| | Event type
Singles, Men
| Date | 12 – 14 February 1998 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | White Ring, Nagano | |
| Participants | 29 from 24 countries | |
| Format | In each section, skaters were ranked on Ordinal Placement, based on judges' points, with final placement for each section determined by Majority Placements. Thus, if a skater was ranked first by a majority of the judges, that skater was placed first overall for that section. Ties were broken by a Subsequent Majority rule, i.e., if the skaters were ranked for the same position by the same number of judges, Majority Placement for the next higher position for each skater determined who was ranked higher. Final placement was determined by factored placements. The tiebreakers were then 1) Number of Majority Placements, 2) Total Ordinals of Majority, 3) Total Ordinals. The placement for the Short Program was factored by 0.5 (33.3%), and the placement for Free Skating was factored by 1.0 (66.7%). The sums of the factored placements were then used to determine final placement, with the Free Skating being the tiebreaker. | |
Since Lillehammer, Elvis Stojko (CAN), silver medalist in 1994, had established himself as the best skater in the world, winning the 1994-9 and 1997 World Championships. Todd Eldredge (USA) had won the Worlds in 1996, narrowly defeating Iliya Kulik (RUS). Kulik had won the 1995 European Championships, but early in the 1997-98 season he had been the top skater, defeating Stojko several times. In Nagano, Kulik was unstoppable. He won the short program and was voted first by all nine judges in the free skate. Stojko repeated his silver medal performances from Lillehammer, while the bronze went to Philippe Candeloro (FRA), who narrowly edged out Eldredge. Stojko’s effort was valiant, as he competed with a groin injury, was in obvious discomfort during the competition, and was take to hospital after the event ended. Candeloro had been the crowd favorite, appearing in a costume designed after d’Artagnan from The Three Musketeers.
| Pos | Skater | NOC | Total | Short | Free | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilya Kulik |  RUS | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Elvis Stojko |  CAN | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Philippe Candeloro |  FRA | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Todd Eldredge |  USA | 5.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | |||
| 5 | Aleksey Yagudin | RUS | 7.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | |||
| 6 | Steven Cousins |  GBR | 10.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | |||
| 7 | Michael Weiss | USA | 11.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | |||
| 8 | Guo Zhengxin |  CHN | 14.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | |||
| 9 | Michael Tyllesen |  DEN | 15.5 | 4.5 | 11.0 | |||
| 10 | V'iacheslav Zahorodniuk |  UKR | 16.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |||
