# 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay

The 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay was a 65-day run, from December 4, 2001, until February 8, 2002, prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The runners carried the Olympic Flame throughout the United States – following its lighting in Olympia, Greece, to the opening ceremony of the 2002 games at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2002 torch relay was also the 50th anniversary of the Winter Olympic torch relay, which was first run during the 1952 Winter Olympics.

## Planning

Preparations for the torch relay began in March 1999, when the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) issued a Request for Proposals from contractors to plan the relay route, including security and marketing plans. In May, the contract was awarded to Além International Management, Inc., a logistics consulting firm which had previously organized the Olympic torch relays in 1996 and 1998, and was then planning the relay for 2000. Planning of the relay itself began in June, with organizers announcing that the scope of the event would be determined by sponsorships, as all organizing costs would be paid by the relay's sponsors as opposed to state and national governments.
In February 2000, The Coca-Cola Company and Chevrolet signed an agreement with SLOC to become the official relay sponsors, agreeing to pay two-thirds of the $25 million relay cost. The remainder of the cost would be paid for by official relay providers, such as Delta Air Lines, who flew the flame from Greece to the United States, and Union Pacific, whose trains transported the flame through parts of the United States.
The route produced by SLOC and Além was announced to the public on December 4, 2000. It would have the torch cover 13,500 miles (21,700 km), passing through 46 of the 50 U.S. states, and be carried by 12,012 torchbearers. The torch would pass through 300 communities, stopping twice a day: once for a midday celebration and then in a larger populated city for the night. 120 of the 300 communities would host the special celebrations, which would allow large groups of people to participate in the Olympic spirit. It also allowed each community to show off local talent, its people, and history. Atlanta, New York City, and Salt Lake City were all selected as special signature cities, and they would host large relay celebrations which would be paid for, planned, and controlled by SLOC. Later plans for special commemorations of September 11, 2001, along the relay route in Washington, D.C., and New York City, would be added to the route plan. The torch and all relay marketing would be designed to closely follow the 2002 Olympic theme Light the Fire Within and the look of the games theme Land of Contrast - Fire and Ice.
In February 2001, the nomination process for torchbearers was begun. SLOC had decided on a theme of Inspire for the Torchbearers, and people were encouraged to nominate those who inspire others. Of the 12,012 torchbearer positions, SLOC, Coca-Cola, and Chevrolet each got to select one-third of the nominees, while a few were reserved for providers and special guests at the Opening Ceremony. SLOC received approximately 50,000 nominations for its 3,500 positions, so applications were separated by ZIP code then sent to a local community judging panel who scored the applications and selected the torchbearers for their area. Coca-Cola and Chevrolet both received more than 120,000 applications for their positions, and both used a random selection process to choose torchbearers.
SLOC president Mitt Romney was scheduled to release the names of the selected torchbearers in a press conference at New York City's Battery Park on September 12, 2001. The press conference had initially been set for the morning of September 11, but it was postponed by one day to allow Romney to lobby Congress for additional Olympics security funding. The event was canceled entirely due to the September 11 attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center towers a few blocks away from the park. The announcement of the torchbearers' names was postponed until October 4, when they were unveiled in an event on the steps of the Utah State Capitol.

## Relay elements
### Torch

The 2002 Olympic Torch, engineered and manufactured by Coleman, was modeled after an icicle, with a slight curve to represent speed and fluidity. The Torch measured 33 inches (84 cm) long, 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide at the top, 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) at the bottom, and was designed by Axiom Design of Salt Lake City. It was created with three sections, each with its own meaning and representation.
The top section was glass, and the Olympic flame burned within the glass, echoing the 2002 Olympic theme Light the Fire Within. The glass stood for purity, winter, ice, and nature. Also inside the glass was a geometric copper structure which helped hold the flame. Copper is a very important natural element of Utah, and represented fire, warmth, Utah's History, and mirrored the orange/red colors of the theme Fire and Ice. The center section was made of silver and finished to look old and worn, while the bottom section was made of clean, highly polished silver. The center section represented the silver mining heritage of the American West, while the bottom section represented the future and modern technology. The Torchbearer gripped the torch at the junction of both the aged and polished silver, during which their hand represented a bridge from the past to the present. The two silver sections also mirrored the blue/purple colors of the Fire and Ice theme.

