The Sports Almanac



1998 Winter Olympics
Nagano, Japan

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

GERMANY - 29 Medals
NORWAY - 25 Medals
RUSSIA - 18 Medals

Biathlon Bobsled Luge
Curling Ice Hockey Speed Skating
Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Freestyle Skiing
Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Snowboarding
Nordic Combined Ski Jumping


1998 Nagano Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Germany 12
 9
 8
 29
2
 Norway
 10
 10
 5
 25
3
 Russia 9
 6
 3
 18
4
 Austria 3
 5
 9
 17
5
 Canada 6
 5
 4
 15
6
 United States 6
 3
 4
 13
7
 Finland
 2
 4
 6
 12
8
 Netherlands 5
 4
 2
 11
9
 Japan 5
 1
 4
 10
10
 Italy
 2
 6
 2
 10
11
 France 2
 1
 5
 8
12
 China 0
 5
 3
 8
13
 Switzerland 2
 2
 3
 7
14
 South Korea 3
 1
 2
 6
15
 Czech Republic 1
 1
 1
 3
16
 Sweden 0
 2
 1
 3
17
 Belarus
 0
 0
 2
 2
18
 Kazakhstan 0
 0
 2
 2
19
 Bulgaria
 1
 0
 0
 1
20
 Ukraine
 0
 1
 0
 1
21
 Denmark 0
 1
 0
 1
22
 Great Britain
 0
 0
 1
 1
23
 Belgium
 0
 0
 1
 1
24
 Australia
 0
 0
 1
 1

1998 Nagano City Biathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen - Norway
 Frode Andresen - Norway
 Ville Räikkönen - Finland
Women's Sprint
 Galina Kukleva - Russia
 Uschi Disl - Germany
 Katrin Apel - Germany
Men's Individual Halvard Hanevold - Norway
 Pieralberto - Italy
 Alexei Aidarov - Belarus
Women's Individual
 Ekaterina Dafovska - Bulgaria
 Olena Petrova - Ukraine
 Uschi Disl - Germany
Men's Relay Germany
 Norway
 Russia
Women's Relay
 Germany
 Russia
 Norway

1998 Nagano Boblsed
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Two-Man
 Italy
Canada
 None Awarded
 Germany
Four-Man
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Great Britain
France

1998 Nagano Curling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Switzerland
 Canada
 Norway
Women's
 Canada
 Denmark
 Sweden

1998 Nagano Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Czech Republic
 Russia
 Finland
Women's
 United States
 Canada
 Finland

1998 Nagano Luge
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Georg Hackl - Germany
 Armin Zöggeler - Italy
 Jens Müller - Germany
Women's Singles
 Silke Kraushaar - Germany
 Barbara Niedernhuber - Germany
 Angelika Neuner - Austria
Doubles
 Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt - Germany
 Chris Thorpe, Gordy Sheer - United States
 Mark Grimmette, Brian Martin - United States

1998 Nagano Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles Ilia Kulik - Russia
 Elvis Stojko - Canada
 Philippe Candeloro - France
Women's Singles Tara Lipinski - United States
 Michelle Kwan - United States
 Chen Lu - China
Pairs Oksana Kazakova, Artur Dmitriev - Russia
 Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikharulidze - Russia
 Mandy Wötzel, Ingo Steuer - Germany
Ice Dancing Oksana Grishuk, Evgeny Platov - Russia
 Anjelika Krylova, Oleg Ovsyannikov - Russia
 Marina Anissina, Gwendal Peizerat - France

1998 Nagano Short Track Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Takafumi Nishitani - Japan
 An Yulong - China
 Hitoshi Uematsu - Japan
Women's 500 Meters Annie Perreault - Canada
 Yang Yang (S) - China
 Chun Lee-kyung - South Korea
Men's 1000 Meters Kim Dong-sung - South Korea
 Li Jiajun - China
 Éric Bédard - Canada
Women's 1000 Meters Chun Lee-kyung - South Korea Yang Yang (S) - China Won Hye-kyung - South Korea
Men's 5000 Meter Relay Canada
 South Korea
 China
Women's 3000 Meter Relay South Korea
 China
 Canada

