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| Name | XIX Olympic Winter Games |
| Size | 200 |
| Optional Caption | The emblem combines a snow crystal, and a sun rising over a mountain. The colors; yellow, orange and blue; represent the varied Utah landscape. |
| Motto | Light The Fire Within |
| Host City | Salt Lake City |
| Nations Participating | 77 |
| Athletes Participating | 2,399 (1,513 men, 886 women) |
| Events | 78 in 7 sports |
| Officially Opened By | President
George W. Bush |
| Athlete's Oath | Jim Shea |
| Judge's Oath | Allen Church |
| Olympic Torch | Members of the 1980 USA hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione |
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The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout 165 sporting sessions. The 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Paralympic Games were both organized by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC). Utah became the sixth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympics are the most recent games to be held in the United States.
The opening ceremony was held on February 8, 2002 and sporting competitions were held up until the closing ceremony on February 24, 2002. Music for both ceremonies was directed by Mark Watters. Salt Lake City became the most populous area ever to have hosted the Winter Olympics but was surpassed by Turin in the 2006 Winter Olympics four years later, which itself was surpassed by Vancouver in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Following trend, the 2002 Olympic Winter Games were also larger than all prior Winter Games, with a considerable 10 more events than the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan; more events yet were staged by Turin and then Vancouver Olympics.
The Salt Lake Games were some of the most successful Winter Olympiads in history; records were set in both the broadcasting and marketing programs. Over 2 billion viewers watch more than 13 billion viewer hours. The games were also financially successful raising more money with fewer sponsors than any prior Olympic Games, which left SLOC with a surplus of $40 million at the conclusion of the games. The surplus was used to create the Utah Athletic Foundation, which maintains and operates many of the remaining Olympic venues.
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| Competitive Venues : |
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| Venue |
Event(s) |
Gross Capacity |
class="unsortable"Ref. |
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| Deer Valley |
Alpine skiing (slalom), Freestyle skiing |
13,400 |
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| E Center |
Ice hockey |
10,500 |
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| Park City Mountain Resort |
Alpine skiing (giant slalom), Snowboarding |
16,000 |
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| Peaks Ice Arena |
Ice hockey |
8,400 |
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| Salt Lake Ice Center1 |
Figure skating, Short track speed skating |
17,500 |
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| Snowbasin |
Alpine skiing (combined, downhill, super-G) |
22,500 |
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| Soldier Hollow |
Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing portion) |
15,200 |
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| The Ice Sheet at Ogden |
Curling |
2,000 |
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| Utah Olympic Oval |
Speed skating |
5,236 |
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Utah Olympic Park
(bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track) |
Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Nordic combined (ski jumping portion), ski jumping |
18,100 (ski jumping)
15,000 (sliding track) |
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| Venue |
Event(s)/Purpose |
Gross Capacity |
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| Main Media Center |
International Broadcast Center & Main Press Center |
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| 2002 Olympic Medals Plaza |
Olympic medal presentations & Olympic Celebration Series concerts |
20,000 |
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| 2002 Olympic Village |
Olympic Village & Olympic Family Hotel |
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| Park City Main Street |
Main Street Celebration area, Park City Technical Center, NBC broadcast center, Sponsor Showcases |
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| Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium |
Opening & Closing Ceremonies |
≈50,000 |
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| Salt Lake Olympic Square |
Olympic Medals Plaza, Salt Lake Ice Center, Olympic Superstore, Sponsor Showcases |
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