2002 Winter Olympics torch relay

The 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay was a 65-day run, from December 4, 2001, until February 8, 2002, prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics.^[1] The runners carried the Olympic Flame throughout the United States – following its lighting in Olympia, Greece, to the opening ceremony of the 2002 games at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2002 torch relay was also the 50th anniversary of the Winter Olympic torch relay, which was first run during the 1952 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Host city	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Countries visited	Greece, United States
Distance	13,500 miles (21,700 km)
Torchbearers	12,012
Theme	Light the Fire Within
Start date	November 19, 2001
End date	February 8, 2002

Planning

Preparations for the torch relay began in March 1999, when the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) issued a Request for Proposals from contractors to plan the relay route, including security and marketing plans. In May, the contract was awarded to Além International Management, Inc., a logistics consulting firm which had previously organized the Olympic torch relays in 1996 and 1998, and was then planning the relay for 2000. Planning of the relay itself began in June, with organizers announcing that the scope of the event would be determined by sponsorships, as all organizing costs would be paid by the relay's sponsors as opposed to state and national governments.^[3][4]

In February 2000, The Coca-Cola Company and Chevrolet signed an agreement with SLOC to become the official relay sponsors, agreeing to pay two-thirds of the $25 million relay cost.^[5][6] The remainder of the cost would be paid for by official relay providers, such as Delta Air Lines, who flew the flame from Greece to the United States,^[7] and Union Pacific, whose trains transported the flame through parts of the United States.^[5]

The route produced by SLOC and Além was announced to the public on December 4, 2000. It would have the torch cover 13,500 miles (21,700 km), passing through 46 of the 50 U.S. states, and be carried by 12,012 torchbearers.^[1] The torch would pass through 300 communities, stopping twice a day: once for a midday celebration and then in a larger populated city for the night. 120 of the 300 communities would host the special celebrations, which would allow large groups of people to participate in the Olympic spirit. It also allowed each community to show off local talent, its people, and history. Atlanta, New York City, and Salt Lake City were all selected as special signature cities, and they would host large relay celebrations which would be paid for, planned, and controlled by SLOC. Later plans for special commemorations of September 11, 2001, along the relay route in Washington, D.C., and New York City, would be added to the route plan. The torch and all relay marketing would be designed to closely follow the 2002 Olympic theme Light the Fire Within and the look of the games theme Land of Contrast - Fire and Ice.

In February 2001, the nomination process for torchbearers was begun. SLOC had decided on a theme of Inspire for the Torchbearers, and people were encouraged to nominate those who inspire others. Of the 12,012 torchbearer positions, SLOC, Coca-Cola, and Chevrolet each got to select one-third of the nominees, while a few were reserved for providers and special guests at the Opening Ceremony. SLOC received approximately 50,000 nominations for its 3,500 positions, so applications were separated by ZIP code then sent to a local community judging panel who scored the applications and selected the torchbearers for their area. Coca-Cola and Chevrolet both received more than 120,000 applications for their positions, and both used a random selection process to choose torchbearers.^[8]

SLOC president Mitt Romney was scheduled to release the names of the selected torchbearers in a press conference at New York City's Battery Park on September 12, 2001. The press conference had initially been set for the morning of September 11, but it was postponed by one day to allow Romney to lobby Congress for additional Olympics security funding.^[9] The event was canceled entirely due to the September 11 attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center towers a few blocks away from the park.^[10] The announcement of the torchbearers' names was postponed until October 4, when they were unveiled in an event on the steps of the Utah State Capitol.^[11]

Relay elements

John Nowak, a torchbearer, in Olympic livery with 2002 Olympic Torch

Torch

The 2002 Olympic Torch, engineered and manufactured by Coleman,^[12] was modeled after an icicle, with a slight curve to represent speed and fluidity. The Torch measured 33 inches (84 cm) long, 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide at the top, 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) at the bottom, and was designed by Axiom Design of Salt Lake City.^[13][14] It was created with three sections, each with its own meaning and representation.^[13]

The top section was glass, and the Olympic flame burned within the glass, echoing the 2002 Olympic theme Light the Fire Within. The glass stood for purity, winter, ice, and nature. Also inside the glass was a geometric copper structure which helped hold the flame. Copper is a very important natural element of Utah, and represented fire, warmth, Utah's History, and mirrored the orange/red colors of the theme Fire and Ice. The center section was made of silver and finished to look old and worn, while the bottom section was made of clean, highly polished silver. The center section represented the silver mining heritage of the American West, while the bottom section represented the future and modern technology. The Torchbearer gripped the torch at the junction of both the aged and polished silver, during which their hand represented a bridge from the past to the present. The two silver sections also mirrored the blue/purple colors of the Fire and Ice theme.^[13]

Modes of transportation

The Olympic torch was carried through a variety of modes, including runners, skiers,^[15] motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, canoes, and bicycles.

