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

Men's Giant Slalom at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Mount Yakebitai
Date	8 February 1998
Competitors	34 from 14 nations
Winning time	2:03.96
Medalists
Ross Rebagliati  Canada Thomas Prugger  Italy Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February 1998.^[1]

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

Gold	Ross Rebagliati  Canada
Silver	Thomas Prugger  Italy
Bronze	Ueli Kestenholz  Switzerland

Results

The competitors were allowed two runs on a giant slalom course. The two times were then added to determine the winners.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Nationality	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Difference
	3	Ross Rebagliati	Canada	0:59.87	8	1:04.09	2	2:03.96	-
	2	Thomas Prugger	Italy	0:59.38	2	1:04.60	5	2:03.98	+0.02
	6	Ueli Kestenholz	Switzerland	1:00.20	10	1:03.88	1	2:04.08	+0.12
4	12	Dieter Krassnig	Austria	1:00.11	9	1:04.22	3	2:04.33	+0.37
5	11	Mathieu Bozzetto	France	0:59.83	7	1:04.74	6	2:04.57	+0.61
6	5	Chris Klug	United States	0:59.38	2	1:05.87	10	2:05.25	+1.29
7	7	Martin Freinademetz	Austria	0:59.58	4	1:05.76	9	2:05.34	+1.38
8	19	Maxence Idesheim	France	1:00.75	12	1:04.77	7	2:05.52	+1.56
9	13	Dieter Happ	Austria	1:02.65	16	1:04.40	4	2:07.05	+3.09
10	10	Thedo Remmelink	Netherlands	1:02.01	15	1:05.24	8	2:07.25	+3.29
11	21	Willi Trakofler	Italy	1:01.42	13	1:05.88	11	2:07.30	+3.34
12	1	Christophe Ségura	France	0:59.59	5	1:09.27	18	2:08.86	+4.90
13	24	Elmar Messner	Italy	1:01.42	13	1:07.99	15	2:09.41	+5.45
14	27	Dieter Moherndl	Germany	1:03.03	19	1:07.00	12	2:10.03	+6.07
15	23	Mike Kildevæld	Denmark	1:02.75	17	1:07.67	13	2:10.42	+6.46
16	9	Jasey-Jay Anderson	Canada	0:59.31	1	1:12.02	19	2:11.33	+7.37
17	15	Mike Jacoby	United States	1:03.53	22	1:08.27	16	2:11.80	+7.84
18	20	Stephen Copp	Sweden	1:04.14	25	1:07.75	14	2:11.89	+7.93
19	28	Łukasz Starowicz	Poland	1:03.50	21	1:08.81	17	2:12.31	+8.35
20	29	Karl Frenademez	Italy	1:03.33	20	1:12.62	20	2:15.95	+11.99
21	33	Mariano López	Argentina	1:12.20	28	1:19.11	21	2:31.31	+27.35
-	4	Nicolas Conte	France	0:59.69	6	DNF	-	-	-
-	25	Richard Richardsson	Sweden	1:02.93	18	DNF	-	-	-
-	32	Markos Khatzikyriakakis	Greece	1:06.40	26	DNF	-	-	-
-	16	Sigi Grabner	Austria	1:00.61	11	DSQ	-	-	-
-	22	Bernd Kroschewski	Germany	1:03.53	23	DSQ	-	-	-
-	18	Darren Chalmers	Canada	1:04.09	24	DSQ	-	-	-
-	30	Zeke Steggall	Australia	1:08.10	27	DSQ	-	-	-
-	14	Mark Fawcett	Canada	DNF	-	-	-	-	-
-	34	Stergios Pappos	Greece	DNF	-	-	-	-	-
-	8	Fadri Mosca	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	17	Gilles Jaquet	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	26	André Grütter	Switzerland	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-
-	31	Adam Hostetter	United States	DSQ	-	-	-	-	-

DNF - Did not finish; DSQ - Disqualified

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