1998 Nagano Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Hiroyasu Shimizu - Japan
 Jeremy Wotherspoon - Canada
 Kevin Overland - Canada
Women's 500 Meters Catriona Le May Doan - Canada
 Susan Auch - Canada
 Tomomi Okazaki - Japan
Men's 1000 Meters Ids Potsma - Netherlands
 Jan Bos - Netherlands
 Hiroyasu Shimizu - Japan
Women's 1000 Meters Marianne Timmer - Netherlands
 Chris Witty - United States
 Catriona Le May Doan - Canada
Men's 1500 Meters Ådne Søndrål - Norway
 Ids Potsma - Netherlands Rintje Ritsma - Netherlands
Women's 1500 Meters Marianne Timmer - Netherlands Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann - Germany
 Chris Witty - United States
Women's 3000 Meters
 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann - Germany Claudia Pechstein - Germany
 Anni Friesinger-Postma - Germany
Men's 5000 Meters
 Gianni Romme - Netherlands
 Rintje Ritsma - Netherlands Bart Veldkamp - Belgium
Women's 5000 Meters Claudia Pechstein - Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann - Germany Lyudmila Prokasheva - Kazakhstan
Men's 10000 Meters
 Gianni Romme - Netherlands Bob de Jong - Netherlands
 Rintje Ritsma - Netherlands

1998 Nagano Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Jean-Luc Crétier - France
 Lasse Kjus - Norway
 Hannes Trinkl - Austria
Women's Downhill Katja Seizinger - Germany
 Pernilla Wiberg - Sweden
 Florence Masnada - France
Men's Slalom Hans Petter Buraas - Norway
 Ole Kristian Furuseth - Norway
 Thomas Sykora - Austria
Women's Slalom Hilde Gerg - Germany
 Deborah Compagnoni - Italy
 Zali Steggall - Australia
Men's Giant Slalom Hermann Maier - Austria
 Stephan Eberharter - Austria
 Michael von Grünigen - Switzerland
Women's Giant Slalom
 Deborah Compagnoni - Italy Alexandra Meissnitzer - Austria
 Katja Seizinger - Germany
Men's Super-G Hermann Maier - Austria Didier Cuche - Switzerland
Hans Knauss - Austria
 None Awarded
Women's Super-G Picabo Street - United States
 Michaela Dorfmeister - Austria
 Alexandra Meissnitzer - Austria
Men's Combined
 Mario Reiter - Austria
 Lasse Kjus - Norway Christian Mayer - Austria
Women's Combined
 Katja Seizinger - Germany Martina Ertl - Germany
 Hilde Gerg - Germany

1998 Nagano Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Women's 5KM
 Larisa Lazutina - Russia
 Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic
 Bente Martinsen - Norway
Men's 10KM
 Bjørn Dæhlie - Norway
 Markus Gandler - Austria
 Mika Myllylä - Finland
Women's 10KM Larisa Lazutina - Russia Olga Danilova - Russia
 Kateřina Neumannová - Czech Republic
Men's 15KM Thomas Alsgaard - Norway
 Bjørn Dæhlie - Norway Vladimir Smirnov - Kazakhstan
Women's 15KM
 Olga Danilova - Russia Larisa Lazutina - Russia Anita Moen-Guidon - Norway
Men's 30KM
 Mika Myllylä - Finland Erling Jevne - Norway
 Silvio Fauner - Italy
Women's 30KM Yuliya Chepalova - Russia
 Stefania Belmondo - Italy
 Larisa Lazutina - Russia
Men's 50KM Bjørn Dæhlie - Norway Niklas Jonsson - Sweden
 Christian Hoffmann - Austria
Men's Relay Norway
 Italy
 Finland
Women's Relay Russia
 Norway
 Italy

1998 Nagano Freestyle Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Moguls
 Jonny Moseley - United States
 Janne Lahtela - Finland
 Sami Mustonen - Finland
Women's Moguls
 Tae Satoya - Japan
 Tatjana Mittermayer - Germany
 Kari Traa - Norway
Men's Aerials Eric Bergoust - United States
 Sébastien Foucras - France
 Dmitry Dashchinsky - Belarus
Women's Aerials
 Nikki Stone - United States
 Xu Nannan - China
 Colette Brand - Switzerland

1998 Nagano Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual
 Bjarte Engen Vik - Norway
 Samppa Lajunen - Finland
 Valery Stolyarov - Russia
Team
 Norway
 Finland
 France

1998 Nagano Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Normal Hill
 Jani Soininen - Finland
 Kazuyoshi Funaki - Japan
 Andreas Widhölzl - Austria
Large Hill
 Kazuyoshi Funaki - Japan Jani Soininen - Finland Masahiko Harada - Japan
Team
 Japan
 Germany
 Austria

1998 Nagano Snowboarding
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Halfpipe Gian Simmen - Switzerland
 Daniel Franck - Norway
 Ross Powers - United States
Women's Halfpipe
 Nicola Thost - Germany
 Stine Brun Kjeldaas - Norway
 Shannon Dunn-Downing - United States
Men's Giant Slalom Ross Rebagliati - Canada
 Thomas Prugger - Italy
 Ueli Kestenholz - Switzerland
Women's Giant Slalom
 Karie Ruby - France
 Heidi Renoth - Germany
 Brigitte Köck - Austria