Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo and West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland.
The tournament consisted of 20 games: 12 in the preliminary round ; 4 final classification games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 final.Qualifying
The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament. The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg, Switzerland from 8 to 11 February 2001.
All times are local.Rosters
;Group A
;Group B
All times are local.Group A
Group B
Classification round
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Semifinals
Final rankings
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
 Hayley Wickenheiser | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +7 | 2 | F |
 Cammi Granato | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +9 | 0 | F |
| Danielle Goyette | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Natalie Darwitz | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +8 | 2 | F |
| Katie King | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 4 | F |
| Jayna Hefford | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 2 | F |
| Jenny Potter | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Tara Mounsey | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +5 | 4 | D |
| Vicky Sunohara | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Jennifer Botterill | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 8 | F |
| Karyn Bye | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 0 | F |
 Katja Riipi | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 6 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Sarah Tueting | 120:00 | 1 | 0.50 | 20 | 95.00 | 1 |
| Sara Decosta | 179:00 | 3 | 1.01 | 58 | 94.83 | 2 |
 Kim Martin | 180:00 | 5 | 1.67 | 82 | 93.90 | 1 |
| Kim St-Pierre | 240:00 | 5 | 1.25 | 78 | 93.59 | 2 |
 Irina Gashennikova | 300:00 | 12 | 2.40 | 178 | 93.26 | 1 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsAwards
- Media All-Stars
- *Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
- *Defencemen: Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggiero
- *Forwards: Natalie Darwitz, Cammi Granato, Hayley Wickenheiser
- Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- *Best Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
- *Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
- *Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser
