Four cities made the shortlist with their bids to host the 2002 Winter Olympics (formally known as "XIX Olympic Winter Games"), which were awarded to Salt Lake City, on June 16, 1995.
 The other cities shortlisted by the IOC Selection Committee chaired by Thomas Bach were Sion, Östersund and Quebec City.
 The host city selection procedure to for the 2002 Winter Olympics will go down in history as one of the most controversial, in light of the scandal regarding the interactions between the Salt Lake City bid team and International Olympic Committee (IOC) members; ten IOC members resigned as a result, as did Salt Lake City bid leaders Tom Welch and Dave Johnson.
 Nevertheless, Salt Lake City overwhelmingly won the right to host the Games, needing only one round to gain the absolute majority of the votes.
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 8 to 24 February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
 Approximately 2,400 athletes from 78 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout 165 sporting sessions.
 The 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Paralympic Games were both organized by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC).
 Utah became the fifth state in the United States to host the Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympics are the most recent games to be held in the United States until the 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Los Angeles in 2028.
 These were the first Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Jacques Rogge.
Satoshi Mori (born May 19, 1971) is a former Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1994 to 2003.
 Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and his best individual finish of 22nd in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Daito Takahashi (高橋 大斗 , Takahashi Daito ) (born December 16, 1980) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000.
 Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice (7.5 km sprint event: 2002, 4 x 5 km team: 2006).
Hannu Kalevi Manninen (born 17 April 1978 in Rovaniemi) is a Finnish nordic combined athlete.
 Debuting at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 15, he took his first medal three years later at the age of 18 when he won silver in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
 At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the age of 23.
 He has five other Nordic skiing World Championships medals, earning three golds (4 × 5 km team: 1999, 2007 and 7.5 km sprint: 2007) and two bronzes (4 × 5 km team: 2001, 2003).
 He has two other Olympic team medals as well (silver: 1998, bronze: 2006).
Diana Rasimovičiūtė (born February 25, 1984 in Ignalina) Lithuanian biathlete.
 Her event is the biathlon (10 km pursuit and 7.5 km sprint).
 She placed 18th in the 7.5 km sprint, 27th in the 10 km pursuit and 66th in the 15 km individual at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Frédéric Baud (born February 5, 1975) was a French nordic combined skier who competed from 1993 to 2004.
 At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km team event and 27th in the 7.5 km sprint event.
Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event.
 At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, the men's 4×7.5 km relay debuted, followed by the 10 km sprint event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
 Beginning at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, women's biathlon debuted with the 15 km individual, 3×7.5 km relay (4×7.5 km during 1994-2002, and 4×6 km in 2006), and 7.5 km sprint.
 A pursuit race (12.5 km for men and 10 km for women) was included at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
 The top 60 finishers of the sprint race (10 km for men and 7.5 km for women) would qualify for the pursuit event.
 The sprint winner starts the race, followed by each successive biathlete at the same time interval he/she trailed the sprint winner in that event.
 At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, a mass start (15 km for men and 12.5 km for women) was introduced where the top 30 biathletes from the previous four events were allowed to start together for the competition.
Anna Carin Helena Cecilia Zidek (née Olofsson, born 1 April 1973) is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
 Originally a cross-country skier, Olofsson competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, but in the three events she took part in she made the top 30 only once (15 km freestyle), and the following season she switched to biathlon.
Andreas Hartmann (born January 29, 1980) was a Swiss Nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2006.
 Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in 1998 and eighth in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Question: Which Swiss skier came in eights in the 7.5km sprint event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Answer: Andreas Hartmann