Speed skates used by Apolo Ohno during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
date: label: date made
content: 2002
name: label: user
content: Ohno, Apolo Anton
label: maker
content: RBC Revolutionary Boot Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pair of leather speed skates painted silver with silver and gold tubualr steel skate blades. These skates were used by Apolo Ohno at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games where he won the gold medal in the 1500 m race after South Korean Kim Dong-Sung was disqualified for blocking Ohno. He went on to compete in two more Olympics, winning a record 8 medals and becoming the most decorated winter Olympian.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2002 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Salt Lake City, Utah with 78 countries, 1,513 men and 886 women athletes participating. Security was high as these were the first Games since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A flag from Ground Zero was flown at the opening ceremonies. These games were the most successful Winter Games to date with the 2002 Paralympic Games held in the Salt Lake City venue right after. The American women won the gold in women’s bobsled while American Sara Hughes won gold in figure skating with Michelle Kwan taking the bronze. The United States won the medal count with 34 but Norway won the gold medal count with 13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Speed Skating
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: level of sport
content: Olympics
label: related event
content: Olympic Winter Games: Salt Lake City, 2002
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0177.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0177
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0177.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Skates, pair of
label: Object Name
content: ice skates
label: Object Name
content: speed skates, winter olympics
label: Object Name
content: speed skates
label: Object Name
content: speed skates, olympics
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 44.45 cm