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

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Men's Giant Slalom
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Yakebitai
Date8 February 1998
Competitors34 from 14 nations
Winning time2:03.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ross Rebagliati  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Thomas Prugger  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland
Snowboarding at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February 1998.[1]

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

Gold Ross Rebagliati
 Canada
Silver Thomas Prugger
 Italy
Bronze Ueli 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]

Rank Bib Name Nationality Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ross Rebagliati  Canada 0:59.87 8 1:04.09 2 2:03.96 -
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Thomas Prugger  Italy 0:59.38 2 1:04.60 5 2:03.98 +0.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland 1:00.20 10 1:03.88 1 2:04.08 +0.12
4 12 Dieter Krassnig  Austria 1:00.11 9 1:04.22 3 2:04.33 +0.37
5 11 Mathieu Bozzetto  France 0:59.83 7 1:04.74 6 2:04.57 +0.61
6 5 Chris Klug  United States 0:59.38 2 1:05.87 10 2:05.25 +1.29
7 7 Martin Freinademetz  Austria 0:59.58 4 1:05.76 9 2:05.34 +1.38
8 19 Maxence Idesheim  France 1:00.75 12 1:04.77 7 2:05.52 +1.56
9 13 Dieter Happ  Austria 1:02.65 16 1:04.40 4 2:07.05 +3.09
10 10 Thedo Remmelink  Netherlands 1:02.01 15 1:05.24 8 2:07.25 +3.29
11 21 Willi Trakofler  Italy 1:01.42 13 1:05.88 11 2:07.30 +3.34
12 1 Christophe Ségura  France 0:59.59 5 1:09.27 18 2:08.86 +4.90
13 24 Elmar Messner  Italy 1:01.42 13 1:07.99 15 2:09.41 +5.45
14 27 Dieter Moherndl  Germany 1:03.03 19 1:07.00 12 2:10.03 +6.07
15 23 Mike Kildevæld  Denmark 1:02.75 17 1:07.67 13 2:10.42 +6.46
16 9 Jasey-Jay Anderson  Canada 0:59.31 1 1:12.02 19 2:11.33 +7.37
17 15 Mike Jacoby  United States 1:03.53 22 1:08.27 16 2:11.80 +7.84
18 20 Stephen Copp  Sweden 1:04.14 25 1:07.75 14 2:11.89 +7.93
19 28 Łukasz Starowicz  Poland 1:03.50 21 1:08.81 17 2:12.31 +8.35
20 29 Karl Frenademez  Italy 1:03.33 20 1:12.62 20 2:15.95 +11.99
21 33 Mariano López  Argentina 1:12.20 28 1:19.11 21 2:31.31 +27.35
- 4 Nicolas Conte  France 0:59.69 6 DNF - - -
- 25 Richard Richardsson  Sweden 1:02.93 18 DNF - - -
- 32 Markos Khatzikyriakakis  Greece 1:06.40 26 DNF - - -
- 16 Sigi Grabner  Austria 1:00.61 11 DSQ - - -
- 22 Bernd Kroschewski  Germany 1:03.53 23 DSQ - - -
- 18 Darren Chalmers  Canada 1:04.09 24 DSQ - - -
- 30 Zeke Steggall  Australia 1:08.10 27 DSQ - - -
- 14 Mark Fawcett  Canada DNF - - - - -
- 34 Stergios Pappos  Greece DNF - - - - -
- 8 Fadri Mosca  Switzerland DSQ - - - - -
- 17 Gilles Jaquet  Switzerland DSQ - - - - -
- 26 André Grütter  Switzerland DSQ - - - - -
- 31 Adam Hostetter  United States DSQ - - - - -

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. ^ a b "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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