Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

2002 Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing

Downhill Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Fritz Strobl (AUT)	1:39.13
Silver	Lasse Kjus (NOR)	1:39.35
Bronze	Stephan Eberharter (AUT)	1:39.41

Big favorite Eberharter is beaten by a compatriot and the all-rounder Kjus. Super-G Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR)	1:21.58
Silver	Stephan Eberharter (AUT)	1:21.68
Bronze	Andreas Schifferer (AUT)	1:21.83

10 year after his first Olympic title, Aamodt wins his second Super-G gold and his second gold of the Games. Combined Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR)	3:17.56
Silver	Bode Miller (USA)	3:17.84
Bronze	Benjamin Raich (AUT)	3:18.26

Miller skies from a 15th place on the downhilll to a silver medal, leaving less than 3 tenths of a second to Aamodt, who a record sixth Olympic medal in alpine skiing. Giant Slalom Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Stephan Eberharter (AUT)	2:23.28
Silver	Bode Miller (USA)	2:24.16
Bronze	Lasse Kjus (NOR)	2:24.32

Eberharter becomes the oldest man to win an Alpine event. Slalom Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Jean-Pierre Vidal (FRA)	1:41.06
Silver	Sebastien Amiez (FRA)	1:41.82
Bronze	Benjamin Raich (AUT)	1:42.41

Pre-race favorite Bode Miller falls off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggle with an extremely challenging course. Britain's Alain Baxter originally takes the bronze, but loses it after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine. This occurred because Baxter had used an American Vicks inhaler, which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler. Downhill Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Carole Montillet (FRA)	1:39.56
Silver	Isolde Kostner (ITA)	1:40.01
Bronze	Renate Götschl (AUT)	1:40.39

Montillet surprises favorites Kostner, Götschl and Gerg.

France's Montillet Wins Women's Downhill, The New York Times, February 12, 2002 (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/olympics/12CND-DOWN.html) Super-G Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Daniela Ceccarelli (ITA)	1:13.59
Silver	Janica Kostelic (CRO)	1:13.64
Bronze	Karen Putzer (ITA)	1:13.86

The podium is completely filled with surprises as the favourites fail to medal. Combined Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Janica Kostelic (CRO)	2:43.28
Silver	Renate Götschl (AUT)	2:44.77
Bronze	Martina Ertl (GER)	2:45.16

Konstelic becomes the first person to win four medals at a single Winter Games. Giant Slalom Women

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Janica Kostelic (CRO)	2:30.01
Silver	Anja Pärson (SWE)	2:31.33
Bronze	Sonja Nef (SUI)	2:31.67

After recovering from a 2001 knee injury, Kostelic wins the first medal for Croatia at the Winter Games. Slalom Women (Wednesday, February 20)

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Janica Kostelic (CRO)	1:46.10
Silver	Laure Pequégnot (FRA)	1:46.17
Bronze	Anja Pärson (SWE)	1:47.09

Konstelic and Paerson both win medals for the second time in the Olympics.