Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Template:Location map Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of race postponements due to weather; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February.<ref name=OfficialReport>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medal summary

Nine nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Austria winning the most with eleven (3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze). Katja Seizinger led the individual medal table, with two gold medals and a bronze, while Hermann Maier was the most successful male skier, with two gold medals. Zali Steggall's bronze medal was the first individual medal at the Winter Olympics for Australia.

Medal table

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Men's events

Downhill
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:50.11 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:50.51 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:50.63
Super-G
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:34.82 Template:FlagIOCmedalist
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1:35.43 Not awarded
Giant Slalom
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:38.51 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:39.36 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:39.69
Slalom
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:49.31 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:50.64 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:50.68
Combined
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:08.06 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:08.65 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:10.11

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Women's events

Downhill
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:28.89 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:29.18 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:29.37
Super-G
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:18.02 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:18.03 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:18.09
Giant Slalom
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:50.59 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:52.39 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:52.61
Slalom
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:32.40 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:32.46 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:32.67
Combined
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:40.74 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:40.92 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:41.50

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Course information

Date Race Start
Elevation
Finish
Elevation
Vertical
Drop
Course
Length
Average
Gradient
Fri 13-Feb Downhill - men  Template:Convert  Template:Convert  Template:Convert  Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Mon 16-Feb Downhill - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Fri 13-Feb Downhill - (K) - men Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Tue 17-Feb Downhill - (K) - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Mon 16-Feb Super-G - men Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Wed 11-Feb Super-G - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Thu 19-Feb Giant Slalom - men Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Fri 20-Feb Giant Slalom - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Sat 21-Feb Slalom - men Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert    Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Thu 19-Feb Slalom - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert    Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Tue 10-Feb Slalom - (K) - men Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert    Template:Convert Template:Percentage
Tue 17-Feb Slalom - (K) - women Template:Convert Template:Convert Template:Convert    Template:Convert Template:Percentage

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Participating nations

Forty-nine nations sent alpine skiers to compete in the events in Nagano. Armenia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Lithuania, Macedonia, South Africa, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors.<ref name=OfficialReport/>

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See also

References

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