XIX Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Motto	Light The Fire Within
Nations	78
Athletes	2,399 (1,513 men, 886 women)
Events	78 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Opening	February 8
Closing	February 24
Opened by	President George W. Bush
Cauldron	Members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, led by team captain Mike Eruzione
Stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium
Winter
← Nagano 1998 Turin 2006 →
Summer
← Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 →

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States from February 8 2002 to February 24 2002. There were about 2,400 athletes from 77 nations. They were in 78 events. Utah was the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games.

Participating nations

78 National Olympic Committees sent athletes to the Salt Lake City games. Cameroon, Hong Kong (China), Nepal, Tajikistan, and Thailand were in their first Winter Olympic games. view more...