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 |
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Alisa Camplin | Freestyle skiing | Leap |
Steven Bradbury | Short track | 1000 m |
Overview of the participants
figure skating
Women, singles
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Stephanie Zhang
- 25th place
Men, singles
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Anthony Liu
- 10th place
Freestyle skiing
Women
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Jane Sexton
- Mogul slope: 25th place
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Lydia Ierodiaconou-Lassila
- Jumping: 8th place
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Maria Despas
- Mogul slope: 21st place
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Manuela Berchtold
- Moguls: 27th place
Men
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Trennon Paynter
- Mogul slope: 23rd place
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Adrian Costa
- Mogul slope: 18th place
Short track
Men
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Mark McNee
- 1000m: 15th place
- 1500m: 28th place
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Andrew McNee
- 500m: 28th place
- 5000m relay: 6th place
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Alex McEwan
- 5000m relay: 6th place
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Stephen Lee
- 5000m relay: 6th place
Alpine skiing
Women
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Zali Steggall
- Slalom: Eliminated
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Jenny Owens
- Departure: 29th place
- Super-G: 29th place
- Giant Slalom: Eliminated
- Combination: 9th place
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Kathrin Nikolussi
- Slalom: Eliminated
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Jeannette Korten
- Giant Slalom: Eliminated
- Slalom: 25th place
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Alice Jones
- Departure: 27th place
- Super-G: Eliminated
- Combination: 12th place
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Rowena Bright
- Slalom: Eliminated
- Combination: 24th place
Men
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Brad Wall
- Giant slalom: 33rd place
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Michael Dickson
- Slalom: Eliminated
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Craig Branch
- Departure: 45th place
- Super-G: 27th place
- Combination: Eliminated
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AJ Bear
- Departure: 37th place
- Super-G: Eliminated
- Combination: Eliminated
Snowboard
Men
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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
- ↑ Medal table of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- ↑ Australia win first ever gold. BBC Online, February 7, 2002, accessed April 6, 2014 .