Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February.[1]

Men's Giant Slalom
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Yakebitai
Date8 February
Competitors34 from 14 nations
Winning time2:03.96
Medalists
Ross Rebagliati  Canada
Thomas Prugger  Italy
Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland
Snowboarding at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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It was the first time snowboarding was added as a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. The giant slalom was replaced by the parallel giant slalom event in 2002 in Salt Lake City.[2]

Medalists
GoldRoss Rebagliati
 Canada
SilverThomas Prugger
 Italy
BronzeUeli Kestenholz
 Switzerland

Results

The competitors were allowed two runs on a giant slalom course. The two times were then added to determine the winners.[2]

RankBibNameNationalityRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalDifference
3Ross Rebagliati Canada0:59.8781:04.0922:03.96-
2Thomas Prugger Italy0:59.3821:04.6052:03.98+0.02
6Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland1:00.20101:03.8812:04.08+0.12
412Dieter Krassnig Austria1:00.1191:04.2232:04.33+0.37
511Mathieu Bozzetto France0:59.8371:04.7462:04.57+0.61
65Chris Klug United States0:59.3821:05.87102:05.25+1.29
77Martin Freinademetz Austria0:59.5841:05.7692:05.34+1.38
819Maxence Idesheim France1:00.75121:04.7772:05.52+1.56
913Dieter Happ Austria1:02.65161:04.4042:07.05+3.09
1010Thedo Remmelink Netherlands1:02.01151:05.2482:07.25+3.29
1121Willi Trakofler Italy1:01.42131:05.88112:07.30+3.34
121Christophe Ségura France0:59.5951:09.27182:08.86+4.90
1324Elmar Messner Italy1:01.42131:07.99152:09.41+5.45
1427Dieter Moherndl Germany1:03.03191:07.00122:10.03+6.07
1523Mike Kildevæld Denmark1:02.75171:07.67132:10.42+6.46
169Jasey-Jay Anderson Canada0:59.3111:12.02192:11.33+7.37
1715Mike Jacoby United States1:03.53221:08.27162:11.80+7.84
1820Stephen Copp Sweden1:04.14251:07.75142:11.89+7.93
1928Łukasz Starowicz Poland1:03.50211:08.81172:12.31+8.35
2029Karl Frenademez Italy1:03.33201:12.62202:15.95+11.99
2133Mariano López Argentina1:12.20281:19.11212:31.31+27.35
-4Nicolas Conte France0:59.696DNF---
-25Richard Richardsson Sweden1:02.9318DNF---
-32Markos Khatzikyriakakis Greece1:06.4026DNF---
-16Sigi Grabner Austria1:00.6111DSQ---
-22Bernd Kroschewski Germany1:03.5323DSQ---
-18Darren Chalmers Canada1:04.0924DSQ---
-30Zeke Steggall Australia1:08.1027DSQ---
-14Mark Fawcett CanadaDNF-----
-34Stergios Pappos GreeceDNF-----
-8Fadri Mosca SwitzerlandDSQ-----
-17Gilles Jaquet SwitzerlandDSQ-----
-26André Grütter SwitzerlandDSQ-----
-31Adam Hostetter United StatesDSQ-----

DNF - Did not finish; DSQ - Disqualified

References
  1. "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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