| 11 | Ivan Dinev |  BUL | 17.5 | 3.5 | 14.0 | |||
| 12 | Jeff Langdon | CAN | 18.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | |||
| 13 | Szabolcs Vidrai |  HUN | 19.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | |||
| 14 | Dmytro Dmytrenko | UKR | 20.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | |||
| 15 | Takeshi Honda |  JPN | 21.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | |||
| 16 | Igor Pashkevich |  AZE | 21.5 | 6.5 | 15.0 | |||
| 17 | Yamato Tamura | JPN | 24.5 | 7.5 | 17.0 | |||
| 18 | Michael Shmerkin |  ISR | 25.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | |||
| 19 | Roman Skornyakov |  UZB | 29.0 | 10.0 | 19.0 | |||
| 20 | Margus Hernits |  EST | 29.5 | 9.5 | 20.0 | |||
| 21 | Cornel Gheorghe |  ROU | 31.5 | 10.5 | 21.0 | |||
| 22 | Patrick Meier |  SUI | 33.0 | 11.0 | 22.0 | |||
| 23 | Gilberto Viadana |  ITA | 35.0 | 12.0 | 23.0 | |||
| 24 | Lee Kyu-Hyun |  KOR | 35.5 | 11.5 | 24.0 | |||
| 25 r1/2 | Anthony Liu |  AUS | – | 12.5 | – | |||
| 26 r1/2 | Róbert Kažimír |  SVK | – | 13.0 | – | |||
| 27 r1/2 | David Liu |  TPE | – | 13.5 | – | |||
| 28 r1/2 | Yury Litvinov |  KAZ | – | 14.0 | – | |||
| 29 r1/2 | Patrick Schmit |  LUX | – | 14.5 | – |
Short Program (12 February 1998 — 19:00)
| Judge #1 | Margaret Worsfold | GBR |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Vladyslav Petukhov | UKR |
| Judge #3 | Sally Rehorick | CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mariana Chiţu | ROU |
| Judge #5 | Mieko Fujimori | JPN |
| Judge #6 | Svyatoslav Babenko | RUS |
| Judge #7 | Yevgeniya Bogdanova | AZE |
| Judge #8 | Paula Naughton | USA |
| Judge #9 | Marie-Reine Le Gougne | FRA |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Placement | Maj. Ordinals | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ilya Kulik | RUS | 1.0 | 8×2+ | 15.0 | 12.0 | 104.6 | 11.5 (3) | 11.7 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.7 (1) | 11.6 (1) | 11.6 (1) | 11.6 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.7 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Elvis Stojko | CAN | 2.0 | 6×2+ | 20.0 | 10.0 | 104.1 | 11.3 (4) | 11.8 (1) | 11.8 (1) | 11.6 (2) | 11.5 (2) | 11.5 (2) | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.6 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Todd Eldredge | USA | 3.0 | 9×3+ | 21.0 | 21.0 | 104.3 | 11.7 (1) | 11.6 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.6 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.7 (1) | 11.6 (1) | 11.6 (3) | ||
| 4 | – | Aleksey Yagudin | RUS | 4.0 | 9×4+ | 34.0 | 34.0 | 102.4 | 11.6 (2) | 11.5 (4) | 11.3 (4) | 11.2 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 11.2 (4) | 11.4 (4) | ||
| 5 | – | Philippe Candeloro | FRA | 5.0 | 7×5+ | 47.0 | 35.0 | 98.5 | 10.7 (6) | 11.1 (5) | 11.0 (5) | 10.5 (6) | 11.2 (5) | 11.2 (5) | 10.8 (5) | 10.7 (5) | 11.3 (5) | ||
| 6 | – | Steven Cousins | GBR | 6.0 | 9×6+ | 52.0 | 52.0 | 97.4 | 10.8 (5) | 11.0 (6) | 10.7 (6) | 10.8 (5) | 10.9 (6) | 11.1 (6) | 10.7 (6) | 10.5 (6) | 10.9 (6) | ||
