2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying
Local favourite Jacques Villeneuve in the BAR started ninth, his best grid position of the season. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella gave the Jordan team heart by posting his first top-six qualifying performance of the season, but his teammate Takuma Sato's session was ruined by a spectacular engine failure.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
Montoya got the jump at the start, to lead into the first hairpin, with Barrichello slotting in ahead of Michael Schumacher for second. Räikkönen moved up to fourth ahead of Ralf Schumacher, while a good start elevated Coulthard ahead of  Nick Heidfeld and  Giancarlo Fisichella. Montoya's lead only lasted for the opening lap, however, as the Colombian ran wide at the final chicane, allowing Barrichello the run into the first corner, and the race lead.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
The Ferrari driver began to gradually extend his lead, but with the Brazilian on a two-stop strategy, he would need to make up a comfortable margin to be able to retain it after the stops. However, his strategy went up in smoke on lap fifteen, when the Safety Car was deployed for Villeneuve's stranded BAR, whose engine had failed.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
Montoya used this break to make his first stop, emerging in fifth place, while Barrichello stayed out in the lead. However, fate seemed to be smiling on the Colombian, as he quickly passed Räikkönen and Ralf Schumacher after the two delayed each other at the final chicane. Barrichello made his first stop on lap 26 dropping down the field as Michael Schumacher inherited the lead until his stop 12 laps later. This allowed Montoya back into the lead for a second time, but Schumacher resumed just 3.6 seconds behind, with the Williams driver still needing to make another stop.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
That he did fourteen laps later, but he had been unable to exploit his lighter car and rejoined nearly nine seconds behind the championship leader. However, Montoya had no chance of a straight race with the German, as the problematic BMW powerplant forced the Williams driver to make an early exit. Both Saubers and Toyota's Mika Salo received a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane while Minardi's Alex Yoong received a 10-second stop-go penalty for the same reason.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
With Montoya out, Schumacher was able to take it easy, while his teammate set about Coulthard for second position, after the Scot had passed both Barrichello and  Räikkönen during the pit stops. However, the Brazilian was unable to find a way past, and had to settle for the third spot on the podium, with Räikkönen taking fourth position 30 seconds behind. Fisichella took his third consecutive fifth-place finish, with Trulli claiming the final point.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
Williams' miserable day was completed when Ralf Schumacher's fuel hose failed during his pit stop, necessitating another a visit to the pits, which would drop him to seventh. Having failed to finish any of the previous eight Grand Prix, Olivier Panis took a morale boosting eighth position, ahead of Felipe Massa's Sauber. Takuma Sato made up for his Monaco crash with a conservative tenth-place finish, ahead of Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld, who was forced to take two drive-through penalties after his speed-limiter failed. Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Alex Yoong completed the finishers.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
Frentzen's teammate Enrique Bernoldi was an early casualty after a persistent vibration, while Pedro De La Rosa's Jaguar survived an early skirmish with McNish, but later retired as a result of gearbox dramas. The second Jaguar of Irvine only lasted twelve laps longer before its engine blew, while neither Toyota made the finish either; Mika Salo succumbed to brake problems, while McNish spun off. Britain's Jenson Button was the final retirement of the race with an engine failure five laps from the end.


2002 Canadian Grand Prix, Reports, Qualifying, Race
Canada had been seen as one of Williams' best chances to close on Ferrari, but as the Italian team took fourteen points, they left empty-handed. This was Ferrari's 150th Formula 1 victory.


2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2002 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held January 19–27 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club and at Cahill Stadium in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships.


2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Teranet Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held January 2–6 at the Unionville Curling Club in Unionville.


2002 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
Julie Reddick of Oakville defeated Melanie Robillard's Ottawa Curling Club rink in the women's final 5–3. In the men's final, Jeff Armstrong of Owen Sound beat Guelph's Jason Newland 8–4.


2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2002 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 5-13 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
The 2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the fifth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 23, 2002 and concluded on October 20, 2002 with Ottawa Wizards becoming the first expansion franchise to win the CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons) by defeating the North York Astros 2-0. For the first time the final was hosted at Esther Shiner Stadium, which granted the hosts the North York Astros a wildcard match.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
As the league was divided into the Eastern and Western Conferences the Wizards clinched the Eastern title, while Toronto Croatia won the Western Conference. The expansion of the league saw the return of professional soccer to Hamilton, and the addition of another Toronto franchise. On February 26, 2002 the CPSL signed a player agreement deal with the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League, which provided the Lynx access in order to use CPSL talent and provide players an opportunity to play at a higher level.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Changes from 2001 season
For the second straight season the CPSL expanded to 14 clubs to include the Hamilton Thunder and Metro Lions. Due to the increase of teams the CPSL management split the league into two Conferences the Eastern and Western. The Toronto Olympians moved to Erin Mills, Mississauga, which opened the Scarborough territory to the Metro Lions. Changes occurred in the York Region territory with Glen Shields changing their team name to Vaughan Sun Devils in order to fully represent the city of Vaughan. Meanwhile, their rivals the York Region Shooters were sold to Tony De Thomasis, and relocated the team to their original home at Highland Park in Aurora. While former Hamilton Bulldogs president Cary Kaplan was hired as a Management Consultant for the league.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, All-Star Game
The 2002 CPSL All-Star match was arranged by the German consulate general in Toronto to have TSV 1860 Munich of the Bundesliga to come to Canada. London City head coach Jurek Gebcznyski was selected to assemble an All-Star roster with Dave Benning, Victor Cameria and Steve Nijjar serving as his assistant coaches. Jimmy Douglas was appointed the general manager for the team.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Individual awards
The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 20, 2002 at the Hollywood Princess Convention in Concord, Ontario. Where the Mississauga Olympians received the most accolades with three wins. Darren Tilley a former English football and  USL A-League veteran was given both the CSL Golden Boot and Rookie of the Year. After accumulating the fewest card bookings they received the Fair Play award, their third in the club's history. Toronto Croatia went home with two awards with George Azcurra adding his third Goalkeeper of the Year award to his resume. While Domagoj Sain was named the Defender of the Year.


2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Individual awards
Abraham Osman of the Ottawa Wizards became the first player to receive the MVP in two straight seasons. After a mediocre start to the season the Metro Lions utilized the services of Aldwyn McGill as manager, who transformed the expansion franchise into a title contender. While Michael Lambert's work as a match official was recognized by the league with the Referee of the Year award.


2002 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2002 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held in St. Thomas, Ontario.


2002 Canadian electoral calendar
This is list of elections in Canada in 2002. Included are provincial, municipal and  federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.


2002 Canberra Women's Classic
The 2002 Canberra Women's Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Lyneham, Canberra, Australia and was part of the Tier V category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 6 through 12 January 2002. Unseeded Anna Smashnova won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2002 Canberra Women's Classic, Finals, Doubles
Nannie de Villiers /  Irina Selyutina defeated  Samantha Reeves /  Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–2, 6–3


2002 Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Arendt chose not to participate and Sugiyama chose to participate in Sydney instead.


2002 Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles
Nannie de Villiers and Irina Selyutina won the title, defeating Samantha Reeves and Adriana Serra Zanetti in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2002 Canisius Golden Griffins football team
The 2002 Canisius Golden Griffins football team represented Canisius College in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Golden Griffins offense scored 113 points while the defense allowed 329 points. The Canisius football program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 2002 season.


2002 Cannes Film Festival
The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski.


2002 Cannes Film Festival
The festival opened with Hollywood Ending, directed by Woody Allen and closed with And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen, directed by Claude Lelouch. Virginie Ledoyen was the mistress of ceremonies.


2002 Cannes Film Festival
Director Woody Allen was also presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or given to a director who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2002 Official Selection:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Un Certain Regard
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Un Certain Regard:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Cinéfondation and short films
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2002 Camera d'Or:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéfondation
The following short films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 41st International Critics' Week (41e Semaine de la Critique):


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2002 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 2002 Official selection awards:


2002 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, 1939 Palme d'Or
The inaugural Cannes Film Festival was to have been held in 1939, but was cancelled by the outbreak of the Second World War. The organizers of the 2002 festival assembled a jury of six members, including Dieter Kosslick and Alberto Barbera, to watch seven of the twelve features which had been entered in the 1939 competition, namely: Goodbye, Mr. Chips, La piste du nord, Lenin in 1918, The Four Feathers, The Wizard of Oz, Union Pacific, and Boefje. Union Pacific was retrospectively voted the winner of the 1939 Palme d'Or.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 15th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup final.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings
The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. Semifinalists were guaranteed at least 5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 2 points each. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup final earned 45 points, semifinalists got at least 7.5 points and paddlers eliminated in heats received 3 points apiece. Only the best four results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1
The first world cup race of the season took place in Guangzhou, China from 25 to 26 May.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2
The second world cup race of the season took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 19 to 21 July.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3
The third world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 27 to 28 July.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4
The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 3 to 4 August.


2002 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Final
The final world cup race of the season took place in Tibagi, Brazil from 13 to 15 September.


2002 Canoe Sprint European Championships
The 2002 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.


2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The 2002 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 23rd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 11 May and finished on 6 July 2002. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Sporting Praia won their fourth title. No club participated in the 2003 CAF Champions League and the 2003 CAF Winners Cup.


2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
Onze Unidos was the defending team of the title. A total of 9 clubs, 36 matches were played and 117 goals were scored. It was one of the few seasons that the total number of points would be the champion, it had fewer games compared to other football leagues and this would be the last season to do so.


2002 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
The following season, they used the group system with 4 matches and with playoffs though the semis would be added, also the Santiago and Santo Antão Island Leagues would be split into two and the total number of clubs risen to 11. The number of goals were higher than any other season in history until 2005. Sporting and Bautuque shared the record total of 19 points, no other club surpassed it since, even into the creation of a three-group season with six matches for each club made in May 2017. Batuque scored the most at home, the most in a regular season.


2002 Caribbean Series
The forty-fourth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 2 through February 8 of 2002 with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacán; Puerto Rico, Vaqueros de Bayamón, and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Universitario in Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela.


2002 Carlisle City Council election
The 2002 Carlisle City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Carlisle City Council election, Election result
The Conservatives retained a majority on the council, despite losing 2 seats to Labour. Overall turnout at the election was 31.7%.


2002 Carolina Panthers season
The 2002 season was the Carolina Panthers' eighth in the National Football League and their first under head coach John Fox. They tried to improve upon their 1–15 record in 2001, and make it to the playoffs for the second time in franchise history.


2002 Carolina Panthers season
After moving from the NFC West to the more geographically accurate NFC South, they improved by six games to finish 7–9, but were still five games behind the division champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and failed to make the playoffs. As of the 2021 season, their week 7, 30-0 loss against the Atlanta Falcons is the last time the Panthers have been shutout in any game.


2002 Carolina Panthers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The 2002 NFL Draft took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 15 and April 16, 2002. The Panthers selected nine players in seven rounds. Despite having the worst record in the league the previous season, the Panthers picked 2nd overall due to the Houston Texans picking first overall in  their inaugural draft, as is tradition with expansion teams.


2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 June 2002 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.


2002 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.


2002 Categoría Primera A season
The 2002 Categoría Primera A season was the 54th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Format
Starting from this year, the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 18 teams, adding to the league two of the three DIMAYOR "A-class" associates who were taking part of the Categoría Primera B at the time through a special promotion tournament. In addition to this, the league started awarding two championships per season, thus making the Apertura and Finalización tournaments independent championships within a single season.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Format
For both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, the 18 teams were first divided into three groups of six teams, playing five games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The semifinal round was played by the best eight teams at the end of the 22 matches, who were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their position at the end of the first stage: odd-ranked teams made up Group A, while even-ranked ones made up Group B. The winners of each group played the finals to decide the champions of each tournament.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 3 February and ended on 19 June.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Finalización
The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It began on 7 July and ended on 22 December.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Aggregate table
An aggregate table including all games that a team played during the year was used to determine berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion qualified for the 2003 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.


2002 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored; 5th away goals scored.


2002 Central American Championships in Athletics
The 14th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, between October 12-13, 2002.


2002 Central American Championships in Athletics
A total of 38 events were contested, 20 by men and 18 by women.


2002 Central American Championships in Athletics, Participation
A total of 180 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:


2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca. Cuba did not participate. Squash made its debut at the Central American and Caribbean Games.


2002 Central American and Caribbean Games women's volleyball squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, played by eight countries and held from November 28 to December 8, 2002, in San Salvador, El Salvador.


2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
The 15th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados between 5–7 July 2002. A discussion of the results is given. Usain Boltof Jamaica set a total of 6 new championship records.


2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Records
A total of 22 new championship records were set. Moreover, during the Girls' U-20 Javelin Throw, there were probably a couple of intermediate records set: Yuneisy Rodríguez of Cuba 46.96m, Ana Gutiérrez of Mexico 46.98m, and again Yuneisy Rodríguez 48.48m, as well as in the Girls' U-20 Triple Jump: Arianna Martínez of Cuba 13.43m, and Mabel Gay of Cuba 13.65m.


2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 443 athletes (257 junior (under-20) and 159 youth (under-17)) from about 32 countries, a new record number of participating nations:


2002 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 2002 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Mike DeBord, the Chippewas compiled a 4–8 record (2–6 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC's West Division, and were outscored by their opponents, 384 to 267. The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 103,865 in six home games.


2002 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included Derrick Vickers with 1,828 passing yards, Robbie Mixon with 1,361 rushing yards, and Rob Turner with 506 receiving yards. At the time, Mixon's 1,361 yards ranked as the seventh best season total in Central Michigan history. Mixon also set a Mid-American Conference record with 377 rushing yards (on 43 carries) in a 47-21 victory over against Eastern Michigan on November 2, 2002. Mixon was also selected at the end of the 2002 season as the team's most valuable player.


2002 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
Jovan Clark had 20 tackles for loss for 62 yards, which was at the time tied for the second best total in school history. Offensive guard Kyle Croskey was selected as a first-team All-MAC player.


2002 Central Plains ice storm
The 2002 Central Plains ice storm was a major winter storm that affected the Midwestern United States, causing significant damage across the region, especially in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.


2002 Central Plains ice storm, Meteorological history
An Arctic front moved slowly southward into the Central Plains from January 29 to January 30, resulting in a shallow layer of cold air near the surface. Meanwhile, a strong southwesterly jet stream began transporting a large surge of moist air with connections to the tropical Pacific. A strong temperature boundary developed, separating the warm, moist airmass across the southern U.S. from the colder, drier airmass to the north. As surface impulses moved along the frontal boundary, the stage was set for a widespread variety of winter weather. An upper level low progressing eastward across the central Pacific provided the added ingredients for a prolonged precipitation event.


