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Salt Lake City GER 12 16 7 35 USA 10 13 11 34 NOR 11 7 6 24 CAN 6 3 8 17 RUS 6 6 4 16 AUT 2 4 10 16 ITA 4 4 4 12 FRA 4 5 2 11 SUI 3 2 6 11 NED 3 5 0 8 Full 2002 table

02/09/2002 - Miracle on Ice

02/09/2002 - Miracle men move on

11/15/2001 - Charges in Olympic case dropped

11/15/2001 - The Games that got away

About the scandal

Chronology of the 2002 Games scandal

S.L. bid scandal leads to Olympic reforms When the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City in June 1995, Utahns believed years of hard work and the state's investment in winter sports facilities had finally been recognized and rewarded.

Archived stories
08/10/2001 - Judge blasts 'misguided' Oly charges

07/16/2001 - Surprise ruling for Welch, Johnson

06/14/2001 - Bid leaders appeared to be squeaky-clean

05/19/2001 - Samaranch reflects on bid scandal with regret

03/23/2001 - Early bid warnings went unheeded

07/22/2000 - Johnson denies charges

07/21/2000 - Full text of indictment

07/20/2000 - Welch, Johnson are indicted

03/14/2000 - Ex-USOC official to plead guilty

11/24/1999 - Scandal predated S.L. bid

09/02/1999 - Charges against son of IOC member filed

09/01/1999 - Kim indicted on charges related to bribery scandal

08/03/1999 - A guilty plea in Olympic bribe scandal

03/03/1999 - Red-faced USOC orders reforms

03/01/1999 - S.L. guilty of 'gift creep,' USOC says

02/11/1999 - 'White knight' for SLOC is Mitt Romney

02/09/1999 - Ethics report targets 2 bid leaders

01/31/1999 - Did '91 meeting put bid on crooked path?

01/25/1999 - Heads roll as IOC lowers boom

01/24/1999 - IOC leaders urge expulsion of 6

01/08/1999 - Joklik, Johnson resign from their SLOC posts

12/24/1998 - Feds launch a probe of SLOC

12/22/1998 - Samaranch bans trips by IOC members

12/22/1998 - USOC picks investigator

12/21/1998 - Has S.L. changed bids, IOC forever?

12/21/1998 - Courting IOC takes many turns

12/19/1998 - SLOC to launch an independent probe

12/18/1998 - Justice is joining probe of SLOC bid

12/14/1998 - S.L. won't lose '02 Games

12/13/1998 - IOC member decries the bid process

12/12/1998 - Utahns present case before IOC

12/11/1998 - IOC summons SLOC to explain payments

12/10/1998 - IOC orders probe of 'aid'

12/09/1998 - Did SLOC buy African votes?

12/06/1998 - Aid or bribe? SLOC caught in a squall

12/02/1998 - Joklik calls rumors of bribe regrettable

11/26/1998 - Details of bid payments urged

11/25/1998 - Were SLOC payments a bribe for 2002 bid?