| Event: | Alpine Skiing |
| Games: | 1998 Winter |
| Venue: | Hakuba & Shiga Kogen Nagano, Honshu, Japan |
| Dates: | 10–21 February 1998 |
| Competitors: | 249 |
| Nations: | 49 |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2002 |
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.[1] [2]
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.
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| Downhill | 1:50.11 | 1:50.51 | 1:50.63 | ||||
| Super-G | 1:34.82 | | 1:35.43 | Not awarded | |||
| Giant Slalom | 2:38.51 | 2:39.36 | 2:39.69 | ||||
| Slalom | 1:49.31 | 1:50.64 | 1:50.68 | ||||
| Combined | 3:08.06 | 3:08.65 | 3:10.11 |
| Downhill | 1:28.89 | 1:29.18 | 1:29.37 | ||||
| Super-G | 1:18.02 | 1:18.03 | 1:18.09 | ||||
| Giant Slalom | 2:50.59 | 2:52.39 | 2:52.61 | ||||
| Slalom | 1:32.40 | 1:32.46 | 1:32.67 | ||||
| Combined | 2:40.74 | 2:40.92 | 2:41.50 |
| -- | + Course information --> | Date | Race | Start Elevation | Finish Elevation | Vertical Drop | Course Length | Average Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 13-Feb | Downhill - men | 1765m (5,791feet) | 840m (2,760feet) | 925m (3,035feet) | 3.289km (02.044miles) | |||
| Mon 16-Feb | Downhill - women | 1590m (5,220feet) | 899m (2,949feet) | 691m (2,267feet) | 2.518km (01.565miles) | |||
| Fri 13-Feb | Downhill - (K) - men | 1680m (5,510feet) | 840m (2,760feet) | 840m (2,760feet) | 2.886km (01.793miles) | |||
| Tue 17-Feb | Downhill - (K) - women | 1590m (5,220feet) | 899m (2,949feet) | 691m (2,267feet) | 2.518km (01.565miles) | |||
| Mon 16-Feb | Super-G - men | 1490m (4,890feet) | 840m (2,760feet) | 650m (2,130feet) | 2.407km (01.496miles) | |||
| Wed 11-Feb | Super-G - women | 1486m (4,875feet) | 899m (2,949feet) | 587m (1,926feet) | 2.115km (01.314miles) | |||
| Thu 19-Feb | Giant Slalom - men | 1969m (6,460feet) | 1530m (5,020feet) | 439m (1,440feet) | 1.487km (00.924miles) | |||
| Fri 20-Feb | Giant Slalom - women | 1923m (6,309feet) | 1530m (5,020feet) | 393m (1,289feet) | 1.329km (00.826miles) | |||
| Sat 21-Feb | Slalom - men | 1890m (6,200feet) | 1670m (5,480feet) | 220m (720feet) | 0.607km (00.377miles) | |||
| Thu 19-Feb | Slalom - women | 1870m (6,140feet) | 1670m (5,480feet) | 200m (700feet) | 0.53km (00.33miles) | |||
| Tue 10-Feb | Slalom - (K) - men | 995m (3,264feet) | 830m (2,720feet) | 165m (541feet) | 0.473km (00.294miles) | |||
| Tue 17-Feb | Slalom - (K) - women | 975m (3,199feet) | 830m (2,720feet) | 145m (476feet) | 0.415km (00.258miles) |
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.[1]