Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe

The women's halfpipe competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Kanbayashi Snowboard Park.[1][2]

Women's Halfpipe
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueKanbayashi Snowboard Park
Date12 February
Competitors26 from 11 nations
Winning Score74.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicola Thost  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stine Brun Kjeldaas  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shannon Dunn-Downing  United States
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Results

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Qualifying

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Round 1

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The top four automatically qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Name Country Points Notes
1 Stine Brun Kjeldaas   Norway 37.6 Q
2 Cara-Beth Burnside   United States 36.7 Q
3 Jenny Jonsson   Sweden 34.5 Q
4 Maëlle Ricker   Canada 34.4 Q
5 Minna Hesso   Finland 34.2
6 Natasza Zurek   Canada 33.9
7 Shannon Dunn-Downing   United States 33.3
8 Tara Teigen   Canada 32.9
9 Anita Schwaller   Switzerland 32.0
10 Jennie Waara   Sweden 31.9
11 Satu Järvelä   Finland 31.8
12 Nicola Pederzolli   Austria 31.5
13 Nicola Thost   Germany 30.6
14 Barrett Christy   United States 30.3
15 Sabine Wehr-Hasler   Germany 29.5
16 Anne Molin Kongsgård   Norway 29.3
17 Doriane Vidal   France 27.2
18 Michelle Taggart   United States 26.1
19 Lori Glazier   Canada 25.9
20 Yuri Yoshikawa   Japan 25.6
21 Ulrike Hölzl   Austria 24.8
22 Christel Thoresen   Norway 24.3
23 Kaori Takeyama   Japan 23.5
24 Alessandra Pescosta   Italy 22.8
25 Sandra Farmand   Germany 22.1
26 Anna Hellman   Sweden 20.0

Round 2

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The top four finishers qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Name Country Points Notes
1 Nicola Thost   Germany 37.4 Q
2 Shannon Dunn-Downing   United States 36.6 Q
3 Minna Hesso   Finland 35.1 Q
4 Jennie Waara   Sweden 34.5 Q
5 Nicola Pederzolli   Austria 34.4
6 Tara Teigen   Canada 33.3
7 Anita Schwaller   Switzerland 32.2
8 Doriane Vidal   France 32.1
9 Satu Järvelä   Finland 32.0
10 Barrett Christy   United States 31.6
11 Sabine Wehr-Hasler   Germany 30.5
12 Anne Molin Kongsgård   Norway 29.2
13 Ulrike Hölzl   Austria 29.1
14 Lori Glazier   Canada 26.9
15 Michelle Taggart   United States 25.5
16 Yuri Yoshikawa   Japan 24.9
17 Christel Thoresen   Norway 24.4
18 Kaori Takeyama   Japan 22.7
19 Anna Hellman   Sweden 22.7
20 Alessandra Pescosta   Italy 18.9
21 Natasza Zurek   Canada 11.6
- Sandra Farmand   Germany DNF

Final

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The eight finalists each competed in two runs, with the total score counting for ranking.[1]

Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total
  Nicola Thost   Germany 37.50 37.10 74.60
  Stine Brun Kjeldaas   Norway 36.70 37.50 74.20
  Shannon Dunn-Downing   United States 38.80 34.00 72.80
4 Cara-Beth Burnside   United States 36.10 36.50 72.60
5 Maëlle Ricker   Canada 36.80 34.30 71.10
6 Minna Hesso   Finland 34.80 36.00 70.80
7 Jenny Jonsson   Sweden 31.80 34.10 65.90
8 Jennie Waara   Sweden 30.90 31.80 62.70

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.
  2. ^ "Snowboarding at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Women's Halfpipe". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.