Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of two events at Spiral. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 1998.[1][2]

Bobsleigh
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSpiral
Dates14–21 February
Competitors156 from 28 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

[1]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany1012
2 Canada1001
 Italy1001
4 Switzerland0101
5 France0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (6 nations)3137

Germany led the medal table, with two medals, one gold and one bronze. There had never before been a tie for a medal in Olympic bobsleigh history, but the Nagano Games featured two, one in each event, meaning that three gold medals, and seven medals total, were awarded.

France's bronze medal, as a part of the tie in the four-man event, was the country's first in Bobsleigh at the Olympics.

Events

[1]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man
 Italy (ITA)
Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia
 Canada (CAN)
Pierre Lueders
Dave MacEachern
3:37.24  Germany (GER)
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
3:37.89
Four-man
 Germany (GER)
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
2:39.41  Switzerland (SUI)
Marcel Rohner
Markus Nüssli
Markus Wasser
Beat Seitz
2:40.01  Great Britain (GBR)
Sean Olsson
Dean Ward
Courtney Rumbolt
Paul Attwood
 France (FRA)
Bruno Mingeon
Emmanuel Hostache
Éric Le Chanony
Max Robert
2:40.06

Participating NOCs

[1]

Twenty-nine nations participated in Bobsleigh at the 1998 Games.

References

  1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. "Bobsleigh at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
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