2002 Central Plains ice storm, Aftermath
The storm left up to 2 inches of ice over the affected regions on the evening of January 30. Affected infrastructure initially held, but began to crumble as the night wore on. Electric transformers were prone to explosion and in some cases created small fires, and trees shattered under the weight of hundreds of pounds of ice. Larger trees were actually more susceptible to cracking and falling than smaller trees, with pin oak trees falling while twigs remained undamaged.


2002 Central Plains ice storm, Aftermath
After the 31st, more than 650,000 residents were without power, including 350,000 in the Kansas City metropolitan area alone and 250,000 in Oklahoma. In some cases, power didn't return to residents for nearly 14 days. Approximately 500,000 trees were affected in Kansas City alone, including two "Bicentennial Trees" which were estimated at being over 200 years old. States of emergency were announced by the governors of all three states. Then on the tail end of the storm, some places got snow on top of the ice that had fallen, only worsening the problem.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on 21 April 2002. The result was a victory for the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), which won 113 of the 155 seats in the National Assembly.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election, Background
The elections had been due in April or May 2001, but were postponed by a year to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission to organise the elections properly.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election, Campaign
Prior to the elections the MPS formed an electoral alliance with the opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), weakening the opposition already divided by a boycott by the Party for Liberty and Development (PLD) and the Union for Democracy and Republic (UDR). The PLD and the UDR claimed that the authorities did not provide sufficient guarantees that the elections would be free and fair. However, almost 40 parties did contest the elections, putting forward a total of 427 candidates.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election, Campaign
The MPS ran unopposed in 45 constituencies, whilst parties allied with the MPS were unopposed in a further 20 seats.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election, Results
Voter turnout was moderately high, except in the capital N'Djamena where only 21.8% of the registered voters cast a vote.


2002 Chadian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Following the election, the National Assembly held its first session on 10 June, electing Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido of the MPS as President of the National Assembly.


2002 Challenge Bell
The 2002 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports in Quebec City in Canada that was part of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the 10th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was held from September 16 through September 22, 2002. Elena Bovina won the singles title.


2002 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles
Samantha Reeves /  Jessica Steck def. María Emilia Salerni /  Fabiola Zuluaga, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5


2002 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Samantha Reeves and Adriana Serra Zanetti were the defending champions, but Serra Zanetti decided not to participate this year.


2002 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Reeves partnered with Jessica Steck and successfully defended her title, defeating María Emilia Salerni and Fabiola Zuluaga 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2002 Challenge Bell – Singles
Meghann Shaughnessy was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian.


2002 Challenge Bell – Singles
Elena Bovina won the title, defeating Mikaelian 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2002 Challenge Cup
The 2002 Challenge Cup was the 101st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup for sponsorship reason, the final was contested by Wigan Warriors and St. Helens at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Wigan won the match 21–12.


2002 Challenge Tour
The 2002 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.


2002 Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's Lee S. James.


2002 Challenge Tour, Rankings
The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2003 season.


2002 Champion Hurdle
The 2002 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 12 March 2002. It was the 72nd running of the Champion Hurdle.


2002 Champion Hurdle
The race was won by Paul Green's Hors La Loi III, a seven-year-old French-bred gelding trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by James Fanshawe and ridden by Dean Gallagher. His victory was the first in the race for his owner and jockey. Fanshawe had previously won the race with Royal Gait in 1992.


2002 Champion Hurdle
Hors La Loi II started at odds of 10/1 and won by three lengths from the 25/1 outsider Marble Arch, with the French mare Bilboa in third. Istabraq who had won the race in 1998, 1999 and 2000 started the 2/1 favourite but was pulled up after jumping the first two hurdles. The second favourite Valiramix was fatally injured when he slipped and fell approaching the second last. Twelve of the fifteen runners completed the course.


2002 Charlotte Sting season
The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth for the Charlotte Sting. The team advanced to the playoffs, but they were later swept in the opening round to the Washington Mystics.


2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
The Charlotte's Dale train crash was the collision of a commuter train with a freight train in the town of Charlotte's Dale, 42 miles from Durban in South Africa on 6 February 2002.


2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
The commuter train was a regular service traveling from Durban to outlying towns and most of the passengers on board were school children returning home following the end of school shortly before. As it approached the town of Charlotte's Dale at 4.00pm, the train collided at high speed with the rear of a stationary freight train on the same line. The force of the crash derailed six coaches and crumpled several of them, trapping dozens of people in the wreckage.


2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
Local people helped those initially injured, but it took a team of over 200 emergency personnel several hours to cut the remaining casualties out of the train. The final toll was 24 dead including 16 children and 168 injured. The train did not catch fire, and many of the people trapped in the wreckage were later rescued alive.


2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
The crash was later determined to be the result of criminal damage to some railway signals and power lines, which meant that the passenger train failed to change track on its approach to the station, and piled into the stationary goods train on the original track. This damage was caused by unknown persons who stole copper wiring from the signal and power lines causing the signal and switcher to fail to respond when an operator tried to change them. Although the operator realized something was wrong, there was no time to contact the train and slow it down before the crash.


2002 Chatham Cup
The 2002 Chatham Cup was the 75th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


2002 Chatham Cup
Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. The competition comprised a preliminary round and four rounds proper followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. The competition was held considerably earlier in the year than normal, with the final being held in July rather than September. In all, 136 teams took part in the competition.


2002 Chatham Cup
The nine eligible National League clubs entered the tournament at the third round stage. One National League side, Canterbury United, was ineligible, as it was an amalgamated team formed from several clubs within the Canterbury region, each of which competed in the Chatham Cup individually.


2002 Chatham Cup, The 2002 final
Napier City Rovers took the final 2-0 over Tauranga City United.


2002 Chatham Cup, The 2002 final
The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2002 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Leon Birnie of Napier City Rovers.


2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by third-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 2–10 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tied for seventh place.


2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 August 2001 and 31 August 2002. It was the second Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, following its change of name from the NatWest Trophy. The tournament was won by Yorkshire who defeated Somerset by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.


2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. They were also joined by the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire. The national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland returned to the competition after being unable to take part in the previous competition due to international commitments in the 2001 ICC Trophy.


2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The tournament was a knockout with four rounds before the quarter-final and semi-final stages. The first and second rounds, which did not involve the first-class counties, were played at the end of the 2001 season to allow more room in the 2002 schedule. The winners of the semi-finals went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 31 August 2002.


2002 Cheltenham Borough Council election
The 2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seat by 1. The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.


2002 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10 councillors.


2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 14 March 2002. It was the 74th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Best Mate. The winner was ridden by Jim Culloty and trained by Henrietta Knight. The pre-race favourite Looks Like Trouble finished thirteenth.


2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup
It was the first running of the Gold Cup for two years, as it had been cancelled in 2001 because of a foot-and-mouth crisis.


2002 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. PU = pulled-up.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated.


2002 Cherwell District Council election
The 2002 Cherwell District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of  Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 2. The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Cherwell District Council election
The election saw the two independent councillors and one independent Socialist councillor stand down from the council after deciding not to seek re-election. When the candidates were announced, five Conservatives including the leader of the council, George Reynolds, were unopposed in the election. The results saw the Conservative Party consolidate their control of the council after winning 37 of the 50 seats on the council including all of the seats in Bicester.


