1998 Winter Olympics / Snowboard

Snowboard at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Yamanouchi
Competition venue	Yakebitai-yama / Kanbayashi Snowboard Park
Nations	22nd
Athletes	125 (69 , 56 )
date	8-12 February 1998
decisions	4th
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At the XVIII. Olympic Games 1998 in Nagano was snowboarding for the first time an Olympic sport. Men and women each competed in two disciplines. The venues were Yakebitai-yama Mountain and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe), both in Yamanouchi .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Germany	1	1	-	2
2	Switzerland	1	-	1	2
3	France	1	-	-	1
	Canada	1	-	-	1
5	Norway	-	2	-	2
6th	Italy	-	1	-	1
7th	United States	-	-	2	2
8th	Austria	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Giant slalom Ross Rebagliati Thomas Prugger Ueli Kestenholz halfpipe Gian Simmen Daniel Franck Ross Powers

Women competitor gold silver bronze Giant slalom Karine Ruby Heidi Renoth Brigitte Koeck halfpipe Nicola Thost Stine Brun Kjeldaas Shannon Dunn

Results men

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	CAN	Ross Rebagliati	2: 03.96
2	ITA	Thomas Prugger	2: 03.98
3	SUI	Ueli Kestenholz	2: 04.08
4th	AUT	Dieter Krassnig	2: 04.33
5	FRA	Mathieu Bozzetto	2: 04.57
6th	United States	Chris Klug	2: 05.25
7th	AUT	Martin Freinademetz	2: 05.34
8th	FRA	Maxence Idesheim	2: 05.52
9	AUT	Dieter Happ	2: 07.05
10	NED	Thedo Remelink	2: 07.25
14th	GER	Dieter Moherndl	2: 10.03
25th	GER	Bernd Kroschewski	1: 03.53

Date: February 8, 1998
9:30 a.m. (1st run), 1:00 p.m. (2nd run)

Course: Yakebitai-yama
start: 1960 m, finish: 1670 m, difference in altitude: 290 m
Course setter 1st run: Peter Foley (USA), 40 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Björn Andersson (SWE), 38 goals

41 participants, 28 in the ranking. Disqualified in the first run and a .: André Grütter (SUI), Gilles Jaquet (SUI), Fadri Mosca (SUI). Disqualified in the second run and a .: Siegfried Grabner (AUT).

Rebagliati was initially stripped of the gold medal after traces of marijuana were found in his doping test . The International Sports Court immediately overturned this decision because the IOC had ruled without a legal basis.

halfpipe

space	country	athlete	Points
1	SUI	Gian Simmen	85.20
2	NOR	Daniel Franck	82.40
3	United States	Ross Powers	82.10
4th	SUI	Fabien Rohrer	78.70
5	FRA	Guillaume Chastagnol	78.30
6th	SWE	Jacob Söderqvist	77.80
7th	FIN	Sebastian Kuhlberg	76.80
8th	CAN	Michael Michalchuck	76.00
9	CAN	Brett Carpentier	75.60
10	FRA	Jonathan Collomb-Patton	75.50
17th	GER	Xaver Hoffmann	38.20
24	AUT	Max Plötzeneder	35.90
27	SUI	Bertrand Denervaud	35.30
32	SUI	Patrik Hasler	32.10

Date: February 12, 1998

Facility: Kanbayashi Snowboard Park
Incline: 18 °, length: 120 m, width: 15.4 m, inner wall height: 3.5 m
36 participants

Results women

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	FRA	Karine Ruby	2: 17.34
2	GER	Heidi Renoth	2: 19.17
3	AUT	Brigitte Koeck	2: 19.42
4th	ITA	Lidia Trettel	2: 19.71
5	AUT	Ursula fingerless	2: 20.36
6th	ITA	Marion Posch	2: 21.34
7th	ITA	Dagmar Mair under the harrows	2: 22.42
8th	AUT	Isabel Zedlacher	2: 22.92
9	GER	Sandra Farmand	2: 23.10
10	SWE	Marie Birkl	2: 23.91
11	SUI	Cécile Plancherel	2: 24.07
12	AUT	Heidi Jaufenthaler	2: 27.94
18th	SUI	Renate Keller	2: 31.80
24	SUI	Steffi von Siebenthal	1: 21.93

Date: February 10, 1998
9:00 a.m. (1st run), 11:30 a.m. (2nd run)

Course: Yakebitai-yama
Start: 1960 m, finish: 1670 m, height difference: 290 m
Course setter 1st run: Pierre Garnier (FRA), 38 goals
Course setter 2nd run: Marian Schlechter (GER), 36 goals

34 participants, 24 in the rating. Disqualified in the second run and a .: Isabelle Blanc (FRA).

halfpipe

space	country	athlete	Points
1	GER	Nicola Thost	74.60
2	NOR	Stine Brun Kjeldaas	74.20
3	United States	Shannon Dunn	72.80
4th	United States	Cara-Beth Burnside	72.60
5	CAN	Maëlle Ricker	71.10
6th	FIN	Minna Hesso	70.80
7th	SWE	Jenny Jonsson	65.90
8th	SWE	Jennie Waara	62.70
9	AUT	Nici Pederzolli	34.40
10	AUT	Tara doughs	33.30
11	SUI	Anita Schwaller	32.20
15th	DEU	Sabine Wehr-Hasler	30.50
17th	AUT	Ulrike Hölzl	29.10
26th	DEU	Sandra Farmand	22.10

Date: February 12, 1998

Facility: Kanbayashi Snowboard Park
Incline: 18 °, length: 120 m, width: 15.4 m, inner wall height: 3.5 m
26 participants

Web links

• Giant slalom races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Halfpipe competitions in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Snowboard at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralf Meile: Beaten by the stoner. watson , February 8, 2014, accessed May 6, 2018 .