  the 2002 winter olympics medal table is a list of national olympic committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2002 winter olympics, held in salt lake city, utah, united states from february 8 to february 24, 2002. a total of 2,399&nbsp;athletes from 77&nbsp;countries (+5 from 1998 olympics) participated in these games, competing in 78&nbsp;events (+10 from 1998) in 15 sports and disciplines (+1 from 1998). athletes from 24&nbsp;countries won at least one medal, leaving 53&nbsp;countries without a medal. germany led in overall medals (36) for the second consecutive winter games. immediately following the games, germany was also the gold medal leader with twelve. two years later, norway was awarded two extra gold medals, raising their total to thirteen and giving them the lead. in addition, norway tied the former soviet union in 1976 for most gold medals at a winter olympics. this record would later be broken by canada at the 2010 winter olympics. croatia and estonia won the first medals and first gold medals in their winter olympic history, while australia and china won their first gold medals.{{cite web|title=ohno crashes yards from finish li
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