2002 Chicago Bears season
The 2002 season was the Chicago Bears' 83rd in the National Football League and their fourth under head coach Dick Jauron.


2002 Chicago Bears season
The team had hopes of returning to the playoffs after an unexpected 13–3 season the previous year, However, the team failed to improve on that record and finished with a 4–12 record and missed the postseason for the second time in three years. The Bears had problems on both sides of the ball, finishing 27th in the league in points scored and 23rd in points allowed.


2002 Chicago Bears season
The Bears began the season 2–0, but things quickly fell apart as the team fell into an eight-game losing streak, including a loss at home to the New England Patriots where, despite having a 27–6 lead at some point, the Patriots came back and won the game late in the fourth quarter. After this, the Bears never recovered, finishing 4–12 and in third place in their division, the newly aligned NFC North.


2002 Chicago Bears season
Because Soldier Field was being rebuilt, the Bears were forced to play all of their home games Downstate in Champaign, at Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois. The Bears never seemed to get used to their new home field, and injuries piled up as the season went on for both offense and defense. Starting QB Jim Miller was injured throughout the year, leaving the team no choice but to use backup Chris Chandler and rookie third-string QB Henry Burris for both spot relief and as starters. 2001 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Anthony Thomas suffered a broken right index finger in Week 15 against the Green Bay Packers. These injuries and the league's 23rd worst turnover differential contributed to the team's franchise record-tying eight-game losing streak and their poor record.


2002 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp
2002 marked the first Bears Training Camp at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, after practicing at University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1984 to 2001. Other candidates in the selection process included universities like Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Illinois State in Normal, Millikin in Decatur, Northern Illinois in DeKalb, Southern Illinois Carbondale and Edwardsville, and Urbana–Champaign; smaller schools like Knox College in Galesburg, Monmouth College in Monmouth, and Rockford College in Rockford; and the Chanute Air Force Base near Rantoul, where the Illinois Fighting Illini held their offseason camps.


2002 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Training camp
The list was eventually narrowed to Eastern Illinois, Millikin, Northern Illinois, and Olivet Nazarene. On July 17, 2001, the Bears announced Olivet Nazarene as the new Training Camp site on a two-year deal.


2002 Chicago Cubs season
The 2002 Chicago Cubs season was the 131st season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 127th in the National League and the 87th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League Central with a record of 67–95.


2002 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Chicago Marathon
The 2002 Chicago Marathon was the 25th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 13. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Khalid Khannouchi in a time of 2:05:56 hours and the women's race was won by British athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:17:18. Radcliffe's time was a new marathon world best, knocking 89 seconds off the previous mark by Catherine Ndereba (the runner-up in the race). The record only lasted six months, as Radcliffe improved it again at the 2003 London Marathon.


2002 Chicago White Sox season
The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season, and their 102nd in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 81-81, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.


2002 Chicago White Sox season, Offseason
February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


2002 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2002 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2002 Chilean telethon
The 2002 Chilean telethon (Spanish: Teletón 2002) was the 17th Telethon charity campaign held in Chile, which took place 29–30 November 2002. The theme was "The Telethon is Yours", (La Teletón es tuya) due to the complicated economic situation the country was experiencing that year, and to the lack of a Telethon in 2001 because of the parliamentary election.


2002 Chilean telethon
The goal was to raise CL$10 billion. In 2001, the Telethon Foundation gave a press conference warning that they had to borrow one billion pesos to cover expenses for the subsequent months. Because of this, part of the official advertising featured the message "The Telethon is at zero pesos, help more than ever". The message also appeared on the official poster of the event featuring Don Francisco with a sad face showing the empty pockets of his trousers.


2002 Chilean telethon
A final collection of CL$10,532,480,521 was reached, greatly exceeding the goal. The total was publicly given in the Chile's National Stadium on 1 December. The poster girl for the event was Kimberly Cruz.


2002 Chilean telethon, First goal
Don Francisco predicted that donations were going to exceed Telethon 2000 which collected $6,450,614,205. The last total announced in the theatre was $6,598,843,607, 148 million more than the previous season's goal.


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Threat of boycott
One of the controversies was a threat of boycott by supporters of the Communist Party of Chile for alleged misuse of money donated. The party claimed that 25% of the collection was for entertainers and artists, and even said Don Francisco took 5% of donations. The charges were eventually dismissed. For her part, the party leader, Gladys Marin, told the press that the event should not be for entertainment but a task of state, also criticizing the donation of $40,000,000 that was to be given to the then Mayor of Santiago, Joaquin Lavín Infante.


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Reviews of Los Prisioneros
At the close of the Telethon at the National Stadium,  the group Los Prisioneros was introduced, who changed the lyrics of the song "Quieren Dinero" (They want money).


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Reviews of Los Prisioneros
In the new words, Jorge González Rios criticized both economic groups and various right-wing politicians in the chorus: "Quiero más Luksic, quiero más Angelini; quiero más UDI, quiero más Pinocheques; quiero más Büchi, quiero más Lavín; quiero más libras, quiero más dólares" (I want more Luksic, I want more Angelini, I want more UDI, I want more Pinocheques, I want more Büchi, I want more Lavín, I want more pounds, I want more dollars). The action was criticized by the organizers, decrying the use of the campaign for proselytizing, but it had the support of a significant number of Chileans who understood that the words of Gonzalez Ríos reflected the reality of the campaign:


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Reviews of Los Prisioneros
"How nice! isn't it? How nice that you can transform one thing into another, that of all the giant ego, of all the desire to appear that the artists have, no? it can be transformed into help for children. That all the greed and sense of good business that companies have, that they can raise prices, pay less taxes, advertise themselves, and that what people eat, in quotes, to help, really you can help children. But it is the (? )rooster who puts his hand in his pocket at the end, and the goal is met."


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Reviews of Los Prisioneros
On closing the event, the entertainer Kike Morande found the sayings of the group's vocalist a "very bad thing". Days later, at a conference, Gonzalez reaffirmed the statements he made in the last hours of the event. The Executive Director of the Telethon, Ximena Casarejos called the words of Gonzalez "like an attack", in an interview given to the Chilean newscast, 24 Horas.


2002 Chilean telethon, Controversy, Reviews of Los Prisioneros
Another version circulating about the reason for this criticism was a suspected "personal vengeance" by Jorge Gonzalez against the organizers of the Telethon, for the alleged censorship by TVN during the performance of its group in the 1985's Telethon, since Los Prisioneros was openly opposed to the then military regime of Augusto Pinochet.


2002 China Open (snooker)
The 2002 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 24 February to 3 March 2002 at the International Gymnastic Centre in Shanghai, China. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2001–02 season.


2002 China Open (snooker)
The reigning champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan, who was defeated 5–3 in the quarter-finals by Mark Selby. Mark Williams won in the final 9–8 against Anthony Hamilton.


2002 Chinese Football Super Cup
The 2002 LG Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: LG杯2002年度中国足球超霸杯赛) was the 8th Chinese Football Super Cup, contested by Chinese Jia-A League 2002 winners Dalian Shide and 2002 Chinese FA Cup winners Qingdao Sbright. The match was played at the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium on 6 February 2003. Dalian Shide beat Qingdao Sbright 1–0, thus winning their third title of Super Cup.


2002 Chinese Jia-A League
The 2002 Chinese Jia-A League season is the ninth season of professional association football and the 41st top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 9 and ended on November 30, 2002 with Dalian Shide winning the championship, while to help the Chinese national team prepare for the 2002 FIFA World Cup there was no relegation within the league for the season.