| 7 | – | Ivan Dinev | BUL | 7.0 | 5×7+ | 86.0 | 35.0 | 93.4 | 10.1 (11) | 10.8 (7) | 10.0 (17) | 10.4 (7) | 10.6 (7) | 10.9 (7) | 9.9 (15) | 10.3 (8) | 10.4 (7) | ||
| 8 | – | Dmytro Dmytrenko | UKR | 8.0 | 5×9+ | 94.0 | 39.0 | 92.3 | 10.2 (7) | 10.4 (12) | 10.2 (14) | 9.9 (13) | 10.4 (8) | 10.5 (8) | 10.4 (7) | 10.2 (9) | 10.1 (16) | ||
| 9 | – | Michael Tyllesen | DEN | 9.0 | 5×9+ | 103.0 | 43.0 | 92.3 | 10.1 (13) | 10.7 (9) | 10.6 (7) | 9.8 (15) | 10.4 (9) | 10.5 (9) | 10.3 (=9) | 9.8 (15) | 10.1 (17) | ||
| 10 | – | Guo Zhengxin | CHN | 10.0 | 6×11+ | 96.0 | 55.0 | 91.9 | 9.9 (14) | 10.2 (13) | 10.3 (11) | 10.2 (9) | 10.2 (11) | 10.2 (14) | 10.3 (8) | 10.3 (7) | 10.3 (9) | ||
| 11 | – | Michael Weiss | USA | 11.0 | 6×11+ | 108.0 | 62.0 | 91.8 | 9.6 (17) | 10.7 (10) | 10.4 (10) | 10.1 (11) | 10.1 (16) | 10.4 (11) | 10.3 (=9) | 9.9 (13) | 10.3 (11) | ||
| 12 | – | Szabolcs Vidrai | HUN | 12.0 | 7×12+ | 111.0 | 79.0 | 91.1 | 9.8 (15) | 9.9 (17) | 10.3 (12) | 10.1 (10) | 10.2 (12) | 10.3 (12) | 10.2 (11) | 10.1 (10) | 10.2 (12) | ||
| 13 | – | Igor Pashkevich | AZE | 13.0 | 5×13+ | 116.0 | 51.0 | 91.4 | 10.2 (10) | 10.2 (16) | 10.6 (8) | 9.6 (17) | 10.4 (10) | 10.5 (10) | 10.0 (14) | 9.7 (18) | 10.2 (13) | ||
| 14 | – | Michael Shmerkin | ISR | 14.0 | 5×13+ | 117.0 | 55.0 | 91.1 | 9.7 (16) | 10.6 (11) | 10.5 (9) | 9.7 (16) | 10.1 (15) | 10.2 (15) | 10.1 (13) | 9.9 (12) | 10.3 (10) | ||
| 15 | – | Yamato Tamura | JPN | 15.0 | 5×13+ | 118.0 | 57.0 | 90.9 | 10.1 (12) | 10.2 (14) | 10.1 (16) | 10.0 (12) | 10.2 (13) | 10.0 (17) | 10.1 (12) | 9.8 (14) | 10.4 (8) | ||
| 16 | – | V'iacheslav Zahorodniuk | UKR | 16.0 | 5×14+ | 116.0 | 51.0 | 91.5 | 10.2 (=8) | 10.8 (8) | 10.2 (15) | 10.3 (8) | 10.0 (17) | 10.3 (13) | 9.7 (17) | 9.8 (16) | 10.2 (14) | ||
| 17 | – | Jeff Langdon | CAN | 17.0 | 5×16+ | 147.0 | 70.0 | 88.7 | 9.6 (18) | 10.2 (15) | 10.3 (13) | 9.1 (22) | 9.9 (18) | 10.1 (16) | 9.3 (19) | 10.1 (11) | 10.1 (15) | ||
| 18 | – | Takeshi Honda | JPN | 18.0 | 5×17+ | 142.0 | 69.0 | 88.8 | 10.2 (=8) | 9.6 (18) | 9.6 (19) | 9.9 (14) | 10.2 (14) | 9.6 (18) | 9.9 (16) | 9.8 (17) | 10.0 (18) | ||
| 19 | – | Margus Hernits | EST | 19.0 | 7×20+ | 182.0 | 137.0 | 83.4 | 9.3 (20) | 9.5 (19) | 9.0 (21) | 9.2 (19) | 9.3 (20) | 9.5 (19) | 9.1 (20) | 9.0 (24) | 9.5 (20) | ||
| 20 | – | Roman Skornyakov | UZB | 20.0 | 5×20+ | 182.0 | 94.0 | 84.1 | 9.4 (19) | 8.8 (24) | 10.0 (18) | 9.1 (21) | 9.3 (21) | 9.5 (20) | 9.5 (18) | 9.5 (19) | 9.0 (22) | ||
| 21 | – | Cornel Gheorghe | ROU | 21.0 | 5×20+ | 182.0 | 96.0 | 83.9 | 9.1 (22) | 9.1 (22) | 9.2 (20) | 9.4 (18) | 9.4 (19) | 9.4 (21) | 9.1 (21) | 9.5 (20) | 9.7 (19) | ||
| 22 | – | Patrick Meier | SUI | 22.0 | 5×22+ | 201.0 | 106.0 | 80.7 | 9.2 (21) | 9.2 (20) | 9.0 (22) | 8.7 (23) | 9.3 (22) | 8.9 (23) | 8.7 (=24) | 9.4 (21) | 8.3 (25) | ||
| 23 | – | Lee Kyu-Hyun | KOR | 23.0 | 5×23+ | 209.0 | 110.0 | 80.2 | 9.0 (=23) | 9.1 (21) | 8.9 (23) | 9.2 (20) | 8.6 (24) | 8.8 (25) | 8.5 (26) | 9.2 (23) | 8.9 (24) | ||