### Modes of transportation

The Olympic torch was carried through a variety of modes, including runners, skiers, motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, canoes, and bicycles.

#### Aircraft

Delta Air Lines, one of the relay providers, was responsible for carrying the flame across the Atlantic Ocean from Athens, Greece, to the United States. A Boeing 777, known as the Soaring Spirit, decorated in Olympic-themed livery carried the Olympic flame in a ceremonial lantern from Greece to Atlanta, Georgia, during an 11-hour flight.

#### Railroad car

Union Pacific, another of the relay providers, used a specially designed railroad car to carry the flame across various areas of the United States (mainly rural and desert areas). Coined the "Cauldron Car", it was part of Union Pacific's "Olympic Train", which included two diesel locomotives (UP Numbers: 2001 & 2002), 13 passenger cars, and 3 service cars with the cauldron car serving as the caboose. The entire train was painted in Olympic livery, using Salt Lake's "Look of the Games" style, known as "Land of Contrast - Fire and Ice". The cauldron car contained a 2 million-BTU burner, to keep the flame burning, was originally used during the torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was simply redesigned and repainted for the 2002 games. The Olympic train carried the flame on four separate occasions during the 2002 torch relay, for a total of more than 3,200 miles (5,100 km) through 11 states. Following the games the cauldron car was donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum at Union Station, where it is currently on display. In anticipation of the torch relay Overland Models (model railroading) created an H0 scale model of the Olympic Train, which included the two locomotives and several of the passenger cars.
The Heber Valley Historic Railroad also played a role in the torch relay. Its historic steam locomotives were joined by another from the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, and together they were known as the Olympic Steam Team. During the games all three locomotives would pull their own eight-car train loaded with spectators to the Soldier Hollow Olympic venue. The day prior to the Opening Ceremony of the games, all three locomotives were combined into one triple-headed train, and used to transport the Olympic flame from Soldier Hollow to Heber City, Utah, as part of the torch relay.

## Route

On November 19, 2001, the first 2002 Olympic torch was lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece. Greek actress Thalia Prokopiou played the role of high priestess and lit the torch using a flame kept in a clay urn. Usually the torch is lit using a parabolic mirror and the sun's rays, but for the third games in a row, cloudy conditions prevented that from happening during the ceremony. The weekend prior to the lighting ceremony, the flame held in the clay urn had been lit using the parabolic mirror and the sun's rays in case of this situation. Following the ceremony, a two-day Greek torch relay carried the flame to the Panathenian stadium in Athens, Greece, where it burned in a cauldron for two weeks.
On December 3, 2001, a Greek skier, Thanassis Tsailas, lit a 2002 Olympic torch from a flame in the cauldron, which in turn was used to light a ceremonial lantern. This lantern was then flown aboard the Soaring Spirit to Atlanta, Georgia, where it arrived on the morning of December 4. The lantern was unloaded and Bonnie Blair used its flame to light a temporary cauldron to be used at the celebration in Atlanta. During this celebration, Muhammad Ali lit a 2002 Olympic torch from the flame in the temporary cauldron, which he then passed to Olympians Peggy Fleming and Bob Paul, who began the 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay.
Some elements of the torch relay route were altered or canceled in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Special commemorations were held when the torch passed through Washington, D.C. and New York City, and several survivors, family members of victims, and first responders were given the opportunity to carry the torch. Additionally, the torch was planned to be carried by seaplane from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but this was canceled at the last minute because the seaplane operator was concerned about terrorism.
| Date | Locations | Notable torchbearers and notes | Map |
| December 4 | Atlanta, Georgia Hartsfield International Airport Centennial Olympic Park Coca-Cola headquarters Doraville GM Doraville Assembly Plant Athens Classic Center Clemson, South Carolina Clemson Memorial Stadium Greenville Peace Center | Atlanta Muhammad Ali Peggy Fleming Bob Paul Bill Spencer Nikki Stone Bonnie Blair Evander Holyfield Dan O'Brien Athens Paula Zahn Clemson Woodrow Dantzler | AtlantaDoravilleAthensClemsonGreenville |
| December 5 | Greenville Asheville, North Carolina Biltmore Estate Morganton Hickory Charlotte | Asheville Kyle Petty Charlotte Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Teresa Earnhardt | GreenvilleAshevilleMorgantonHickoryCharlotte |
| December 6 | Charlotte Rock Hill, South Carolina City Hall Plaza Chester Columbia South Carolina State House Charleston | Columbia Darius Rucker Charleston transported overnight to Jacksonville by Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher | CharlotteRock HillChesterColumbiaCharleston |
| December 7 | Jacksonville, Florida The Landing St. Augustine Daytona Beach DeLand Winter Park Orlando Lake Eola Park | Daytona Beach Jeff Gordon Orlando Howie Dorough | JacksonvilleSt. AugustineDaytona BeachDeLandWinter ParkOrlando |
| December 8 | Orlando Fort Lauderdale Miami Bayfront Park | Fort Lauderdale Venus Williams Serena Williams Miami Dan Marino | OrlandoFort LauderdaleMiami |
| December 9 | Miami Mobile, Alabama Biloxi, Mississippi New Orleans, Louisiana French Quarter Baton Rouge | | MobileBiloxiNew OrleansBaton Rouge |
| December 10 | Baton Rouge Lake Charles Beaumont, Texas Houston Amtrak station Rice University George R. Brown Convention Center | Baton Rouge boarded a Union Pacific train at Livonia Houston Mary Lou Retton Tara Lipinski | Baton RougeLake CharlesBeaumont |
| December 11 | Houston San Antonio River Walk The Alamo Austin Texas State Capitol Auditorium Shores | San Antonio David Robinson Austin Lance Armstrong | HoustonSan AntonioAustin |
