02/08/98 Men's Giant Slalom 
02/08/98 Men's Giant Slalom, Ross Rebagliati (CAN) 
02/10/98 Women's Giant Slalom Victory Ceremony, K. Ruby (FRA) - gold 
02/12/98 Women's Halfpipe, Nicola Thost (GER) - gold 
02/12/98 Nicola Thost (GER) wins gold in Women's Halfpipe 
02/12/98 Shannon Dunn (USA) - bronze in Women's Halfpipe 
02/12/98 Ross Powers (USA) in Men's Halfpipe 
02/12/98 Ross Powers (USA) in Men's Halfpipe 
02/12/98 Men's Halfpipe, Ross Powers (USA) 
02/12/98 Men's Halfpipe, Gian Simmen (SUI) 
02/12/98 Women's Halfpipe Snowboard |
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Men's Giant Slalom
Ross Rebagliati of Canada won gold in the men's giant slalom. He finished with a time of 2 minutes, 3.96 seconds. It was the first ever Olympic snowboarding gold medal. Italian Thomas Prugger was second with a time of 2 minutes, 3.98 seconds. He was only 2 hundredths of a second back to Rebagliati. Ueli Kestenholz of Switzerland won the bronze and was a tenth of a second back of silver. Men's Giant Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Ross Rebagliati Canada 2:03.96 2 Thomas Prugger Italy 2:03.98 3 Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland 2:04.08 4 Dieter Krassnig Austria 2:04.33 5 Matthieu Bozzetto France 2:04.57 
Canadians:
There could've been a sweep of medals in this event. Jasey-Jay Anderson was
first after the first run but he fell on his second. He finished a very
disappointing 16th. Favourite Mark Fawcett went out on his first run. His
bindings and snowboard broke. Darren Chalmers was disqualified. Rebagliati had an excellent second run to
leap over many snowboarders to claim the gold.
The big news was after the competition. 17.8 nanograms of marijuana per millilitre was found in Rebagliati's bloodstream. FIS (The International Ski Federation) permits 15 nanograms per 15 millilitres. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical commission voted 13-12 to recommend action against Rebagliati to the executive board. The IOC executive board then voted 3-2 to strip Rebagliati of his gold medal. Two members did not vote. The Canadian Olympic Association decided to appeal. The COA claimed that Rebagliati's positive test was a result of second hand smoke in his going-away party on January 31, 1998 just before the Olympics in Whistler, BC. Rebagliati said that he hasn't smoked pot since April 1997. A little more than 24 hours later, an independent Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned IOC's ruling. The IOC did not specify clearly that marijuana was a forbidden substance and only FIS did. Rebagliati then had a seven-hour interrogation by the Japanese police. He got back his gold medal. Men's Halfpipe Gian Simmen of Switzerland won the gold in men's halfpipe. His two-run combined total in the final round was 85.2 points. Norway's Daniel Franck finished second with 82.4 points. Ross Powers of the United States was a close third with 82.1 points. Men's Halfpipe Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY POINTS ===== ======= ======= ====== 1 Gian Simmen Switzerland 85.2 2 Daniel Franck Norway 82.4 3 Ross Powers United States 82.1 4 Fabien Rohrer Switzerland 78.7 5 Guillaume Chastagnol France 78.3Canadians: Michael Michalchuk was eighth. Brett Carpentier, a favourite, finished ninth. Derek Heidt finished 26th and Trevor Andrew was 29th. Women's Giant Slalom Karine Ruby of France dominated the women's giant slalom. Her combined time was 2 minutes, 17.34 seconds. Ruby won seven of the eight World Cup races this season. German Heidi Renoth won the silver with a time of 2 minutes, 19.17 seconds. Austrian Brigitte Koeck finished third. The snow conditions were difficult and many had trouble with the tough course. Women's Giant Slalom Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME ===== ======= ======= ==== 1 Karine Ruby France 2:17.34 2 Heidi Renoth Germany 2:19.17 3 Brigitte Koeck Austria 2:19.42 4 Lidia Trettel Italy 2:19.71 5 Ursula Fingerlos Austria 2:20.36There were no Canadians in this event. Women's Halfpipe Germany's Nicola Thost won the halfpipe. Her two-run total was 74.6 points. Norway's Stine Brun Kjeldaas won the silver with 74.2 points. Shannon Dunn of the United States won the bronze with 72.8 points. American Cara-Beth Burnside was a close fourth with 72.6 points. Women's Halfpipe Final Results PLACE ATHLETE COUNTRY POINTS ===== ======= ======= ====== 1 Nicola Thost Germany 74.6 2 Stine Brun Kjeldaas Norway 74.2 3 Shannon Dunn United States 72.8 4 Cara-Beth Burnside United States 72.6 5 Maelle Ricker Canada 71.1Canadians: Maelle Ricker finished in fifth place. Tara Teigen was 10th, Lori Glazier was 18th, and Natasza Zurek placed 25th. 
02/08/98 Men's Giant Slalom 
02/08/98 Men's Giant Slalom, Ross Rebagliati (CAN) 
02/08/98 Mark Fawcett (CAN) after falling Back to Main |
