# List of 1998 Winter Olympics medal winners

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998. A total of 2,176 athletes representing 72 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games in 68 events across 14 disciplines.
The discipline of snowboarding made its debut, with four events contested, two for men and two for women. Additionally, the Olympic program saw the addition of a women's tournament in ice hockey, the first time that women had participated in that sport in Olympic history. At the time, it was believed that curling made its debut as a medal event, having been a demonstration sport three times at the 1932, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics; however, in 2006, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the 1924 Olympic tournament in Chamonix, France, had been an official medal event, retroactively making the Nagano tournament the second time curling has been contested for official medals.
Germany won the most medals, with 29, and the most gold medals, with 12. Norway finished second in both tallies, with 10 gold medals and 25 medals of all colors. Of the 72 NOCs to participate at Nagano, 24 won at least one medal, 15 of those won at least one gold medal. Denmark, participating in a Winter Olympic Games for the ninth time, won its first-ever medal at a Winter Olympics. Bulgaria and the Czech Republic won their first Winter Olympic gold medals in Nagano. The Czech Republic had previously won two gold medals as part of Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria had won a bronze medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Larisa Lazutina of Russia won five medals, the most of any competitor; she won three golds, a silver, and a bronze medal in cross-country skiing, winning a medal in every women's event in her sport. Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals, including three golds. A further nine competitors earned three medals apiece, with forty-seven total individuals winning multiple medals.

## Alpine skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's downhill details | Jean-Luc Crétier France | Lasse Kjus Norway | Hannes Trinkl Austria |
| Men's slalom details | Hans Petter Buraas Norway | Ole Kristian Furuseth Norway | Thomas Sykora Austria |
| Men's giant slalom details | Hermann Maier Austria | Stephan Eberharter Austria | Michael von Grünigen Switzerland |
| Men's super-G details | Hermann Maier Austria | Didier Cuche Switzerland | None awarded |
| Men's super-G details | Hermann Maier Austria | Hans Knauß Austria | None awarded |
| Men's combined details | Mario Reiter Austria | Lasse Kjus Norway | Christian Mayer Austria |
| Women's downhill details | Katja Seizinger Germany | Pernilla Wiberg Sweden | Florence Masnada France |
| Women's slalom details | Hilde Gerg Germany | Deborah Compagnoni Italy | Zali Steggall Australia |
| Women's giant slalom details | Deborah Compagnoni Italy | Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria | Katja Seizinger Germany |
| Women's super-G details | Picabo Street United States | Michaela Dorfmeister Austria | Alexandra Meissnitzer Austria |
| Women's combined details | Katja Seizinger Germany | Martina Ertl Germany | Hilde Gerg Germany |

## Biathlon

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 20 km details | Halvard Hanevold Norway | Pieralberto Carrara Italy | Alexei Aidarov Belarus |
| Men's 10 km details | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | Frode Andresen Norway | Ville Räikkönen Finland |
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km details | Germany (GER) Ricco Groß Peter Sendel Sven Fischer Frank Luck | Norway (NOR) Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Russia (RUS) Pavel Muslimov Vladimir Drachev Sergei Tarasov Viktor Maigourov |
| Women's 15 km details | Ekaterina Dafovska Bulgaria | Olena Petrova Ukraine | Uschi Disl Germany |
| Women's 7.5 km details | Galina Koukleva Russia | Uschi Disl Germany | Katrin Apel Germany |
| Women's 4 × 7.5 km details | Germany (GER) Uschi Disl Martina Zellner Katrin Apel Petra Behle | Russia (RUS) Olga Melnik Galina Koukleva Albina Akhatova Olga Romasko | Norway (NOR) Ann-Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée |

## Bobsleigh

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Two-man details | Canada (CAN) Pierre Lueders David MacEachern | none awarded | Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann |
| Two-man details | Italy (ITA) Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia | none awarded | Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann |
| Four-man details | Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Olaf Hampel | Switzerland (SUI) Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz | France (FRA) Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert |
| Four-man details | Germany (GER) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Olaf Hampel | Switzerland (SUI) Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz | Great Britain (GBR) Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood |

## Cross-country skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 10 km classical details | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | Markus Gandler Austria | Mika Myllylä Finland |
| Men's 15 km freestyle pursuit details | Thomas Alsgaard Norway | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | Vladimir Smirnov Kazakhstan |
| Men's 30 km classical details | Mika Myllylä Finland | Erling Jevne Norway | Silvio Fauner Italy |
| Men's 50 km freestyle details | Bjørn Dæhlie Norway | Niklas Jonsson Sweden | Christian Hoffmann Austria |
| Men's 4 × 10 km relay details | Norway (NOR) Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard | Italy (ITA) Marco Albarello Fulvio Valbusa Fabio Maj Silvio Fauner | Finland (FIN) Harri Kirvesniemi Mika Myllylä Sami Repo Jari Isometsä |
| Women's 5 km classical details | Larisa Lazutina Russia | Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic | Bente Martinsen Norway |
| Women's Combined 5 km + 10 km pursuit details | Larisa Lazutina Russia | Olga Danilova Russia | Kateřina Neumannová Czech Republic |
| Women's 15 km classical details | Olga Danilova Russia | Larisa Lazutina Russia | Anita Moen-Guidon Norway |
| Women's 30 km freestyle details | Yuliya Chepalova Russia | Stefania Belmondo Italy | Larisa Lazutina Russia |
| Women's 4 × 5 km relay details | Russia (RUS) Nina Gavrilyuk Olga Danilova Yelena Välbe Larisa Lazutina | Norway (NOR) Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen-Guidon | Italy (ITA) Karin Moroder Gabriella Paruzzi Manuela Di Centa Stefania Belmondo |

