Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

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.

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

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

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

Women's events

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

Participating nations

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


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