Giant Slalom, Men1
| Date | 19 February 1998 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Mt. Higashidate, Shiga Kogen, Yamanouchi | |
| Participants | 62 from 28 countries | |
| Format | Two runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: ? Length: ? Start Altitude: 1969 m Vertical Drop: 439 m | |
Switzerland’s Michael von Grünigen had won the World Cup GS in both 1996 and 1997, but in the 1997-98 season, Hermann Maier was leading the World Cup race. After the event was delayed one day because of a blizzard, Maier won this gold medal, winning both legs of the giant slalom, adding the gold to the one he had won in the Super G three days before. Von Grünigen never quite caught form, placing fifth on the first run, and sixth on the second run, eventually winning a bronze medal. The silver medal went to the surprising Austrian Stephan Eberharter. Five years before, this would not have been thought unusual, as Eberharter won gold medals at the 1991 World Championships in the Super G and Combined. But a series of injuries then derailed his career and he was even off the World Cup circuit for two full years. But Nagano marked his return to the top flight, as in 2002 at Salt Lake City he would win the gold medal, adding a gold in the Super G at the 2003 World Championships, and from 2002-2004 he won seven World Cup titles, including the overall in 2002 and 2003.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | Run #1 | Run #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Hermann Maier |  AUT | 2:38.51 | 1:20.36 (1) | 1:18.15 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 11 | Stephan Eberharter | AUT | 2:39.36 | 1:20.94 (3) | 1:18.42 (3) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 6 | Michael von Grünigen |  SUI | 2:39.69 | 1:20.98 (5) | 1:18.71 (6) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 4 | Hans Knauß | AUT | 2:39.71 | 1:21.16 (6) | 1:18.55 (4) | |||
| 5 | 17 | Jure Košir |  SLO | 2:39.98 | 1:20.97 (4) | 1:19.01 (8) | |||
| 6 | 7 | Steve Locher | SUI | 2:40.30 | 1:21.98 (11) | 1:18.32 (2) | |||
| 7 | 9 | Paul Accola | SUI | 2:40.57 | 1:21.31 (7) | 1:19.26 (11) | |||
| 8 | 16 | Lasse Kjus |  NOR | 2:40.65 | 1:21.92 (10) | 1:18.73 (7) | |||
| 9 | 1 | Christian Mayer | AUT | 2:40.67 | 1:20.84 (2) | 1:19.83 (14) | |||
| 10 | 10 | Fredrik Nyberg |  SWE | 2:40.95 | 1:22.32 (15) | 1:18.63 (5) | |||
| 11 | 12 | Ian Piccard |  FRA | 2:41.10 | 1:22.08 (14) | 1:19.02 (9) | |||
| 12 | 5 | Urs Kälin | SUI | 2:41.17 | 1:22.00 (12) | 1:19.17 (10) | |||
| 13 | 20 | Christophe Saioni | FRA | 2:41.24 | 1:21.84 (9) | 1:19.40 (12) | |||
| 14 | 15 | Marco Büchel |  LIE | 2:41.99 | 1:22.52 (19) | 1:19.47 (13) | |||
| 15 | 19 | Matteo Nana |  ITA | 2:42.37 | 1:22.43 (18) | 1:19.94 (15) | |||
| 16 | 21 | Sergio Bergamelli | ITA | 2:42.78 | 1:22.38 (16) | 1:20.40 (17) | |||
| 17 | 28 | Tom Stiansen | NOR | 2:42.88 | 1:21.40 (8) | 1:21.48 (24) | |||
| 18 | 26 | Mitja Kunc | SLO | 2:43.09 | 1:22.66 (20) | 1:20.43 (18) | |||
| 19 | 24 | Sami Uotila |  FIN | 2:43.45 | 1:23.43 (24) | 1:20.02 (16) | |||
| 20 | 32 | Daron Rahlves |  USA | 2:43.59 | 1:22.81 (21) | 1:20.78 (21) | |||
| 21 | 35 | Patrik Järbyn | SWE | 2:43.82 | 1:23.19 (22) | 1:20.63 (20) | |||