2002 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
Before the league started it was dogged by rumours of match fixing when it was discovered that second tier club and promotion hopeful Changchun Yatai had fixed a match on October 6, 2001 against Zhejiang in their favour. When these allegations turned out to be true Changchun Yatai were denied promotion into the league as their punishment, which meant there would only be 15 teams performing within the league.


2002 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
Also before the season started it was decided that because the Chinese national team had qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup there would be no relegation so the players would not be distracted with the fear of demotion. Within the season Dalian Shide would continue their dominance within Chinese football and win their third consecutive league championship.


2002 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.


2002 Chrono des Herbiers
The 2002 Chrono des Herbiers was the 21st edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 22 October 2002. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Michael Rich.


2002 Cihanbeyli by-election
The Cihanbeyli by-election of 2002 was a by-election held in the district of Cihanbeyli, Konya Province in order to elect a new mayor. Due to the large Kurdish population in the district, the election was won by the Kurdish nationalist Democratic People's Party (DEHAP). The newly formed Justice and Development Party (AKP), which went on to win the general elections held the same year, came a close second while the centre-left Republican People's Party (CHP) came third. 178 ballot boxes were used in the election for 37,066 registered voters.


2002 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2002 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Rick Minter, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924. The Bearcats finished the season 7–7 (6–2 in the C-USA) and were invited to the New Orleans bowl, where they lost 24–19 to North Texas.


2002 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2002 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League, the 35th overall, and the second and final full season under head coach Dick LeBeau. With a record of 2–14, however, they were the worst team in football in 2002. The team's struggles continued as they lost their first seven contests losing by an average of 19 points in each game. The Bengals would finally garner their first victory Week 8 by soundly defeating the expansion Houston Texans on the road 38–3. The winning would not last long, however, as the Bengals lost their next six games to fall to 1–13, this lethargic result was later matched by the 2019 team, which also finished at 2–14.


2002 Cincinnati Bengals season
In their final game at home, the Bengals would stun the New Orleans Saints 20–13 to earn their second win on the season, but there would be no saving the Bengals from setting a new franchise record for losses as they finished the season with a 27–9 loss to the Buffalo Bills on the road to finish with a league-worst 2–14 record. This resulted in the Bengals owner Mike Brown firing head coach Dick LeBeau and replacing him with Washington's defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis.


2002 Cincinnati Bengals season
By being the worst team in 2002, they earned the first pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, which they would use to draft Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Carson Palmer out of USC, and releasing embattled quarterback Akili Smith.


2002 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 2002 season consisted of the Reds finishing with a 78-84 record to finish in third place in the National League Central, 19 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone. The 2002 Reds season was their final in Cinergy Field.


2002 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.


2002 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2002 City of Lincoln Council election
Elections to City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England, were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election, 2002 happened after party was defeated in legislative election. The incumbent leader Václav Klaus decided to not participate in the election. The main Candidates included Petr Nečas, Jan Zahradil and Mirek Topolánek. Petr Nečas was considered front-runner but unexpectedly lost in second round to Mirek Topolánek who was considered a Dark horse of the election. 353 delegates could vote.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Václav Klaus led ODS since its foundation in 1991. Party was in opposition since 2002 but supported minority cabinet of Miloš Zeman. ODS hoped to win 2002 legislative election but was defeated by ČSSD. Klaus then decided to not seek another term as leader of ODS and decided to run for presidency instead. New leader was to be elected at congress in Františkovy Lázně.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
On 22 September 2002, Evžen Tošenovský announced his candidacy. Jan Zahradil reacted with an announcement that he will run against Tošenovský. Tošenovský withdrew from election on 8 November 2002. He was the only official candidate at the time.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
In early November 2002, Mirek Topolánek and Miroslava Němcová announced their candidacy. On 20 November 2002, Petr Nečas announced his candidacy. Pavel Bém stated that he will announce candidacy on 28 November 2002.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Background
Petr Nečas and Jan Zahradil were considered main candidates for the chairmanship as they were supported by strongest regional organisations. Nečas was endorsed by South Moravian ODS and Zahradil by Prague ODS. Other candidates were Mirek Topolánek and Miroslava Němcová. Zahradil also received nomination from Plzeň and Ústí organisations. Nečas then received nomination from Moravia-Silesia which was Topolánek's home regional organisation.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Voting
Before the voting started, candidates were allowed to make a speech for delegates. Conservative candidate Petr Nečas called for strong fight against left and for more open cooperation with other right wing parties. Liberal candidate Jan Zahradil stated that inner functioning of ODS should change and also called for cooperation with other parties. Mirek Topolánek, who was considered the least preferred candidate for Klaus, praised Klaus' role in party. He stated that ODS should embrace Klausism as its ideology. Miroslava Němcová declined to make a speech. It was expected that Petr Nečas and Jan Zahradil will face each other in the second round but Zahradil was eliminated and Topolánek became Nečas' rival for the second round. Nečas was considered the front-runner but Topolánek received more votes and became the new leader.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath
Topolánek's victory was unexpected as he was the least acceptable candidate to Václav Klaus. Some delegates admitted that they voted for Topolánek because they wanted change. Klaus reportedly wasn't pleased by the result and was seen sending a text message in which he called Topolánek "absolutely dry hollow poplar." According to Topolánek Klaus accepted the result correctly.


2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, Aftermath
Klaus himself stated that he doesn't have a problem with Topolánek but with people who pushed Topolánek to the position with expectations that are different than expectations of Mirek Topolánek Topolánek led ODS to 2006 legislative election and became the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. He was replaced as the leader of ODS by Petr Nečas in 2010.


2002 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The 2002 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, SC.


2002 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his ninth season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 2002 College World Series, their tenth appearance in Omaha.


2002 Clemson Tigers baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2002 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2002 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season marked the 100th game played between Clemson and South Carolina.


2002 Cleveland Browns season
The 2002 season was the Cleveland Browns' 54th as a professional sports franchise, their 50th as a member of the National Football League, and the second season under head coach Butch Davis.


2002 Cleveland Browns season
In their opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, linebacker Dwayne Rudd cost the Browns a victory when he threw his helmet in celebration while a play was still going on, incurring an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Because the clock expired during the play the Browns' unsportsmanlike conduct occurred on, the Chiefs had one untimed down. Chiefs' kicker Morten Andersen made the 30-yard field goal to win the game.


2002 Cleveland Browns season
The Browns made their first playoff appearance since their re-activation. It was only the Browns' fourth year since returning to the league effectively as an expansion team, and their first winning season. The Browns then lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild card round. The Browns would not make the NFL playoffs again until 2020.


2002 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Schedule
Apart from their AFC North division games, the Browns played against the AFC South and NFC South according to the NFL's new conference rotation, and played the Chiefs and Jets based on 2001 standings with respect to the newly aligned divisions.


2002 Cleveland Indians season
The 2002 Cleveland Indians season was the 102nd season for the franchise. The 2002 Major League Baseball season  began on March 31, 2002.The team finished third in the American League Central Division behind the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox.


2002 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2002 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2002 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2002 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2002 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched;SV = Saves; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2002 Cleveland Rockers season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Cleveland Rockers.


2002 Clipsal 500
The 2002 Clipsal 500 was the fourth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 15 March until Sunday 17 March 2002. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series.


