2002 Winter Olympics

Are you interested in learning more about the history of the Winter Olympics? Are you familiar with all the Olympic sports? Would you like to read some interesting "human interest" stories on Olympic atheletes? Just follow the links below...

Official Websites

Salt Lake 2002
The official site of the 2002 games.
WWW.OLYMPIC.ORG
The official website of the Olympic movement - descriptions of Olympic sports, history of the games, and famous Olympic athletes.

Olympic History
Winter Olympics Through the Years
Want to know who won the gold medal in men's downhill in 1952? Where the games took place? This site contains links to past games by year, as well as by event.

News Coverage
NY Times Olympics Coverage
Contains good background on events and atheletes, in addition to daily event coverage.
BBC Winter Olympics Coverage
Perhaps you think there's too much focus on American atheletes in the American news media...
Yahoo! News Winter Olympics
Links to news stories, video, information on individual events.

Etc.
Olympics Crossword Puzzle
See how many Olympics terms you know.
Olympic Weather Support Project
Just in case you had any questions about the weather in Salt Lake City.
Winter Olympics
This site contains lots of interesting information on the science of the Olympics - nutrition, physics, physiology and psychology.
Preparing for the World: Homeland Security and Winter Olympics
In the wake of 9-11, we may never look at large public gatherings in the same way again.

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This page prepared by:
Cliff Stevens
English Language Program
UC Berkeley Extension

Last updated on 9/8/01