02/11/98 Women's Single - Silke Kraushaar (GER) - gold 
02/09/98 Georg Hackl (GER) - gold, Armin Zoeggler (ITA) - silver, Jens Mueller (GER) - bronze 
02/09/98 Georg Hackl (GER) celebrates his gold 
02/09/98 Armin Zoeggler of Italy in Men's Single 
02/09/98 Armin Zoeggler of Italy in Men's Single 
02/09/98 Georg Hackl (GER) gold in Men's Single 
Markus Prock of Austria takes a run 
02/09/98 Jens Mueller of Germany takes a run |
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Men's Single
Georg Hackl dominated the men's singles event. The 31-year-old German won in a time of 3 minutes, 18.436 seconds. Hackl had the two fastest times of the day and was the fastest in all four runs. Some were mad about his new booties complaining that they were too aerodynamic. It was Hackl's third straight gold medal in this event. Italian Armin Zoeggeler won the silver with a time of 3 minutes, 18.939 seconds. Zoeggeler won a bronze in the last Winter Olympics. Jens Mueller of Germany took home the bronze. Men's Single Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Georg Hackl Germany 3:18.436 2 Armin Zoeggeler Italy 3:18.939 3 Jens Mueller Germany 3:19.093 4 Markus Prock Austria 3:19.656 5 Markus Kleinheinz Austria 3:19.724Canadians: Clay Ives finished in 15th place. Calgary's Tyler Seitz was 18th. Men's Doubles Stefan Krausse and Jan Behrendt of Germany won the gold. They finished with a time of 1 minute, 41.105 seconds. The German pair now has two Olympic golds, a silver, and a bronze. The United States' Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer finished second with a time of 1 minute, 41.105 seconds. Another American pair, Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin, finished third. Men's Doubles Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Krausse - Behrendt Germany 1:41.105 2 Thorpe - Sheer United States 1:41.127 3 Grimmette - Martin United States 1:41.217 4 Schiegl - Schiegl Austria 1:41.421 5 Brugger - Huber Italy 1:41.768There were no Canadians in this event. Women's Single Silke Kraushaar of Germany won the gold with a time of 3 minutes, 23.779 seconds. The silver went to Barbara Niedernhuber, also from Germany. Niedernhuber was only two-thousandths of a second back of Kraushaar. It was the closest winning margin in Olympic history. Austrian Angelika Neuner took the bronze ahead of another German, Susi Erdmann. Of an unimportant note, there were a lot of long names in this event. Examples are: Iginia Boccalandro-Valentina, Corina-Mariana Dragan, Shino Yanagisawa, Margarita Klimenko, Maria Jasencakova, Natalia Jakuschenko, Sonja Manzenreiter, Gerda Weissensteiner, Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon, and the silver medallist Barbara Niedernhuber. Women's Singles Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Silke Kraushaar Germany 3:23.779 2 Barbara Niedernhuber Germany 3:23.781 3 Angelika Neuner Austria 3:24.253 4 Susi Erdmann Germany 3:24.449 5 Andrea Tagwerker Austria 3:24.491There were no Canadians in this event. 
02/11/98 Women's Luge Single, Silke Kraushaar (GER) - gold 
02/09/98 Georg Hackl (GER) - gold in Men's Single Back to Main |
