# Austria at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Austria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Mario Reiter | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 13 February |
| Gold | Hermann Maier | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | 16 February |
| Gold | Hermann Maier | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 19 February |
| Silver | Michaela Dorfmeister | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 11 February |
| Silver | Markus Gandler | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 kilometre classical | 12 February |
| Silver | Hans Knauss | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | 16 February |
| Silver | Stephan Eberharter | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 19 February |
| Silver | Alexandra Meissnitzer | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | 20 February |
| Bronze | Brigitte Köck | Snowboarding | Women's giant slalom | 10 February |
| Bronze | Andreas Widhölzl | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | 11 February |
| Bronze | Alexandra Meissnitzer | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 11 February |
| Bronze | Angelika Neuner | Luge | Women's singles | 11 February |
| Bronze | Hannes Trinkl | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | 13 February |
| Bronze | Christian Mayer | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 13 February |
| Bronze | Reinhard Schwarzenberger Martin Höllwarth Stefan Horngacher Andreas Widhölzl | Ski jumping | Large hill team | 17 February |
| Bronze | Thomas Sykora | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | 21 February |
| Bronze | Christian Hoffmann | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 kilometre freestyle | 22 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Luge | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5 |
| Snowboarding | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 73 | 23 | 96 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Hermann Maier | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Fritz Strobl | Downhill | | | 1:51.34 | 11 |
| Andreas Schifferer | Downhill | | | 1:50.77 | 7 |
| Hannes Trinkl | Downhill | | | 1:50.63 | |
| Stephan Eberharter | Super-G | | | DSQ | – |
| Andreas Schifferer | Super-G | | | 1:37.00 | 19 |
| Hans Knauß | Super-G | | | 1:35.43 | |
| Hermann Maier | Super-G | | | 1:34.82 | |
| Hans Knauß | Giant Slalom | 1:21.16 | 1:18.55 | 2:39.71 | 4 |
| Stephan Eberharter | Giant Slalom | 1:20.94 | 1:18.42 | 2:39.36 | |
| Christian Mayer | Giant Slalom | 1:20.84 | 1:19.83 | 2:40.67 | 9 |
| Hermann Maier | Giant Slalom | 1:20.36 | 1:18.15 | 2:38.51 | |
| Mario Reiter | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Christian Mayer | Slalom | 56.37 | 54.72 | 1:51.09 | 5 |
| Thomas Stangassinger | Slalom | 55.63 | 55.62 | 1:51.25 | 6 |
| Thomas Sykora | Slalom | 55.06 | 55.62 | 1:50.68 | |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
| Hermann Maier | 50.37 | 45.53 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Christian Mayer | 49.30 | 45.75 | 1:35.06 | 3:10.11 | |
| Günther Mader | 49.19 | 46.17 | 1:34.83 | 3:10.19 | 4 |
| Mario Reiter | 47.37 | 44.48 | 1:36.21 | 3:08.06 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Renate Götschl | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Michaela Dorfmeister | Downhill | | | 1:31.17 | 18 |
| Stefanie Schuster | Downhill | | | 1:30.73 | 15 |
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | Downhill | | | 1:29.84 | 8 |
| Stefanie Schuster | Super-G | | | 1:18.53 | 9 |
