Olympic Winter Games 1998 / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Hakuba / Yamanouchi
Competition venue	Happo One / Shigakōgen
Nations	49
Athletes	249 (141 , 108 )
date	10-21 February 1998
decisions	10
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At the XVIII. At the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano , ten alpine skiing competitions were held. The venues were the Happo One ski area near Hakuba for downhill, super-G and combination, and the Shigakōgen ski area near Yamanouchi for giant slalom and slalom.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Austria	3	4th	4th	11
2	Germany	3	1	2	6th
3	Norway	1	3	-	4th
4th	Italy	1	1	-	2
5	France	1	-	1	2
6th	United States	1	-	-	1
7th	Switzerland	-	1	1	2
8th	Sweden	-	1	-	1
9	Australia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Jean-Luc Crétier Leave kjus Hannes Trinkl Super G Hermann Maier Didier Cuche Hans Knauß - Giant slalom Hermann Maier Stephan Eberharter Michael von Grünigen slalom Hans Petter Buraas Ole Kristian Furuseth Thomas Sykora combination Mario Reiter Leave kjus Christian Mayer

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Katja Seizinger Pernilla Wiberg Florence Masnada Super G Picabo Street Michaela Dorfmeister Alexandra Meissnitzer Giant slalom Deborah Compagnoni Alexandra Meissnitzer Katja Seizinger slalom Hilde Gerg Deborah Compagnoni Zali Steggall combination Katja Seizinger Martina Ertl Hilde Gerg

Results men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FRA	Jean-Luc Crétier	1: 50.11
2	NOR	Leave kjus	1: 50.51
3	AUT	Hannes Trinkl	1: 50.63
4th	SUI	Jürg Grünenfelder	1: 50.64
5	CAN	Ed Podivinsky	1: 50.71
6th	ITA	Kristian Ghedina	1: 50.76
7th	AUT	Andreas Schifferer	1: 50.77
8th	SUI	Didier Cuche	1: 50.91
9	United States	Kyle Rasmussen	1: 51.09
10	SWE	Patrik Jarbyn	1: 51.22
11	AUT	Fritz Strobl	1: 51.34
14th	SUI	Franco Cavegn	1: 51.74

Date: February 13, 1998, 11 a.m.
Course: "Olympic Course I", Happo One
Start: 1765 m, Finish: 840 m
Difference in altitude: 925 m, Course length: 3289 m
Course setter: Sepp Messner, 44 goals

43 participants, 28 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: AJ Kitt (USA), Hermann Maier (AUT), Bruno Kernen (SUI), Peter Runggaldier (ITA), Brian Stemmle (CAN).

Super G

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Hermann Maier	1: 34.82
2	SUI	Didier Cuche	1: 35.43
	AUT	Hans Knauß
4th	ITA	Alessandro Fattori	1: 35.61
5	NOR	Kjetil André Aamodt	1: 35.67
6th	SWE	Patrik Jarbyn	1: 35.72
7th	United States	Daron Rahlves	1: 35.96
8th	United States	Tommy Moe	1: 35.97
9	NOR	Leave kjus	1: 36.25
10	SWE	Fredrik Nyberg	1: 35.97
11	SUI	Bruno Kernen	1: 36.37
14th	SUI	Steve Locher	1: 36.62
18th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 36.87
19th	AUT	Andreas Schifferer	1: 37.00
26th	LIE	Jürgen Hasler	1: 38.32

Date: February 16, 1998, 8:45 am
Course: "Olympic Course I", Happo One
Start: 1490 m, Finish: 840 m
Difference in altitude: 650 m, course length: 2407 m
Course setter: Peter Endras, 46 goals

45 participants, 37 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Nicolas Burtin (FRA), Stephan Eberharter (AUT), Ed Podivinsky (CAN).

