2002 Winter Olympics
Appearance
Host ceety | Salt Lake City, Utah, Unitit States |
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Motto | Light The Fire Within |
Naitions pairteecipatin | 78[1] |
Athletes pairteecipatin | 2,399 (1,513 men, 886 weemen)[2] |
Events | 78 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) |
Closin ceremony | Februar 24 |
Offeecially appened bi | Preses George W. Bush |
Athlete's Oath | Jim Shea |
Judge's Oath | Allen Church |
Olympic Torch | Members o the 1980 USA hockey team, led bi team caiptain Mike Eruzione |
The 2002 Winter Olympics, offeecially the XIX Olympic Winter Gemmes (French: Les XIXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) an commonly kent as Salt Lake 2002, war a winter multi-sport event that wis celebratit in Februar 2002 in an aroond Salt Lake City, Unitit States.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ The IOC site for the 2002 Winter Olympic Gemmes gies figur o 77 pairteecipated NOCs, houever ane can coont 78 naitions leuking throu offeecial results o 2002 Gemmes Part 1 Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, Part 2 Archived 2014-01-18 at the Wayback Machine, Part 3 Archived 2014-01-18 at the Wayback Machine. Probably this is consequence that Costa Rica's delegation o ane athlete jyned the Gemmes efter the Openin Ceremony, or this is consequence that Puerto Rico delegation o twa athletes did nae stairt in the twa-man bobsleigh event.
- ↑ "The Olympic Winter Games Factsheet" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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