Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The event was held on February 23 at Deer Valley. Pre-race favorite Bode Miller fell off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggled with an extremely challenging course.[1]

Men's slalom
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueDeer Valley
DateFebruary 23
Competitors78 from 43 nations
Winning time1:41.06
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Pierre Vidal  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sébastien Amiez  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benjamin Raich  Austria
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Alain Baxter of Great Britain originally took the bronze, but was disqualified after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine. This apparently occurred because Baxter had used a Vicks inhaler from Canada, which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler.

Results

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Complete results from the men's slalom event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Time Difference
  Jean-Pierre Vidal   France 48.01 53.05 1:41.06
  Sébastien Amiez   France 50.16 51.66 1:41.82 +0.76
  Benjamin Raich   Austria 49.34 53.07 1:42.41 +1.35
4 Kilian Albrecht   Austria 50.26 52.19 1:42.45 +1.39
5 Urs Imboden   Switzerland 49.61 52.87 1:42.48 +1.42
6 Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway 49.92 52.80 1:42.72 +1.66
7 Markus Larsson   Sweden 50.29 52.57 1:42.86 +1.80
8 Jure Košir   Slovenia 49.80 53.54 1:43.34 +2.28
9 Ole Kristian Furuseth   Norway 51.03 53.36 1:44.39 +3.33
10 Andrzej Bachleda   Poland 51.43 53.22 1:44.65 +3.59
11 Chip Knight   United States 50.85 54.01 1:44.86 +3.80
12 Tom Stiansen   Norway 50.74 54.45 1:45.19 +4.13
13 Erik Schlopy   United States 51.27 53.94 1:45.21 +4.15
14 Michael von Grünigen   Switzerland 51.38 53.97 1:45.35 +4.29
15 Stanley Hayer   Czech Republic 51.97 54.15 1:46.12 +5.06
16 Thomas Grandi   Canada 51.15 55.08 1:46.23 +5.17
17 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner   Argentina 51.55 55.27 1:46.82 +5.76
18 Kiminobu Kimura   Japan 52.46 55.97 1:48.43 +7.37
19 Michal Rajčan   Slovakia 52.73 55.93 1:48.66 +7.60
20 Noel Baxter   Great Britain 53.66 55.98 1:49.64 +8.58
21 Kristinn Björnsson   Iceland 53.05 56.76 1:49.81 +8.75
22 Gareth Trayner   Great Britain 54.58 56.33 1:50.91 +9.85
23 Angel Pumpalov   Bulgaria 53.72 58.21 1:51.93 +10.87
24 Bode Miller   United States 48.37 1:04.42 1:52.79 +11.73
25 Ivars Ciaguns   Latvia 56.31 58.42 1:54.73 +13.67
26 Marko Đorđević   FR Yugoslavia 55.95 1:00.04 1:55.99 +14.93
27 Alexander Heath   South Africa 56.37 1:00.56 1:56.93 +15.87
28 Johann F. Haraldsson   Iceland 56.98 1:00.19 1:57.17 +16.11
29 Tahir Bisic   Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.55 1:00.17 1:57.72 +16.66
30 Kang Min Heuk   South Korea 58.01 1:00.47 1:58.48 +17.42
31 Byun Jong Moon   South Korea 58.38 1:03.20 2:01.58 +20.52
32 Atakan Alaftargil   Turkey 1:03.10 1:07.26 2:10.36 +29.30
33 Péter Vincze   Hungary 1:01.46 1:14.11 2:15.57 +34.51
Mitja Kunc   Slovenia 51.08 DNF
Ivica Kostelić   Croatia 49.60 DNF
Pierrick Bourgeat   France 50.54 DNF
Drago Grubelnik   Slovenia 50.51 DNF
Rene Mlekuž   Slovenia 50.57 DNF
Markus Ganahl   Liechtenstein 51.85 DNF
Tom Rothrock   United States 50.61 DNF
Ondřej Bank   Czech Republic 52.37 DNF
Niki Fürstauer   Lebanon 51.99 DNF
Alex Antor   Andorra 54.57 DNF
Michael Dickson   Australia 56.88 DNF
Nikolay Skriabin   Ukraine 56.76 DNF
Theodoros Christodoulou   Cyprus 59.74 DNF
Kamil Urumbaev   Uzbekistan 1:04.09 DNF
Hur Seung Wook   South Korea 56.70 DSQ
Vassilis Dimitriadis   Greece 55.24 DSQ
Bořek Zakouřil   Czech Republic DNS
Rainer Schönfelder   Austria DNF
Giorgio Rocca   Italy DNF
Kalle Palander   Finland DNF
Manfred Pranger   Austria DNF
Markus Eberle   Germany DNF
Jean-Philippe Roy   Canada DNF
Truls Ove Karlsen   Norway DNF
Edoardo Zardini   Italy DNF
Giancarlo Bergamelli   Italy DNF
Alan Perathoner   Italy DNF
Akira Sasaki   Japan DNF
Stefan Georgiev   Bulgaria DNF
Jan Holicky   Czech Republic DNF
Björgvin Björgvinsson   Iceland DNF
Todd Haywood   New Zealand DNF
Ivan Heimschild   Slovakia DNF
Kristinn Magnusson   Iceland DNF
Jesse Teat   New Zealand DNF
Lee Ki-hyun   South Korea DNF
Danil Anisimov   Kazakhstan DNF
Dejan Panovski   Macedonia DNF
Laurence Thoms   Fiji DNF
Robert Makharashvili   Georgia DNF
Bagher Kalhor   Iran DNF
Arsen Harutyunyan   Armenia DNF
Elbrus Isakov   Azerbaijan DNF
Kentaro Minagawa   Japan DSQ
Alain Baxter   Great Britain 50.16 52.16 1:42.32 +1.26

References

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  1. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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