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Hermann Maier	2: 38.51
2	AUT	Stephan Eberharter	2: 39.36
3	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	2: 39.69
4th	AUT	Hans Knauß	2: 39.71
5	SLO	Jure Košir	2: 39.98
6th	SUI	Steve Locher	2: 40.30
7th	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 40.57
8th	NOR	Leave kjus	2: 40.65
9	AUT	Christian Mayer	2: 40.67
10	SWE	Fredrik Nyberg	2: 40.95
12	SUI	Urs Kälin	2: 41.17
14th	LIE	Marco Büchel	2: 41.99

Date: February 19, 1998, 11:15 am (1st run), 2:00 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Higashidate", Shigakōgen
Start: 1969 m, Finish: 1630 m
Difference in altitude: 439 m
Course setter 1st run : Filip Gartner, 55 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Toni Giger , 53 goals

62 participants, 36 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR), Joël Chenal (FRA), Thomas Grandi (CAN), Bode Miller (USA), Kentarō Minagawa (JPN), Kalle Palander (FIN), HC Strand Nilsen (NOR), Alberto Tomba ( ITA), Achim Vogt (LIE), Markus Eberle (GER), Bernhard Knauss (SLO).

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Hans Petter Buraas	1: 49.31
2	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	1: 50.64
3	AUT	Thomas Sykora	1: 50.68
4th	NOR	Tom Stiansen	1: 50.90
5	AUT	Christian Mayer	1: 51.09
6th	AUT	Thomas Stangassinger	1: 51.25
7th	NOR	Finn Christian Jagge	1: 51.39
8th	FRA	Joël Chenal	1: 51.51
9	FIN	Kalle Palander	1: 51.81
10	FRA	Pierrick Bourgeat	1: 51.82
12	SUI	Didier Plaschy	1: 52.03
18th	SUI	Paul Accola	1: 54.91
19th	SUI	Michael von Grünigen	1: 54.96

Date: February 21, 1998,
9:30 am (1st run), 1:00 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Yakebitai", Shigakōgen
Start: 1890 m, Finish: 1670 m
Difference in altitude: 220 m
Course setter 1st run : Fritz Züger, 65 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Stefano Dalmasso, 65 goals

65 participants, including 31 in the rating. Retired u. a .: Thomas Grandi (CAN), Jure Košir , Andrej Miklavc , Drago Grubelnik (all SLO), Bode Miller (USA), Mario Reiter (AUT), Alberto Tomba , Fabrizio Tescari (both ITA), Alois Vogl , Markus Eberle ( both GER), Marco Casanova (SUI), Alain Baxter (GBR), Sami Uotila (FIN), Kentarō Minagawa (JPN), Chip Knight (USA), Martin Hansson (SWE), Kristinn Björnsson (ISL), Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś junior (POL).

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	AUT	Mario Reiter	1: 36.21 (6.)	1: 31.85 (1.)	3: 08.06
2	NOR	Leave kjus	1: 34.99 (2.)	1: 33.66 (2.)	3: 08.65
3	AUT	Christian Mayer	1: 35.06 (3rd)	1: 35.05 (4.)	3: 10.11
4th	AUT	Günther Mader	1: 34.83 (1st)	1: 35.36 (6.)	3: 10.19
5	POLE	Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś jr.	1: 37.04 (9.)	1: 34.49 (3rd)	3: 11.53
6th	ITA	Alessandro Fattori	1: 36.29 (7.)	1: 40.71 (11.)	3: 17.00
7th	SLO	Aleš Brezavšček	1: 35.94 (5.)	1: 44.15 (14.)	3: 20.09
8th	SLO	Peter Pen	1: 36.98 (8.)	1: 43.83 (13th)	3: 20.81
9	LIE	Jürgen Hasler	1: 37.88 (10.)	1: 45.28 (15.)	3: 23.15
10	ITA	Erik Seletto	1: 47.46 (15).	1: 35.77 (5.)	3: 23.53

Date: February 10, 1998, 8:30 a.m. (1st run slalom), 11:00 a.m. (2nd run slalom),
February 13, 1998, 2:45 p.m. (departure)

