Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Canada at the Olympic Games
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2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Flag bearer	Catriona Le May Doan
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 7	Silver 3	Bronze 7	Total 17
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Canada competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

These games were the second best ever for Canada, as they finished in fourth place in the medal standings with 17 medals, seven of which were gold.

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Isabelle Charest, Marie-Eve Drolet, Amélie Goulet-Nadon, Alanna Kraus, Tania Vicent — Short track speed skating , women's 3000 metre relay
Diane Dezura, Kelley Law, Cheryl Noble, Julie Skinner, and Georgina Wheatcroft — Curling, women's competition
Deidra Dionne — Freestyle skiing, women's aerials
Marc Gagnon — Short track speed skating, men's 1500 metres
Mathieu Turcotte — Short track speed skating, men's 1000 metres
Clara Hughes — Speed skating, women's 5000 metres
Cindy Klassen — Speed skating, women's 3000 metres

Andrew Capicik, men's aerials freestyle skiing
Women's 4x5 km relay cross country skiing team: Amanda Fortier, Sara Renner, Beckie Scott, Milaine Thériault
Kristina Groves, women's 3000 metres speed skating
Alanna Kraus, women's 1000 metres short track speed skating
Jean Philippe Roy, men's combined alpine skiing
Elvis Stojko, men's singles figure skating
Mélanie Turgeon, women's downhill alpine skiing

Canada won double gold in ice hockey after going 50 years without a gold medal. Both the women's and men's teams won gold.
Marc Gagnon, a short-track speedskater won double gold, and a bronze medal. One of his golds was for the 5000 m relay team.
Catriona LeMay Doan caps off an impressive speedskating career winning gold in the 500 m
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier win gold in the pairs figure skating event. They were given the gold after a controversy involving the French judge of their event. Both the Canadians and their Russian rivals would win gold in the same event.
Beckie Scott became the first North American to win a medal in cross-country skiing, when she placed third in her event. Later on however, she was bumped up to gold when the two finishers ahead of her were disqualified.
Clara Hughes made the transition from bronze medalist cyclist to bronze medalist speedskater when she finished 3rd in the 3000 m.
Jeremy Wotherspoon, expected to win gold in his event, disappointed many, when he tripped and fell after starting in his 500 m event.
Elvis Stojko finishes his career with an 8th place finish in the men's figure skating event.