Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
| Bobsleigh at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Spiral |
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| Dates | 14-21 February |
| Competitors | 156 from 28 nations |
Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of two events at Spiral. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 1998.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany led the medal table, with two medals, one gold and one bronze. There had never before been a tie for a medal in Olympic bobsleigh history, but the Nagano Games featured two, one in each event, meaning that three gold medals, and seven medals total, were awarded.
France's bronze medal, as a part of the tie in the four-man event, was the country's first in Bobsleigh at the Olympics.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Two-man |
Italy (ITA) Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Canada (CAN)Pierre Lueders Dave MacEachern | 3:37.24 | Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann | 3:37.89 | ||
| Four-man |
Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Olaf Hampel | 2:39.41 | Switzerland (SUI) Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz | 2:40.01 | Great Britain (GBR) Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood France (FRA)Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert | 2:40.06 |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-nine nations participated in Bobsleigh at the 1998 Games.
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References
- 1 2 3 4 "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
- Sports-Reference - 1998 Bobsleigh
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