| 22 | 29 | Jernej Koblar | SLO | 2:43.96 | 1:23.49 (25) | 1:20.47 (19) | |||
| 23 | 34 | Thomas Lodler |  CRO | 2:44.21 | 1:23.26 (23) | 1:20.95 (22) | |||
| 24 | 41 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś |  POL | 2:46.24 | 1:24.17 (28) | 1:22.07 (27) | |||
| 25 | 50 | Kiminobu Kimura |  JPN | 2:46.35 | 1:25.02 (30) | 1:21.33 (23) | |||
| 26 | 36 | Sacha Gros | USA | 2:46.89 | 1:24.57 (29) | 1:22.32 (28) | |||
| 27 | 52 | Tejs Broberg |  DEN | 2:47.14 | 1:25.14 (32) | 1:22.00 (26) | |||
| 28 | 45 | Vedran Pavlek | CRO | 2:47.54 | 1:25.61 (35) | 1:21.93 (25) | |||
| =29 | 48 | Marcel Maxa |  CZE | 2:49.51 | 1:25.88 (36) | 1:23.63 (32) | |||
| =29 | 43 | Takuya Ishioka | JPN | 2:49.51 | 1:26.16 (38) | 1:23.35 (30) | |||
| 31 | 44 | Alain Baxter |  GBR | 2:49.82 | 1:26.29 (39) | 1:23.53 (31) | |||
| 32 | 59 | Stefan Georgiev |  BUL | 2:50.89 | 1:27.76 (40) | 1:23.13 (29) | |||
| 33 | 49 | Hur Seung-Wook |  KOR | 2:52.27 | 1:27.87 (41) | 1:24.40 (33) | |||
| 34 | 60 | Ivars Ciaguns |  LAT | 2:53.59 | 1:28.52 (42) | 1:25.07 (34) | |||
| 35 | 62 | Marko Đorđević |  SCG | 2:58.47 | 1:30.34 (44) | 1:28.13 (35) | |||
| 36 | 63 | Aleksandar Stojanovski |  MKD | 3:01.17 | 1:31.83 (45) | 1:29.34 (36) | |||
| 14 | Patrick Holzer | ITA | – | 1:22.39 (17) | – ( | ||||
| 23 | Markus Eberle |  GER | – | 1:24.01 (26) | – ( | ||||
| 39 | Kalle Palander | FIN | – | 1:24.02 (27) | – ( | ||||
| 38 | Víctor Gómez |  AND | – | 1:25.07 (31) | – ( | ||||
| 46 | Gerard Escoda | AND | – | 1:25.23 (33) | – ( | ||||
| 47 | Enis Bećirbegović |  BIH | – | 1:26.15 (37) | – ( | ||||
| 61 | Dmitry Kvach |  KAZ | – | 1:29.95 (43) | – ( | ||||
| 42 | Kristinn Björnsson |  ISL | – | 1:25.47 (34) | – ( | ||||
| 2 | Kjetil André Aamodt | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 8 | Alberto Tomba | ITA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 22 | Harald Christian Strand Nilsen | NOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 25 | Bernhard Knauss | SLO | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 30 | Achim Vogt | LIE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 31 | Casey Puckett | USA | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 33 | Martin Hansson | SWE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 37 | Andrey Filichkin |  RUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 40 | Kentaro Minagawa | JPN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 53 | Mika Marila | FIN | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 54 | Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn | RUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 55 | Renato Gašpar | CRO | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 56 | Haukur Arnórsson | ISL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 57 | Byun Jong-Moon | KOR | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 58 | Lyubomir Popov | BUL | – | – ( | – | ||||
| 13 | Thomas Grandi |  CAN | – | [1:23.31] ( | – | ||||
| 18 | Joël Chenal | FRA | – | 1:22.05 (13) | [1:20.04] ( | ||||
| 27 | Bode Miller | USA | – | 1:56.98 (46) | [1:24.68] ( | ||||
| 51 | Jóhann Haukur Hafstein | ISL | – | – ( | – |