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Moguls, Women

Date	8 – 11 February 1998
Status	Olympic
Location	Iizuna Kogen Resort, Iizuna
Participants	28 from 16 countries
Details	Gradient: 26.5° Length: 250 m Start Elevation: 1270 m Vertical Drop: 105 m Width: ?

The heavy favorite was France’s Candice Gilg, who had won the 1997 World Championships and was the overall World Cup leader. But in the qualifying round in Nagano she fell on her first jump and did not make it to the final. This left the competition wide open. But nobody counted on Japan’s Tae Satoya. Satoya was very popular in Japan, where her turns on the moguls were accompanied by chants of “Tae Tae”, but she was only a journeywoman competitor on the international circuit, with no podium finishes in her career prior to Nagano. But her final run earned her the highest point scores, and was the third fastest on time, which gave her the gold medal. Gilg was competing in her third Olympics, with a best finish of fifth in 1994, and she would soon end her competitive career. But Gilg would become better known as the stunt double for Sophie Marceau’s character, Elektra King, in the James Bond movie, The World is Not Enough.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Tae Satoya	JPN	22.29 (11)	25.06 (1)	Gold
2	–	Tatjana Mittermayer	GER	23.07 (=3)	24.62 (2)	Silver
3	–	Kari Traa	NOR	22.51 (8)	24.09 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Donna Weinbrecht	USA	23.35 (=1)	24.02 (4)
5	–	Ann-Marie Pelchat	CAN	23.35 (=1)	23.95 (5)
6	–	Minna Karhu	FIN	22.39 (10)	23.83 (6)
7	–	Aiko Uemura	JPN	21.82 (13)	23.79 (7)
8	–	Liz McIntyre	USA	23.07 (=3)	23.72 (8)
9	–	Sandra Schmitt	GER	22.63 (6)	23.67 (9)
10	–	Ann Battelle	USA	21.24 (16)	23.65 (10)
11	–	Gabriele Rauscher	GER	22.11 (12)	23.59 (11)
12	–	Marja Elfman	SWE	23.03 (5)	22.58 (12)
13	–	Anja Bolbjerg	DEN	22.41 (9)	22.09 (13)
14	–	Sara Kjellin	SWE	21.59 (14)	21.52 (14)
15	–	Lyudmila Dymchenko	RUS	22.53 (7)	21.02 (15)
16	–	Tami Bradley	CAN	21.28 (15)	15.02 (16)
17	–	Yelena Korolyova	RUS	20.97 (17)	–
18	–	Yelena Vorona	RUS	20.54 (18)	–
19	–	Yuliya Milko-Chernomorets	BLR	20.20 (19)	–
20	–	Corinne Bodmer	SUI	19.93 (20)	–
21	–	Jenny Eidolf	SWE	19.74 (21)	–
22	–	Petra Moroder	ITA	19.30 (22)	–
23	–	Maria Despas	AUS	18.94 (23)	–
24	–	Josée Charbonneau	CAN	18.54 (24)	–
25	–	Nadezhda Radovitskaya	RUS	13.41 (25)	–
DNF	–	Kylie Gill	NZL	– (DNF)	–
DNF	–	Irina Kormysheva	KAZ	– (DNF)	–
DNF	–	Candice Gilg	FRA	– (DNF)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	8 February 1998 — 10:30
Format	Top 16 finishers advanced to final.
Judge #1 (Turns)	Harry Ganja	CAN
Judge #2 (Turns)	Martine Kohly	FRA
Judge #3 (Turns)	Miki Miyazaki	JPN
Judge #4 (Turns)	Morten Skarpaas	NOR
Judge #5 (Turns)	Philip Richard	SUI
Judge #6 (Air)	Reinhard Krampfl	GER
Judge #7 (Air)	Hans Kasnik	AUT
Attendance	4,997

