Speed skates used by Apolo Ohno during the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Pair of leather speed skates painted silver with silver and gold tubualr steel skate blades. These skates were used by Apolo Ohno at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games where he won the gold medal in the 1500 m race after South Korean Kim Dong-Sung was disqualified for blocking Ohno. He went on to compete in two more Olympics, winning a record 8 medals and becoming the most decorated winter Olympian.
- The 2002 Winter Olympics, also known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Salt Lake City, Utah with 78 countries, 1,513 men and 886 women athletes participating. Security was high as these were the first Games since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A flag from Ground Zero was flown at the opening ceremonies. These games were the most successful Winter Games to date with the 2002 Paralympic Games held in the Salt Lake City venue right after. The American women won the gold in women’s bobsled while American Sara Hughes won gold in figure skating with Michelle Kwan taking the bronze. The United States won the medal count with 34 but Norway won the gold medal count with 13.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 2002
- ID Number
- 2007.0177.01
- accession number
- 2007.0177
- catalog number
- 2007.0177.01
- user
- Ohno, Apolo Anton
- maker
- RBC Revolutionary Boot Company
- Object Name
- Skates, pair of
- ice skates
- speed skates, winter olympics
- speed skates
- speed skates, olympics
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 5 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 13.97 cm x 44.45 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- web subject
- Sports
- name of sport
- Speed Skating
- level of sport
- Amateur
- Olympics
- related event
- Olympic Winter Games: Salt Lake City, 2002
- Record ID
- nmah_1332302