2002 Clipsal 500, Format
The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.


2002 Clásica de Almería
The 2002 Clásica de Almería was the 17th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 3 March 2002. The race was won by Massimo Strazzer.


2002 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2002 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 22nd edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 10 August 2002. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the CSC team.


2002 Clásico RCN
The 42nd edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 11 to August 18, 2002 in Colombia. The stage race with an UCI rate of 2.3 started in Cali and finished in Sopó. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" – one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.


2002 Coca Cola Tigers season
The 2002 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2002 Coca Cola Tigers season, New team
Formerly the Pop Cola Panthers, RFM Corporation sold its entire stake in softdrink unit Cosmos Bottling Corporation and its PBA franchise to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. The team was renamed Coca-Cola Tigers as a new ballclub. Records of the Pop Cola Panthers were not retained.


2002 Coca Cola Tigers season, Occurrences
Key players Rudy Hatfield and Jeffrey Cariaso serve time for the national team in the first two conferences. Three other Tigers, rookie Rafi Reavis and center Poch Juinio played for RP-Selecta while Johnny Abarrientos played for RP-Hapee during the Governor's Cup.


2002 Coca Cola Tigers season, Championship
The Coca Cola Tigers made history by becoming the first team to win a PBA title in its maiden season as they captured the season-ending All-Filipino Cup crown over the Alaska Aces, three games to one. The Tigers won their first championship on a historic night on Christmas Day with a 78-63 victory in Game four of the finals.


2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600
The 2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600, the 43rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 26, 2002 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Mark Martin of Roush Racing won the race. A record 4 in a row for Roush Racing. Matt Kenseth finished second and Ricky Craven finished third.


2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600
Failed to qualify: Chad Little (No. 74), Carl Long (No. 85), Derrike Cope (No. 37), Randy Renfrow (No. 59)


2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600, Background
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Humpy Wheeler as track president.


2002 Colchester Borough Council election
The 2002 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. This was the same day as the other 2002 local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, every seat was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2002 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives gained seats to move to 26 and 24 seats respectively. This was at the expense of the Labour party who lost 9 seats to only have 6 councillors.


2002 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
In total there were 24 new councillors elected, with a number of sitting councillors being defeated, including the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, Bill Frame. Frame had previously represented St Mary's ward, but contested Shrub End at the election and failed to be elected. Colin Sykes returned as the leader of the Liberal Democrat group after winning election, 2 years after having lost his seat on the council.


2002 Colchester Borough Council election, Council composition
The composition of the council before the election and a summary of which parties' seats are up for election can be found in the following table:


2002 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward results
Shown below are ward results according to the council's election results archive.


2002 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2002 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for the Patriot League championship but did not qualify for the national playoffs.


2002 Colgate Raiders football team
In its seventh season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 9–3 record. Tom McCune and Max Wynn were the team captains.


2002 Colgate Raiders football team
The Raiders outscored opponents 301 to 203. Their 6–1 conference record tied atop the eight-team Patriot League standings. Co -champion Fordham, which had dealt Colgate its only loss in conference play, was selected to receive the Patriot League's automatic berth in the national Division I-AA playoffs. Unlike 1999, the last time the Patriot League had a tie for first place, in 2002 Colgate did not receive an at-large invitation to the playoffs.


2002 Colgate Raiders football team
From preseason to the last week of play, Colgate did not appear in the national Division I-AA top 25 rankings. After winning the co-championship, Colgate entered the rankings at No. 25 in the final poll of the year.


2002 Colgate Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


2002 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2002 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2002 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).


2002 College Football All-America Team
The 2002 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), Sports Illustrated (CNNSI) and ESPN.


2002 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. To be selected a consensus All-American, players must be chosen to the first team on at least two of the five official selectors as recognized by the NCAA. Second- and third-team honors are used to break ties. Players named first-team by all five selectors are deemed unanimous All-Americans. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2002 College Football All-America Team
Fourteen players were recognized as consensus All-Americans for 2002, 7 of them unanimously. Unanimous selections are followed by an asterisk (*)


2002 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 10 March 2002 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. The Liberal Party remained the largest party but lost its majority in both houses, winning won 56 of the 166 seats in the Chamber and 29 of the 102 seats in the Senate.


2002 Colombian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 26 May 2002. Álvaro Uribe, the candidate of the recently created Colombia First movement, was elected, receiving 53% of the vote by the first round. Uribe took office on 7 August.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Background
In the 1998 presidential elections, Andrés Pastrana of the Colombian Conservative Party was elected to the presidency on a platform of holding peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. After over three years of tortuous dialogue – while the conflict continued unabated in the rest of the country – Pastrana announced on 20 February 2002 that he was ending the peace process with the FARC. During this complicated period, public opinion radicalized in favour of a strong military strategy to end the Colombian armed conflict.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Conservative Party
In 2001 the governing coalition – composed of the Conservative Party and dissident Liberals – which had carried Pastrana to the presidency in 1998 began looking for a candidate to carry the coalition into the 2002 elections. Former Vice President and Minister of the Interior Humberto de La Calle, a dissident Liberal, was approached but he declined, arguing that the candidacy should go to a Conservative. The Minister of Economic Development, Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, resigned his portfolio to seek the presidency, but he later failed to obtain Conservative support because of his low support in the polls.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Conservative Party
Following Ramírez Ocampo's withdrawal, the party's president, Carlos Holguín Sardi organized an internal consultation among the over 16,000 delegates in the national convention. Some members of the party wished to offer the candidacy to Noemí Sanín (a former Conservative who had run as an independent in the 1998 election, placing third in the first round), but she declined, opting to continue her independent candidacy. As a result, her supporters within the party's ranks decided not to participate in the internal consultation and join her campaign directly.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Conservative Party
Three candidates registered to participate in the Conservative primary, the favourite and eventual winner by a large margin was Juan Camilo Restrepo. Restrepo, who had lost the 1998 Conservative candidacy to Pastrana, had later served in Pastrana's cabinet as Minister of Finance (1998-2000), where his austere measures against the economic crisis made him unpopular and led to his appointment as Colombia's ambassador to France.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Liberal Party
The official candidate of the Liberal Party was Horacio Serpa, who had already been the party's candidate in the 1998 election. Despite being a polarizing figure, Serpa entered the election as the favourite.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Álvaro Uribe's independent candidacy
Álvaro Uribe, the former Liberal governor of Antioquia (1995-1997), entered the race as a strong opponent of the peace talks with the FARC, but originally suffered from low name recognition against other better-known candidates. Uribe declined to participate in a Liberal primary, citing the lack of guarantees, and instead launched an independent candidacy (by collecting signatures from voters to win ballot access) with the backing of the Colombia First (Primero Colombia) movement.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, Álvaro Uribe's independent candidacy
Uribe entered the field taking a hardline position against the peace talks with the FARC, arguing that peace talks should only be held following the cessation of hostilities and terrorist actions.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Candidates, The left
Luis Eduardo Garzón, the first president of the Central Union of Workers between 1990 and 2001, ran as the candidate of the left-wing Social and Political Front, later joined by other left-wing parties including the ANAPO and united under the name Independent Democratic Pole. His candidacy received a major boost following the left's good results in the March 2002 congressional elections.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Campaign
With public opinion having turned against the continuation of peace talks with the guerrilla, Uribe saw his support in the polls increase at a consistent pace. He broke through, surpassing Serpa, beginning in February 2002, following President Pastrana's announcement that he was ending the peace process.


