South Africa sent a delegation to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States from 8–24 February 2002.

This was South Africa's fourth time appearing at a Winter Olympic Games.

[4] The South African delegation to Salt Lake City consisted of a single alpine skier, Alexander Heath.

[8] The gold medal was won by Fritz Strobl of Austria in a time of 1 minute and 39.13 seconds.

[11] Over a week later, on 21 February, he was part of the giant slalom, finishing his first run in 1 minute and 19.32 seconds.