| December 12 | Austin Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center Texas Christian University Livestock Exchange Building Arlington The Ballpark in Arlington GM Arlington Assembly Plant Dallas Southern Methodist University Fair Park Dealey Plaza City Hall Plaza | Fort Worth carried on horseback in a cattle drive Dallas Troy Aikman | AustinFort WorthArlingtonDallas |
| December 13 | Dallas Texarkana Arkadelphia, Arkansas Hot Springs Rockport Little Rock | Arkadelphia Joby Ogwyn | TexarkanaArkadelphiaHot SpringsRockportLittle Rock |
| December 14 | Little Rock Lonoke Carlisle Hazen Forrest City West Memphis Memphis, Tennessee National Civil Rights Museum Beale Street | Memphis crossed the Mississippi River on a riverboat | Little RockLonokeCarlisleHazenForrest CityWest Memphis |
| December 15 | Memphis St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Jackson Dickson Nashville Tennessee State University Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Vanderbilt University Riverfront Park | | MemphisJacksonDicksonNashville |
| December 16 | Nashville Madison Bowling Green, Kentucky Fountain Square Park National Corvette Museum Elizabethtown Louisville Churchill Downs Louisville Zoo Kentucky International Convention Center | Nashville Mike Dunham Louisville Loretta Lynn | NashvilleMadisonBowling GreenElizabethtownLouisville |
| December 17 | Louisville City Hall The Galleria Frankfort Lexington Hebron Cincinnati, Ohio Paul Brown Stadium | Louisville Diane Sawyer Cincinnati Kenyon Martin | LouisvilleFrankfortLexingtonHebronCincinnati |
| December 18 | Covington, Kentucky John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge Cincinnati Fairfax Mariemont Milford, Ohio Portsmouth Huntington, West Virginia Charleston | | Covington/CincinnatiMilfordPortsmouthHuntingtonCharleston |
| December 19 | Charleston Morgantown Washington, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Heinz Field | | CharlestonMorgantownWashingtonPittsburgh |
| December 20 | Pittsburgh Uniontown Fort Necessity National Battlefield Cumberland, Maryland Martinsburg, West Virginia | Pittsburgh Mario Lemieux Martinsburg Ricky Rudd | PittsburghUniontownCumberlandMartinsburg |
| December 21 | Martinsburg Alexandria, Virginia The Pentagon Washington, D.C. Georgetown Freedom Plaza National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial United States Capitol | | MartinsburgAlexandriaWashington |
| December 22 | Washington The White House Baltimore, Maryland Rash Field Wilmington, Delaware Rodney Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Veterans Stadium Marconi Plaza Rittenhouse Square Liberty Bell City Hall Philadelphia Museum of Art | Baltimore Cal Ripken, Jr. Philadelphia Adam Taliaferro Vai Sikahema John F. Timoney | WashingtonBaltimoreWilmingtonPhiladelphia |
| December 23 | Philadelphia Hopewell Township, New Jersey Washington Crossing Historic Park Princeton Drumthwacket South Brunswick New York City Goethals Bridge Staten Island Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Queens East River Ferry Rockefeller Center | Washington Crossing recreated George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with the torch Brooklyn Christopher Reeve Joe Torre Lydia Stephans Raymond Lumpp New York Harbor ferried past Statue of Liberty Manhattan Rudy Giuliani | PhiladelphiaWashington CrossingPrincetonSouth BrunswickNew York City |
| December 24–25 | New York City Rockefeller Center | rested in a special cauldron for Christmas |
| December 26 | New York City Manhattan The Bronx New Haven, Connecticut Hartford Bushnell Park Providence, Rhode Island | New York City Ann Curry | New York CityNew HavenHartfordProvidence |
| December 27 | Providence Rhode Island State Capitol Fall River, Massachusetts New Bedford City Hall Plymouth Plymouth Rock Quincy Quincy Center Cambridge Harvard Square Somerville Boston Bayside Expo Center | Quincy Karen Cashman Boston Francis Bok Eric Maleson | ProvidenceFall RiverNew BedfordPlymouthQuincyCambridgeSomervilleBoston |
| December 28 | Boston Charlestown Everett York, Maine Kittery Portsmouth, New Hampshire Manchester Concord New Hampshire State House Hanover Dartmouth College Lebanon | Lebanon carried down Storrs Hill ski jump | YorkKitteryPortsmouthManchesterConcordHanoverLebanon |
| December 29 | Lebanon White River Junction, Vermont Montpelier Vermont State House Burlington Lake Champlain Grand Isle Ferry Plattsburgh, New York Lake Placid Verizon Sports Complex MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink Lake George Fort William Henry Hotel | White River Junction crossed Connecticut River on Abenaki canoe Lake Placid rode in bobsled carried down 90-meter ski jump by Casey Colby | LebanonWhite River JunctionMontpelierBurlingtonPlattsburgh |
| December 30 | Lake George Saratoga Springs Albany Utica Syracuse | Syracuse Stephen Baldwin | Lake GeorgeSaratoga SpringsAlbanyUticaSyracuse |
| December 31 | Syracuse Seneca Falls Rochester Amherst Tonawanda Buffalo Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site | Rochester Cathy Turner | SyracuseSeneca FallsRochesterAmherstTonawandaBuffalo |
| January 1 | Buffalo Erie, Pennsylvania Cleveland, Ohio Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | | Erie |
| January 2 | Cleveland Akron Canal Park Columbus Ohio State University COSI | | ClevelandAkronColumbus |
| January 3 | Columbus Springfield Moraine GM Moraine Assembly Plant Dayton Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park Lima Fort Wayne, Indiana | | ColumbusSpringfieldMoraineDaytonLima |
| January 4 | Fort Wayne South Bend University of Notre Dame | University of Notre Dame Theodore Hesburgh Gary Chicago, Illinois South Shore Cultural Center Museum of Science and Industry McCormick Place Navy Pier | Fort WayneSouth BendGaryChicago |
| January 5 | Oak Brook, Illinois Chicago Evanston Wilmette Kenilworth Winnetka Glencoe Highland Park Ravinia Festival Kenosha, Wisconsin Racine Shorewood Milwaukee West Milwaukee West Allis Milwaukee Pettit National Ice Center | Highland Park Ramsey Lewis Milwaukee Bonnie Blair | Oak BrookChicagoEvanstonWilmetteKenilworthWinnetkaGlencoeHighland Park KenoshaRacineShorewoodMilwaukeeWest Allis |
| January 6 | Milwaukee Lansing, Michigan Capital City Airport Michigan State Capitol Flint Royal Oak Warren Detroit Comerica Park | Milwaukee flown across Lake Michigan Lansing Tom Izzo Warren Gordie Howe Detroit Aretha Franklin | MilwaukeeLansingFlintRoyal OakWarrenDetroit |
| January 7 | Garden City Livonia Detroit Renaissance Center Ann Arbor Michigan Stadium Indianapolis, Indiana Broad Ripple Park Monument Circle | Ann Arbor Dave Brandon Indianapolis Kim Seybold Wayne Seybold | Garden CityLivoniaDetroitAnn Arbor |
| January 8 | Indianapolis Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway Terre Haute East St. Louis, Illinois Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center St. Louis, Missouri Gateway Arch Forest Park Saint Louis Science Center Kiener Plaza | Speedway driven around the track by Sam Hornish Jr. and Hélio Castroneves Tony George Eddie Cheever John Andretti St. Louis Jackie Joyner-Kersee Ozzie Smith Kurt Warner | IndianapolisSpeedwayTerre HauteEast St. LouisSt. Louis |
| January 9 | St. Louis Francis Field, Washington University Wentzville GM Wentzville Assembly Plant Columbia Hearnes Center Kansas City Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Country Club Plaza | | St. LouisWentzvilleColumbiaKansas City |
| January 10 | Kansas City St. Joseph Pony Express Museum Nebraska City, Nebraska Arbor Lodge State Park Council Bluffs, Iowa Omaha, Nebraska Joslyn Art Museum Creighton University Old Market Durham Western Heritage Museum | Omaha boarded Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Kansas | Kansas CitySt. JosephNebraska CityCouncil BluffsOmaha |
| January 11 | Topeka, Kansas Wichita Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bricktown Events Center Oklahoma City National Memorial Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State Capitol National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum | Oklahoma City Nadia Comăneci Bart Conner continued on Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Texas and New Mexico | TopekaWichita Oklahoma CityAmarillo |
| January 12 | Amarillo, Texas Santa Rosa, New Mexico Vaughn Santa Fe Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park Civic Plaza Amtrak station Belen | Vaughn disembarked from train for motorcade to Santa Fe Albuquerque boarded Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Texas and Arizona | Santa RosaVaughnSanta FeAlbuquerqueBelenEl Paso |
| January 13 | El Paso, Texas Tucson, Arizona Chandler Tempe Scottsdale Scottsdale Mall Phoenix Patriots Square Park | Tucson Kerri Strug Phoenix Curt Schilling | TucsonChandlerTempeScottsdalePhoenix |
| January 14 | Yuma Jacumba Hot Springs, California Chula Vista United States Olympic Training Center Coronado San Diego Balboa Park Embarcadero Marina Park | Chula Vista rowed across San Diego Bay by Cliff Meidl San Diego Sally Ride Lance Armstrong | YumaJacumba Hot SpringsChula VistaCoronadoSan Diego |
| January 15 | San Diego San Juan Capistrano Laguna Beach Newport Beach Costa Mesa Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum La Brea Tar Pits Universal CityWalk | Costa Mesa Lance Bass Los Angeles Goldie Hawn Debbie Heald Magic Johnson Rafer Johnson Larry King Michelle Kwan Carl Lewis Kevin Richardson Arnold Schwarzenegger Martin Sheen | San DiegoSan Juan CapistranoLaguna BeachNewport BeachCosta MesaLos Angeles |
| January 16 | Los Angeles Pasadena Norton Simon Museum Oxnard Ventura Santa Barbara Buellton Solvang Santa Ynez Santa Maria Guadalupe San Luis Obispo | Pasadena Erin Brockovich Chris O'Donnell | Los AngelesPasadenaOxnardVenturaSanta BarbaraBuelltonSolvangSanta YnezSanta MariaGuadalupeSan Luis Obispo |
| January 17 | San Luis Obispo Paso Robles King City Soledad Salinas National Steinbeck Center Carmel-by-the-Sea Pacific Grove Monterey Monterey Bay Aquarium Cannery Row Seaside | | San Luis ObispoPaso RoblesKing CitySoledadSalinas Carmel-by-the-SeaPacific GroveMontereySeaside |
| January 18 | Marina Santa Cruz San Jose Oakland Jack London Square San Francisco Hyde Street Pier Lombard Street Justin Herman Plaza | Oakland carried across San Francisco Bay on the schooner Alma San Francisco Pat O'Brien Barry Bonds | MarinaSanta CruzSan JoseOaklandSan Francisco |
| January 19 | San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Mill Valley Martinez Concord Walnut Grove Sacramento California State Capitol | San Francisco Willie Mays Concord Mike Love | San FranciscoMill ValleyMartinezConcordWalnut GroveSacramento |
| January 20 | Sacramento Truckee Olympic Valley Tahoe City Tahoe Vista Kings Beach Incline Village, Nevada South Lake Tahoe, California | Olympic Valley rode up in cable car, then skied down mountain by Mark Wellman | SacramentoTruckeeOlympic ValleyIncline VillageSouth Lake Tahoe |
| January 21 | South Lake Tahoe Stateline, Nevada Caesars Tahoe Genoa Carson City Nevada State Railroad Museum Nevada State Capitol Reno Reno Arch Sparks Truckee, California Roseville, California | Reno Mills Lane Patty Sheehan Sparks boarded Union Pacific train to Klamath Falls | StatelineCarson CityRenoSparksTruckeeRoseville |
| January 22 | Klamath Falls, Oregon Eugene Salem Willamette University Oregon State Capitol Tigard Portland | | Klamath FallsEugeneSalemTigardPortland |
| January 23 | Portland Vancouver, Washington Longview Kelso Tumwater Olympia Washington State Capitol Lacey Tacoma Des Moines Seattle Safeco Field Seattle Center | Olympia Bill Johnson Tacoma carried by tugboat across Puget Sound to Des Moines Seattle Jeff Nelson Megan Quann | PortlandVancouverLongviewKelsoTumwaterOlympiaLaceyTacomaDes MoinesSeattle |
| January 24 | Seattle Juneau, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier Spokane, Washington Spokane International Airport Spokane Arena | Juneau flown to and from Alaska by SkyWest Airlines rowed across Gastineau Channel in a traditional Tlingit canoe student protest at Juneau-Douglas High School was the subject of Supreme Court case Morse v. Frederick | Juneau |
