Heath was 23 years old at the time of the Salt Lake City Olympics. He was returning to the Olympics after representing South Africa at the 1998 Winter Olympics. On 10 February he participated in the downhill, finishing the race in a time of 1 minute and 48.84 seconds, which put him in 51st place out of 53 competitors who finished the contest. The gold medal was won by Fritz Strobl of Austria in a time of 1 minute and 39.13 seconds. On 13 February the combined was held; the competition consisted of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, with the total time of all three legs determining the final positions. Heath finished the downhill portion of the combined in 1 minute and 47.27 seconds, but failed to finish the first of the two slalom runs.