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2002 Winter Olympic GamesThe 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
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competition consisted of men's and women's Halfpipe and Parallel Giant Slalom events. The snowboarding competition took place at
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, over a five day period.
Medal table
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5 |
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1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Men's events
Halfpipe
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|46.1 |
|42.5 |
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42.1 |
Parallel giant slalom
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Women's events
Halfpipe
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|47.9 |
|43.0 |
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39.7 |
Parallel giant slalom
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