The event was held on February 23 at Deer Valley.

Pre-race favorite Bode Miller fell off the course in the second run, and many of the other top competitors struggled with an extremely challenging course.

[1] Alain Baxter of Great Britain originally took the bronze, but was disqualified after testing positive for traces of methamphetamine.

This apparently occurred because Baxter had used a Vicks inhaler from Canada, which had a slightly different chemical content from the legal British Vicks inhaler.

Complete results from the men's slalom event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.