| January 25 | Pasco, Washington Kennewick Baker City, Oregon Caldwell, Idaho Nampa Boise | Pasco crossed Columbia River on a Coast Guard Cutter | SpokanePascoKennewick Baker CityCaldwellNampaBoise |
| January 26 | Boise Mountain Home Twin Falls Fort Hall Indian Reservation Pocatello Idaho Falls | | BoiseMountain HomeTwin FallsFort HallPocatelloIdaho Falls |
| January 27 | Idaho Falls Rexburg West Yellowstone, Montana Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful West Yellowstone Big Sky Bozeman | | RexburgWest YellowstoneYellowstone NPBig SkyBozeman |
| January 28 | Bozeman Livingston Big Timber Columbus Laurel Billings | | BozemanLivingston Big Timber ColumbusLaurelBillings |
| January 29 | Sheridan, Wyoming Kaycee Casper Wheatland Cheyenne | | SheridanKayceeCasperWheatlandCheyenne |
| January 30 | Cheyenne Fort Collins, Colorado Loveland Berthoud Longmont Boulder Denver | Longmont Erik Weihenmayer Boulder Davis Phinney Denver John Elway | CheyenneFort CollinsLovelandBerthoudLongmontBoulderDenver |
| January 31 | Denver Littleton Columbine High School Colorado Springs | Littleton Columbine survivors Patrick Ireland, Richard Castaldo, and the father of victim John Tomlin | DenverLittletonColorado Springs |
| February 1 | Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods Johnson Village Buena Vista Leadville Vail Eagle | Vail Cindy Nelson | Colorado SpringsJohnson VillageBuena VistaLeadvilleVailEagle |
| February 2 | Eagle Glenwood Springs Carbondale Aspen Rifle Grand Junction | Rifle James (Jim) Boone | EagleGlenwood SpringsCarbondaleAspenRifleGrand Junction |
| February 3 | set aside as a contingency day in case of weather delays along the route, no relay celebrations due to the Super Bowl | set aside as a contingency day in case of weather delays along the route, no relay celebrations due to the Super Bowl | set aside as a contingency day in case of weather delays along the route, no relay celebrations due to the Super Bowl |
| February 4 | Arches National Park, Utah carried under Delicate Arch Moab Monument Valley Bryce Canyon Zion National Park Springdale Hurricane St. George | | Arches NPMoabMonument ValleyBryce CanyonZion NPSpringdaleHurricaneSt. George |
| February 5 | St. George, Utah Cedar City Parowan Beaver Richfield Centerfield Gunnison Manti Ephraim Nephi Provo | | St. GeorgeCedar CityParowanBeaverRichfieldCenterfieldGunnisonMantiEphraimNephiProvo |
| February 6 | Provo Orem American Fork Lehi Camp Floyd State Park Tooele Antelope Island State Park Layton Tremonton Garland Logan Brigham City Ogden | Ogden Spencer Eccles | ProvoOremAmerican ForkLehiCamp FloydTooeleAntelope IslandLaytonTremontonGarlandLoganBrigham CityOgden |
| February 7 | Ogden Henefer Midway Heber City Park City Salt Lake City This Is the Place Heritage Park Utah State Capitol Church Administration Building Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City and County Building | Heber City Hilary Lindh Salt Lake City carried into Salt Lake Valley by "Brigham Young" (portrayed by actor James Arrington) on stagecoach Robert D. Hales Gordon B. Hinckley James E. Faust Neal A. Maxwell Thomas S. Monson Prince Albert of Monaco Chris Waddell Kristi Yamaguchi | OgdenHeneferMidwayHeber CityPark CitySalt Lake City |
| February 8 | Salt Lake City area Woods Cross Bountiful West Valley City Taylorsville Kearns Utah Olympic Oval West Jordan Draper Sandy Midvale Murray Rice-Eccles Stadium (opening ceremony) | Sandy Karl Malone Kearns Steve Young | BountifulWest Valley CityDraperSandy |

## Gallery

* Delta's Soaring Spirit was used to transport the flame from Greece to the United States.
* President George W. Bush, with the flame behind, speaks at the White House.
* The flame during a ceremony at The Pentagon.
* Close-up of the 2002 Winter Olympic torch
* The flame passes through North College Hill, Ohio.