2002 Colombian presidential election, Campaign
The shift in the polls led a number of Conservatives to abandon their party's official candidate and join Uribe. Decrying the lack of support for his candidacy, Juan Camilo Restrepo dropped out and the Conservative Party chose to officially endorse Uribe. Uribe also received the support of a number of other small parties and movements, including Radical Change, senator Germán Vargas Lleras' Colombia Siempre, the National Salvation Movement and Team Colombia.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2002 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Coy Tillett, Sr., Memorial Field in Manteo, North Carolina from May 21 through May 25. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2002 season. Sixth-seeded VCU won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. For the first time, the conference named an All-Tournament Team rather than simply a Most Outstanding Player.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, former member East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Among active members, Old Dominion led with three titles while George Mason had won twice and William & Mary won once.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The CAA's two division winners received the top two seeds and a first round bye, as determined by division record. James Madison and William & Mary both finished with 9–3 records in their divisions. The next four teams, regardless of division, were selected and seeded by conference winning percentage. They played a double-elimination tournament. This resulted in William & Mary receiving a higher seed than three teams in their own division who finished with higher conference winning percentages.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Brian Marshall was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Marshall was a pitcher for VCU.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season
The 2002 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season was the 20th season of men's college soccer in the Colonial Athletic Association, played from August until November 2002.


2002 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season, Results
Source: (RC) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament championOnly applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified for conference tournament, but not to particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from conference tournament


2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma.


2002 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2002 season was the tenth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell and Clint Hurdle were the managers, the latter replacing the former after the former was fired 22 games into the season. Hurdle won 67 out of 140 and was kept on as manager for the following season. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73-89, 4th in the NL West.


2002 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2002 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2002 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2002 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado and were led by head coach Sonny Lubick.


2002 Colorado State Rams football team, Team players in the NFL
No Colorado State players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.


2002 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 2002 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002 to select the governor of the state of Colorado. Bill Owens, the Republican incumbent, defeated Democratic nominee Rollie Heath to win a second term. Owen's win set the record for biggest win in a Colorado gubernatorial election. As of 2021, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Colorado.


2002 Columbia Lions football team
The 2002 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.


2002 Columbia Lions football team
In their 14th and final season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 295 to 161. Chris Carey and Pat Girardi were the team captains.


2002 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 223 to 115 by Ivy opponents.


2002 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2002 Columbus, Ohio shopping mall bombing plot
The Columbus Shopping Mall Bombing Plot was a plan to blow up an unnamed shopping mall in the city of Columbus in the American state of Ohio. The plot was disclosed by federal authorities on June 14, 2004, when an indictment against Nuradin Abdi was unsealed by the local United States District Court. Abdi was part of a clandestine cell of al-Qaeda which sought to bring "death and destruction to Columbus".


2002 Columbus, Ohio shopping mall bombing plot, Background
Nuradin Abdi entered the United States as an asylum seeker from Somalia. He lived in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood on the north side of Columbus. According to one report, Abdi flew to Ethiopia to train in a military-style training camp in January 2000. There, he allegedly was trained in the use of guns, guerrilla warfare, and bombs. He returned two months later. Abdi met with Christopher Paul and Iyman Faris at a coffee shop in Upper Arlington on August 6, 2002. According to Paul (who was awaiting trial for a separate plot to bomb European tourist resorts), Abdi first suggested shooting up a mall. Paul responded saying "that's a stupid idea". Abdi subsequently suggested bombing the mall, but few other details were released.


2002 Columbus, Ohio shopping mall bombing plot, Background
Abdi was arrested on November 28, 2003, and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda, and two counts of fraud and misuse of documents. His attorneys became concerned with his mental state, and he was sent to a federal medical center in Minnesota in June 2004 to undergo tests. He was returned to Columbus in August 2004 and held in the Franklin County Correctional Facility II. On July 31, 2007, Abdi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to support terrorists. The other charges against him were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Abdi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and would be deported to Somalia upon completion of the sentence.


2002 Columbus, Ohio shopping mall bombing plot, Background
New details released at the time of the plea agreement show that there were likely more than the aforementioned three people who were involved in the plot. Documents that were filed along with Abdi's agreement note a fourth person whom the trio met with both in Columbus and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


2002 Columbus, Ohio shopping mall bombing plot, Background
A 2011 NPR report claimed some of the people associated with this plot were imprisoned in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit.


2002 Commonwealth Bank International – Draw
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but Pete Sampras defeated him 7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–3, in the final.


2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coincide with the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, head of the Commonwealth, and Manchester was selected for the 2002 Games ahead of London. The 2002 Commonwealth Games was, prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing the London 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating. In terms of sports and events, the 2002 Games were the largest Commonwealth Games in history featuring 281 events across 17 sports.


2002 Commonwealth Games
The Games were considered a success for the host city, providing an event to display how Manchester had changed following the 1996 bombing. The Games formed the catalyst for the widespread regeneration and heavy development of Manchester, and bolstered its reputation as a European and global city internationally. Rapid economic development and continued urban regeneration of the now post-industrial Manchester continued after the Games which helped cement its place as one of the principal cultural cities in the United Kingdom.


2002 Commonwealth Games
The opening and closing ceremonies, the athletic and the rugby sevens events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium, which was purpose built for the Games. Unusually for a large multi-sport event—the second-largest competition by number of countries and athletes participating—the shooting events were held in the National Shooting Centre in Bisley, Surrey, some 200 miles (322 km) from the main focus of the Games in Manchester. Seventy-two nations competed in 14 individual sports and 3 team sports events.


2002 Commonwealth Games
Sporting legacy includes the British Cycling team who inherited the Manchester Velodrome and went on to win eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics and another eight gold medals at the 2012 Olympics, partly attributed to the availability of the velodrome. Manchester City F.C. inherited the City of Manchester Stadium and, as a result, have since found themselves in a desirable investment opportunity in the age of foreign football investment. The club was taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group led by Sheikh Mansour in 2008, a takeover that would have been far less certain without the stadium.


2002 Commonwealth Games
The Games were a formative moment for Manchester and Britain with then-IOC president Jacques Rogge viewing the games as an important litmus test as to whether Britain could host the Summer Olympics. The success of the Games quickly encouraged and inspired the future London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics with London going on to win the bid on 6 July 2005 and the games were successfully staged seven years later.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Host city selection
While England decided to bid for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, three English cities London, Manchester and Sheffield showed interest to host the Games. The Commonwealth Games Council of England (CGCE) had to choose one city and forward to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). London hosted the 1934 Commonwealth Games as well as the 1908 and 1948 Summer Olympics and Sheffield hosted the 1991 Summer Universiade. Manchester had bid for the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics but lost to Atlanta and Sydney respectively.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Host city selection
Bob Scott, chairman of the committee of Manchester Bid for the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, supported the Manchester's Commonwealth Games bid and said that Manchester must continue to 'think big' and bidding for the Commonwealth Games would be an excellent step forward. Later, Sheffield withdrew from the bidding process as they were unable to come to agreement over financial guarantees. So the 24 members of the CGCE were left to choose between Manchester and London, and voted 17-7 for Manchester. In November 1995, the CGF awarded the 2002 Games to Manchester.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The venues were eclectic ranging from high-tech architecture in the City of Manchester Stadium to the 19th-century Grade II* listed Manchester Central hall. The Games' main venue was the City of Manchester Stadium (now Etihad Stadium), which hosted all athletics events, the rugby sevens and the opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium was a downscaled version of that proposed during Manchester's bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Construction started in January 2000, and was completed shortly before the Games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The cost was approximately £110 million, £77 million of which was provided by Sport England, with the remainder funded by Manchester City Council. For the Commonwealth Games the stadium featured a single lower tier running around three sides of the athletics track, and second tiers to the two sides, with an open-air temporary stand at one end, giving an overall capacity of 41,000. The stadium formed the centrepiece of an area known as Sportcity. Other venues in Sportcity include the Manchester Velodrome, which hosted cycling, and the £3.5m National Squash Centre, which was built specifically for the Games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
Swimming and diving events took place at Manchester Aquatics Centre, another purpose-built venue, and the only one in the United Kingdom with two 50 m pools.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The Manchester Arena built in 1994, at the time was the largest arena in Europe and hosted netball and boxing.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The shooting events were held at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley (located in Surrey). The NSC saw major redevelopment of all its ranges in order to host the fullbore rifle, smallbore rifle, pistol and clay target events.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Venues
The Games Village is located on 30 acres of land, which operates as the Fallowfield Campus within the University of Manchester during the games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The 2002 Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay, the continuation of a tradition that started with the 1958 Games, consisted of the relay of an electronic baton, containing a personal message from Elizabeth II across 23 Commonwealth nations. The relay culminated in the arrival of the baton at the City of Manchester Stadium, opening the Games. The speech was then removed electronically from the baton, and read by Her Majesty to open the Games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The 2002 Baton itself was designed by a company called IDEO, and was constructed of machined aluminium with the handle plated for conductivity. It weighed 1.69 kg, reached over 710 mm, and was 42.5 mm to 85 mm in diameter. The Queen's message itself was held in an aluminium capsule inserted into the top of the Baton. On either side of the Baton were two sterling silver coins, designed by Mappin and Webb, which celebrated the City of Manchester as host of the XVII Commonwealth Games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The Baton was also equipped with sensors that detected and monitored the Runner's pulse rate. This information was then conveyed to a series of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), via a light behaviour module. The lens then transformed the LEDs into a shaft of bright blue pulsating light which synchronised with each new Runner. The hearts of the Runner and the Baton then beat as one until it was passed on, symbolising the journey of humanity and the essence of life.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay passed through over 500 cities, towns and villages across the UK and the Baton was carried by 5,000 individuals, with each Runner carrying the Baton up to 500 yards, however on Saturday 15 June, the baton was snatched from a runners hand in the town of Connah's Quay, Deeside in north Wales.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The UK Baton Runners were made up of people from all walks of life including athletes, celebrities and local heroes from all over the country. Around 2500 Jubilee Runners were nominated by the community to carry the Baton, because they made a special contribution to their community or achieved a personal goal against the odds.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay
The judging of the Jubilee Runners was conducted by a panel of judges under the supervision of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in January 2002. The relay was sponsored by Cadbury Schweppes, a major UK confectionery and soft drinks manufacturer.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Budget
The cost of hosting the 2002 Commonwealth Games was estimated at approximately £300 million. Prior to the games, a £100 million was required to fill a financial black hole and the government agreed to provide the funding required, despite some believing that £300 million was too much.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Cultureshock and Festival Live
Cultureshock was the Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme which ran alongside the Games themselves. The events ranged from images of the athlete as hero in sculpture and photography (Go! Freeze, which ran at Turton Tower in Bolton) to a Zulu performance at The Lowry. There was an exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery called Tales of Power: West African Textiles, and a performance of the film Monsoon Wedding at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. The geographical range was from Cheshire in the south to Blackburn and Cumbria in the north, and included that year the various Melas that take place around the region.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Cultureshock and Festival Live
Cultureshock also ensured that a wide range of cultural events and acts reached the "man on the street", with the city centre of Manchester filled with bands, performers, and artists of various forms entertaining the thousands of visitors to the Games. It also coincided with the BBC's 2002 Festival Live series of open-air concerts and celebrations around the country, held to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Many of the cultural events were covered by the BBC 2002 radio station covering the games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
The Project & Artistic Director for the Opening Ceremony was David Zolkwer. Five-time Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave opened the two-and-a-quarter-hour opening ceremony by banging a large drum, which initiated a co-ordinated dance and fireworks act. The champion rower was joined on the stage by sporting stars including yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur, heptathlete Denise Lewis, long-distance runner Moses Kiptanui, swimmer Susie O'Neill and sprinter Donovan Bailey.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
The Grenadier Guards shared the arena with pop band S Club and Salford-born opera singer Russell Watson sang the Games' theme, "Faith of the Heart", while the arrival of HM The Queen was greeted with a flypast by the Red Arrows. England football captain David Beckham helped chaperone Queen's Baton final runner Kirsty Howard, assisting the terminally ill six-year-old to hand the baton to The Queen.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
A 4,000-strong cast took part in the £12 million spectacular, which in theme and tone consisted of a mix of "pomp and pop", combining the ceremonial aspects of the Games with a party-style atmosphere, based on Manchester's reputation as the party city of "Madchester". The ceremony was voiced by broadcaster Anthony Davis.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
The traditional athletes' parade was led by previous hosts Malaysia, and England brought up the rear before The Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth, declared the Games open:


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
"All of us participating in this ceremony tonight, whether athletes or spectators, or those watching on television around the world, can share in the ideals of this unique association of nations,"


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
"We can all draw inspiration from what the Commonwealth stands for, our diversity as a source of strength, our tradition of tolerance ... our focus on young people, for they are our future."


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Opening ceremony
"It is my pleasure in this my Golden Jubilee Year to declare the 17th Commonwealth Games open."


2002 Commonwealth Games, Preparation and development, Closing ceremony
The Project & Artistic Director for the Closing Ceremony was David Zolkwer. The Queen ended 11 days of competition at a rain-drenched closing ceremony in the City of Manchester Stadium. She declared the Games closed in front of a 38,000 sell-out crowd gathered in the stadium. She also called on the athletes to assemble again in four years in Melbourne and to continue displaying the "friendship" they had shown in Manchester. The ceremony, attended by Prime Minister Tony Blair and several other dignitaries, took place in pouring rain and like the opening ceremony, mixed "pomp with pop". Australian Ian Thorpe, the star of the Games with his six swimming golds, carried his national flag into the arena, along with athletes from each of the other competing countries. Around 40,000 balloons were released into the rainy Manchester sky as the ceremony concluded with a spectacular fireworks display.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Participating teams
There were 72 participating countries, territories and Commonwealth regions at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The 2002 event marked the last time Zimbabwe has participated to date; Zimbabwe formally withdrew from the Commonwealth of Nations the following year.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Sports
There were the maximum of 17 sports included in the schedule for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Sports
After experimenting with it on a smaller scale at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and dropping it at the 1998 Games, disabled competitions were held in swimming, athletics, bowls, table tennis and weightlifting (powerlifting). The medals were added to the final tally for each nation.


2002 Commonwealth Games, Legacy host city and nation
In terms of infrastructure, the Games were the catalyst for the widespread redevelopment of the east of the city, an area which had remained derelict since the departure of heavy industry some decades before. The 2002 Commonwealth Games set a new benchmark for hosting the Commonwealth Games and for cities wishing to bid for them with a heavy emphasis on legacy.