## Curling

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's details | Switzerland (SUI) Patrick Hürlimann Patrik Lörtscher Daniel Müller Diego Perren Dominic Andres | Canada (CAN) Mike Harris Richard Hart George Karrys Collin Mitchell Paul Savage | Norway (NOR) Eigil Ramsfjell Jan Thoresen Stig-Arne Gunnestad Anthon Grimsmo Tore Torvbråten |
| Women's details | Canada (CAN) Sandra Schmirler Jan Betker Joan McCusker Marcia Gudereit Atina Ford | Denmark (DEN) Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Dorthe Holm Trine Qvist Jane Bidstrup | Sweden (SWE) Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Margaretha Lindahl |

## Figure skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Ilia Kulik Russia | Elvis Stojko Canada | Philippe Candeloro France |
| Ladies' singles details | Tara Lipinski United States | Michelle Kwan United States | Chen Lu China |
| Pairs details | Russia (RUS) Oksana Kazakova Artur Dmitriev | Russia (RUS) Elena Berezhnaya Anton Sikharulidze | Germany (GER) Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer |
| Ice dancing details | Russia (RUS) Pasha Grishuk Evgeny Platov | Russia (RUS) Anjelika Krylova Oleg Ovsyannikov | France (FRA) Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat |

## Freestyle skiing

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's moguls details | Jonny Moseley United States | Janne Lahtela Finland | Sami Mustonen Finland |
| Men's aerials details | Eric Bergoust United States | Sébastien Foucras France | Dmitri Dashinski Belarus |
| Women's moguls details | Tae Satoya Japan | Tatjana Mittermayer Germany | Kari Traa Norway |
| Women's aerials details | Nikki Stone United States | Xu Nannan China | Colette Brand Switzerland |

## Ice hockey

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team details | Czech Republic (CZE) Josef Beránek Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručínský Vladimír Růžička Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda | Russia (RUS) Pavel Bure Valeri Bure Sergei Fedorov Sergei Gonchar Alexei Gusarov Valeri Kamensky Darius Kasparaitis Andrei Kovalenko Igor Kravchuk Sergei Krivokrasov Boris Mironov Dmitri Mironov Aleksey Morozov Sergei Nemchinov Oleg Shevtsov Mikhail Shtalenkov German Titov Andrei Trefilov Alexei Yashin Dmitri Yushkevich Valeri Zelepukin Alexei Zhamnov Alexei Zhitnik | Finland (FIN) Aki-Petteri Berg Tuomas Grönman Raimo Helminen Sami Kapanen Saku Koivu Jari Kurri Janne Laukkanen Jere Lehtinen Juha Lind Jyrki Lumme Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Janne Niinimaa Teppo Numminen Ville Peltonen Kimmo Rintanen Teemu Selänne Ari Sulander Jukka Tammi Esa Tikkanen Kimmo Timonen Antti Törmänen Juha Ylönen |
| Women's team details | United States (USA) Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara Decosta Tricia Dunn-Luoma Cammi Granato Katie King Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Jenny Potter Angela Ruggiero Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte | Canada (CAN) Jennifer Botterill Thérèse Brisson Cassie Campbell Judy Diduck Nancy Drolet Lori Dupuis Danielle Goyette Geraldine Heaney Jayna Hefford Becky Kellar Kathy McCormack Karen Nystrom Lesley Reddon Manon Rhéaume Laura Schuler Fiona Smith France St-Louis Vicky Sunohara Hayley Wickenheiser Stacy Wilson | Finland (FIN) Sari Fisk Kirsi Hänninen Satu Huotari Marianne Ihalainen Johanna Ikonen Sari Krooks Emma Laaksonen Sanna Lankosaari Katja Lehto Marika Lehtimäki Riikka Nieminen Marja-Helena Pälvilä Tuula Puputti Karoliina Rantamäki Tiia Reima Katja Riipi Päivi Salo Maria Selin Liisa-Maria Sneck Petra Vaarakallio |

## Luge

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Georg Hackl Germany | Armin Zöggeler Italy | Jens Müller Germany |
| Women's singles details | Silke Kraushaar Germany | Barbara Niedernhuber Germany | Angelika Neuner Austria |
| Men's doubles details | Stefan Krauße and Jan Behrendt Germany | Chris Thorpe and Gordon Sheer United States | Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin United States |

## Nordic combined

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | Bjarte Engen Vik Norway | Samppa Lajunen Finland | Valeri Stolyarov Russia |
| Team details | Norway (NOR) Halldor Skard Kenneth Braaten Bjarte Engen Vik Fred Børre Lundberg | Finland (FIN) Samppa Lajunen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Hannu Manninen | France (FRA) Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy |

## Short track speed skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 500 m details | Takafumi Nishitani Japan | An Yulong China | Hitoshi Uematsu Japan |
| Men's 1,000 m details | Kim Dong-sung South Korea | Li Jiajun China | Éric Bédard Canada |
| Men's 5,000 m relay details | Canada (CAN) Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | South Korea (KOR) Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung | China (CHN) Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong |
| Women's 500 m details | Annie Perreault Canada | Yang Yang (S) China | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
| Women's 1,000 m details | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | Yang Yang (S) China | Won Hye-kyung South Korea |
| Women's 3,000 m relay details | South Korea (KOR) Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi | China (CHN) Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | Canada (CAN) Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent |

## