Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Snowboarding
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Mount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe)
Dates February 8–12, 1998
Competitors 125 from 22 nations

The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between February 8 and 12, 1998 and featured four events: Men's and Women's giant slalom and halfpipe.[1]

This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding. Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994, the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC.[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1102
2 Switzerland (SUI)1012
3 Canada (CAN)1001
 France (FRA)1001
5 Norway (NOR)0202
6 Italy (ITA)0101
7 United States (USA)0022
8 Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (8 nations)44412

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Giant slalom[1]
Ross Rebagliati
 Canada		2:03.96 Thomas Prugger
 Italy		2:03.98 Ueli Kestenholz
 Switzerland		2:04.08
Halfpipe[1]
Gian Simmen
 Switzerland		85.2 Daniel Franck
 Norway		82.4 Ross Powers
 United States		82.1

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Giant slalom[1]
Karine Ruby
 France		2:17.34 Heidi Renoth
 Germany		2:19.17 Brigitte Köck
 Austria		2:19.42
Halfpipe[1]
Nicola Thost
 Germany		74.6 Stine Brun Kjeldaas
 Norway		74.2 Shannon Dunn-Downing
 United States		72.8

Participating nations

Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nagano 1998 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Snowboard: Snowboarding Debuts as an Olympic Sport". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
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