2002 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping

Ski jumping at the 2002 winter olympics consisted of three events held from 10 february to 13 february taking place at park city. Both qualifying and the final rounds took place on 10 february 2002 after heavy wind caused a cancellation of the qualifying round on 9 february 2002. Utah olympic park also hosted the sliding events in 2002 bobsled luge and skeleton.
2002 winter olympics ski jumping

Athlete event qualification point final point rank choi heung chul.

2002 winter olympics ski jumping. K90 individual 1055 2160 30 k120 individual 731 did not qualify. The mens normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2002 winter olympics was held in park city utah. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. Nieminen executes a 120m and a 123m jumps to win the event martin hollwarth claims the silver medal and heinz kuttin the bronze.

The 2002 ski jumping events were conducted at utah olympic park north of park city and east of salt lake city which was also specifically constructed for the winter olympics although it was built in the early 1990s preparing for the bid for the 1998 olympic winter games which went to nagano. It occurred on 18 february. The competition went for two days with the qualifying round on february 12 and the final rounds on february 13. The 2002 winter olympics officially known by the international olympic committee as the xix olympic winter games was an international multi sport event held in salt lake city utah united states from february 8 through february 24 2002a total of 2399 athletes from 77 national olympic committees nocs participated at the games in 78 events across 15 disciplines.

K90 individual 1065. Ski jump at the utah olympic park in park city. The mens large hill team ski jumping competition for the 2002 winter olympics was held in park city. At 16 years of age toni nieminen of finland secures the large hill individual gold medal becoming the youngest winter olympic champion.

Thirteen teams competed in the team event with each team consisting of four jumpers. The mens large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2002 winter olympics was held in park city united states. Ski jumping medals being awarded at the salt lake medal plaza on february 13 at the 2002 winter olympics fireworks at the salt lake medal plaza vonetta flowers and jill bakken during the medal ceremony at the olympic medal plaza in salt lake city after winning the gold medal in the two woman bobsleigh for the united states. Each of the four team members jumped twice with all jumps counting towards the final team total.

All the best photo and video highlights of ski jumping at the salt lake city 2002 winter games olympics plus official results and medals by event and athlete.