's Oath not applicable Judge's Oath not applicable Olympic Torch Ken Henry The Olympic Village housed all the athletes. An IBM computer was used.
1988 Winter Olympics - 1988 Winter Olympics See also: 1988 Winter Paralympics This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. The 1988 Winter Olympics were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Olympics were highly successful, financially, as they brought in million dollar profits. Games of the X Olympiad Nations participating X Athletes participating X (Y men, Z women) Events X in Y sports Opening ceremonies Closing ceremonies Officially opened by Athlete's Oath Judge's Oath: Olympic Torch Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Template medal table 4 Template bottom links Highlights Two competitors, Michael Edwards ("Eddie the Eagle") in ski jumping and the Jamaican bobsledding team, entered their respective competitions with little experience and less chance of winning any medals. However, the determination of.
Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ice hockey Men Fourteen countries played in the tournament. Six countries, hockey powers Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States of America were admitted to the final eight. The other eight countries, Austria, Belarus, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine played in a preliminary round in two pools. The winners of those pools, Belarus and Germany, advanced to the final round with the other six. The biggest surprise of the tournament was Belarus, 0-3-0 in Group D play, knocking off 3-0-0 Sweden in quarterfinal play. Canada won the gold medal, defeating the USA in a game that was very close until a couple of late goals gave Canada its final three-goal margin..
Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Figure skating Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Pairs 2 Men 3 Ice Dancing 4 Women Pairs Medals awarded February 11, 2002; second award ceremony February 17. Gold medal: Yelena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze (RUS) and Jamie Salé/David Pelletier (CAN) Bronze: Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (CHN) A controversial decision which extended the Russian dominance of pairs skating at the Olympics. Salé/Pelletier were the crowd favorites and skated a flawless program, while Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze stumbled during their double axel. Minutes before the Canadians went on, Salé accidentally collided with Sikharulidze and was rather shaken. Judges from Russia, the People's Republic of China, Poland, Ukraine, and France placed the Russians first; judges from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan gave the nod to.
Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Freestyle skiing Aerials Men: Aleš Valenta (CZE) Joe Pack (USA) Aleksey Grishin (BLR) Valenta completes five twists in three flips to take the gold, while defending Olympic champion Eric Bergoust, in first place after the first jump, falls on the second after jumping too hard and ends in last place. Extra Twist Does the Trick in Aerials, The New York Times, February 20, 2002 Moguls Men: Janne Lahtela (FIN) Travis Mayer (USA) Richard Gay (FRA) Before a crowd of 14,237, Lahtela performed a near-flawless run with a quad twist and triple twist spread to win the gold. Jonny Moseley, the defending Olympic champion and crowd favorite who performed his unusual Dinner Roll jump in both the preliminary.
2002 Winter Olympics - 2002 Winter Olympics See also: 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Opening ceremonies held: February 8, 2002 Closing ceremonies held: February 24, 2002 Number of nations participating: 78 Number of athletes participating: 2,527 Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: Jim Shea, USA Judge who took the Judge's Oath: Allen Church Person who lit the Olympic Torch: Members of the 1980 USA men's ice hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 3.1.
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing Downhill Men: Fritz Strobl (AUT) Lasse Kjus (NOR) Stephan Eberharter (AUT) Big favorite Eberharter is beaten by a compatriot and the all-rounder Kjus. Super-G Men: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) Stephan Eberharter (AUT) Andreas Schifferer (AUT) 10 year after his first Olympic title, Aamodt wins his second Super-G gold and his second gold of the Games. Combined Men: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) Bode Miller (USA) Benjamin Raich (AUT) Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhilll to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Giant Slalom Men: Stephan Eberharter (AUS) Bode Miller (USA) Lasse Kjus (NOR) Slalom Men: Medals to.
Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Bobsleigh Four-Man: Medals to be awarded on Saturday, February 23. Two-Man: Christoph Langen/Markus Zimmerman (GER) 3:10.11 Steve Anderhub/Christian Reich (SUI) 3:10.20 Martin Annen/Beat Hefti (SUI) 3:10.62 Langen and Zimmerman both become four-time Olympic medalists. Two-Women: Jill Bakken/Vonetta Flowers (USA) Sandra Prokoff/Ulrike Holzner (GER) Susi Erdmann/Nicole Herschmann (GER) This is the inaugural women's bobsleigh event. Susi Erdmann previously medaled in luge. Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win a Winter Olympics medal..
Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Cross-country skiing The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had high red blood cell counts that indicated the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. The drug is not specifically listed in the IOC's list of banned substances, but the rules prohibit doping of any kind. The skiers Johann Mühlegg of Spain and Larisa Lazutina of Russia were permitted to keep medals they had won in previous races for which their blood tests were negative. Note: this article will have to be further rewritten due to the CAS ruling of 18 December 2003; see that date's Current events for the relevant external link. The final rankings will most probably.
Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics Curling medal winners at the 2002 Winter Olympics: Men Norway Canada Switzerland Women United Kingdom Switzerland Canada.
Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating: 500 m Men: Gagnon (CAN) Guilmette (CAN) Smith (USA) 1000 m Men: Steven Bradbury (AUS) Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) Bradbury was way behind in 5th place, but all the other finalists collided and fell while turning the last corner. He crossed the line first to win Australia's first Olympic winter gold medal. Favorite Ohno, who led before getting hit, suffered a cut in his thigh in the fall but scrambled across the ice to cross the line second. Turcotte, felled at the same time, likewise recovered to take third. Bradbury returned to Australia to several endorsement opportunities, including a "drive-slow auto safety" campaign. 1500 m Men: Ohno (USA) Li (CHN).
Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ski jumping K90: Simon Ammann (SUI) Sven Hannawald (GER) Adam Malysz (POL) The young Ammann beats the two favorites for the gold Malysz and Hannawald, winner of all four events in the Four Hills Tournament. K120: Simon Ammann (SUI) Adam Malysz (POL) Matti Hautamäki (FIN) Ammann, winning the first Swiss medals in this sport, had never won a major event before winning both ski jumping titles. Co-leader after the first jump, Sven Hannawald, falls at the second and places fourth. K-120 Team Competition Germany (Hannawald, Hocke, Uhrmann, Schmitt) Finland (Hautamäki, Lindström, Jussilainen, Ahonen) Slovenia (Fras, Peterka, Kranjec, Zonta) In a close competition Germany finally beats Finland by the smallest possible margin of 0.1 points. See also Nordic.
Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Skeleton Medals awarded February 20, 2002 Men's Jim Shea (USA) Martin Rettl (AUT) Gregor Staehli (SUI) Shea, a third-generation Olympian, becomes first Olympic Skeleton champion in 54 years by edging Rettl by 0.05 seconds. Women's Tristan Gale (USA) Lea Ann Parsley (USA) Alex Coomber (GBR) Gale defeats her countrywoman by 0.10 seconds..
Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding Halfpipe Men: Ross Powers (USA) Danny Kass (USA) Jarret Thomas (USA) The first time the Americans have swept a Winter Olympic event since the men's figure skaters did it in 1956. Powers, with a score of 46.1, dominated the competition. Kass and Thomas, in contrast, with scores of 42.5 and 42.1, barely beat Giacomo Kratter's score of 42.0. A crowd of about 16,500 watched. Powers got a vertical of about 18 feet, and performed two McTwists, a cab 720 with an indy grab, a frontside 720 with an indy grab and a stalefish grab. Halfpipe Dreams: A U.S. Sweep, The New York Times, February 12, 2002 Parallel Giant Slalom Men: Philipp Schoch (SUI) Richard Richardsson (SWE).
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Speed skating 500 m Men: Casey FitzRandolph (USA) Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) Kip Carpenter (USA) Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon falls in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posts the fastest time in the second heat. FitzRandolph was the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980, who was in attendance as the team orthopedist. American Speedskater Wins Gold, The New York Times, February 12, 2002 1000 m Men: Gerard van Velde (NED) Jan Bos (NED) Joey Cheek (USA) Van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivers a huge surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal. 1500 m Men: Derek Parra (USA) Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) Ådne.
Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Nordic combined Individual Samppa Lajunen (FIN) Jaakko Tallus (FIN) Felix Gottwald (AUT) Tallus was the surprise leader after the ski jump, but Lajunen beat him in the skiing. Team Finland Germany Austria Finland has a huge lead after the ski jumping, and does not lose it. Germany comes from fifth place to edge Austria for the silver medal. Sprint Samppa Lajunenn (FIN) ... Ackermann (GER) Felix Gottwald (AUT).
Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter Olympic Games Luge Singles Men: Armin Zöggeler (ITA) Georg Hackl (GER) Markus Prock (AUT) Hackl's fifth medal in a row, but no fourth gold in a row. He becomes the first person to win 5 medals in one event in either the summer or winter games. Singles Women: Sylke Otto (GER) Barbara Niedernhuber (GER) Silke Kraushaar (GER) The German women sweep the podium in the sport for the fifth time in history. Doubles Patric-Fritz Leitner/Alexander Resch (GER) Brian Martin/Mark Grimmette (USA) Chris Thorpe/Clay Ives (USA) Germany (1st, 4th) and the USA (2nd, 3rd) dominate the event..
1948 Winter Olympics - 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympic Games were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland and opened on January 30. These Games were the first in twelve years, as none were held during World War II. Opening ceremonies held: (date) Closing ceremonies held: (date) Number of nations participating: # Number of athletes participating: # Athlete who took the Athlete's Oath: (name) Judge who took the Judge's Oath: (name) Person who lit the Olympic Torch: (name) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) Highlights to be added Medals awarded to be added Medal standings (gold/silver/bronze total) to be added Summer Olympics 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984.
