| Bobsleigh at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Spiral |
| Dates | 14–21 February |
| Competitors | 156 from 28 nations |
| Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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| Two | men |
| Four | men |
Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of two events at Spiral. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 1998.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 nations) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
References
- ^ a b c d "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Bobsleigh at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
External links
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.