Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Shiga Kogen.[1][2]

Men's giant slalom
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueShiga Kogen
DateFebruary 19
Competitors62 from 28 nations
Winning time2:38.51
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hermann Maier  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephan Eberharter  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael von Grünigen  Switzerland
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The defending world champion was Michael von Grünigen of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup giant slalom champion. [3][4]

Results

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Rank Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Total Difference
  Hermann Maier   Austria 1:20.36 1:18.15 2:38.51 -
  Stephan Eberharter   Austria 1:20.94 1:18.42 2:39.36 +0.85
  Michael von Grünigen   Switzerland 1:20.98 1:18.71 2:39.69 +1.18
4 Hans Knauss   Austria 1:21.16 1:18.55 2:39.71 +1.20
5 Jure Košir   Slovenia 1:20.97 1:19.01 2:39.98 +1.47
6 Steve Locher   Switzerland 1:21.98 1:18.32 2:40.30 +1.79
7 Paul Accola   Switzerland 1:21.31 1:19.26 2:40.57 +2.06
8 Lasse Kjus   Norway 1:21.92 1:18.73 2:40.65 +2.14
9 Christian Mayer   Austria 1:20.84 1:19.83 2:40.67 +2.16
10 Fredrik Nyberg   Sweden 1:22.32 1:18.63 2:40.95 +2.44
11 Ian Piccard   France 1:22.08 1:19.02 2:41.10 +2.59
12 Urs Kälin   Switzerland 1:22.00 1:19.17 2:41.17 +2.66
13 Christophe Saioni   France 1:21.84 1:19.40 2:41.24 +2.73
14 Marco Büchel   Liechtenstein 1:22.52 1:19.47 2:41.99 +3.48
15 Matteo Nana   Italy 1:22.43 1:19.94 2:42.37 +3.86
16 Sergio Bergamelli   Italy 1:22.38 1:20.40 2:42.78 +4.27
17 Tom Stiansen   Norway 1:21.40 1:21.48 2:42.88 +4.37
18 Mitja Kunc   Slovenia 1:22.66 1:20.43 2:43.09 +4.58
19 Sami Uotila   Finland 1:23.43 1:20.02 2:43.45 +4.94
20 Daron Rahlves   United States 1:22.81 1:20.78 2:43.59 +5.08
21 Patrik Järbyn   Sweden 1:23.19 1:20.63 2:43.82 +5.31
22 Jernej Koblar   Slovenia 1:23.49 1:20.47 2:43.96 +5.45
23 Thomas Lödler   Croatia 1:23.26 1:20.95 2:44.21 +5.70
24 Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś   Poland 1:24.17 1:22.07 2:46.24 +7.73
25 Kiminobu Kimura   Japan 1:25.02 1:21.33 2:46.35 +7.84
26 Sacha Gros   United States 1:24.57 1:22.32 2:46.89 +8.38
27 Tejs Broberg   Denmark 1:25.14 1:22.00 2:47.14 +8.63
28 Vedran Pavlek   Croatia 1:25.61 1:21.93 2:47.54 +9.03
29 Marcel Maxa   Czech Republic 1:25.88 1:23.63 2:49.51 +11.00
Takuya Ishioka   Japan 1:26.16 1:23.35
31 Alain Baxter   Great Britain 1:26.29 1:23.53 2:49.82 +11.31
32 Stefan Georgiev   Bulgaria 1:27.76 1:23.13 2:50.89 +12.38
33 Hur Seung-Wook   South Korea 1:27.87 1:24.40 2:52.27 +13.76
34 Ivars Ciaguns   Latvia 1:28.52 1:25.07 2:53.59 +15.08
35 Marko Đorđević   FR Yugoslavia 1:30.34 1:28.13 2:58.47 +19.96
36 Aleksandar Stojanovski   Macedonia 1:31.83 1:29.34 3:01.17 +22.66
- Joël Chenal   France 1:22.05 DQ - -
- Patrick Holzer   Italy 1:22.39 DNF - -
- Markus Eberle   Germany 1:24.01 DNF - -
- Kalle Palander   Finland 1:24.02 DNF - -
- Victor Gómez   Andorra 1:25.07 DNF - -
- Gerard Escoda   Andorra 1:25.23 DNF - -
- Kristinn Björnsson   Iceland 1:25.47 DNS - -
- Enis Bećirbegović   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:26.15 DNF - -
- Dmitry Kvach   Kazakhstan 1:29.95 DNF - -
- Bode Miller   United States 1:56.98 DNF - -
- Kjetil André Aamodt   Norway DNF - - -
- Alberto Tomba   Italy DNF - - -
- Harald Christian Strand Nilsen   Norway DNF - - -
- Bernhard Knauss   Slovenia DNF - - -
- Achim Vogt   Liechtenstein DNF - - -
- Casey Puckett   United States DNF - - -
- Martin Hansson   Sweden DNF - - -
- Andrey Filichkin   Russia DNF - - -
- Kentaro Minagawa   Japan DNF - - -
- Mika Marila   Finland DNF - - -
- Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn   Russia DNF - - -
- Renato Gašpar   Croatia DNF - - -
- Haukur Arnórsson   Iceland DNF - - -
- Byun Jong-moon   South Korea DNF - - -
- Lyubomir Popov   Bulgaria DNF - - -
- Thomas Grandi   Canada DQ - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1997 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "1997 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved November 20, 2013.