2002 Winter Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, with 25 athletes who competed in five disciplines.

It was Australia's 16th participation in the Winter Olympics . With two gold medals won, Australia was in 19th place on the medal table . Steven Bradbury's gold medal on the short track was Australia's first ever gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

Flag bearer

Freestyle skier Adrian Costa wore the flag of Australia during the opening ceremony at Rice-Eccles Stadium , and at the closing ceremony it was carried by gold medalist Steven Bradbury.

See also → List of flag bearers of the Australian teams at the Olympic Games

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Alisa Camplin	Freestyle skiing	Leap
Steven Bradbury	Short track	1000 m

Overview of the participants

figure skating

Women, singles

• Stephanie Zhang

  25th place

Men, singles

• Anthony Liu

  10th place

Freestyle skiing

Women

• Jane Sexton

  Mogul slope: 25th place

• Lydia Ierodiaconou-Lassila

  Jumping: 8th place

• Maria Despas

  Mogul slope: 21st place

• Manuela Berchtold

  Moguls: 27th place

• Alisa Camplin

  Jump: gold

Men

• Trennon Paynter

  Mogul slope: 23rd place

• Adrian Costa

  Mogul slope: 18th place

Short track

Men

• Mark McNee

  1000m: 15th place

  1500m: 28th place

• Andrew McNee

  500m: 28th place

  5000m relay: 6th place

• Alex McEwan

  5000m relay: 6th place

• Stephen Lee

  5000m relay: 6th place

• Steven Bradbury

  500m: 14th place

  1000m: gold

  1500m: 10th place

  5000m relay: 6th place

Alpine skiing

Women

• Zali Steggall

  Slalom: Eliminated

• Jenny Owens

  Departure: 29th place

  Super-G: 29th place

  Giant Slalom: Eliminated

  Combination: 9th place

• Kathrin Nikolussi

  Slalom: Eliminated

• Jeannette Korten

  Giant Slalom: Eliminated

  Slalom: 25th place

• Alice Jones

  Departure: 27th place

  Super-G: Eliminated

  Combination: 12th place

• Rowena Bright

  Slalom: Eliminated

  Combination: 24th place

Men

• Brad Wall

  Giant slalom: 33rd place

• Michael Dickson

  Slalom: Eliminated

• Craig Branch

  Departure: 45th place

  Super-G: 27th place

  Combination: Eliminated

• AJ Bear

  Departure: 37th place

  Super-G: Eliminated

  Combination: Eliminated

Snowboard

Men

• Zeke Steggall

  Parallel giant slalom: 26th place

Web links

• Australia at the Olympic Winter Games 2002. in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medal table of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
2. ↑ Australia win first ever gold. BBC Online, February 7, 2002, accessed April 6, 2014 .