Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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]

Snowboarding
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe)
Dates8–12 February 1998
Competitors125 from 22 nations
2002 →

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

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Medal table

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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 entries)44412

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Participating nations

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Nagano 1998 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Olympic Snowboard: Snowboarding Debuts as an Olympic Sport". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
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