2002 Winter Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Salt Lake City, Utah, US June 2026 January 2025 2002 Winter Paralympics 2002 Winter Paralympics Logo.svg 150 Salt Lake City, United States "Awaken the Mind – Free the Body – Inspire the Spirit” 36 416 92 in 4 sports 7 March 2002 16 March 2002 President George W. Bush IPC President Philip Craven Muffy DavisChris Waddell Rice-Eccles Stadium Nagano 1998 Torino 2006 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 7 to 16 March 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the American continent. These were the first Paralympic Winter Games for Andorra, Chile, China, Croatia, Greece, and Hungary. Ragnhild Myklebust of Norway won five gold medals in skiing and biathlon, becoming the most successful Winter Paralympic athlete of all time with 22 medals, 17 of them gold."Possibilité de médaille d’or : Vancouver 2010 annonce la recherche d’un concepteur pour les médailles olympiques et paralympiques" https://web.archive.org/web/20080912145400/http://www.vancouver2010.com/fr/OrganizingCommittee/MediaCentre/NewsReleases/2007/12/13/76537_0712131208-140 12 September 2008 , official website of the 2010 Vancouver Games, 13 December 2007 Host city selection Bids for the 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City was chosen over Québec City, Canada; Sion, Switzerland; and Östersund, Sweden, on June 16, 1995, at the 104th IOC Session in Budapest, Hungary.http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html IOC Vote History June 10, 2008 May 25, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html usurped Salt Lake City had previously come in second during the bids for the 1998 Winter Olympics, awarded to Nagano, Japan, and had offered to be the provisional host of the 1976 Winter Olympics when the original host, Denver, Colorado, withdrew. The 1976 Winter Olympics were ultimately awarded to Innsbruck, Austria. There was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win the rights to the Games. Prior to its successful bid, Salt Lake City had attempted four times to secure the games, failing each time. In 1998, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were accused of taking gifts from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) during the bidding process. The allegations resulted in the expulsion of several IOC members and the adoption of new IOC rules. Although nothing strictly illegal had been done, it was felt that the acceptance of the gifts was morally dubious. In addition, legal charges were brought against the leaders of Salt Lake's bid committee by the United States Department of Justice.Lex Hemphill December 6, 2003 Acquittals End Bid Scandal That Dogged Winter Games The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/06/sports/olympics-acquittals-end-bid-scandal-that-dogged-winter-games.html August 18, 2011 April 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110407032408/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/06/sports/olympics-acquittals-end-bid-scandal-that-dogged-winter-games.html live Investigations were also launched into prior bidding process by other cities, finding that members of the IOC received bribes during the bidding process for both the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics.Mallon Bill 2000 The Olympic Bribery Scandal http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n2/johv8n2f.pdf https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n2/johv8n2f.pdf 2022-10-09 live The Journal of Olympic History International Society of Olympic Historians 8 2 11–27 July 31, 2012 In response to the scandal, Mitt Romney was hired as the new president and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee in February 1999. Paralympics Motivated by the organizational problems faced during the 1996 Summer Paralympic Games, the Salt Lake City Bid Committee committed, from the beginning of the bidding process, to including the Paralympic Games in the overall planning for the 2002 Games.Since the 1994 Winter Paralympics this is first time that Olympics and Paralympics were thus organized by the same committee, sharing facilities, resources, and operational structures. At the time, this integration represented a significant innovation in the organization of two events and helped consolidate a more inclusive model for future editions of the Paralympic Games.Johnson Kirk September 19, 2007 In Olympics Success, Romney Found New Edge NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/us/politics/19romney.html August 31, 2012 October 29, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071029161106/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/us/politics/19romney.html livePenner Mike 1999-02-12 Romney Is Selected President https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-12-sp-7524-story.html 2024-10-21 Los Angeles Times en-US + 2002 Winter Olympics bidding resulthttp://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html GamesBids.com - Past Results January 24, 2011 www.gamesbids.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html January 24, 2011 City CountryRound 1Salt Lake City United States54ÖstersundSweden14SionSwitzerland14Quebec City Canada7 Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held on 7 March 2002 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, with more than 40,000 spectators. Muffy Davis and Chris Waddell jointly lit the Paralympic cauldron.Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games https://www.paralympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002 International Paralympic Committee 22 February 2022 Closing ceremony The closing ceremony with more than 25.000 tickets sold was held on 16 March 2002 at the Olympic Medals Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City.Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games https://www.paralympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002 International Paralympic Committee 22 February 2022 Sports The games consisted of four disciplines in three sports, with 92 medal events in total.Salt Lake 2002 – General Information International Paralympic Committee 2008 http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Salt_Lake_City_2002/ 12 July 2011 class=skin-invert|20pxAlpine skiing 53 No class=skin-invert|20pxBiathlon 6 No class=skin-invert|20pxCross-country skiing 32 No class=skin-invert|20pxIce sledge hockey 1 No Venues In total 5 venues were used at the 2002 Winter Olympics around 4 cities and towns.http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/ Schedule 29 October 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20041211120909/http://saltlake2002.paralympic.org/ 11 December 2004 Salt Lake City Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium – opening ceremonies 2002 Olympic Medals Plaza – closing ceremonies Weber County, Utah Snowbasin: Alpine skiing Wasatch County, Utah Soldier Hollow: Biathlon and Cross-Country West Valley City, Utah E Center: Ice sledge hockey Medal table 2002 Winter Paralympics medal table The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (United States) is highlighted. flagIPC 2002 Winter 17 1 15 10 22 11 yes 10 3 6 9 10 10 7 9 5 6 4 5 6 4 2 6 1 0 4 1 3 4 0 2 Participating National Paralympics Committees 36 nations qualified athletes for the games. Six countries:Andorra, Chile, China, Croatia, Greece and Hungary all made their debut appearances. Slovenia was the only nation who did not send a delegation after having participated in the previous games. Participating National Paralympic Committees22em AND 2002 Winter 2 ARM 2002 Winter 6 AUS 2002 Winter 6 AUT 2002 Winter 22 BLR 2002 Winter 4 BUL 2002 Winter 1 CAN 2002 Winter 27 CHI 2002 Winter 2 CHN 2002 Winter 4 CRO 2002 Winter 2 CZE 2002 Winter 6 DEN 2002 Winter 1 EST 2002 Winter 13 FIN 2002 Winter 14 FRA 2002 Winter 18 GER 2002 Winter 26 GBR 2002 Winter 2 GRE 2002 Winter 1 HUN 2002 Winter 1 IRI 2002 Winter 1 ITA 2002 Winter 13 JPN 2002 Winter 36 KAZ 2002 Winter 1 NED 2002 Winter 4 NZL 2002 Winter 2 NOR 2002 Winter 27 POL 2002 Winter 14 RUS 2002 Winter 26 SVK 2002 Winter 14 RSA 2002 Winter 1 KOR 2002 Winter 6 ESP 2002 Winter 8 SWE 2002 Winter 19 SUI 2002 Winter 18 UKR 2002 Winter 10 USA 2002 Winter 57 Symbol and mascot of the games Paralympic Emblem The logo of the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games is made up of three distinct marks. The sphere on the top represents the head of the Paralympic athlete and also symbolizes the global unity of the Paralympic Movement. Two broad fluid lines represent the athlete in motion. The three taegeuks beneath the athlete reproduce the green, red and blue marks on the Paralympic Flag. right|thumb|Otto2002 Paralympic Mascot Mascot Powder, Copper, Coal and Otto The mascot for the Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City 2002 was Otto the otter. Indigenous peoples of the Americas consider otters to be fast swimmers, though in some stories a bit of a show-off.Erdoes, Richard and Ortiz, Alfonso. American Indian Myths and Legends. p. 312 After being nearly wiped out by pollution and over-trapping the river otter has been reintroduced to Utah and can be seen along the banks of the Green River and near Flaming Gorge. The otter was chosen as the official mascot of the Salt Lake 2002 Paralympic Winter Games because he embodies vitality and agility, and represents the spirit of every Paralympian.Mascots are Coal, Powder, Copper Jerry Spangler Deseret News 26 September 1999 https://www.deseret.com/1999/9/26/19467646/mascots-are-coal-powder-copper/ 31 October 2010Reach: An Educators Guide to the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 Salt Lake Organizing Committee 2001 15–17 http://www.uen.org/k12educator/reach/downloads/Trad1-20.pdf 31 October 2010 26 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201126232708/https://www.uen.org/k12educator/reach/downloads/Trad1-20.pdf dead Reach: An Educators Guide to the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 Salt Lake Organizing Committee 2001 74–77 https://www.uen.org/k12educator/reach/downloads/74-77.pdf 31 October 2010 20 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201020085636/https://www.uen.org/k12educator/reach/downloads/74-77.pdf dead See also Sports 2002 Winter Olympics 2034 Winter Paralympics 2007 Winter Deaflympics References External links Official site International Paralympic Committee Paralympics at SVT's open archive (including the 2002 event) sv Winter Paralympics Salt Lake City Nagano Turin VIII Paralympic Winter Games (2002) Paralympics Paralympics Category:Sports competitions in Salt Lake City Category:Winter Paralympic Games by year Category:2002 in sports in Utah Category:Winter multi-sport events in the United States Category:2000s in Salt Lake City Category:March 2002 sports events in the United States Category:2002 in disability sport Category:Parasports in the United States Category:2002 in international sports Category:Olympic Games in the United States