Aircraft

Delta Air Lines, one of the relay providers, was responsible for carrying the flame across the Atlantic Ocean from Athens, Greece, to the United States. A Boeing 777, known as the Soaring Spirit, decorated in Olympic-themed livery carried the Olympic flame in a ceremonial lantern from Greece to Atlanta, Georgia, during an 11-hour flight.^[16][17]

Railroad car

The specially designed flatcar that was used by Union Pacific to transport the Olympic Torch on display at Ogden, Utah

Union Pacific, another of the relay providers, used a specially designed railroad car to carry the flame across various areas of the United States (mainly rural and desert areas). Coined the "Cauldron Car", it was part of Union Pacific's "Olympic Train", which included two diesel locomotives (UP Numbers: 2001 & 2002), 13 passenger cars, and 3 service cars with the cauldron car serving as the caboose.^[18] The entire train was painted in Olympic livery, using Salt Lake's "Look of the Games" style, known as "Land of Contrast - Fire and Ice". The cauldron car contained a 2 million-BTU burner, to keep the flame burning, was originally used during the torch relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was simply redesigned and repainted for the 2002 games.^[19] The Olympic train carried the flame on four separate occasions during the 2002 torch relay, for a total of more than 3,200 miles (5,100 km) through 11 states.^[20] Following the games the cauldron car was donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum at Union Station, where it is currently on display. In anticipation of the torch relay Overland Models (model railroading) created an H0 scale model of the Olympic Train, which included the two locomotives and several of the passenger cars.

The Heber Valley Historic Railroad also played a role in the torch relay. Its historic steam locomotives were joined by another from the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, and together they were known as the Olympic Steam Team. During the games all three locomotives would pull their own eight-car train loaded with spectators to the Soldier Hollow Olympic venue.^[21] The day prior to the Opening Ceremony of the games, all three locomotives were combined into one triple-headed train, and used to transport the Olympic flame from Soldier Hollow to Heber City, Utah, as part of the torch relay.^[22]

Route

Route of the 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay through the United States. Red dots show the starting and ending points, orange dots represent major stops, while the blue arrows indicate the direction of travel along the route.

On November 19, 2001, the first 2002 Olympic torch was lit at the birthplace of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece.^[23] Greek actress Thalia Prokopiou played the role of high priestess and lit the torch using a flame kept in a clay urn. Usually the torch is lit using a parabolic mirror and the sun's rays, but for the third games in a row, cloudy conditions prevented that from happening during the ceremony. The weekend prior to the lighting ceremony, the flame held in the clay urn had been lit using the parabolic mirror and the sun's rays in case of this situation.^[24] Following the ceremony, a two-day Greek torch relay carried the flame to the Panathenian stadium in Athens, Greece, where it burned in a cauldron for two weeks.^[25]

On December 3, 2001, a Greek skier, Thanassis Tsailas, lit a 2002 Olympic torch from a flame in the cauldron, which in turn was used to light a ceremonial lantern. This lantern was then flown aboard the Soaring Spirit to Atlanta, Georgia, where it arrived on the morning of December 4.^[25][26] The lantern was unloaded and Bonnie Blair used its flame to light a temporary cauldron to be used at the celebration in Atlanta. During this celebration, Muhammad Ali lit a 2002 Olympic torch from the flame in the temporary cauldron, which he then passed to Olympians Peggy Fleming and Bob Paul, who began the 2002 Winter Olympics torch relay.^[26]

Some elements of the torch relay route were altered or canceled in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Special commemorations were held when the torch passed through Washington, D.C. and New York City, and several survivors, family members of victims, and first responders were given the opportunity to carry the torch. Additionally, the torch was planned to be carried by seaplane from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but this was canceled at the last minute because the seaplane operator was concerned about terrorism.^[27]

Date	Locations[28]	Notable torchbearers and notes	Map
December 4	Atlanta, Georgia[29][30] Hartsfield International Airport Centennial Olympic Park Coca-Cola headquarters Doraville GM Doraville Assembly Plant Athens Classic Center[31] Clemson, South Carolina[32] Clemson Memorial Stadium[33] Greenville Peace Center[34]	Atlanta Muhammad Ali Peggy Fleming Bob Paul Bill Spencer Nikki Stone Bonnie Blair[35] Evander Holyfield[36] Dan O'Brien[37] Athens Paula Zahn[38] Clemson Woodrow Dantzler[33]	Atlanta Doraville Athens Clemson Greenville
December 5	Greenville Asheville, North Carolina[39] Biltmore Estate Morganton[40] Hickory[41] Charlotte[42]	Asheville Kyle Petty[43] Charlotte Michael Waltrip[44] Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Teresa Earnhardt[45]	Greenville Asheville Morganton Hickory Charlotte
December 6	Charlotte Rock Hill, South Carolina City Hall Plaza[46] Chester Columbia South Carolina State House[47] Charleston[48][49]	Columbia Darius Rucker[27] Charleston transported overnight to Jacksonville by Coast Guard Cutter Kingfisher[49]	Charlotte Rock Hill Chester Columbia Charleston
December 7	Jacksonville, Florida The Landing[50] St. Augustine Daytona Beach[51][49] DeLand Winter Park Orlando[52] Lake Eola Park	Daytona Beach Jeff Gordon[45] Orlando Howie Dorough[45]	Jacksonville St. Augustine Daytona Beach DeLand Winter Park Orlando
December 8	Orlando Fort Lauderdale Miami Bayfront Park[53]	Fort Lauderdale Venus Williams Serena Williams[45] Miami Dan Marino[54]	Orlando Fort Lauderdale Miami
December 9	Miami Mobile, Alabama[55] Biloxi, Mississippi[56][57] New Orleans, Louisiana French Quarter[58] Baton Rouge		Mobile Biloxi New Orleans Baton Rouge
December 10	Baton Rouge Lake Charles Beaumont, Texas Houston Amtrak station Rice University George R. Brown Convention Center[59]	Baton Rouge boarded a Union Pacific train at Livonia[60] Houston Mary Lou Retton[61] Tara Lipinski[45]	Baton Rouge Lake Charles Beaumont
December 11	Houston San Antonio River Walk The Alamo Austin[62] Texas State Capitol Auditorium Shores	San Antonio David Robinson[45] Austin Lance Armstrong[63]	Houston San Antonio Austin
December 12	Austin Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center Texas Christian University Livestock Exchange Building[64] Arlington The Ballpark in Arlington GM Arlington Assembly Plant[65] Dallas Southern Methodist University Fair Park[65] Dealey Plaza[58] City Hall Plaza[65]	Fort Worth carried on horseback in a cattle drive[64] Dallas Troy Aikman[66]	Austin Fort Worth Arlington Dallas
December 13	Dallas Texarkana Arkadelphia, Arkansas Hot Springs[58] Rockport[67] Little Rock	Arkadelphia Joby Ogwyn[68]	Texarkana Arkadelphia Hot Springs Rockport Little Rock
December 14	Little Rock Lonoke Carlisle Hazen Forrest City West Memphis[67] Memphis, Tennessee National Civil Rights Museum Beale Street[69]	Memphis crossed the Mississippi River on a riverboat[69]	Little Rock Lonoke Carlisle Hazen Forrest City West Memphis
December 15	Memphis St. Jude Children's Research Hospital[58][69] Jackson[70] Dickson[71] Nashville Tennessee State University Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Vanderbilt University Riverfront Park[71]		Memphis Jackson Dickson Nashville
December 16	Nashville Madison[71] Bowling Green, Kentucky Fountain Square Park National Corvette Museum[72] Elizabethtown Louisville Churchill Downs Louisville Zoo Kentucky International Convention Center[73]	Nashville Mike Dunham[45] Louisville Loretta Lynn[74]	Nashville Madison Bowling Green Elizabethtown Louisville
December 17	Louisville City Hall The Galleria[75] Frankfort Lexington[76] Hebron Cincinnati, Ohio Paul Brown Stadium[77]	Louisville Diane Sawyer[45] Cincinnati Kenyon Martin[78]	Louisville Frankfort Lexington Hebron Cincinnati