| 24 | – | Gilberto Viadana | ITA | 24.0 | 5×24+ | 222.0 | 118.0 | 78.6 | 8.7 (27) | 8.8 (25) | 8.5 (24) | 8.7 (24) | 9.2 (23) | 8.9 (24) | 8.8 (23) | 8.7 (26) | 8.3 (26) | ||
| 25 | – | Anthony Liu | AUS | 25.0 | 7×25+ | 217.0 | 164.0 | 79.1 | 8.9 (25) | 8.7 (26) | 8.1 (27) | 8.5 (25) | 8.6 (25) | 9.2 (22) | 8.7 (=24) | 9.3 (22) | 9.1 (21) | ||
| 26 | – | Róbert Kažimír | SVK | 26.0 | 6×25+ | 219.0 | 141.0 | 78.1 | 9.0 (=23) | 9.0 (23) | 8.4 (25) | 8.3 (26) | 8.5 (26) | 8.3 (26) | 8.9 (22) | 8.8 (25) | 8.9 (23) | ||
| 27 | – | David Liu | TPE | 27.0 | 7×28+ | 248.0 | 190.0 | 72.9 | 8.8 (26) | 7.7 (28) | 8.2 (26) | 8.2 (27) | 7.9 (28) | 7.6 (29) | 7.9 (29) | 8.4 (28) | 8.2 (27) | ||
| 28 | – | Yury Litvinov | KAZ | 28.0 | 7×28+ | 252.0 | 194.0 | 72.9 | 8.4 (28) | 8.6 (27) | 8.0 (28) | 8.0 (28) | 7.6 (29) | 8.1 (28) | 8.2 (27) | 7.9 (29) | 8.1 (28) | ||
| 29 | – | Patrick Schmit | LUX | 29.0 | 9×29+ | 254.0 | 254.0 | 71.5 | 7.6 (29) | 7.6 (29) | 8.0 (29) | 8.0 (29) | 7.9 (27) | 8.2 (27) | 8.1 (28) | 8.4 (27) | 7.7 (29) |
Free Skating (14 February 1998 — 19:00)
| Judge #1 | Margaret Worsfold | GBR |
|---|---|---|
| Judge #2 | Vladyslav Petukhov | UKR |
| Judge #3 | Sally Rehorick | CAN |
| Judge #4 | Mariana Chiţu | ROU |
| Judge #5 | Mieko Fujimori | JPN |
| Judge #6 | Svyatoslav Babenko | RUS |
| Judge #7 | Yevgeniya Bogdanova | AZE |
| Judge #8 | Paula Naughton | USA |
| Judge #9 | Marie-Reine Le Gougne | FRA |
| Pos | Ord | Skater | NOC | Placement | Maj. Ordinals | Points | Judge #1 | Judge #2 | Judge #3 | Judge #4 | Judge #5 | Judge #6 | Judge #7 | Judge #8 | Judge #9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ilya Kulik | RUS | 1.0 | 9×1+ | 9.0 | 9.0 | 105.3 | 11.6 (1) | 11.8 (1) | 11.6 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.8 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | 11.7 (1) | ||
| 2 | – | Philippe Candeloro | FRA | 2.0 | 8×3+ | 24.0 | 20.0 | 103.2 | 11.2 (3) | 11.5 (3) | 11.4 (3) | 11.5 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.4 (3) | 11.4 (4) | 11.6 (2) | ||
| 3 | – | Elvis Stojko | CAN | 3.0 | 6×3+ | 27.0 | 14.0 | 103.4 | 11.2 (5) | 11.6 (2) | 11.5 (2) | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (4) | 11.5 (=3) | 11.5 (2) | 11.6 (2) | 11.5 (4) | ||
| 4 | – | Todd Eldredge | USA | 4.0 | 8×4+ | 32.0 | 27.0 | 102.7 | 11.3 (2) | 11.5 (4) | 11.4 (4) | 11.3 (4) | 11.5 (3) | 11.4 (5) | 11.3 (4) | 11.5 (3) | 11.5 (3) | ||
| 5 | – | Aleksey Yagudin | RUS | 5.0 | 5×5+ | 47.0 | 22.0 | 100.6 | 11.2 (4) | 11.2 (5) | 11.0 (6) | 10.9 (7) | 11.4 (5) | 11.5 (=3) | 11.2 (5) | 11.1 (6) | 11.1 (6) | ||
| 6 | – | Michael Weiss | USA | 6.0 | 7×6+ | 53.0 | 39.0 | 100.1 | 11.0 (7) | 11.1 (6) | 11.2 (5) | 11.0 (6) | 11.2 (7) | 11.1 (6) | 11.1 (6) | 11.2 (5) | 11.2 (5) | ||
| 7 | – | Steven Cousins | GBR | 7.0 | 5×7+ | 65.0 | 32.0 | 99.0 | 11.1 (6) | 11.0 (7) | 10.9 (8) | 11.0 (5) | 11.2 (8) | 11.1 (7) | 10.9 (7) | 10.9 (9) | 10.9 (8) | ||
