What is 2002 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|2002|Winter|Olympics| | host_city = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], United States | motto = ''Light The Fire Within'' | nations = 78 | athletes = 2,399 (1,513 men, 886 women) | events = 78 in 7 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (15 disciplines) | opening = February 8 | closing = February 24 | opened_by = [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] | cauldron = Members of the [[Miracle on Ice|1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team]], led by team captain [[Mike Eruzione]] | stadium = [[Rice–Eccles Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1998 Winter Olympics|Nagano 1998]] | winter_next = [[2006 Winter Olympics|Turin 2006]] | summer_prev = [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]] | summer_next = [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] |image=2002 Winter Olympics logo.svg|image_size=250px}} '''The 2002 Winter Olympics''', officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], [[United States]] from February 8 2002 to February 24 2002. There were about 2,400 athletes from 77 nations. They were in 78 events. Utah was the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games. [[File:2002 Winter Olympics participants.PNG|thumb|Participating nations]] 78 National Olympic Committees sent athletes to the Salt Lake City games. Cameroon, Hong Kong (China), Nepal, Tajikistan, and Thailand were in their first Winter Olympic games. ==Highlights== [[File:2002 Winter Olympics flame.jpg|thumb|150px|Olympic flame at [[Rice-Eccles Stadium|Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium]] during the opening ceremonies]] *The Olympic Flame was lit by the members of the gold medal-winning US Hockey Team of the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lake Placid, NY]]. *These Olympics were the first time a [[President of the United States|United States president]] opened an Olympic Winter Games. *These were the first Games to be held under IOC president [[Jacques Rogge]]. *[[Janica Kostelić]] won three golds and a silver which were the first Winter Olympic medals ever for [[Croatia