# Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
**Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics** was held from 10 to 23 February 2002 and consisted of ten events, five for men and five for women (downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined), at three venues in the [Salt Lake City](https://www.edgepedia.org/salt-lake-city) area: Snowbasin, [Deer Valley](https://www.edgepedia.org/deer-valley), and Park City.[1](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL) • [2](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?eventid=8479&seasoncode=2002§orcode=AL) Fritz Strobl of Austria won the men's downhill and Croatia's Janica Kostelić took the women's combined.[3](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/salt-lake-city-2002/results/alpine-skiing)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Events | 10 (men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined)[1](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL) |
| Dates | 10–23 February 2002[1](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL) |
| Venues | Snowbasin (downhill, super-G, combined), Deer Valley (slalom), Park City (giant slalom)[2](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?eventid=8479&seasoncode=2002§orcode=AL) |
| Men's downhill winner | Fritz Strobl (AUT), 1:39.13[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) |
| Women's downhill winner | Carole Montillet (FRA), 1:39.56[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) |
| Men's downhill margin | 0.22 s over Lasse Kjus[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) |
| Women's downhill margin | 0.45 s over Isolde Kostner[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) |
## Venues and event dates
FIS's event record assigns the speed and combined events to Snowbasin, Utah, the slaloms to Deer Valley, and the giant slaloms to Park City.[2](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?eventid=8479&seasoncode=2002§orcode=AL)
The race calendar ran as follows:[1](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL)
- 10 February: men's downhill
- 12 February: women's downhill
- 13 February: men's combined (downhill and slalom)
- 14 February: women's combined (downhill and slalom)
- 16 February: men's super-G
- 17 February: women's super-G
- 20 February: women's slalom
- 21 February: men's giant slalom
- 22 February: women's giant slalom
- 23 February: men's slalom
Contemporary BBC statistics confirm the combined dates of 13–14 February and place the women's super-G on 17 February and the giant slaloms on 21–22 February.[5](http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/static/winter_olympics/statistics/events/alpine_skiing_results.stm)
## Medalists and results
**Men's downhill (10 February).** Fritz Strobl won in 1:39.13. Lasse Kjus of Norway took silver in 1:39.35, 0.22 seconds back, and Stephan Eberharter of Austria bronze in 1:39.41, 0.28 seconds back. Kjetil André Aamodt was fourth in 1:39.78 and Christian Greber sixth in 1:40.00.[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm)
**Women's downhill (12 February).** Carole Montillet of France won gold in 1:39.56, with Italy's Isolde Kostner second in 1:40.01 (+0.45) and Austria's Renate Götschl third in 1:40.39, a top-three spread of 0.83 seconds.[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm)
**Combined.** The official Olympic results portal names medalists for both the men's and women's combined, with [Janica Kostelić](https://www.edgepedia.org/janica-kostelic) among the women's medalists.[3](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/salt-lake-city-2002/results/alpine-skiing) In the men's combined, the FIS results database shows [Bode Miller](https://www.edgepedia.org/bode-miller) of the United States (born 1977) posting slalom-run times of 46.88 and 49.73 for a total of 1:36.61 with a 0.00 deficit, placing him first on that results page.[1](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL)
## By the numbers
Both downhills were decided by small margins. Strobl's winning margin of 0.22 seconds over Kjus covered a field whose top six spanned 1:39.13 to 1:40.00, less than nine-tenths of a second.[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) In the women's downhill, 0.45 seconds separated Montillet from Kostner, and the entire podium finished within 0.83 seconds.[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm) These margins illustrate how little time separated medal-winning from fourth-place runs on an Olympic downhill course: Aamodt's fourth place in the men's race, at 1:39.78, was 0.65 seconds off gold.[4](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm)
## References
1. [FIS | Alpine Skiing Results – Salt Lake City, UT (USA) 2001/2002](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?raceid=16465§orcode=AL)
2. [FIS | Salt Lake City, UT (USA) – Event Details – Alpine Skiing Olympic Winter Games](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?eventid=8479&seasoncode=2002§orcode=AL)
3. [Salt Lake City 2002 Alpine Skiing – Olympic Results by Discipline](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/salt-lake-city-2002/results/alpine-skiing)
4. [Salt Lake City 2002 – Alpine Skiing – Olympic Data Project](https://odp.mjchost.com/en/results/2002a-ask.htm)
5. [BBC Sport | Winter Olympics 2002 – Alpine skiing results](http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/static/winter_olympics/statistics/events/alpine_skiing_results.stm)
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