Route descent: "Olympic Course I", Happo One
start: 1680 m, finish: 840 m,
altitude difference: 840 m, length: 2886 m
Course setter: Sepp Messner, 37 goals

Slalom route: “Kokusai”, Happo One
Start: 995 m, finish: 830 m
Difference in altitude: 165 m
Course setter 1st run: Filip Gartner, 55 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Bernd Zobel, 55 goals

38 participants, 15 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR), Paul Accola (SUI), Kristian Ghedina (ITA), Jürg Grünenfelder (SUI), Finn Christian Jagge (NOR), Patrik Jrebsyn (SWE), Bruno Kernen (SUI), Tommy Moe ( USA), Kalle Palander (FIN), Ed Podivinsky (CAN).

Results women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 28.89
2	SWE	Pernilla Wiberg	1: 29.18
3	FRA	Florence Masnada	1: 29.37
4th	FRA	Mélanie Suchet	1: 29.48
5	RUS	Svetlana Gladysheva	1: 29.50
6th	United States	Picabo Street	1: 29.54
7th	FRA	Régine Cavagnoud	1: 29.72
8th	AUT	Alexandra Meissnitzer	1: 29.84
9	GER	Katharina Gutensohn	1: 29.96
10	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 29.96
12	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 30.25
15th	AUT	Stefanie Schuster	1: 30.73
18th	AUT	Michaela Dorfmeister	1: 31.17
22nd	SUI	Catherine Borghi	1: 31.45
30th	SUI	Corinne Rey-Bellet	1: 32.92

Date: February 16, 1998, 10:30 am
Course: "Olympic Course II", Happo One
Start: 1590 m, Goal: 899 m
Difference in altitude: 691 m, Course length: 2518 m Course
setter: Jan Tischhauser, 32 goals

39 participants, 34 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Renate Götschl (AUT), Regina Häusl (GER), Isolde Kostner (ITA).

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Picabo Street	1: 18.02
2	AUT	Michaela Dorfmeister	1: 18.03
3	AUT	Alexandra Meissnitzer	1: 18.09
4th	GER	Regina Häusl	1: 18.27
5	AUT	Renate Götschl	1: 18.32
6th	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 18.44
7th	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 18.46
8th	FRA	Mélanie Suchet	1: 18.51
9	AUT	Stefanie Schuster	1: 18.53
10	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 18.59
21st	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 19.22
31	SUI	Corinne Rey-Bellet	1: 20.31
34	SUI	Catherine Borghi	1: 20.69
38	LIE	Tamara Schädler	1: 22.90

Date: February 11, 1998, 1:00 p.m.
Course: "Olympic Course II", Happo One
Start: 1486 m, Finish: 899 m
Difference in altitude: 587 m, Course length: 2115 m
Course setter: Leonid Melnikow, 31 goals

43 participants, 41 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Kirsten Clark (USA)

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ITA	Deborah Compagnoni	2: 50.59
2	AUT	Alexandra Meissnitzer	2: 52.39
3	GER	Katja Seizinger	2: 52.61
4th	GER	Martina Ertl	2: 52.72
5	FRA	Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard	2: 53.27
6th	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	2: 53.61
7th	SWE	Anna Ottosson	2: 53.81
8th	ITA	Sabina Panzanini	2: 54.09
9	LIE	Birgit Heeb	2: 54.70
10	NOR	Andrine Flemmen	2: 54.94
13	GER	Hilde Gerg	2: 55.89
15th	AUT	Stefanie Schuster	2: 56.41
16	SUI	Karin Roten	2: 56.96
19th	SUI	Catherine Borghi	2: 58.42
20th	AUT	Christiane Mitterwallner	2: 58.46
30th	GER	Regina Häusl	3: 04.57

Date: February 20, 1998,
9:30 am (1st run), 12:15 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Higashidate", Shigakōgen
Start: 1923 m, Finish: 1530 m
Difference in altitude: 393 m
Course setter 1st run : Severino Bottero , 57 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Thierry Meynet, 59 goals

56 participants, 34 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Caroline Lalive (USA), Ingeborg Helen Marken (NOR), Sonja Nef (SUI), Ylva Nowén (SWE), Špela Pretnar (SLO), Sarah Schleper (USA).

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 32.40
2	ITA	Deborah Compagnoni	1: 32.46
3	OUT	Zali Steggall	1: 32.67
4th	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 32.91
5	AUT	Sabine Egger	1: 33.22
6th	AUT	Ingrid Salvenmoser	1: 33.39
7th	SUI	Martina Accola	1: 34.12
8th	ITA	Morena Gallizio	1: 34.87
9	GER	Monika Bergmann	1: 34.99
10	SWE	Anna Ottosson	1: 35.24
21st	LIE	Diana Fehr	1: 38.76
23	LIE	Tamara Schädler	1: 40.01

Date: February 19, 1998, 9:30 am (1st run), 1:00 pm (2nd run) Course
: "Yakebitai", Shigakōgen
Start: 1870 m, finish: 1670 m
Difference in altitude: 200 m
Course setter 1st run : Marko Jurjec, 57 goals Course setter
2nd run: Wolfgang Grassl, 63 goals

57 participants, 27 of them in the evaluation. Retired u. a .: Trine Bakke (NOR), Patricia Chauvet (FRA), Andrine Flemmen (NOR), Urška Hrovat (SLO), Janica Kostelić (CRO), Kristina Koznick (USA), Sonja Nef (SUI), Laure Pequegnot (FRA) , Špela Pretnar (SLO), Claudia Riegler (NZL), Karin Roten (SUI), Pernilla Wiberg (SWE)

combination

space	country	sportswoman	Time A (min)	Time S (min)	total time
1	GER	Katja Seizinger	1: 28.52 (1.)	1: 12.22 (5.)	2: 40.74
2	GER	Martina Ertl	1: 29.76 (4th)	1: 11.16 (1.)	2: 40.92
3	GER	Hilde Gerg	1: 29.92 (7.)	1: 11.58 (2.)	2: 41.50
4th	AUT	Stefanie Schuster	1: 30.10 (8.)	1: 12.15 (4.)	2: 42.25
5	ITA	Morena Gallizio	1: 30.60 (11.)	1: 11.92 (3rd)	2: 42.52
6th	FRA	Florence Masnada	1: 29.87 (6th)	1: 12.97 (8.)	2: 42.84
7th	United States	Caroline Lalive	1: 31.05 (14th)	1: 13.71 (10.)	2: 44.76
8th	CRO	Janica Kostelić	1: 31.71 (12.)	1: 13.52 (9.)	2: 45.23
10	SUI	Catherine Borghi	1: 31.24 (11.)	1: 14.09 (11.)	2: 45.33
11	AUT	Brigitte Obermoser	1: 29.82 (5th)	1: 15.66 (13th)	2: 45.48
12	GER	Monika Bergmann			2: 45.64
17th	LIE	Tamara Schädler			2: 52.18

Date: February 16, 1998, 12:30 p.m. (departure)
February 17, 1998, 9:30 a.m. (1st slalom run)
1:00 p.m. (2nd slalom run)

Route descent: "Olympic Course II", Happo One
start: 1590 m, goal: 899 m,
altitude difference: 691 m, length: 2518 m Course
setter: Jan Tischhauser, 32 goals

Slalom route: “Kokusai”, Happo One
Start: 995 m, finish: 830 m
Difference in altitude: 165 m
Course setter 1st run: Heinzpeter Platter, 46 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Karl Leiter, 42 goals

29 participants, 21 of them at the start. Retired u. a .: Michaela Dorfmeister (AUT), Renate Götschl (AUT), Isolde Kostner , (ITA), Mélanie Turgeon (CAN), Pernilla Wiberg (SWE).

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )