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{{Infobox award
| name             = 2002 Winter Olympics medals
| location         = [[Salt Lake City]], {{flagIOC|USA}}
| award2_type      = Most total medals
| award2_winner    = {{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|36}}
| award1_type      = Most gold medals
| award1_winner    = {{flagIOC|NOR|2002 Winter|13}}
| award3_type      = Medalling NOCs
| award3_winner    = 24
| previous         = [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|1998]]
| main             = [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|Olympics medal tables]]
| next             = [[2006 Winter Olympics medal table|2006]]
}}
{{2002 Winter Olympics}}
The [[2002 Winter Olympics]], officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games,  was a winter [[multi-sport event]] held in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States, from February 8 to 24, 2002. A total of 2,399&nbsp;athletes from 77&nbsp;[[National Olympic Committee|National Olympic Committees]] (NOCs) (+5 from [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|1998 Olympics]]) participated in these Games, competing in 78&nbsp;events (+10 from 1998) in 15 [[Olympic sports#Winter Olympics|sports and disciplines]] (+1 from 1998).<ref name="olympic.org">{{cite web|title=Salt Lake City 2002 |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Salt-Lake-City-2002/ |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324004744/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Salt-Lake-City-2002/ |archive-date=March 24, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Athletes from 24&nbsp;countries won at least one medal. Germany led in overall medals (36) for the second consecutive Winter Games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nagano 1998|publisher=International Olympic Committee|url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Nagano-1998/|access-date=March 9, 2010| archive-url= https://archive.today/20100324004734/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Nagano-1998/ |archive-date= March 24, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Immediately following the Games, Germany was also the gold medal leader with twelve. With 36 total medals, Germany set a record for most total medals at a single Winter Olympics edition. Two years later, however, Norway was awarded two extra gold medals for a single event (where two Norwegians tied) after medal re-allocations, raising their total to thirteen and giving them the lead in gold medals (albeit not in the number of won events).<ref name="Norway"/> In addition, Norway tied the former [[Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Soviet Union in 1976]] for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics.<ref name=RecordGolds/> This record would later be broken by [[Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics]].<ref name=RecordGolds>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/canada-sets-olympic-gold-record-1.971872|title=Canada sets Olympic gold record|date=February 27, 2010|access-date=February 27, 2010|author=Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|archive-date=March 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303045603/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss|url-status=live}}</ref> The hosting [[United States]] was third in the medal table on both counts with a total of 34 medals.

Croatia and Estonia won the first medals and first gold medals in their Winter Olympic history,<ref>{{cite web|title=Terrible conditions but a great day for Kostelic|publisher=[[ESPN]]|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/alpine/story?id=1337667|first=Jim|last=Caple|date=February 20, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321104102/https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/alpine/story?id=1337667|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Day 5 Recap|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2002/numbers/day5recap.htm|date=February 12, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321104115/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/2002/numbers/day5recap.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> while Australia and China won their first gold medals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bradbury's strategy of being last had golden payoff|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/speed/story?id=1335251|first=Tim|last=Keown|date=February 17, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321104102/https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/speed/story?id=1335251|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ohno crashes yards from finish line|publisher=ESPN|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1335049|date=February 16, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321104103/https://www.espn.com/olympics/winter02/speed/news?id=1335049|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Biathlete]] [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]] of Norway won four gold medals, while Croatian [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|alpine skier]] [[Janica Kostelić]] won three golds and a silver, making them the two athletes with the most medals at the Games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Despite disputes, Games still glow as the flame dies out|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/27/news/27iht-a_87.html?pagewanted=print|first=Christopher|last=Clarey|date=February 27, 2002|access-date=May 30, 2008|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321104103/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/27/news/despite-disputes-games-still-glow-as-the-flame-dies-out.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Medal table==
{{see also|Olympic medal table}}
The medal table is based on information provided by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.<ref name="olympic.org"/> By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.{{clarify |reason = Are the figures in the table before or after the changes due to later disqualifications? |date=January 2022}}

<onlyinclude>{{Medals table
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 | gold_NOR = 13 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 7 | note_NOR = {{double-dagger}}
 | gold_GER = 12 | silver_GER = 16 | bronze_GER = 8
 | gold_USA = 10 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 11 | host_USA = yes 
 | gold_CAN = 7 | silver_CAN = 3 | bronze_CAN = 7
 | gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 4
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 4 | bronze_ITA = 5
 | gold_FIN = 4 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 5 | bronze_NED = 0
 | gold_AUT = 3 | silver_AUT = 4 | bronze_AUT = 10
 | gold_SUI = 3 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 6
 | gold_CRO = 3 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 0
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 4
 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0
 | gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_EST = 1 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 1
 | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 5
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 2
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1
}}</onlyinclude>

===Note===
{{double-dagger}} Norway won 12 events (like Germany) but collected two gold medals for a tie in a single event (the 10&nbsp;km + 10&nbsp;km combined pursuit), resulting in a total of 13 gold medals.

==Changes in medal standings==
{{see also|List of stripped Olympic medals}}
Due to various events, two extra [[gold medal]]s were awarded. In the [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|figure skating pairs competition]], [[Yelena Berezhnaya]] and [[Anton Sikharulidze]] of [[Russia]] were originally awarded the gold over [[Jamie Salé]] and [[David Pelletier]] of Canada. In the [[2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal|ensuing controversy]], it was revealed that French judge [[Marie-Reine Le Gougne]] had been pressured into voting for the Russians. Salé and Pelletier were later upgraded to gold, while Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze also kept their gold medals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three-year ban for skating judge|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1959181.stm|date=April 30, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|archive-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317222127/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1959181.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|cross-country skiing 30 km race]], Norwegians [[Thomas Alsgaard]] and [[Frode Estil]] originally tied for a silver medal behind Spain's [[Johann Muehlegg]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Norway demands that IOC strip Lazutina et al. of medals|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/norway-demands-that-ioc-strip-lazutina-et-al-of-medals-1.342466|date=March 13, 2002|access-date=May 5, 2008|archive-date=September 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925034452/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2002/03/13/doping020313.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Muehlegg had won three gold medals but tested positive for [[darbepoetin]] after winning his third. He was originally allowed to keep the other two gold medals, but two years later was stripped of all medals by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]].<ref name="Norway">{{cite news|title=Drugs pair lose medals|publisher=[[BBC|BBC Sport]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/other_sports/skiing/3495716.stm|date=February 28, 2004|access-date=May 6, 2008|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904060037/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/skiing/3495716.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Lazutina>{{cite news|title=Russian, Spaniard Stripped of Gold Medals|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/russian-spaniard-stripped-of-gold-medals|date=February 24, 2002|access-date=May 6, 2008|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924180227/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,46430,00.html|archive-date=September 24, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

In women's cross-country skiing, [[Larisa Lazutina]] of Russia originally won gold in the 30&nbsp;km race, but tested positive for [[darbepoetin]] and was stripped of her medal, so [[Gabriella Paruzzi]] of Italy was awarded the gold, Italian [[Stefania Belmondo]] received the silver and Norwegian [[Bente Skari]] the bronze. Lazutina won two more medals, and was allowed to keep them until 2003 when she was stripped of them by the Court of Arbitration for sport. She also lost a silver medal in the 15&nbsp;km race. In the 10&nbsp;km pursuit, she was stripped of a silver, so [[Beckie Scott]] of Canada was promoted to the silver and [[Kateřina Neumannová]] of the Czech Republic the bronze.<ref>{{cite news|title=IOC strips Russian cross-country skier of remaining medals|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-06-29-lazutina_x.htm|date=June 29, 2003|access-date=June 29, 2003|first=Stephen|last=Wilson|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today|archive-date=August 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823031300/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-06-29-lazutina_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The gold medal in that race was won by [[Olga Danilova]] of Russia but she also tested positive for [[darbepoetin]] and in 2004, Scott was upgraded to gold, Neumannova to silver and [[Viola Bauer]] of Germany to bronze.<ref name="Norway"/>

In the 10&nbsp;km + 10&nbsp;km combined pursuit, [[Frode Estil]] tied with fellow Norwegian [[Thomas Alsgaard]] for second place, with [[Johann Mühlegg]] (starting for Spain) winning the race. However, Mühlegg was found guilty of [[Doping (sport)|doping]] and disqualified by the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] in February 2004, therefore upgrading Estil and Alsgaard to joint gold medalists. Alsgaard and Estil clocked times of 49:48.9, 4 seconds ahead of [[Per Elofsson]].<ref name=2002Ogld>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930094559/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&competitorid=16096&raceid=3526] 2002 Olympic Gold</ref> Both Germany and Norway won 12 events, but Norway collected two gold medals for a single event, thus overtaking Germany, which had been considered the 2002 medal tally winner for two years.

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|[[Alain Baxter]]{{refn|name=AlainBaxter01|group=n|The [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) upheld the IOC's decision to disqualify Baxter,<ref name=arb/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/fury-as-baxter-loses-medal-appeal-1-862374 |title=Fury as Baxter loses medal appeal |work=The Scotsman |date=October 16, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828083205/http://www.scotsman.com/news/fury-as-baxter-loses-medal-appeal-1-862374 |url-status=live }}</ref> but the CAS judgement found that "The panel is not without sympathy for Mr Baxter, who appears to be a sincere and honest man who did not intend to obtain a competitive advantage in the race."<ref name=arb/>{{rp|8}} Nevertheless, they found that his offence had been committed and as such would not reinstate the medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/oct/16/winterolympics20021 |title='Sincere and honest' Baxter loses medal appeal |work=The Guardian |date=October 16, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref> In December 2002, Austrian [[Benjamin Raich]] received the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/sports/plus-skiing-olympic-bronze-goes-to-austrian.html |title=Plus: Skiing; Olympic Bronze Goes to Austrian |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911142747/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/sports/plus-skiing-olympic-bronze-goes-to-austrian.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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| rowspan="3" |[[Larisa Lazutina]]
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|-
|rowspan=3|[[Johann Mühlegg]]
|rowspan=3|{{ESP}}
|{{gold1}}
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|<ref name=Z1340028/>
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|{{gold1}}
|[[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start|Cross-Country Skiing, Men's 30 km freestyle]]
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IOC games|games=2002 Winter Olympics }}
* {{cite web |title=2002 Winter Olympics |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/editions/47 |access-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-date=February 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218214445/http://www.olympedia.org/editions/47 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/2002_2 |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=2002%2F2 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817004324/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=2002%2F2 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web|title=Medal Count for the 2002 Winter Olympics |publisher=databaseOlympics.com |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=45 |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418064015/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=45 |archive-date=April 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web|title=2002–Winter Olympics XIX (Salt Lake City, Utah)|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]|url=https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10299|access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923215610/http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=10299|archive-date=September 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|title=British Olympic Association–Winter Games–Salt Lake City 2002 |publisher=[[British Olympic Association]] |url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesabout.aspx?gt=w&ga=45 |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620111658/http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesabout.aspx?gt=w&ga=45 |archive-date=June 20, 2008 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web|title=Game: Salt Lake City–Australian Olympic Committee|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/3000/Salt+Lake+City+2002|access-date=May 8, 2008|publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]]|archive-date=July 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727085700/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/3000/Salt+Lake+City+2002|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|title=Winter Games–Salt Lake City 2002 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/index |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514122702/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/index |archive-date=May 14, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

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