Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The event was held on February 23 at Deer Valley. Pre-race favorite Bode Miller fell off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggled with an extremely challenging course.

Alain Baxter

Alain Baxter

Alain Baxter is a professional skier from Scotland. He specialises in the slalom discipline.-Background:He is the son of Iain and Sue Baxter, who were both British Ski Team members, and was born in Edinburgh. He is named after the 70s French skiing star Alain Penz...

of Great Britain

Great Britain

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originally took the bronze, but was disqualified after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

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. This apparently occurred because Baxter had used a Vicks inhaler from the U.S., which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler.

Results

Complete results from the men's slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

event at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Time	Difference
	Jean-Pierre Vidal Jean-Pierre Vidal Jean-Pierre Vidal is a French alpine skier.As a young skier, he focused mainly on downhill. After hurting his knee, however, he decided to go for slalom...	48.01	53.05	1:41.06
	Sébastien Amiez Sébastien Amiez Sébastien Amiez is a French alpine skier. He won the Alpine Skiing World Cup for Slalom in 1996-World Cup victories :-References:*...	50.16	51.66	1:41.82	+0.76
	Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...	49.34	53.07	1:42.41	+1.35
	Kilian Albrecht Kilian Albrecht Kilian Albrect is an Austrian alpine skier who represented both Austria and Bulgaria. He competed for Austria at the 2002 Olympics and for Bulgaria at the 2010 Olympics. His best result was a 4th place finish in the slalom in 2002, missing a medal by only .04 of a second.Albrecht has won two...	50.26	52.19	1:42.45	+1.39
	Urs Imboden Urs Imboden Urs Imboden is an alpine skier who has represented both Switzerland and Moldova....	49.61	52.87	1:42.48	+1.42
	Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....	49.92	52.80	1:42.72	+1.66
	Markus Larsson Markus Larsson Markus Larsson is a Swedish alpine skier who took part in the Winter Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver.-World Cup victories:- External links :*...	50.29	52.57	1:42.86	+1.80
	Jure Košir Jure Košir Jure Košir is a Slovenian former alpine skier.-Career:Košir's first international success was the title of the world junior champion in super G, won in Hemsedal in 1991. Later he focused in technical disciplines, esp. slalom and made quick progress, noticed also by his good friend, Italian...	49.80	53.54	1:43.34	+2.28
	Ole Kristian Furuseth Ole Kristian Furuseth Ole Kristian Furuseth is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. He won his first World Cup victory in Furano in 1989 and his final World Cup victory in Bormio in 2000, and in total he has three World Cup victories in giant slalom and six in slalom...	51.03	53.36	1:44.39	+3.33
10	Andrzej Bachleda	51.43	53.22	1:44.65	+3.59
11	Chip Knight	50.85	54.01	1:44.86	+3.80
12	Tom Stiansen Tom Stiansen Tom Stiansen is a former Norwegian alpine skier. The highlight of his career came in 1997 when he won the World Championship slalom in Sestriere, Italy....	50.74	54.45	1:45.19	+4.13
13	Erik Schlopy Erik Schlopy Erik Schlopy is an American Alpine skier who competed in three Olympic games - 1994 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, he placed 34th in Giant Slalom. At the 2002 Olympics, he placed 14th in Slalom, and at the 2006 Olympic Games, he...	51.27	53.94	1:45.21	+4.15
14	Michael von Grünigen Michael von Grünigen Michael von Grünigen is a Swiss former alpine skier. In 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2003, he won the World Cup in Giant Slalom. In 1997 and 2001, he was World Champion in Giant Slalom.-World Cups:-Individual races:-External links:*...	51.38	53.97	1:45.35	+4.29
15	Stanley Hayer Stanley Hayer Stanley Hayer is a Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent who currently resides in Kimberley, British Columbia. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....	51.97	54.15	1:46.12	+5.06
16	Thomas Grandi Thomas Grandi Thomas Grandi is a retired Canadian alpine skier. He specialized in technical skiing giant slalom and slalom.-Skiing career:...	51.15	55.08	1:46.23	+5.17
17	Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Cristian Simari Birkner is an Alpine skier from Argentina. He competed in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He served as Argentina's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony....	51.55	55.27	1:46.82	+5.76
18	Kiminobu Kimura Kiminobu Kimura is a Japanese alpine skier. He competed in slalom and giant slalom at the 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...	52.46	55.97	1:48.43	+7.37
19	Michal Rajcan	52.73	55.93	1:48.66	+7.60
20	Noel Baxter Noel Baxter Noel Baxter is a Scottish alpine skier from Aviemore. He is the brother of fellow Alpine skier, Alain Baxter.He represented Britain at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Despite good form in the 2009-2010 season, he was not picked for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...	53.66	55.98	1:49.64	+8.58
21	Kristinn Bjornsson	53.05	56.76	1:49.81	+8.75
22	Gareth Trayner	54.58	56.33	1:50.91	+9.85
23	Angel Pumpalov	53.72	58.21	1:51.93	+10.87
24	Bode Miller Bode Miller Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...	48.37		1:52.79	+11.73
25	Ivars Ciaguns	56.31	58.42	1:54.73	+13.67
26	Marko Djordjevic	55.95		1:55.99	+14.93
27	Alexander Heath Alexander Heath Alexander Heath is a South African Olympic athlete. In the 2006 Winter Olympics, he became the first African to participate in all five Alpine events. He resides in Cape Town....	56.37		1:56.93	+15.87
28	Johann F. Haraldsson	56.98		1:57.17	+16.11
29	Tahir Bisic	57.55		1:57.72	+16.66
30	Kang Min Heuk	58.01		1:58.48	+17.42
31	Byun Jong Moon	58.38		2:01.58	+20.52
32	Atakan Alaftargil			2:10.36	+29.30
33	Peter Vincze			2:15.57	+34.51

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Mitja Kunc , is a former Slovenian alpine skier.He has one victory in Alpine Skiing World Cup. The first peak of his career was in 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished 4th in slalom...

Ivica Kostelic

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Pierrick Bourgeat

Pierrick Bourgeat is a French alpine skier.He was born in Grenoble.Bourgeat represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also won a bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005....

Drago Grubelnik

Drago Grubelnik is a former Slovenian alpine skier.Grubelnik, a slalom specialist, won one podium in Alpine Skiing World Cup, slalom in Wengen, Switzerland . He competed at 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...

Ondrej Bank

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Alex Antor

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Alain Baxter

Vassilis Dimitriadis (skier)

Vassilis Dimitriadis is an alpine skier representing Greece. He competed for Greece at the 1998 Winter Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 23rd place in the slalom in 2006.-External links:...

Rainer Schönfelder

Rainer Schönfelder is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title.-Career:Born in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria, Schönfelder made his debut in the 1995-1996 season, finishing 115th in the overall rankings...

Giorgio Rocca

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Kalle Palander

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Manfred Pranger

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Jean-Philippe Roy

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Truls Ove Karlsen

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Akira Sasaki

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Stefan Georgiev

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Björgvin Björgvinsson

Björgvin Björgvinsson is an Icelandic alpine skier who competed for Iceland at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He speaks Icelandic and German. He also competed for Iceland at the 2010 Winter Olympics and was selected as his nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.- References :...

Laurence Thoms

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Kentaro Minagawa

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