| 8 | – | V'iacheslav Zahorodniuk | UKR | 8.0 | 5×9+ | 84.0 | 38.0 | 97.2 | 10.4 (15) | 10.9 (9) | 10.6 (10) | 10.5 (11) | 11.3 (6) | 10.6 (10) | 10.8 (9) | 11.1 (7) | 11.0 (7) | ||
| 9 | – | Guo Zhengxin | CHN | 9.0 | 6×10+ | 91.0 | 55.0 | 97.1 | 11.0 (9) | 10.7 (11) | 11.0 (7) | 10.7 (10) | 10.5 (13) | 10.9 (9) | 10.7 (12) | 10.9 (10) | 10.7 (10) | ||
| 10 | – | Jeff Langdon | CAN | 10.0 | 7×11+ | 96.0 | 68.0 | 96.3 | 11.0 (8) | 10.4 (15) | 10.9 (9) | 10.7 (9) | 10.5 (11) | 10.5 (13) | 10.7 (11) | 10.8 (11) | 10.8 (9) | ||
| 11 | – | Michael Tyllesen | DEN | 11.0 | 6×11+ | 95.0 | 55.0 | 96.3 | 10.6 (11) | 11.0 (8) | 10.6 (11) | 10.8 (8) | 11.1 (9) | 10.5 (12) | 10.3 (15) | 10.9 (8) | 10.5 (13) | ||
| 12 | – | Takeshi Honda | JPN | 12.0 | 7×12+ | 102.0 | 75.0 | 96.2 | 10.9 (10) | 10.6 (12) | 10.6 (12) | 10.3 (13) | 11.0 (10) | 11.0 (8) | 10.6 (14) | 10.6 (12) | 10.6 (11) | ||
| 13 | – | Szabolcs Vidrai | HUN | 13.0 | 6×13+ | 117.0 | 69.0 | 94.2 | 10.5 (14) | 10.6 (13) | 9.7 (18) | 10.5 (12) | 10.2 (16) | 10.6 (11) | 10.9 (8) | 10.6 (13) | 10.6 (12) | ||
| 14 | – | Ivan Dinev | BUL | 14.0 | 6×14+ | 117.0 | 72.0 | 94.0 | 10.6 (12) | 10.8 (10) | 10.2 (14) | 10.2 (15) | 10.5 (12) | 10.4 (15) | 10.8 (10) | 10.3 (15) | 10.2 (14) | ||
| 15 | – | Igor Pashkevich | AZE | 15.0 | 5×14+ | 134.0 | 68.0 | 92.2 | 10.1 (16) | 10.4 (16) | 10.5 (13) | 9.9 (17) | 10.2 (14) | 10.4 (14) | 10.6 (13) | 10.4 (14) | 9.7 (17) | ||
| 16 | – | Dmytro Dmytrenko | UKR | 16.0 | 6×16+ | 143.0 | 90.0 | 90.4 | 9.5 (19) | 10.4 (14) | 9.9 (17) | 10.2 (14) | 10.2 (15) | 10.3 (16) | 10.1 (16) | 9.7 (17) | 10.1 (15) | ||
| 17 | – | Yamato Tamura | JPN | 17.0 | 5×16+ | 147.0 | 77.0 | 90.0 | 10.5 (13) | 9.9 (18) | 10.0 (16) | 10.0 (16) | 10.1 (17) | 9.7 (18) | 10.0 (17) | 9.8 (16) | 10.0 (16) | ||
| 18 | – | Michael Shmerkin | ISR | 18.0 | 5×18+ | 164.0 | 86.0 | 87.0 | 9.5 (18) | 10.0 (17) | 10.1 (15) | 9.3 (20) | 9.8 (19) | 9.6 (20) | 9.7 (18) | 9.6 (18) | 9.4 (19) | ||
| 19 | – | Roman Skornyakov | UZB | 19.0 | 5×19+ | 173.0 | 91.0 | 85.7 | 9.3 (20) | 9.8 (19) | 9.3 (20) | 9.4 (18) | 10.1 (18) | 9.9 (17) | 9.7 (19) | 9.2 (21) | 9.0 (21) | ||
| 20 | – | Margus Hernits | EST | 20.0 | 7×20+ | 176.0 | 133.0 | 85.7 | 9.6 (17) | 9.7 (20) | 9.5 (19) | 9.4 (19) | 9.4 (22) | 9.5 (21) | 9.7 (20) | 9.4 (20) | 9.5 (18) | ||
| 21 | – | Cornel Gheorghe | ROU | 21.0 | 6×21+ | 191.0 | 125.0 | 83.4 | 9.3 (21) | 9.4 (21) | 9.1 (21) | 9.3 (21) | 9.4 (21) | 9.4 (22) | 9.3 (22) | 9.1 (22) | 9.1 (20) | ||
| 22 | – | Patrick Meier | SUI | 22.0 | 6×22+ | 192.0 | 123.0 | 82.6 | 9.1 (22) | 8.7 (23) | 9.0 (22) | 8.9 (23) | 9.6 (20) | 9.7 (19) | 9.3 (21) | 9.5 (19) | 8.8 (23) | ||
| 23 | – | Gilberto Viadana | ITA | 23.0 | 9×23+ | 204.0 | 204.0 | 80.1 | 8.8 (23) | 8.8 (22) | 8.8 (23) | 9.0 (22) | 8.9 (23) | 9.0 (23) | 9.0 (23) | 8.9 (23) | 8.9 (22) | ||
| 24 | – | Lee Kyu-Hyun | KOR | 24.0 | 9×24+ | 216.0 | 216.0 | 74.5 | 8.0 (24) | 8.6 (24) | 8.1 (24) | 8.4 (24) | 8.5 (24) | 8.4 (24) | 8.4 (24) | 8.2 (24) | 7.9 (24) |