Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of race postponements due to weather; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February.^[1][2]

Alpine Skiing at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Pictograms for downhill (left), slalom (center), and combined alpine skiing (right)
Venue	Hakuba & Shiga Kogen Nagano, Honshu, Japan
Dates	10–21 February 1998
Competitors	249 from 49 nations
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Nagano

Location in Japan

Medal summary

Nine nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Austria winning the most with eleven (3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze). Katja Seizinger led the individual medal table, with two gold medals and a bronze, while Hermann Maier was the most successful male skier, with two gold medals. Zali Steggall's bronze medal was the first individual medal at the Winter Olympics for Australia.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	3	4	4	11
2	Germany	3	1	2	6
3	Norway	1	3	0	4
4	Italy	1	1	0	2
5	France	1	0	1	2
6	United States	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
8	Sweden	0	1	0	1
9	Australia	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		10	11	9	30

Source:^[1]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Jean-Luc Crétier  France	1:50.11	Lasse Kjus  Norway	1:50.51	Hannes Trinkl  Austria	1:50.63
Super-G details	Hermann Maier  Austria	1:34.82	Didier Cuche  Switzerland Hans Knauss  Austria	1:35.43	Not awarded
Giant Slalom details	Hermann Maier  Austria	2:38.51	Stephan Eberharter  Austria	2:39.36	Michael von Grünigen  Switzerland	2:39.69
Slalom details	Hans Petter Buraas  Norway	1:49.31	Ole Kristian Furuseth  Norway	1:50.64	Thomas Sykora  Austria	1:50.68
Combined details	Mario Reiter  Austria	3:08.06	Lasse Kjus  Norway	3:08.65	Christian Mayer  Austria	3:10.11

Source:^[1]

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Downhill details	Katja Seizinger  Germany	1:28.89	Pernilla Wiberg  Sweden	1:29.18	Florence Masnada  France	1:29.37
Super-G details	Picabo Street  United States	1:18.02	Michaela Dorfmeister  Austria	1:18.03	Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria	1:18.09
Giant Slalom details	Deborah Compagnoni  Italy	2:50.59	Alexandra Meissnitzer  Austria	2:52.39	Katja Seizinger  Germany	2:52.61
Slalom details	Hilde Gerg  Germany	1:32.40	Deborah Compagnoni  Italy	1:32.46	Zali Steggall  Australia	1:32.67
Combined details	Katja Seizinger  Germany	2:40.74	Martina Ertl  Germany	2:40.92	Hilde Gerg  Germany	2:41.50

Source:^[1]

Course information

Date	Race	Start Elevation	Finish Elevation	Vertical Drop	Course Length	Average Gradient
Fri 13-Feb	Downhill - men	1,765 m (5,791 ft)	840 m (2,756 ft)	925 m (3,035 ft)	3.289 km (2.044 mi)	28.1%
Mon 16-Feb	Downhill - women	1,590 m (5,217 ft)	899 m (2,949 ft)	691 m (2,267 ft)	2.518 km (1.565 mi)	27.4%
Fri 13-Feb	Downhill - (K) - men	1,680 m (5,512 ft)	840 m (2,756 ft)	840 m (2,756 ft)	2.886 km (1.793 mi)	29.1%
Tue 17-Feb	Downhill - (K) - women	1,590 m (5,217 ft)	899 m (2,949 ft)	691 m (2,267 ft)	2.518 km (1.565 mi)	27.4%
Mon 16-Feb	Super-G - men	1,490 m (4,888 ft)	840 m (2,756 ft)	650 m (2,133 ft)	2.407 km (1.496 mi)	27.0%
Wed 11-Feb	Super-G - women	1,486 m (4,875 ft)	899 m (2,949 ft)	587 m (1,926 ft)	2.115 km (1.314 mi)	27.8%
Thu 19-Feb	Giant Slalom - men	1,969 m (6,460 ft)	1,530 m (5,020 ft)	439 m (1,440 ft)	1.487 km (0.924 mi)	29.5%
Fri 20-Feb	Giant Slalom - women	1,923 m (6,309 ft)	1,530 m (5,020 ft)	393 m (1,289 ft)	1.329 km (0.826 mi)	29.6%
Sat 21-Feb	Slalom - men	1,890 m (6,201 ft)	1,670 m (5,479 ft)	220 m (722 ft)	0.607 km (0.377 mi)	36.2%
Thu 19-Feb	Slalom - women	1,870 m (6,135 ft)	1,670 m (5,479 ft)	200 m (656 ft)	0.530 km (0.329 mi)	33.0%
Tue 10-Feb	Slalom - (K) - men	995 m (3,264 ft)	830 m (2,723 ft)	165 m (541 ft)	0.473 km (0.294 mi)	34.9%
Tue 17-Feb	Slalom - (K) - women	975 m (3,199 ft)	830 m (2,723 ft)	145 m (476 ft)	0.415 km (0.258 mi)	34.9%

Source:^[1]

Participating nations

Forty-nine nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Nagano. Armenia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia, South Africa, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.^[1]

•  Andorra (3)
•  Argentina (1)
•  Armenia (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (19)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Canada (8)
•  Chile (3)
•  Croatia (4)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Denmark (3)
•  Finland (5)
•  France (18)
•  Georgia (3)
•  Germany (7)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hungary (3)
•  Iran (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Iceland (7)
•  Italy (22)
•  Japan (10)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Liechtenstein (6)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Macedonia (2)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Norway (12)
•  Poland (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Russia (7)
•  Slovenia (14)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (7)
•  Switzerland (16)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (22)
•  Uruguay (1)
•  Uzbekistan (1)
•  FR Yugoslavia (2)

See also

• Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics