Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:CAN
Nocname:Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Games Link:1998 Winter Olympics
Year:1998
Website: 
Location:Nagano, Japan
Competitors:144 (81 men, 63 women)
Sports:12
Flagbearer:Jean-Luc Brassard (opening)
Catriona Le May Doan (closing)
Rank:4
Gold:6
Silver:5
Bronze:4
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win a medal. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland.

The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event.

For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992.

Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
8 February
14 February




15 February

15 February
19 February
Eric Bedard


21 February
10 February
14 February
14 February
15 February
Canada women's national ice hockey team
17 February
10 February
17 February



17 February
19 February
Medals by sport
SportTotal
Short track speed skating2024
Speed skating1225
Curling1102
Bobsleigh1001
Snowboarding1001
Ice hockey0101
Figure skating0101
Total65415

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

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Alpine skiing5 3 8
Biathlon2 4 6
Bobsleigh8 8
Cross-country skiing5 5 10
Curling5 5 10
Figure skating6 4 10
Freestyle skiing7 5 12
Ice hockey21 20 41
Luge2 0 2
Short track speed skating4 4 8
Snowboarding8 4 12
Speed skating8 9 17
Total 81 63 144

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Brian StemmleDownhillDNF -
Luke SauderDNF -
Kevin Wert1:52.6719
Ed Podivinsky1:50.715
Ed PodivinskySuper-GDSQ -
Brian Stemmle1:36.4012
Thomas GrandiGiant SlalomDSQ - DSQ -
Thomas GrandiSlalomDNF - DNF -

Men's combined

Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Mélanie TurgeonDownhill1:31.4522
Kate Pace-Lindsay1:31.3019
Kate Pace-LindsaySuper-G1:19.8927
Mélanie Turgeon1:19.2020
Katerina TichySlalom47.93DNFDNF -

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintKevin Quintilio332:32.666
Steve Cyr330:35.048
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmKevin Quintilio1'01:37.241'05:37.264
Steve Cyr58:12.961'04:12.955
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km SprintMichelle Collard025:26.138
Myriam Bédard025:11.332
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 kmNikki Keddie1'03:46.551'08:46.560
Myriam Bédard59:44.131'02:44.150
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1Pierre Lueders
Dave MacEachern
Two-man54.56254.28154.16254.2413:37.24
CAN-2Chris Lori
Jack Pyc
Two-man54.74554.721054.711254.79143:38.9812
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1Pierre Lueders
Ricardo Greenidge
Jack Pyc
Dave MacEachern
Four-man53.141053.44553.8182:40.399
CAN-2Chris Lori
Ben Hindle
Matt Hindle
Ian Danney
Four-man53.521153.691353.93132:41.1411

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

[2]

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Yves Bilodeau31:56.975
Guido Visser31:50.871
Chris Blanchard30:37.151
Robin McKeever30:32.248
15 km
pursuit1
F
Guido Visser48:43.558
Chris Blanchard47:44.356
30 km
C
Guido Visser1'55:04.164
Robin McKeever1'51:23.562
Donald Farley1'50:47.861
50 km
F
Donald FarleyDNF -
Guido Visser2'33:49.762
Robin McKeever2'28:19.058
Chris Blanchard2'26:58.956

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C
Jaime Fortier21:20.877
Sara Renner21:02.474
Milaine Thériault19:41.854
Beckie Scott19:32.647
10 km
pursuit2
F
Sara Renner36:36.764
Milaine Thériault34:29.856
Beckie Scott33:04.845
15 km
C
Marie-Odile Raymond56:53.362
Beckie Scott55:43.760
Milaine Thériault55:38.259
30 km
F
Marie-Odile Raymond1'41:07.256
Sara Renner1'40:14.654
Beckie Scott1'35:47.451

2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country SkipWL
6 1
5 2
5 2
3 4
3 4
3 4
2 5
1 6

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Medal round

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country SkipWL
6 1
6 1
5 2
4 3
2 5
2 5
2 5
1 6

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Medal round

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Jeff Langdon171018.512
Elvis Stojko234.0
Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon
Luc Bradet
121622.016
Kristy Sargeant
Kris Wirtz
111217.512
Ice dancing
AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank
Chantal Lefebvre
Michel Brunet
1919191938.019
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Victor Kraatz
54437.24

