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2002 Olympic Ice Hockey Medalists

Men Women Medal breakdown (2 events): Two medals—Canada (2-0-0), United States (0-2-0); One medal—Russia (0-0-1) and Sweden (0-0-1).    

2002 Olympic Luge Medalists

Men Women Medal breakdown (3 events): Five medals—Germany (2-2-1); Two—United States (0-1-1); One—Italy (1-0-0) and Austria (0-0-1).    

Nordic Combined

IndividualSprintTeam Each event consists of a ski jump followed by a cross country race (freestyle). The cross country starting order in all events is determined by finish in ski jump. The…

2002 Olympic Ski Jumping Medalists

Normal Hill Large Hill Team (Large Hill) Each competitor gets two jumps with points awarded for distance and style. The normal hill is 90 meters (295 feet) and the large hill is…

2002 Olympic Snowboarding Medalists

Men Women The halfpipe is a U-shaped course dug into a snow-covered hill. Each finalist makes two runs, with the higher score determining their final standing. The parallel giant…

2002 Olympic Speed Skating Medalists

Men Women The long track oval measures 400 meters (1,312 feet). Distance laps: 500m (11/4 laps); 1,000m (21/2 laps); 1,500m (33/4 laps); 3,000m (71/2 laps); 5,000m (121/2 laps); 10,…

Port Huron

(Encyclopedia) Port HuronPort Huronhy&oobreve;rˈən [key], city (1990 pop. 33,694), seat of St. Clair co., S Mich., a natural, deepwater port of entry at the junction of the St. Clair River with…

Syracuse, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) SyracuseSyracusesĭrˈəky&oomacr;s, sĕrˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 163,860), seat of Onondaga co., central N.Y., on Onondaga Lake and the Erie Canal; settled c.1788, inc. as a city…

Caspian Sea

(Encyclopedia) Caspian SeaCaspian Seakăsˈpēən [key], Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium, salt lake, c.144,000 sq mi (373,000 sq km), between Europe and Asia; the largest lake in the world. It is…