VIII. Winter-Paralympics
March 07 to 16, 2002
Salt Lake City/USA
415 athletes
36 nations
3 Sports: Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Ice Sledge Hockey
22 Paralympic athletes from Austria (20 athletes for Alpine Skiing, 2 athletes for Nordic Skiing)
Medal Tally: 9 Gold, 10 Silver and 10 Bronze medals
National Ranking: 4th place, right behind Germany, USA and Norway
500 journalists from the print media
300 representatives from the broadcasting media
500 news articles in Austrian newspapers
Twice the media coverage compared to Nagano 1998
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