The Amazing Race 2

The Amazing Race 2 is the second season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on March 11, 2002 and ended on May 15, 2002 on CBS.

Teams

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 2 Teams

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:


 * Click on the icons in the column headings to re-sort the columns. An * indicates that the contestant appeared on more than one season.


 * Red means the team was eliminated.
 * Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
 * Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.

Episode titles
The episode titles are:


 * 1) The World Is Waiting: Go! – Phil Keoghan
 * 2) Help Me, I'm American! – Blake
 * 3) My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off! – Claire
 * 4) This Game Is About Minutes – Shola
 * 5) Welcome To The World Of Being Human – Mary
 * 6) I'm Gonna Take His Girl – Alex
 * 7) I'm Gonna Throw Up On Phil's Shoes – Oswald
 * 8) I'm Not a Miner! No, You're An Idiot! – Wil & Tara
 * 9) Ready To Lose Our Lives – Oswald
 * 10) It's Hammer Time – Chris
 * 11) Follow That Plane! – Wil

Leg 1 (United States → Brazil)

 * Pahrump, Nevada, United States (Starting line)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport) to Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Christ the Redeemer)
 * Paquetá Island (Fat Maria)
 * Paquetá Island (Lido Hotel - Ilha Tours) (unused, unaired)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Sugarloaf Mountain)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Tocorimé Yacht near Urca Beach)

The Detour on this leg was Mountain or Beach. In Mountain teams rappelled 590 ft down into Sugarloaf Mountain. When they were done, the climbing instructor would get their next clue. Blake and Paige, Cyndi and Russel, Shola and Doyin, Tara and Wil, Hope and Norm, Chris and Alex, Mary and Peach, Oswald and Danny, Gary and Dave, and Deidre and Hillary completed this option. In Beach teams needed to find the woman who inspired the song "The Girl from Ipanema" on the beach using only a photo. If the woman is found, she would give them their next clue. Peggy and Claire completed this option.


 * Additional task
 * On Paqueta Island, teams had to kiss a big tree known as "Fat Maria".

Leg 2 (Brazil)

 * Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro (GRES Acadêmicos da Barra da Tijuca - Samba Club)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Copacabana Beach)
 * Rio de Janeiro (Pedra Bonita overlooking São Conrado beach)
 * Icon-bus.png Rio de Janeiro (Terminal Rodoviária Novo Rio) to Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná (Rodoviária Internacional de Foz do Iguaçu)
 * Foz do Iguaçu (Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Iguaçu Falls - Macuco Safari Dock)
 * Foz do Iguaçu (Parque Nacional do Iguaçu - Jungle Camp)

The Detour on this leg was Freak Out or Seek Out. In Freak out teams had to hang glide from a mountain to the beach below. Cyndi and Russel, Tara and Wil, Hope and Norm, Chris and Alex, Blake and Paige, Mary and Peach, Peggy and Claire, Oswald and Danny, and Gary and Dave completed this option. In Seek Out teams had to look for a treasure box using metal detectors. No Teams completed this option. The Fast Forward was to play volleyball with locals who could only use their feet. Shola and Doyin completed this Fast Forward. The Roadblock was to take a speedboat into Iguaçu falls and spot the flag at the top.


 * Additional task


 * At the start of the leg, teams had to match the feather to one of the dancers' headdresses. The dancer provided them their next clue.

Leg 3 (Brazil → South Africa)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Foz do Iguaçu (Foz do Iguaçu International Airport) to Cape Town, South Africa (Cape Town International Airport)
 * Icon-ferry.png Cape Town (Nelson Mandela Gateway, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront) to Robben Island
 * Robben Island (Section B Cell 5) (unused, unaired)
 * Icon-ferry.png Robben Island to Cape Town (Nelson Mandela Gateway, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront)
 * Kalk Bay, Cape Town (Kalk Bay Harbour)
 * Icon-train.png Kalk Bay, Cape Town (Kalk Bay Station) to Cape Town (Cape Town Railway Station)
 * Langa, Cape Town (Paradise Hair Salon, Zone 23)
 * Stellenbosch (Lanzerac Manor)

The Detour on this leg was Dance or Deliver. In Dance, teams wear an orange costume and they danced with a local troupe until they made R 25 in tips. Gary and Dave, Tara and Wil, Oswald and Danny, Mary and Peach, Blake and Paige, and Shola and Doyin completed this option. In Deliver, teams delivered 250 lbs of fish. Chris and Alex and Cyndi and Russel completed this option. Peggy and Claire arrived in Cape Town after all the other teams had checked in and were sent straight to the Pit Stop without completing either Detour option. The Roadblock was to buy a Smiley (sheep's head) and a box of Epsom salts, then deliver them as an offering to a healer called Ndaba Sangoma who will then give them a bitter potion, to drink. Team members must drink all of the potion to get their next clue.


