A Cerimônia de Aberura dos 19º Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 2002 fo1 realizada no dia 8 de fevereiro de 2002, em Salt Lake City. Les XIXe Jeux Olympiques d'hiver ont eu lieu en 2002 à Salt Lake City aux États-Unis dans l'État de l'Utah. Los XIX Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno se celebraron en Salt Lake City, estado de Utah, Estados Unidos. The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, and with the theme slogan "Light The Fire Within", were celebrated in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. De XIXe Olympische Winterspelen werden in 2002 gehouden in Salt Lake City (Verenigde Staten). Die XIX. Olympische Winterspiele wurden 2002 in Salt Lake City, im US-Bundesstaat Utah ausgetragen. In the beging, a tribute to the Winter Olympic Games of the past: 1924 I Olympic Winter Games Chamonix, France 1928 II Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932 III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid, New York, United States 1936 IV Olympic Winter Games Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1948 V Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952 VI Olympic Winter Games Oslo, Norway 1956 VII Olympic Winter Games Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley, California, United States 1964 IX Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck, Austria 1968 X Olympic Winter Games Grenoble, France 1972 XI Olympic Winter Games Sapporo, Japan 1976 XII Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck, Austria 1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid, New York, United States 1984 XIV Olympic Winter Games Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games Albertville, France 1994 XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer, Norway 1998 XVIII Olympic Winter Games Nagano, Japan and 2002 XIX Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City, Utah, United States The Entrance of the presiden of the IOC, Jaques Rogge, and CEO of the Salt Lake Games Mitt Romney, and the presidente of the United ...