The 19th edition of the Winter Games came back to the U.S. for the first time since the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. Athletes from 77 countries took part in front of a worldwide audience that reached 160 countries in 50 languages. Take a day-by-day look at the best of the 2002 Salt Lake City Games in images.

19th Winter Olympiad
	Skategate The 2002 Winter Olympics may best be remembered for controversial judging.
	Hockey gold medal game Canada returns hockey gold to its birthplace after 50 years.
	Day 17 The closing ceremonies end with a flourish as the Olympic flag is transferred to Italian representatives for the 2006 Winter Games.
	Day 16 The U.S. wins silver and bronze medals in the four-man bobsled, ending a 46-year drought.
	Day 15 The U.S. and Canada both win to advance to the men's hockey final.
	Day 14 The Canadian women’s hockey team avenges its 1998 gold medal loss to the U.S.
	Day 13 Skeleton rider Jim Shea and speed skater Apolo Ohno lead an American gold rush.
	Day 12 U.S. speed skater Derek Parra sets a world record, and a long shot wins the inaugural women's bobsled race.
	Day 11 Alisa Camplin wins another gold medal for Australia by triumphing in the women's aerials.
	Day 10 David Pelletier and Jamie Sale of Canada officially receive their pairs figure skating gold medals in a special ceremony.
	Day 9 Apolo Anton Ohno of the U.S. gains a silver medal in 1,000m speed skating by surviving a late crash.
	Day 8 John LeClair and the U.S. hockey team hand Finland a 6-0 defeat.
	Day 7 Alexei Yagudin of Russia leaves no doubts on his way to capturing the men's figure skating gold medal.
	Day 6 As the ISU continues to deal with controversy, Simon Ammann and Bode Miller win medals on the slopes.
	Day 5 Canadian skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier address the controversial judging that cost them the gold medal.
	Day 4 Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya capture another gold for Russia in pairs figure skating.
	Day 3 American Kelly Clark earns the U.S. its first gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe.
	Day 2 The Games start with medals awarded in cross-country skiing, men's 5,000m speed skating and women's moguls skiing.
	Day 1 The 1980 gold medal-winning U.S. hockey team lights the Olympic cauldron to cap the opening ceremonies.