December 18	Covington, Kentucky John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge[77] Cincinnati Fairfax Mariemont Milford, Ohio[77] Portsmouth[79] Huntington, West Virginia Charleston		Covington/Cincinnati Milford Portsmouth Huntington Charleston
December 19	Charleston Morgantown Washington, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Heinz Field[80]		Charleston Morgantown Washington Pittsburgh
December 20	Pittsburgh Uniontown[80] Fort Necessity National Battlefield[81] Cumberland, Maryland Martinsburg, West Virginia[82]	Pittsburgh Mario Lemieux[45] Martinsburg Ricky Rudd[83]	Pittsburgh Uniontown Cumberland Martinsburg
December 21	Martinsburg Alexandria, Virginia The Pentagon Washington, D.C. Georgetown Freedom Plaza National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial United States Capitol[84]		Martinsburg Alexandria Washington
December 22	Washington The White House Baltimore, Maryland Rash Field[85] Wilmington, Delaware Rodney Square[86] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Veterans Stadium Marconi Plaza Rittenhouse Square Liberty Bell City Hall Philadelphia Museum of Art[87]	Baltimore Cal Ripken, Jr.[88] Philadelphia Adam Taliaferro Vai Sikahema John F. Timoney[87]	Washington Baltimore Wilmington Philadelphia
December 23	Philadelphia Hopewell Township, New Jersey Washington Crossing Historic Park Princeton Drumthwacket South Brunswick[89] New York City Goethals Bridge Staten Island Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Queens East River Ferry Rockefeller Center[90]	Washington Crossing recreated George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with the torch[89] Brooklyn Christopher Reeve[91] Joe Torre[63] Lydia Stephans Raymond Lumpp[90] New York Harbor ferried past Statue of Liberty[90] Manhattan Rudy Giuliani[92]	Philadelphia Washington Crossing Princeton South Brunswick New York City
December 24–25	New York City Rockefeller Center	rested in a special cauldron for Christmas[90]
December 26	New York City Manhattan The Bronx New Haven, Connecticut Hartford Bushnell Park[93] Providence, Rhode Island	New York City Ann Curry[94]	New York City New Haven Hartford Providence
December 27	Providence Rhode Island State Capitol[95] Fall River, Massachusetts New Bedford City Hall[96] Plymouth Plymouth Rock Quincy Quincy Center[97] Cambridge Harvard Square[98] Somerville[99] Boston Bayside Expo Center[95]	Quincy Karen Cashman[96] Boston Francis Bok[100] Eric Maleson[101]	Providence Fall River New Bedford Plymouth Quincy Cambridge Somerville Boston
December 28	Boston Charlestown[102] Everett[98] York, Maine Kittery[103] Portsmouth, New Hampshire[104] Manchester Concord New Hampshire State House[105] Hanover Dartmouth College Lebanon[106]	Lebanon carried down Storrs Hill ski jump[106]	York Kittery Portsmouth Manchester Concord Hanover Lebanon
December 29	Lebanon White River Junction, Vermont[106] Montpelier Vermont State House[107] Burlington[108] Lake Champlain Grand Isle Ferry Plattsburgh, New York[108] Lake Placid Verizon Sports Complex MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink[109][110] Lake George Fort William Henry Hotel[110]	White River Junction crossed Connecticut River on Abenaki canoe[106] Lake Placid rode in bobsled[110] carried down 90-meter ski jump by Casey Colby[111]	Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Burlington Plattsburgh
December 30	Lake George Saratoga Springs[110] Albany[112] Utica Syracuse	Syracuse Stephen Baldwin[113]	Lake George Saratoga Springs Albany Utica Syracuse
December 31	Syracuse Seneca Falls Rochester[114] Amherst Tonawanda Buffalo Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site[115]	Rochester Cathy Turner[116]	Syracuse Seneca Falls Rochester Amherst Tonawanda Buffalo
January 1	Buffalo Erie, Pennsylvania Cleveland, Ohio Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[117]		Erie