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Turns Points	Air Points	Time Points	Time	Judge 1 (Turns) Score	Judge 2 (Turns) Score	Judge 3 (Turns) Score	Judge 4 (Turns) Score	Judge 5 (Turns) Score	Judge 6 (Air) Score	Judge 7 (Air) Score
=1	22	Donna Weinbrecht	USA	23.35	13.0	4.83	5.52	33.47	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.1	4.3	5.09	4.58	Q
=1	19	Ann-Marie Pelchat	CAN	23.35	12.6	5.22	5.53	33.42	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.4	5.22	5.22	Q
=3	13	Liz McIntyre	USA	23.07	13.1	4.77	5.20	34.77	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.97	4.58	Q
=3	11	Tatjana Mittermayer	GER	23.07	12.8	5.05	5.22	34.69	4.4	3.9	4.4	4.1	4.3	5.19	4.91	Q
5	9	Marja Elfman	SWE	23.03	13.3	4.01	5.72	32.63	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.20	3.82	Q
6	4	Sandra Schmitt	GER	22.63	12.6	4.62	5.41	33.92	4.1	4.4	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.86	4.39	Q
7	16	Lyudmila Dymchenko	RUS	22.53	12.8	4.77	4.96	35.75	4.0	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.62	4.93	Q
8	2	Kari Traa	NOR	22.51	12.7	4.71	5.10	35.19	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.71	4.71	Q
9	14	Anja Bolbjerg	DEN	22.41	12.6	4.52	5.29	34.41	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.1	4.4	4.20	4.84	Q
10	18	Minna Karhu	FIN	22.39	12.7	4.64	5.05	35.40	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.84	4.45	Q
11	25	Tae Satoya	JPN	22.29	12.7	4.38	5.21	34.73	3.8	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.23	4.54	Q
12	3	Gabriele Rauscher	GER	22.11	12.4	4.61	5.10	35.20	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.40	4.82	Q
13	20	Aiko Uemura	JPN	21.82	12.7	4.26	4.86	36.16	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.33	4.20	Q
14	17	Sara Kjellin	SWE	21.59	12.3	4.10	5.19	34.83	4.4	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.07	4.14	Q
15	12	Tami Bradley	CAN	21.28	12.0	4.26	5.02	35.53	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.8	4.1	4.32	4.20	Q
16	27	Ann Battelle	USA	21.24	11.4	4.45	5.39	34.01	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.8	4.33	4.58	Q
17	15	Yelena Korolyova	RUS	20.97	11.7	4.93	4.34	38.34	4.0	4.0	3.7	3.9	3.8	5.17	4.70
18	5	Yelena Vorona	RUS	20.54	11.5	4.52	4.52	37.60	3.8	3.5	4.1	4.0	3.7	4.35	4.70
19	7	Yuliya Milko-Chernomorets	BLR	20.20	11.2	4.07	4.93	35.91	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.4	3.8	3.69	4.46
20	6	Corinne Bodmer	SUI	19.93	11.2	3.35	5.38	34.04	3.2	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.9	3.36	3.34
21	1	Jenny Eidolf	SWE	19.74	9.1	4.83	5.81	32.24	3.0	3.0	2.9	3.1	3.2	4.96	4.70
22	26	Petra Moroder	ITA	19.30	10.6	3.88	4.82	36.35	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.3	3.3	3.95	3.82
23	24	Maria Despas	AUS	18.94	9.5	4.73	4.71	36.79	3.0	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.1	4.86	4.60
24	21	Josée Charbonneau	CAN	18.54	11.6	2.04	4.90	36.02	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	2.10	1.99
25	23	Nadezhda Radovitskaya	RUS	13.41	4.0	4.90	4.51	37.64	1.7	1.2	1.1	1.7	1.0	4.97	4.84
DNF	8	Kylie Gill	NZL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	10	Irina Kormysheva	KAZ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	28	Candice Gilg	FRA	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	11 February 1998 — 12:47
Judge #1 (Turns)	Harry Ganja	CAN
Judge #2 (Turns)	Martine Kohly	FRA
Judge #3 (Turns)	Miki Miyazaki	JPN
Judge #4 (Turns)	Morten Skarpaas	NOR
Judge #5 (Turns)	Philip Richard	SUI
Judge #6 (Air)	Reinhard Krampfl	GER
Judge #7 (Air)	Hans Kasnik	AUT
Attendance	7,346

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Turns Points	Air Points	Time Points	Time	Judge 1 (Turns) Score	Judge 2 (Turns) Score	Judge 3 (Turns) Score	Judge 4 (Turns) Score	Judge 5 (Turns) Score	Judge 6 (Air) Score	Judge 7 (Air) Score
1	6	Tae Satoya	JPN	25.06	13.9	4.95	6.21	32.10	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.96	4.94
2	14	Tatjana Mittermayer	GER	24.62	13.7	5.04	5.88	33.50	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	5.17	4.91
3	9	Kari Traa	NOR	24.09	13.0	5.02	6.07	32.69	4.2	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.2	4.80	5.25
4	15	Donna Weinbrecht	USA	24.02	13.4	4.71	5.91	33.40	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.96	4.46
5	16	Ann-Marie Pelchat	CAN	23.95	13.0	5.03	5.92	33.36	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	5.10	4.97
6	7	Minna Karhu	FIN	23.83	13.4	4.58	5.85	33.65	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.71	4.45
7	4	Aiko Uemura	JPN	23.79	13.1	4.71	5.98	33.08	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.71	4.71
8	13	Liz McIntyre	USA	23.72	12.9	4.77	6.05	32.79	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.97	4.58
9	11	Sandra Schmitt	GER	23.67	13.5	4.29	5.88	33.50	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.47	4.11
10	1	Ann Battelle	USA	23.65	13.0	4.39	6.26	31.89	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.20	4.58
11	5	Gabriele Rauscher	GER	23.59	13.4	4.45	5.74	34.13	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.58	4.33
12	12	Marja Elfman	SWE	22.58	12.1	4.39	6.09	32.59	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.33	4.46
13	8	Anja Bolbjerg	DEN	22.09	10.5	5.22	6.37	31.38	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	5.22	5.22
14	3	Sara Kjellin	SWE	21.52	10.9	4.58	6.04	32.83	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.6	3.8	4.60	4.56
15	10	Lyudmila Dymchenko	RUS	21.02	11.5	3.76	5.76	34.04	4.0	3.7	3.6	3.8	4.0	3.89	3.64
16	2	Tami Bradley	CAN	15.02	5.4	4.07	5.55	34.96	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.2	1.7	4.07	4.07