Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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| Venue | Mount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe) |
| Dates | 8–12 February 1998 |
| Competitors | 125 from 22 nations |
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| Halfpipe | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant slalom |
Ross Rebagliati Canada |
2:03.96 | Thomas Prugger Italy |
2:03.98 | Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland |
2:04.08 |
| Halfpipe |
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 |
Karine Ruby France |
2:17.34 | Heidi Renoth Germany |
2:19.17 | Brigitte Köck Austria |
2:19.42 |
| Halfpipe |
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.
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Nagano 1998 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Snowboard: Snowboarding Debuts as an Olympic Sport". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
