Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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The 2002 Winter Olympic Games Snowboarding competition results were as follows.
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Halfpipe Men
| Medal | Athlete | Score |
| Gold |  Ross Powers (USA) | 46.1 |
| Silver | Danny Kass (USA) | 42.5 |
| Bronze | Jarret Thomas (USA) | 42.1 |
The first time the Americans have swept a Winter Olympic event since the men's figure skaters did it in 1956. Powers, with a score of 46.1, dominated the competition. Kass and Thomas, in contrast, with scores of 42.5 and 42.1, barely beat Giacomo Kratter's score of 42.0. A crowd of about 16,500 watched.
Powers got a vertical of about 18 feet, and performed two McTwists, a cab 720 with an indy grab, a frontside 720 with an indy grab and a stalefish grab.
Parallel Giant Slalom Men
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Missing image Switzerland_flag_large.png Philipp Schoch (SUI) |
| Silver |  Richard Richardsson (SWE) |
| Bronze | Chris Klug (USA) |
Schoch's qualification for the last 16 was already remarkable, but his title is even more so. Chris Klug had a liver transplantation 2 years prior.
Halfpipe Women
| Medal | Athlete | Score |
| Gold | Kelly Clark (USA) | 47.9 |
| Silver |  Doriane Vidal (FRA) | 43.0 |
| Bronze | Missing image Switzerland_flag_large.png Fabienne Reuteler (SUI) | 39.7 |
Parallel Giant Slalom Women
| Medal | Athlete |
| Gold | Isabelle Blanc (FRA) |
| Silver | Karine Ruby (FRA) |
| Bronze | Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Lidia Trettel (ITA) |
Blanc edges her compatriot Ruby, the favourite for the gold medal.
References
- Halfpipe Dreams: A U.S. Sweep, A New York Times report on the American clean-sweep in the men's half pipe, February 12, 2002 (http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/olympics/12SNOW.html)