| Renate Götschl | Super-G | | | 1:18.32 | 5 |
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | Super-G | | | 1:18.09 | |
| Michaela Dorfmeister | Super-G | | | 1:18.03 | |
| Christiane Mitterwallner | Giant Slalom | 1:23.10 | 1:35.36 | 2:58.46 | 20 |
| Stefanie Schuster | Giant Slalom | 1:21.40 | 1:35.01 | 2:56.41 | 15 |
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | Giant Slalom | 1:20.13 | 1:32.26 | 2:52.39 | |
| Ingrid Salvenmoser | Slalom | 46.84 | 46.55 | 1:33.39 | 6 |
| Sabine Egger | Slalom | 45.97 | 47.25 | 1:33.22 | 5 |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Stefanie Schuster | 1:30.10 | 36.25 | 35.76 | 2:42.25 | 4 |
| Michaela Dorfmeister | 1:30.10 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Obermoser | 1:29.82 | 38.81 | 36.85 | 2:45.48 | 11 |
| Renate Götschl | 1:29.34 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Reinhard Neuner | 4 | 31:45.3 | 62 |
| 10 km Sprint | Wolfgang Rottmann | 2 | 30:16.0 | 39 |
| 10 km Sprint | Wolfgang Perner | 4 | 30:13.5 | 38 |
| 10 km Sprint | Ludwig Gredler | 2 | 28:44.3 | 11 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Günther Dengg | 1'00:33.9 | 5 | 1'05:33.9 | 62 |
| 20 km | Wolfgang Rottmann | 58:23.5 | 2 | 1'00:23.5 | 26 |
| 20 km | Wolfgang Perner | 56:14.1 | 4 | 1'00:14.1 | 24 |
| 20 km | Ludwig Gredler | 55:56.5 | 3 | 58:56.5 | 12 |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Wolfgang Perner Ludwig Gredler Reinhard Neuner Wolfgang Rottmann | 2 | 1'25:33.8 | 11 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| AUT-1 | Hubert Schösser Peter Leismuller Erwin Arnold Martin Schützenauer | Four-man | 53.10 | 6 | 53.50 | 7 | 53.79 | 7 | 2:40.39 | 9 |
| AUT-2 | Kurt Einberger Thomas Bachler Georg Kuttner Michael Müller | Four-man | 53.92 | 17 | 53.83 | 17 | 54.39 | 18 | 2:42.14 | 18 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Achim Walcher | 28:58.6 | 23 |
| 10 km C | Gerhard Urain | 28:25.2 | 14 |
| 10 km C | Alois Stadlober | 28:21.2 | 12 |
| 10 km C | Markus Gandler | 27:32.5 | |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Gerhard Urain | 41:40.8 | 16 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Alois Stadlober | 41:33.1 | 14 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Achim Walcher | 41:02.9 | 11 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Markus Gandler | 40:50.2 | 7 |
| 30 km C | Gerhard Urain | 1'43:22.9 | 43 |
| 50 km F | Gerhard Urain | DNF | – |
| 50 km F | Achim Walcher | 2'18:31.7 | 38 |
| 50 km F | Alois Stadlober | 2'11:22.4 | 12 |
| 50 km F | Christian Hoffmann | 2'06:01.8 | |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Markus Gandler Alois Stadlober Achim Walcher Christian Hoffmann | 1'43:16.5 | 9 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Renate Roider | 19:18.3 | 42 |
| 5 km C | Maria Theurl | 18:36.8 | 15 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Maria Theurl | 29:58.8 | 13 |
| 15 km C | Renate Roider | 51:07.0 | 26 |
| 30 km F | Maria Theurl | 1'24:54.3 | 6 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating
### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Julia Lautowa | 21 | 13 | 23.5 | 14 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Christian Rijavec | Aerials | 212.51 | 10 Q | 227.60 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Sabina Hudribusch | Aerials | 147.43 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ice hockey
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round - group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Consolation Round - 13th place match