January 2	Cleveland Akron Canal Park[118] Columbus Ohio State University COSI[119]		Cleveland Akron Columbus
January 3	Columbus Springfield Moraine GM Moraine Assembly Plant Dayton Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park[120] Lima[121] Fort Wayne, Indiana[122]		Columbus Springfield Moraine Dayton Lima
January 4	Fort Wayne South Bend University of Notre Dame[123]	University of Notre Dame Theodore Hesburgh Gary[124] Chicago, Illinois South Shore Cultural Center Museum of Science and Industry McCormick Place Navy Pier[125]	Fort Wayne South Bend Gary Chicago
January 5	Oak Brook, Illinois Chicago Evanston Wilmette Kenilworth Winnetka Glencoe[125] Highland Park Ravinia Festival[126] Kenosha, Wisconsin[127] Racine[128] Shorewood Milwaukee West Milwaukee West Allis Milwaukee Pettit National Ice Center[129]	Highland Park Ramsey Lewis[126] Milwaukee Bonnie Blair[130]	Oak Brook Chicago Evanston Wilmette Kenilworth Winnetka Glencoe Highland Park Kenosha Racine Shorewood Milwaukee West Allis
January 6	Milwaukee Lansing, Michigan Capital City Airport[131] Michigan State Capitol[132] Flint[132] Royal Oak Warren Detroit Comerica Park[133]	Milwaukee flown across Lake Michigan Lansing Tom Izzo[134] Warren Gordie Howe[135] Detroit Aretha Franklin[63]	Milwaukee Lansing Flint Royal Oak Warren Detroit
January 7	Garden City Livonia Detroit Renaissance Center Ann Arbor[132][133] Michigan Stadium[136] Indianapolis, Indiana Broad Ripple Park Monument Circle[137]	Ann Arbor Dave Brandon[132] Indianapolis Kim Seybold Wayne Seybold[137]	Garden City Livonia Detroit Ann Arbor
January 8	Indianapolis Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway[137] Terre Haute East St. Louis, Illinois Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center St. Louis, Missouri Gateway Arch Forest Park Saint Louis Science Center Kiener Plaza[138]	Speedway driven around the track by Sam Hornish Jr. and Hélio Castroneves Tony George Eddie Cheever John Andretti[137] St. Louis Jackie Joyner-Kersee[139] Ozzie Smith Kurt Warner[138]	Indianapolis Speedway Terre Haute East St. Louis St. Louis
January 9	St. Louis Francis Field, Washington University[138] Wentzville GM Wentzville Assembly Plant[138] Columbia Hearnes Center[140] Kansas City Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Country Club Plaza[141]		St. Louis Wentzville Columbia Kansas City
January 10	Kansas City St. Joseph Pony Express Museum[142] Nebraska City, Nebraska Arbor Lodge State Park[143] Council Bluffs, Iowa[144] Omaha, Nebraska Joslyn Art Museum Creighton University Old Market[145] Durham Western Heritage Museum[143]	Omaha boarded Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Kansas[60][143]	Kansas City St. Joseph Nebraska City Council Bluffs Omaha
January 11	Topeka, Kansas Wichita[146] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bricktown Events Center Oklahoma City National Memorial Oklahoma City University Oklahoma State Capitol National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum[147]	Oklahoma City Nadia Comăneci Bart Conner[148] continued on Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Texas and New Mexico[60][149]	Topeka Wichita Oklahoma City Amarillo
January 12	Amarillo, Texas[149] Santa Rosa, New Mexico[150] Vaughn Santa Fe Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park Civic Plaza[151] Amtrak station[152] Belen[152]	Vaughn disembarked from train for motorcade to Santa Fe[151] Albuquerque boarded Union Pacific train for overnight transport to Texas and Arizona[60][152]	Santa Rosa Vaughn Santa Fe Albuquerque Belen El Paso
January 13	El Paso, Texas[152] Tucson, Arizona[153] Chandler Tempe Scottsdale Scottsdale Mall Phoenix Patriots Square Park[154]	Tucson Kerri Strug[155] Phoenix Curt Schilling[156]	Tucson Chandler Tempe Scottsdale Phoenix
