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Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics 
Summary
Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 53 events, 34 for men and 19 for women which all took place at the Snowbasin Ski Area.
| Alpine skiing at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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(1996-2004)
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA)
|
9 | 17 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT)
|
9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER)
|
8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS)
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 |  Switzerland (SUI)
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 |  Canada (CAN)
|
4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 |  New Zealand (NZL)
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Spain (ESP)
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 |  France (FRA)
|
2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 |  Czech Republic (CZE)
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 |  Italy (ITA)
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sweden (SWE)
|
0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 |  Slovakia (SVK)
|
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 |  South Korea (KOR)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Japan (JPN)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Russia (RUS)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Norway (NOR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 53 | 53 | 53 | 159 | |
Medal summary edit
The competition events were:
- Downhill: men – women
- Super-G: men – women
- Giant slalom: men – women
- Slalom: men – women
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
- LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
- LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
- LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
- LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
- LW 12 – sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
- B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
- B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
- B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
Men's events edit
Women's events edit
See also edit
References edit
- "2002 Salt Lake City - Alpine skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- "Medal Standings - Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Alpine Skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing: Results - Super-G, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing: Men's and women's downhill results, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Alpine skiing medals - Giant slalom events, Deseret News
- Paralympics - Paralympic alpine-skiing times - Saturday's slalom events at Snowbasin Ski area, Deseret News