All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Leading scorers

| Rank | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 7th | Dominic Lavoie | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
* Team Roster
** Claus Dalpiaz
** Reinhard Divis
** Dominic Lavoie
** Andreas Pusnik
** Martin Ulrich
** Tom Searle
** Gerhard Pusnik
** Simon Wheeldon
** Christoph Brandner
** Herbert Hohenberger
** Michael Lampert
** Martin Hohenberger
** Patrick Pilloni
** Gerhard Unterluggauer
** Gerald Ressmann
** Rick Nasheim
** Normand Krumpschmid
** Mario Schaden
** Christian Perthaler
** Dieter Kalt
* Head coach: Ron Kennedy

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Gerhard Gleirscher | 50.161 | 9 | 49.816 | 6 | 49.911 | 7 | 49.897 | 7 | 3:19.785 | 7 |
| Markus Kleinheinz | 50.016 | 5 | 49.779 | 5 | 49.918 | 8 | 50.011 | 9 | 3:19.724 | 5 |
| Markus Prock | 49.861 | 3 | 49.732 | 4 | 49.863 | 4 | 50.200 | 11 | 3:19.656 | 4 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl | 50.846 | 4 | 50.575 | 4 | 1:41.421 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sonja Manzenreiter | 51.892 | 10 | 51.828 | 11 | 51.369 | 9 | 51.183 | 10 | 3:26.272 | 10 |
| Andrea Tagwerker | 51.518 | 5 | 51.335 | 4 | 50.990 | 5 | 50.648 | 4 | 3:24.491 | 5 |
| Angelika Neuner | 51.417 | 3 | 51.286 | 3 | 50.945 | 4 | 50.605 | 1 | 3:24.253 | |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Felix Gottwald | Individual | 190.0 | 40 | 45:16.2 | 21 |
| Christoph Eugen | Individual | 199.5 | 29 | 45:37.7 | 24 |
| Mario Stecher | Individual | 228.5 | 7 | 43:09.9 | 8 |
| Christoph Bieler | Individual | 231.0 | 5 | 44:55.5 | 19 |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Christoph Eugen Christoph Bieler Mario Stecher Felix Gottwald | 903.5 | 2 | 56:04.6 | 4 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Andi Goldberger | Normal hill | 81.0 | 97.5 | 22 Q | 81.5 | 99.0 | 196.5 | 22 |
| Stefan Horngacher | Normal hill | 85.0 | 107.0 | 11 Q | 84.5 | 105.5 | 212.5 | 10 |
| Reinhard Schwarzenberger | Normal hill | 86.0 | 109.0 | 9 Q | 83.0 | 102.0 | 211.0 | 11 |
| Andreas Widhölzl | Normal hill | 88.0 | 114.5 | 3 Q | 90.5 | 118.0 | 232.5 | |
| Stefan Horngacher | Large hill | 84.0 | 41.2 | 60 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martin Höllwarth | Large hill | 104.5 | 86.6 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Reinhard Schwarzenberger | Large hill | 115.5 | 108.4 | 16 Q | 131.0 | 135.8 | 244.2 | 7 |
| Andreas Widhölzl | Large hill | 131.0 | 138.8 | 1 Q | 120.5 | 119.4 | 258.2 | 4 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Reinhard Schwarzenberger Martin Höllwarth Stefan Horngacher Andreas Widhölzl | 881.5 | |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Snowboarding
### Men's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Dieter Happ | 1:02.65 | 1:04.40 | 2:07.05 | 9 |
| Sigi Grabner | 1:00.61 | DSQ | DSQ | – |
| Dieter Krassnig | 1:00.11 | 1:04.40 | 2:04.33 | 4 |
| Martin Freinademetz | 59.58 | 1:05.76 | 2:05.34 | 7 |

### Men's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Max Ploetzeneder | 35.1 | 19 | 35.9 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Heidi Jaufenthaler | 1:18.43 | 1:09.51 | 2:27.94 | 14 |
| Brigitte Köck | 1:13.01 | 1:06.41 | 2:19.42 | |
| Ursula Fingerlos | 1:12.37 | 1:07.99 | 2:20.36 | 5 |
| Isabel Zedlacher | 1:11.89 | 1:11.03 | 2:22.92 | 8 |

### Women's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ulrike Hölzl | 24.8 | 21 | 29.1 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nicola Pederzolli | 31.5 | 12 | 34.4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Roland Brunner | 36.90 | 30 | 36.86 | 28 | 73.76 | 29 |
| 1000 m | Roland Brunner | | | | | 1:13.16 | 31 |
| 1500 m | Marnix ten Kortenaar | | | | | 1:51.94 | 18 |
| 5000 m | Marnix ten Kortenaar | | | | | 6:38.35 | 10 |
| 10,000 m | Marnix ten Kortenaar | | | | | 13:52.30 | 12 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| 1500 m | Emese Dörfler-Antal | | | | | 2:07.57 | 30 |
| 1500 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | | | | | 1:59.19 | 4 |
| 3000 m | Emese Dörfler-Antal | | | | | 4:33.67 | 27 |
| 3000 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | | | | | 4:12.01 | 5 |
| 5000 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | | | | | 7:15.23 | 8 |