↑ The IOC site for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 77 participated NOCs; however, one can count 78 nations looking through official results of 2002 Games Part 1Lưu trữ 2014-01-03 tại Wayback Machine, Part 2Lưu trữ 2014-01-18 tại Wayback Machine, Part 3Lưu trữ 2014-01-18 tại Wayback Machine. Probably this error is consequence that Costa Rica's delegation of one athlete joined the Games after the Opening Ceremony, so 77 nations participated in Opening Ceremony and 78 nations participated in the Games.