January 14	Yuma[154] Jacumba Hot Springs, California[157] Chula Vista United States Olympic Training Center[158] Coronado San Diego Balboa Park Embarcadero Marina Park[159]	Chula Vista rowed across San Diego Bay by Cliff Meidl[157] San Diego Sally Ride[160] Lance Armstrong[161]	Yuma Jacumba Hot Springs Chula Vista Coronado San Diego
January 15	San Diego San Juan Capistrano Laguna Beach Newport Beach Costa Mesa Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum La Brea Tar Pits Universal CityWalk[162]	Costa Mesa Lance Bass[163] Los Angeles Goldie Hawn[164] Debbie Heald[162] Magic Johnson[63] Rafer Johnson[163] Larry King[165] Michelle Kwan[166] Carl Lewis[167] Kevin Richardson[163] Arnold Schwarzenegger[168] Martin Sheen[63]	San Diego San Juan Capistrano Laguna Beach Newport Beach Costa Mesa Los Angeles
January 16	Los Angeles Pasadena Norton Simon Museum Oxnard[169] Ventura Santa Barbara Buellton Solvang Santa Ynez Santa Maria Guadalupe[162] San Luis Obispo[170]	Pasadena Erin Brockovich[171] Chris O'Donnell[63]	Los Angeles Pasadena Oxnard Ventura Santa Barbara Buellton Solvang Santa Ynez Santa Maria Guadalupe San Luis Obispo
January 17	San Luis Obispo Paso Robles[172] King City Soledad Salinas National Steinbeck Center Carmel-by-the-Sea Pacific Grove Monterey Monterey Bay Aquarium Cannery Row Seaside[173]		San Luis Obispo Paso Robles King City Soledad Salinas Carmel-by-the-Sea Pacific Grove Monterey Seaside
January 18	Marina[173] Santa Cruz[174] San Jose Oakland Jack London Square[175] San Francisco Hyde Street Pier Lombard Street Justin Herman Plaza[176]	Oakland carried across San Francisco Bay on the schooner Alma[177] San Francisco Pat O'Brien[178] Barry Bonds[179]	Marina Santa Cruz San Jose Oakland San Francisco
January 19	San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Mill Valley[180] Martinez[181] Concord Walnut Grove Sacramento California State Capitol[182]	San Francisco Willie Mays[183] Concord Mike Love[184]	San Francisco Mill Valley Martinez Concord Walnut Grove Sacramento
January 20	Sacramento Truckee Olympic Valley Tahoe City Tahoe Vista Kings Beach Incline Village, Nevada South Lake Tahoe, California[185][186]	Olympic Valley rode up in cable car, then skied down mountain by Mark Wellman[185][187]	Sacramento Truckee Olympic Valley Incline Village South Lake Tahoe
January 21	South Lake Tahoe Stateline, Nevada Caesars Tahoe Genoa Carson City Nevada State Railroad Museum Nevada State Capitol Reno Reno Arch Sparks[186] Truckee, California[60] Roseville, California[188]	Reno Mills Lane[189] Patty Sheehan[190] Sparks boarded Union Pacific train to Klamath Falls[60][186]	Stateline Carson City Reno Sparks Truckee Roseville
January 22	Klamath Falls, Oregon Eugene Salem Willamette University Oregon State Capitol[191] Tigard Portland		Klamath Falls Eugene Salem Tigard Portland
January 23	Portland Vancouver, Washington[192] Longview Kelso[193] Tumwater Olympia Washington State Capitol Lacey[194] Tacoma[195] Des Moines[196] Seattle Safeco Field Seattle Center[197][198][199]	Olympia Bill Johnson[194] Tacoma carried by tugboat across Puget Sound to Des Moines[195] Seattle Jeff Nelson Megan Quann[197][198]	Portland Vancouver Longview Kelso Tumwater Olympia Lacey Tacoma Des Moines Seattle
January 24	Seattle Juneau, Alaska Mendenhall Glacier[200] Spokane, Washington Spokane International Airport Spokane Arena[201]	Juneau flown to and from Alaska by SkyWest Airlines[202] rowed across Gastineau Channel in a traditional Tlingit canoe[203] student protest at Juneau-Douglas High School was the subject of Supreme Court case Morse v. Frederick	Juneau
January 25	Pasco, Washington Kennewick[204] Baker City, Oregon Caldwell, Idaho Nampa Boise[205]	Pasco crossed Columbia River on a Coast Guard Cutter[204]	Spokane Pasco Kennewick Baker City Caldwell Nampa Boise
