02/21/98 Hans Petter-Buraas of Norway wins Men's Slalom 
02/21/98 Hans-Petter Buraas of Norway wins Men's Slalom 
02/19/98 Women's Slalom, Martina Accola (SUI) 
02/19/98 Men's Giant Slalom, Hermann Maier of Austria (right) - gold and Stefan Eberharter (left) - silver 
02/19/98 Women's Slalom, Deborah Compagnoni (ITA) - second place 
02/13/98 Alpine Skiiing Men's Downhill, Patrick Jaebyn (SWE) 
02/13/98 Men's Alpine Skiing Downhill - Jean-Luc Cretier (FRA) - gold 
02/13/98 Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill, Jean-Luc Cretier - gold 
02/11/98 Women's Super-G Picabo Street - Gold (USA) 
02/11/98 Women's Super-G Gold - Picabo Street (USA) 
02/11/98 Women's Super-G M.Dorfmeister - Silver (AUT); Picabo Street - Gold (USA) A. Meissnitzer - Bronze (AUT) 
02/10/98 Austria's Mario Reiter in Men's Combined 
02/10/98 Kjetil Andre from Norway in Men's Combined 
02/10/98 Mario Reiter Men's Combined 
02/11/98 Picabo Street (USA) after winning the gold in Women's Super-G 
02/08/98 Hermann Maier fans at Men's Downhill. |
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Men's Slalom
In the men's slalom event, Norway's Hans-Petter Buraas won the gold. The 22-year-old was second after the first run but he won the second run to finish with a combined time of 1 minute, 49.31 seconds. Ole Christian Furuseth of Norway won the silver in 1 minute, 50.64 seconds. Austria's Thomas Sykora, who was leading after the first run, finished a disappointing third place. He was only four hundredths of a second back of Furuseth. The first run took place in thick fog and many skiers did not finish. Favourite Tom Stiansen of Norway was fourth. The top seven places were all Norwegian or Austrian skiers. Men's Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Hans-Petter Buraas Norway 1:49.31 2 Ole Christian Furuseth Norway 1:50.64 3 Thomas Sykora Austria 1:50.68 4 Tom Stiansen Norway 1:50.90 5 Christian Mayer Austria 1:51.09Canadians: Thomas Grandi of Banff did not finish the first run. Men's Giant Slalom Hermann Maier of Austria won the giant slalom event. He won both the first and second runs for a combined time of 2 minutes, 38.51 seconds. The Herminator was close to losing control several times on his second run but was still the fastest in that run. Stefan Eberharter from Austria won the silver in 2 minutes, 39.36 seconds. Last year's World Champion, Michael Von Gruenigen of Switzerland, finished with a time of 2 minutes, 39.69 seconds to place third. Austrian Hans Knauss trailed Von Gruenigen by only two hundredths of a second and finished fourth. Another Austrian, Christian Mayer made some bad mistakes on his second run to finish ninth after being second after the first run. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Alberto Tomba lost control only 18 seconds into his first run. Men's Giant Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Hermann Maier Austria 2:38.51 2 Stefan Eberharter Austria 2:39.36 3 Michael von Gruenigen Switzerland 2:39.69 4 Hans Knauss Austria 2:39.71 5 Jure Kosir Slovenia 2:39.98Canadians: Banff's Thomas Grandi was disqualified after the first run from a missed gate. Men's Super-G Hermann Maier of Austria dominated the men's super giant slalom. He easily won with a time of 1 minute, 34.82 seconds. Maier was back after his great crash in downhill, three days before the Super-G. Didier Cuche of Switzerland and Hans Knauss of Austria both finished with the same time for silver medals. They tied with the time of 1 minute, 35.43 seconds. The Super-G was postponed for two days due to snow and fog. The race was also delayed 45 minutes at the start due to fog. Men's Super-G Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Hermann Maier Austria 1:34.82 2 Didier Cuche Switzerland 1:35.43 2 Hans Knauss Austria 1:35.43 4 Alessandro Fattori Italy 1:35.61 5 Kjetil Andre Aamodt Norway 1:35.67Canadians: Brian Stemmle finished 13th with a time of 1 minute, 36.40 seconds. Edi Podivinski was 25th. Men's Downhill Jean-Luc Cretier of France won the downhill event. He was the third one to ski and finished in 1 minute, 50.11 seconds. Norway's Lasse Kjus was four-tenths of a second back of Cretier to take second. The bronze medal went to Hannes Trinkl of Austria. Trinkl finished in 1 minute, 50.63 seconds. Austrian favourite Hermann Maier got too close to a gate on an early jump, flew in the air at 70 m.p.h., flipped three to four times, crashed on his head and shoulder, and tumbled completely through two sets of safety nets before he got up and walked away. Amazingly, Maier was not hurt. Photos! Italy's Luca Cattaneo flew off the same jump with one ski after the other ski broke away. Then, he slammed into the safety netting. The race was delayed for 25 minutes while Cattaneo was placed in a stretcher and lifted by a helicopter. Luckily, Cattaneo escaped with only an injured ankle. Men's Downhill Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Jean-Luc Cretier France 1:50.11 2 Lasse Kjus Norway 1:50.51 3 Hannes Trinkl Austria 1:50.63 4 Juerg Gruenenfelder Switzerland 1:50.64 5 Ed Podivinsky Canada 1:50.71Canadians: Brian Stemmle started 20th and was half a second faster than Cretier at the mid-way point. Stemmle was on his way to a gold medal when, unfortunately, he caught a rut and missed a gate. Edi Podivinsky finished fifth with a time of 1 minute 50.71 seconds. He was only eight-hundredths of a second back of third place. Kevin Wert finished 19th and Luke Sauder did not finish. Men's Combined Austria's Mario Reiter