Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Men's Giant Slalom at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mount Yakebitai
Date	February 8
Competitors	34 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:03.96
Medalists
Ross Rebagliati   Canada   Thomas Prugger   Italy   Ueli Kestenholz   Switzerland

Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Giant slalom		men		women
Halfpipe		men		women

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February.

It was the first time snowboarding was added as a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. The giant slalom was replaced by the parallel giant slalom event in 2002 in Salt Lake City.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ross Rebagliati Canada (CAN)
Silver	Thomas Prugger Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland (SUI)

Results

The competitors were allowed two runs on a giant slalom course. The two times were then added to determine the winners.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Difference
	Ross Rebagliati	Canada	0:59.87	7	1:04.09	2	2:03.96	-
	Thomas Prugger	Italy	0:59.38	2	1:04.60	5	2:03.98	+0.02
	Ueli Kestenholz	Switzerland	1:00.20	9	1:03.88	1	2:04.08	+0.12
4	Dieter Krassnig	Austria	1:00.11	8	1:04.22	3	2:04.33	+0.37
5	Mathieu Bozzetto	France	0:59.83	6	1:04.74	6	2:04.57	+0.61
6	Chris Klug	United States	0:59.38	2	1:05.87	10	2:05.25	+1.29
7	Martin Freinademetz	Austria	0:59.58	3	1:05.76	9	2:05.34	+1.38
8	Maxence Idesheim	France	1:00.75	11	1:04.77	7	2:05.52	+1.56
9	Dieter Happ	Austria	1:02.65	14	1:04.40	4	2:07.05	+3.09
10	Thedo Remmelink	Netherlands	1:02.01	13	1:05.24	8	2:07.25	+3.29
11	Willi Trakofler	Italy	1:01.42	12	1:05.88	11	2:07.30	+3.34
12	Christophe Ségura	France	0:59.59	4	1:09.27	18	2:08.86	+4.90
13	Elmar Messner	Italy	1:01.42	12	1:07.99	15	2:09.41	+5.45
14	Dieter Moherndl	Germany	1:03.03	17	1:07.00	12	2:10.03	+6.07
15	Mike Kildevæld	Denmark	1:02.75	15	1:07.67	13	2:10.42	+6.46
16	Jasey-Jay Anderson	Canada	0:59.31	1	1:12.02	19	2:11.33	+7.37
17	Mike Jacoby	United States	1:03.53	20	1:08.27	16	2:11.80	+7.84
18	Stephen Copp	Sweden	1:04.14	22	1:07.75	14	2:11.89	+7.93
19	Łukasz Starowicz	Poland	1:03.50	19	1:08.81	17	2:12.31	+8.35
20	Karl Frenademez	Italy	1:03.33	18	1:12.62	20	2:15.95	+11.99
21	Mariano López	Argentina	1:12.20	25	1:19.11	21	2:31.31	+27.35
-	Nicolas Conte	France	0:59.69	5	DNF	-	-	-
-	Sigi Grabner	Austria	1:00.61	10	DSQ	-	-	-
-	Richard Richardsson	Sweden	1:02.93	16	DNF	-	-	-
-	Bernd Kroschewski	Germany	1:03.53	20	DSQ	-	-	-
-	Darren Chalmers	Canada	1:04.09	21	DSQ	-	-	-
-	Markos Khatzikyriakis	Greece	1:06.40	23	DNF	-	-	-
-	Zeke Steggall	Australia	1:08.10	24	DSQ	-	-	-
-	Mark Fawcett	Canada	DNF	-	-	-	-	-
-	André Grütter	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	Adam Hostetter	United States	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gilles Jaquet	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fadri Mosca	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	Stergios Pappos	Greece	DNF	-	-	-	-	-

DNF - Did not finish; DSQ - Disqualified

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2014.

External links

Sports-Reference 1998 Men's Snowboarding giant slalom