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

The women's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 10 February.[1]

Women's Giant Slalom
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueMount Yakebitai
Date10 February
Competitors31 from 14 nations
Winning time2:17.34
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karine Ruby  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heidi Renoth  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brigitte Köck  Austria

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.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Karine Ruby
  France
Silver Heidi Renoth
  Germany
Bronze Brigitte Köck
  Austria

Results

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Rank[2] Bib Name Nationality Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Difference
  2 Karine Ruby   France 1:09.33 1 1:08.01 6 2:17.34 -
  1 Heidi Renoth   Germany 1:11.92 5 1:07.25 3 2:19.17 +1.83
  11 Brigitte Köck   Austria 1:13.01 7 1:06.41 2 2:19.42 +2.08
4 15 Lidia Trettel   Italy 1:11.68 3 1:08.03 8 2:19.71 +2.37
5 17 Ursula Fingerlos   Austria 1:12.37 6 1:07.99 5 2:20.36 +3.02
6 8 Marion Posch   Italy 1:13.32 8 1:08.02 7 2:21.34 +4.00
7 4 Dagi Mair unter der Eggen   Italy 1:13.35 9 1:09.07 13 2:22.42 +5.08
8 6 Isabel Zedlacher   Austria 1:11.89 4 1:11.03 15 2:22.92 +5.58
9 19 Sandra Farmand   Germany 1:14.39 10 1:08.71 12 2:23.10 +5.76
10 20 Marie Birkl   Sweden 1:15.99 13 1:07.92 4 2:23.91 +6.57
11 23 Cécile Plancherel   Switzerland 1:15.84 12 1:08.23 9 2:24.07 +6.73
12 12 Sondra Van Ert   United States 1:17.89 16 1:08.67 11 2:26.56 +9.22
13 14 Margherita Parini   Italy 1:21.42 20 1:06.15 1 2:27.57 +10.23
14 25 Heidi Jaufenthaler   Austria 1:18.43 17 1:09.51 14 2:27.94 +10.60
15 22 Shinobu Ueshima   Japan 1:16.88 14 1:11.17 16 2:28.05 +10.71
16 18 Charlotte Bernard   France 1:14.43 11 1:14.30 18 2:28.73 +11.39
17 24 Nathalie Desmares   France 1:21.43 21 1:08.42 10 2:29.85 +12.51
18 29 Renate Keller   Switzerland 1:19.48 19 1:12.32 17 2:31.80 +14.46
19 27 Małgorzata Rosiak   Poland 1:19.41 18 1:19.53 19 2:38.94 +21.60
20 28 Mariya Dimova   Bulgaria 1:23.31 23 1:19.53 20 2:42.84 +25.50
21 30 Marousa Pappou   Greece 1:33.55 24 1:22.98 21 2:56.53 +39.19
- 3 Isabelle Blanc   France 1:11.28 2 DSQ - - -
- 16 Polona Zupan   Slovenia 1:16.90 15 DNF - - -
- 13 Steffi von Siebenthal   Switzerland 1:21.93 22 DNS - - -
- 5 Rosey Fletcher   United States DNF - - - - -
- 7 Burgl Heckmair   Germany DNF - - - - -
- 9 Betsy Shaw   United States DSQ - - - - -
- 10 Lisa Kosglow   United States DNF - - - - -
- 21 Jana Šedová   Slovakia DNF - - - - -
- 26 Jagna Marczułajtis   Poland DNF - - - - -
- 31 Pamela Bell   New Zealand DNF - - - - -

DSQ - Disqualified; DNS - Did not start; DNF - Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2014.