Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition results were as follows.
Halfpipe Men
- Ross Powers (USA)
- Danny Kass (USA)
- Jarret Thomas (USA)
The first time the Americans have swept a Winter Olympic event since the men's figure skaters did it in 1956. Powers, with a score of 46.1, dominated the competition. Kass and Thomas, in contrast, with scores of 42.5 and 42.1, barely beat Giacomo Kratter's score of 42.0. A crowd of about 16,500 watched.
Powers got a vertical of about 18 feet, and performed two McTwists, a cab 720 with an indy grab, a frontside 720 with an indy grab and a stalefish grab.
Parallel Giant Slalom Men
- Philipp Schoch (SUI)
- Richard Richardsson (SWE)
- Chris Klug (USA)
Schoch's qualification for the last 16 was already remarkable, but is title is even more so. Chris Klug had a liver transplantation 2 years prior.
Halfpipe Women
- Kelly Clark (USA)
- Doriane Vidal (FRA)
- Fabienne Reuteler (SUI)
Parallel Giant Slalom Women
- Isabelle Blanc (FRA)
- Karine Ruby (FRA)
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