Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Snowboarding at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Mount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe) |
Dates | 8–12 February 1998 |
Competitors | 125 from 22 nations |
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The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between 8 and 12 February 1998 and featured four events: Men's and Women's giant slalom and halfpipe.[1][2]
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.[3]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Giant slalom[1] details | Ross Rebagliati![]() | 2:03.96 | Thomas Prugger![]() | 2:03.98 | Ueli Kestenholz![]() | 2:04.08 |
Halfpipe[1] details | Gian Simmen![]() | 85.2 | Daniel Franck![]() | 82.4 | Ross Powers![]() | 82.1 |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Giant slalom[1] details | Karine Ruby![]() | 2:17.34 | Heidi Renoth![]() | 2:19.17 | Brigitte Köck![]() | 2:19.42 |
Halfpipe[1] details | Nicola Thost![]() | 74.6 | Stine Brun Kjeldaas![]() | 74.2 | Shannon Dunn-Downing![]() | 72.8 |
Participating nations
Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Nagano 1998 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Snowboard: Snowboarding Debuts as an Olympic Sport". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 24 February 2014.