Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
| Alpine skiing at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Snowbasin Ski Resort |
| Dates | 8 to 16 March |
| Competitors | 193 from 30 nations |
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(1996-2004)
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 53 events, 34 for men and 19 for women which all took place at the Snowbasin Ski Area.
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | 
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Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA)
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9 | 17 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT)
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9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER)
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8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS)
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6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |  Switzerland (SUI)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN)
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4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 |  New Zealand (NZL)
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4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Spain (ESP)
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 |  France (FRA)
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2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 |  Czech Republic (CZE)
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2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 |  Italy (ITA)
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1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sweden (SWE)
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0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Slovakia (SVK)
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0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 |  South Korea (KOR)
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Japan (JPN)
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Russia (RUS)
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Norway (NOR)
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 53 | 53 | 53 | 159 | |
Medal summary
[edit]The competition events were:
- Downhill: men – women
- Super-G: men – women
- Giant slalom: men – women
- Slalom: men – women
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
- LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
- LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
- LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
- LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
- LW 12 – sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
- B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
- B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
- B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
Men's events
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Women's events
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "2002 Salt Lake City - Alpine skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- "Medal Standings - Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Alpine Skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing: Results - Super-G, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing: Men's and women's downhill results, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing medals - Giant slalom events, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Paralympic alpine-skiing times - Saturday's slalom events at Snowbasin Ski area, Deseret News
