Park City Olympic Park Events ~ 2002 Olympic Facts

Park City’s three venues hosted 26 Olympic events during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games - exactly 1/3 of all 78 Olympic events.  Deer Valley Resort hosted 6 events — men’s and women’s moguls, freestyle aerials and Alpine slalom. PCMR hosted 6 events — men’s and women’s halfpipe, Snowboard PGS and Alpine GS. The UOP hosted 14 events — Nordic combined Sprint, Individual and Team (jumping); K90, K120 and K120 Team jumping; men’s and women’s luge; doubles luge; 4-man bobsled; 2-man bobsled; women’s bobsled; and men’s and women’s skeleton.

2002 Winter Olympic Games – Participation:

2,399 athletes (886 women, 1,513 men)

78 events

77 National Olympic Committees (Nations)

22,000 volunteers

8,730 media (2,661 written press, 6,069 broadcasters)

Recaps from the International Olympic Committee:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=2002
2002 Olympic Games Coverage by Sports Illustrated:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/