won the combined event. He led after the slalom portion and placed fifth in the downhill run. Reiter hung on to win the gold with a total time of 3 minutes, 8.06 seconds. Norway's Lasse Kjus won the silver with a time of 1 minute, 8.65 seconds. Kjus became the first skier to win two alpine medals in one day in Olympic history after a silver medal in downhill earlier that day. Austrians Christian Mayer and Guenther Mader finished closely with third and fourth places. The downhill portion was pushed back a few days due to bad weather. Hermann Maier was in good position after the slalom portion but had to drop out of the combined downhill because of his great downhill crash earlier that day. Men's Combined Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Mario Reiter Austria 3:08.06 2 Lasse Kjus Norway 3:08.65 3 Christian Mayer Austria 3:10.11 4 Guenther Mader Austria 3:10.19 5 Amdrzej Bachleda Poland 3:11.53Canadians: Edi Podivinsky didn't finish the slalom portion of the combined event. Women's Slalom Germany's Hilde Gerg won the women's slalom event. She was second after the first run and won the second run. Her combined time was 1 minute, 32.40 seconds. Italy's Deborah Compagnoni had a big lead after the first run but struggled to finish fifth in the second run to have a combined time four hundredths of a second back of Gerg. The bronze went to Zali Steggall of Australia, Australia's second medal ever in the Winter Olympics. In the first run, seventeen skiers did not finish the very difficult hill. The first four skiers on the second run also did not finish the icy course. Women's Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Hilde Gerg Germany 1:32.40 2 Deborah Compagnoni Italy 1:32.46 3 Zali Steggall Australia 1:32.67 4 Martina Ertl Germany 1:32.91 5 Sabine Egger Austria 1:33.22Canadians: Katerina Tichy came in 24th place after her first run but she did not finish the second. Women's Giant Slalom Deborah Compagnoni blew away her opponents in the women's giant slalom. Her combined time was 2 minutes, 50.59 seconds, almost two seconds faster than the second place finisher. Compagnoni dominated both the first and second runs. Austrian Alexandra Meissnitzer won the silver thanks to a great second run. Her combined time was 2 minutes, 52.39 seconds. German star Katja Seizinger won a bronze for her third medal in this Olympics. Compagnoni became the first women alpine skier to win gold medals in three straight Olympics. Sophie Lefranc of France was second after her first run but slipped to fifth place. Women's Giant Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Deborah Compagnoni Italy 2:50.59 2 Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria 2:52.39 3 Katja Seizinger Germany 2:52.61 4 Martina Ertl Germany 2:52.72 5 Sophie Lefranc France 2:53.27There were no Canadians in this event. Women's Super-G The United States' Picabo Street was a surprising winner of the women's super giant slalom event. She was the second skier to start and nobody could beat her time of 1 minute, 18.02 seconds. Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister was only one hundredth of a second back of Street with a time of 1 minute, 18.03 seconds. Alexandra Meissnitzer, also from Austria, was a close six hundredths of a second back of Dorfmeister and won the bronze. The seven hundredths of a second from first to third was the closest 1-2-3 finish in Olympic Alpine history. The favourite, Katja Seizinger, was fifth. Women's Super-G Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Picabo Street United States 1:18.02 2 Michaela Dorfmeister Austria 1:18:03 3 Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria 1:18.09 4 Regina Haeusl Germany 1:18.27 5 Renate Goetschl Austria 1:18.32Canadians: Melanie Turgeon finished in 20th place and Kate Pace Lindsey was 27th. Women's Downhill Katja Seizinger of Germany won the gold in the women's downhill. She was the favourite and posted a time of 1 minute, 28.89 seconds. Seizinger became the first skier to win two Olympic downhill gold medals. Sweden's Pernilla Wiberg finished in 1 minute, 29.18 seconds to win the silver. Florence Masnada of France was 19 hundredths of a second back of Wiberg and won the bronze. The race was delayed a few days from bad weather. Two favourites, Isolde Kostner of Italy and Renate Goetschl of Austria fell on the course. Women's Downhill Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Katja Seizinger Germany 1:28.89 2 Pernilla Wiberg Sweden 1:29.18 3 Florence Masnada France 1:29.37 4 Melanie Suchet France 1:29.48 5 Svetlana Gladishiva Russia 1:29.50Canadians: Kate Pace Lindsey was 19th and Quebec's Melanie Turgeon finished in 22nd place. Women's Combined Katja Seizinger of Germany won the gold in the combined event. She was first in the downhill portion and third in the combined slalom to finish with a combined time of 2 minutes, 40.74 seconds. Germany's Martina Ertl was fourth in her downhill run and won the combined slalom to win the silver. German Hilde Gerg won the bronze to complete the German sweep of medals. It was Germany's first Alpine 1-2-3 finish in their Olympic history. Women's Combined Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Katja Seizinger Germany 2:40.74 2 Martina Ertl Germany 2:40.92 3 Hilde Gerg Germany 2:41.50 4 Stefanie Schuster Austria 2:42.25 5 Morena Gallizio Italy 2:42.52Canadians: Melanie Turgeon did not finish the downhill portion. 
02/13/98 Men's Downhill, Patrick Jaebyn (SWE). 
02/10/98 Mario Reiter (AUT) Back to Main |