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Dominick GauthierMoguls28.1923.9017did not advance
Stéphane Rochon28.1124.628 Q24.6425.018
Jean-Luc Brassard27.4024.737 Q25.2225.524
Ryan Johnson27.9825.125 Q27.3525.257
Nicolas FontaineAerials219.608 Q216.9310
Jeff Bean224.867 Q210.7711
Andy Capicik227.395 Q209.0112
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Josée CharbonneauMoguls36.0218.5424did not advance
Tami Bradley35.5321.2815 Q34.9615.0216
Ann-Marie Pelchat33.4723.351 Q33.3623.955
Caroline OlivierAerials133.9419did not advance
Veronica Brenner174.863 Q151.159

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group C

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3210117+44
3120810-22
3030415-110

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

Group stage

The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

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532027106
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Gold medal game

17 February
align=right width="250"3  - 1 style=font-size:90%Big Hat (8,626)
First periodRef: Marina Zenk
no scoring
Second period
G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38
Third period
S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57
D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59
S. Whyte (en) 19:52
Game stats

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tyler Seitz50.6891950.9482350.4001450.405143:22.44218
Clay Ives50.6321750.3481650.8582150.437163:22.27515

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
François Drolet500 m43.5511 QDSQ - did not advance
Marc Gagnon43.9012 Q43.2541 Q42.7802 Q1:15.604
Éric Bédard43.3421 Q43.1133did not advance
Éric Bédard1000 m1:32.9752 Q1:29.6222 Q1:36.2332 QA1:32.661
François Drolet1:32.9491 Q1:32.5133did not advance
Marc Gagnon1:30.4762 QDSQ - did not advance
Éric Bédard
Derrick Campbell
François Drolet
Marc Gagnon
5000 m relay7:05.7661 QA7:06.075
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Tania Vicent500 m1:10.2124did not advance
Annie Perreault45.8662 Q46.4211 Q45.6121 QA46.568
Isabelle Charest46.0851 Q46.1942 Q44.991 OR1 QADSQ -
Isabelle Charest1000 m1:39.7291 Q1:37.2001 Q1:35.7413 QB1:37.8137
Annie Perreault1:39.1282 Q1:35.3025did not advance
Tania Vicent1:40.9233did not advance
Christine Boudrias
Isabelle Charest
Annie Perreault
Tania Vicent
3000 m relay4:24.1522 QA4:21.205

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Mark FawcettDNF - DNF -
Darren Chalmers1:04.09DSQDSQ -
Ross Rebagliati59.871:04.092:03.96
Jasey-Jay Anderson59.311:12.022:11.3316
Men's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Trevor Andrew24.13632.421did not advance
Mike Michalchuk32.32741.42 QF76.08
Derek Heidt35.61635.817did not advance
Brett Carpentier36.31341.81 QF75.69
Women's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Lori Glazier25.91929.113did not advance
Tara Teigen32.9833.36did not advance
Natasza Zurek33.9611.621did not advance
Maëlle Ricker34.44 QF71.15

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 mJeremy Wotherspoon36.04735.80271.84
Pat Bouchard35.96536.09472.055
Sylvain Bouchard35.90436.10572.004
Kevin Overland35.78236.08371.86
1000 mPat Bouchard1:12.4919
Kevin Overland1:11.909
Jeremy Wotherspoon1:11.396
Sylvain Bouchard1:11.295
1500 mNeal Marshall1:52.9330
Kevin Marshall1:52.7726
Steven Elm1:52.7025
Kevin Overland1:52.0720
5000 mMark Knoll6:50.5524
Steven Elm6:48.6723
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 mMichelle Morton42.953639.841782.7933
Linda Johnson-Blair39.241139.571478.8113
Susan Auch38.42238.51276.93
Catriona Le May Doan38.39138.21 OR176.60
1000 mSylvie Cantin1:22.4633
Linda Johnson-Blair1:20.4221
Susan Auch1:19.8218
Catriona Le May Doan1:17.37
1500 mIsabelle Doucet2:06.4529
Ingrid Liepa2:04.6024
Catriona Le May Doan2:02.1913
3000 mIngrid Liepa4:27.9925
Susan Massitti4:21.6621
Cindy Overland4:20.8119

Official outfitter

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/CAN/editions/46 Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  2. http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=cat&ID=264&lan=0 Nagano (Hakuba), Japan, 1998