2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships

2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
Venue	Kaprun, Austria
Date(s)	24 August – 1 September 2002
Events	MTB: 12; Trials: 7
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The 2002 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships were held in Kaprun, Austria from 24 August to 1 September 2002. The disciplines included were cross-country, downhill, four-cross, and trials. This was the first UCI world championship in which four-cross was included, replacing the dual that had been run at the previous two championships.

The event was the 13th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the 17th edition of the UCI Trials World Championships. It was also the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships to be held in Austria.

Roland Green of Canada successfully defended his world title in the men's cross-country. Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway won her first world title in the women's cross-country.

French riders won three of the four downhill events, including the two elite categories. Nicolas Vouilloz won his seventh world title in the men's downhill. Having won the junior downhill world title three times, this was his tenth world title overall. Anne-Caroline Chausson won her seventh consecutive world title in the women's downhill.

Riders from Australia won three of the four world titles in the junior mountain bike (cross-country and downhill) events.

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country^[1]	Roland Green (CAN)	Filip Meirhaeghe (BEL)	Thomas Frischknecht (SUI)
Under 23 cross-country^[2]	Julien Absalon (FRA)	Ralph Näf (SUI)	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)
Junior cross-country^[3]	Trent Lowe (AUS)	Iouri Trofimov (RUS)	Tony Longo (ITA)
Downhill^[4]	Nicolas Vouilloz (FRA)	Steve Peat (GBR)	Chris Kovarik (AUS)
Junior downhill^[4]	Sam Hill (AUS)	Gee Atherton (GBR)	(AUS)
Four-cross^[5]	Brian Lopes (USA)	Cédric Gracia (FRA)	Eric Carter (USA)
Trials, 20 inch^[6]	(GER)	(ESP)	(SVK)
Trials, 26 inch^[6]	Kenny Belaey (BEL)	(FRA)	(FRA)
Junior trials, 20 inch^[6]	Gilles Coustellier (FRA)	(ESP)	(FRA)
Junior trials, 26 inch^[6]	(FRA)	Gilles Coustellier (FRA)	(FRA)

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country^[7]	Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR)	Anna Szafraniec (POL)	Sabine Spitz (GER)
Junior cross-country^[3]	Lisa Mathison (AUS)	Elisabeth Osl (AUT)	(CZE)
Downhill^[4]	Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Fionn Griffiths (GBR)	Missy Giove (USA)
Junior downhill^[4]	Emmeline Ragot (FRA)	(FRA)	(ECU)
Four-cross^[5]	Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)	(AUS)	Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)
Trials^[6]	(SUI)	(FRA)	(FRA)

Team events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country^[8]	Canada Ryder Hesjedal Roland Green Max Plaxton Alison Sydor	France Julien Absalon Jean Eudes Laurence Leboucher Cedric Ravanel	Switzerland Florian Vogel Thomas Frischknecht Petra Henzi
Trials, 20 inch^[6]	France	Spain	Poland
Trials, 26 inch^[6]	France	Czech Republic	Poland

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	9	6	5	20
2	Australia (AUS)	3	1	2	6
3	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
4	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	2	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	0	2
6	United States (USA)	1	0	2	3
7	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
8	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	0	3
9	Spain (ESP)	0	3	0	3
11	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
13	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
13	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
15	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		19	19	19	57

References[]

^ "September 1 - Elite Men's Cross Country - Green does the double in Kaprun mudfest". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ "September 1 - U23 Cross Country - Absolutely Absalon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ ^a ^b "August 30 - Junior Cross Country - Aussies sweep junior cross-country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "August 29–31 - Downhill - Vouilloz vaults to victory in men's DH for 10th World Title - Chausson crushes women again to gain 7th World Crown". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ ^a ^b "August 31 - Four Cross - Lopes Wins Gold in Four Cross". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ "September 1 - Women's Cross Country - Viking chicks rule in Kaprun, OK?". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
^ "August 28 - Team Relay - Canada too strong for late charging France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

External links[]

[m_e_xc-1] "September 1 - Elite Men's Cross Country - Green does the double in Kaprun mudfest". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[m_u23_xc-2] "September 1 - U23 Cross Country - Absolutely Absalon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[mw_j_xc-3] "August 30 - Junior Cross Country - Aussies sweep junior cross-country". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[mw_ej_dh-4] "August 29–31 - Downhill - Vouilloz vaults to victory in men's DH for 10th World Title - Chausson crushes women again to gain 7th World Crown". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[mw_e_4x-5] "August 31 - Four Cross - Lopes Wins Gold in Four Cross". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[trials-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "1986-2014 UCI Trials World Championships Winners" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[w_e_xc-7] "September 1 - Women's Cross Country - Viking chicks rule in Kaprun, OK?". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

[team_xc-8] "August 28 - Team Relay - Canada too strong for late charging France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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