January 26	Boise Mountain Home[205] Twin Falls[206] Fort Hall Indian Reservation[207] Pocatello Idaho Falls		Boise Mountain Home Twin Falls Fort Hall Pocatello Idaho Falls
January 27	Idaho Falls Rexburg West Yellowstone, Montana Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful[208] West Yellowstone Big Sky Bozeman[209]		Rexburg West Yellowstone Yellowstone NP Big Sky Bozeman
January 28	Bozeman Livingston Big Timber[209] Columbus[210] Laurel Billings[211]		Bozeman Livingston        Big Timber     Columbus Laurel Billings
January 29	Sheridan, Wyoming Kaycee Casper[212] Wheatland Cheyenne[212]		Sheridan Kaycee Casper Wheatland Cheyenne
January 30	Cheyenne Fort Collins, Colorado[213] Loveland Berthoud Longmont Boulder Denver	Longmont Erik Weihenmayer[214] Boulder Davis Phinney[215] Denver John Elway[216]	Cheyenne Fort Collins Loveland Berthoud Longmont Boulder Denver
January 31	Denver Littleton Columbine High School[217] Colorado Springs	Littleton Columbine survivors Patrick Ireland, Richard Castaldo, and the father of victim John Tomlin[218]	Denver Littleton Colorado Springs
February 1	Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods[219] Johnson Village[220] Buena Vista Leadville Vail Eagle[221]	Vail Cindy Nelson[222]	Colorado Springs Johnson Village Buena Vista Leadville Vail Eagle
February 2	Eagle Glenwood Springs Carbondale Aspen[221] Rifle[223] Grand Junction[224]	Rifle James (Jim) Boone[225]	Eagle Glenwood Springs Carbondale Aspen Rifle Grand Junction
February 3	set aside as a contingency day in case of weather delays along the route,[28] no relay celebrations due to the Super Bowl
February 4	Arches National Park, Utah carried under Delicate Arch[226] Moab[227] Monument Valley Bryce Canyon Zion National Park Springdale Hurricane St. George[228]		Arches NP Moab Monument Valley Bryce Canyon Zion NP Springdale Hurricane St. George
February 5	St. George, Utah Cedar City Parowan Beaver Richfield Centerfield Gunnison[229] Manti Ephraim Nephi Provo[230]		St. George Cedar City Parowan Beaver Richfield Centerfield Gunnison Manti Ephraim Nephi Provo
February 6	Provo Orem American Fork Lehi Camp Floyd State Park[230] Tooele[231] Antelope Island State Park Layton Tremonton Garland Logan Brigham City Ogden	Ogden Spencer Eccles[232]	Provo Orem American Fork Lehi Camp Floyd Tooele Antelope Island Layton Tremonton Garland Logan Brigham City Ogden
February 7	Ogden Henefer Midway Heber City Park City Salt Lake City[233] This Is the Place Heritage Park Utah State Capitol Church Administration Building Abravanel Hall Salt Lake City and County Building[234]	Heber City Hilary Lindh[235] Salt Lake City carried into Salt Lake Valley by "Brigham Young" (portrayed by actor James Arrington) on stagecoach[234] Robert D. Hales[236][237] Gordon B. Hinckley[236][237] James E. Faust[236][237] Neal A. Maxwell[236][237] Thomas S. Monson[236][237] Prince Albert of Monaco[238] Chris Waddell[239] Kristi Yamaguchi[240]	Ogden Henefer Midway Heber City Park City Salt Lake City
February 8	Salt Lake City area Woods Cross Bountiful West Valley City Taylorsville Kearns Utah Olympic Oval West Jordan Draper Sandy Midvale Murray[231][234] Rice-Eccles Stadium (opening ceremony)	Sandy Karl Malone[241] Kearns Steve Young[242]	Bountiful West Valley City Draper Sandy

Gallery

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  Delta's Soaring Spirit was used to transport the flame from Greece to the United States.
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  President George W. Bush, with the flame behind, speaks at the White House.
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  The flame during a ceremony at The Pentagon.
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  Close-up of the 2002 Winter Olympic torch
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  The flame passes through North College Hill, Ohio.

See also

• Morse v. Frederick (2007)