 * Additional task
 * At Robben Island, teams must find Section B Cell 5, which is Nelson Mandela's prison cell, to get their next clue.

Leg 4 (South Africa → Namibia)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Cape Town (Cape Aviation Business Centre, Cape Town International Airport) to Walvis Bay, Namibia (Walvis Bay Airport)
 * Swakopmund (Swakopmund Lighthouse)
 * Swakopmund (Swakopmund Hotel)
 * Swakopmund (Matterhorn Sand Dune at D1984)
 * Spitzkoppe (General Dealer)
 * Spitzkoppe (Woodcarver's Market)
 * near Windhoek (Amani Lodge)

The Detour on this leg was Slide or Stride. In Slide teams had to sled down the steep side of the dune. Tara and Wil, Gary and Dave, Mary and Peach, Blake and Paige, Cyndi and Russel, and Chris and Alex completed this option. In Stride teams walked down the other side of the dune. No teams completed this option. Shola and Doyin arrived at the Detour after all the other teams had checked in and were sent straight to the Pit Stop without completing either option. In the Fast Forward teams had to search the hotel grounds for the pool and then retrieve the Fast Forward Award from inside. Oswald and Danny completed this Fast Forward. The Roadblock was to buy 5 animal carvings then trade them for a giraffe one.


 * Additional tasks
 * At Cape Aviation Business Centre located on a said airport above, teams take one of two charter flights with a scheduled times of 9:00 am and 12:00 pm.
 * At Swakopmund Lighthose, teams are find a 4x4 vehicles on a nearby lot, once they spot them, they can run a lot and pick a truck where the next clue located on the truck. They are accompany by a local driver for a safety reasons.
 * Upon arriving on Spitzkoppe, teams find the store and they need to go inside then find a postcard for the next clue.

Leg 5 (Namibia → Thailand)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Windhoek (Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand (Don Mueang International Airport)
 * Bangkok (BTS Skytrain - Siam Station to Erawan Shrine)
 * Bangkok (Amulet Market) (unused, unaired)
 * Icon-bus.png Bangkok (Sai Tai Mai) to Ratchaburi
 * Ratchaburi (Wat Kao Chong Pran)
 * Amphawa (Ban Plai Pong Pang)

The Detour on this leg was Confusion Now or Confusion Later. In Confusion Now teams needed to find a specific water taxi dock then take one to a bird market and release a cage full of sparrows. Chris and Alex, Tara and Wil, Mary and Peach, and Cyndi and Russel completed this option. In Confusion Later teams had to take a taxi to Chinatown in Charoen Krung Soi 21, purchase a paper car, and then burn it at Lee Ti Biew shrine. Gary and Dave, Oswald and Danny, and Blake and Paige completed this option. For the Roadblock one team member had to venture into a cave full of bats and retrieve their next clue from inside. The unused Fast Forward had teams find Pra Chai at Amulet Market and one team member had to shed their vanity and get their head shaved.

Leg 6 (Thailand)

 * Bangkok (Pak Khlong Talad)
 * Icon-train.png Bangkok (Hua Lam Phong Railway Station) to Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai Station)
 * Chiang Mai (Old Bridge on Ban Muang Kut)
 * Chiang Mai (Mae Ping Village)
 * Chiang Mai (Karen Village)

The Detour on Leg 6 was Boat or Beast. In Boat teams used long poles to navigate a bamboo raft down river. Mary and Peach, Gary and Dave, Blake and Paige, Oswald and Danny, Chris and Alex, and Tara and Wil completed this option. In Beast teams rode a slow elephant down a path next to the river. No teams completed this option. The Roadblock was to wash chalk markings off an elephants back until the judge was satisfied.

Leg 7 (Thailand → Hong Kong, China)

 * Chiang Mai (Seven Spires)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai International Airport) to Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok)
 * Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Central Plaza)
 * Wong Tai Sin (Wong Tai Sin Temple)
 * Icon-ferry.png Wan Chai (Star Ferry Pier, Central) to Tsim Sha Tsui (Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui)
 * Kwai Chung (Hong Kong International Terminals Limited (HIT))
 * Victoria Harbour (Onboard the Duk Ling Chinese Junk)

The Detour on this leg was Wishing Tree or Herbal Tea. In Wishing tree teams had to drive 18 miles then write a wish on a scroll and throw it on the tree's branches. Oswald and Danny completed this option. In Herbal tea teams looked for a tea shop in Saigon Street then drink a cup of foul tasting tea. Tara and Wil, Chris and Alex, Blake and Paige, and Mary and Peach completed this option. The Fast Forward was to search the basement of the Wong Tai Sin Temple for a fortune teller who would give each a reading. Gary and Dave completed this Fast Forward. The Roadblock was to use a crane to move a container off a truck. When the crane moves to its original position, a team partner may get the next clue.


 * Additional task
 * At Central Plaza, teams use binoculars are provided and search the next destination which is Star Ferry terminal.

Leg 8 (Hong Kong, China → Australia)

 * Repulse Bay (Tin Hau Temple)
 * Ngong Ping (Tian Tan Buddha) (unused)
 * Stanley (Murray House)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok International Airport) to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Kingsford Smith Sydney Airport)
 * Sydney (Sydney Opera House)
 * Sydney (Museum of Contemporary Art)

The Detour on this leg was Dragon or Lion. In Dragon teams rowed a dragon boat made for twelve through a short marked course, a distance of 600 meters. Chris and Alex, Tara and Wil, and Gary and Dave completed this option. In Lion teams had to carry a two person lionhead through a long crowded market and up stairs. Oswald and Danny and Blake and Paige completed this option. The Roadblock was to follow a series of clues written in Australian slang (Teams had to find the surfie in the lairy daks in Martin Place, the anklebiter riding a bicycle around the Archibald Fountain at Hyde Park, the Sheila in the Aussie cozzie near Captain Cook Statue in Hyde Park and the bushie in Circular Quay) and they can complete in each order of the task until this is not over and told them to return on their team partner. The Fast Forward was to climb the 268 steps of the Tian Tan Buddha.

Leg 9 (Australia)

 * Sydney (Sydney Harbour Bridge through BridgeClimb Sydney)
 * Sydney (Harry's Cafe de Wheels)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Sydney (Sydney Airport) to Adelaide, South Australia (Adelaide International Airport)
 * Adelaide (National Jet Systems|National Jet Systems Terminal)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Adelaide (Adelaide International Airport) to Coober Pedy (Coober Pedy Airport)
 * Coober Pedy (Metal Tree)
 * Breakaways National Park (Lookout 2)
 * outside Coober Pedy (Aboriginal Camp, The Breakaways)

The Detour on this leg was Cool Down or Heat Up. In Cool Down teams had to find a particular Coober Pedy mine called the Opal Quest then search through a pile of dirt for a opal. Then, they must bring it back to the miner on a blue truck. If the found the real opal, the miner will get their next clue. Tara and Wil and Oswald and Danny completed this option. In Heat Up teams played three holes of golf on a hot desert golf course called Cooper Pedy Golf Club. They are given a map that help to find a ball and playing as high of 130 degrees. Blake and Paige and Gary and Dave completed this option. The Fast Forward was to go to Harry's Cafe. Once there, one team member to eat one of their meat pies. Chris and Alex completed this Fast Forward. The Roadblock was one team member to play a game using a traditional hunting tool known as boomerang. A player stand inside a circle then throw it from the outside and have it return or landing inside a circle. They would pick as many throws, if they show up and they will take turns to throw it.


 * Additional task
 * At the Sydney Harbour Bridge, teams may accompany a sign-up for Sydney BridgeClimb and they would get their next clue.
 * Upon arriving in Adelaide, teams may sign-up one of three charter flights to Coober Pedy.

Leg 10 (Australia → New Zealand)

 * Glendambo (Airstrip)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Adelaide (Adelaide International Airport) to Queenstown, New Zealand (Queenstown Airport)
 * Gibbston (Wentworth Station)
 * Arthurs Point (Shotover River)
 * Nevis River (Nevis Highwire Platform)
 * Mt Somers (Canterbury Plains - Inverary Sheep Station)

The Fast Forward was to take a speedboat down the narrow Shotover river and find a flag to win the Fast Forward. Blake and Paige completed this Fast Forward. The Detour on this leg was Quick Jump or Long Hike. In Quick Jump teams had take a bungee jump 450 feet down to find the clue at the bottom of the canyon. Tara and Wil, Chris and Alex, and Oswald and Danny completed this option.In Long Hike teams had to hike down a long trail to the bottom of the canyon. No teams completed this option. The Roadblock was one team member to find a sheep and separate 3 black sheep from 22 white sheep from a small pen to another. When its done, both teams are head straight to check the pit stop.


 * Additional task
 * In Glendambo, teams must get on either a 10.30am or 11.15am flight to the nearest airport, in Adelaide.

Leg 11 (New Zealand)

 * Icon-ferry.png Picton (Interislander Picton Ferry Terminal) to Wellington (Interislander Wellington Ferry Terminal)
 * Rotorua (Maori Arts & Crafts Institute)
 * Mount Tarawera
 * Waitomo Caves (The Lost World)
 * Woodhill, Auckland (4 Track Adventures)
 * Auckland (Ardmore Airport - Warbirds Hangar)

The Fast Forward had to run down Mount Tarawera's loose rock walls and then had to hike the path and complete the run on a loose volcanic rock known as scree and on the mouth of the dormant volcano where had to find the clue box below. Tara and Wil completed this Fast Forward. The Detour on this leg was Drop or Climb. In Drop, teams and their guide had to descend 350 feet into the free rappel cavern known as The Lost World and the clue is located on an igneous rock. Blake and Paige, Chris and Alex, and Oswald and Danny completed this option. In Climb, teams had to climb down a 100 foot ladder into the cavern and walk it to find the clue. No teams completed this option. The Roadblock was one team member to ride an ATV and navigate through a challenging off-road course in a difficult terrain and they need to pick up a clue on the beach.

Leg 12 (New Zealand → United States)

 * Auckland (Sir John Logan Campbell |Monument)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Auckland (Auckland Airport) to Maui, Hawaii, USA (Kahului Airport)
 * Paia, Maui (old campus of Maui High School)
 * Maui (Pauwela Pineapple Field)
 * Maui (McGregor Point at Maalaea) to Molokini
 * Maui (Huialoha Church)

The Detour on this leg was Bike or Walk. In Bike, teams had to ride a bicycles and search through a large pineapple field to find a single red painted pineapple. In Walk, teams may walk on foot through the same field to find one of 4 yellow painted pineapple. In either case, once the teams found a right pineapple, they are to open it up and get their next clue. In both detours, they have to search colored pineapples hidden somewhere on this large field. The Roadblock was one team member to wear snorkel gear and to find one of three yellow cases in an underwater and retrieve a clue sealed inside.

Leg 13 (United States)

 * Maui (Queen Kaahumanu's Birthplace near Hana Bay)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Maui (Kahului Airport) to Anchorage, Alaska (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
 * Anchorage (Rust's Flying Service)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Anchorage (Lake Hood Strip) to Trapper Creek (Overnight Rest)
 * Big Lake (Homesteader's Hardware Store)
 * Hurricane Gulch
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to Oakland, California (Oakland International Airport)
 * San Francisco (Landmark #97, Atkinson-Esher House)
 * San Francisco (Municipal Pier)
 * Sausalito (Murray Circle on East Fort Baker) (Finish Line)

The Roadblock was one team member to use any tools picked up from a hardware store (see additional tasks) and to get a frozen clue in a large globe of ice out.


 * Additional tasks
 * At Trapper Creek, teams had to spend the night in an igloo to receive their next clue.
 * Also at Trapper Creek, one team member must drive a Snow Cat across a frozen lake.
 * At Homesteader's Hardware Store, teams had to pick up some tools and get the next clue.
 * After picking up the tools, teams may pick up a bag of tools and propane torch to provide and reach the next destination.

Memorable Moments

 * An exhilarating footrace to the finish line.

Franchise

 * Shortest margin of victory in any season.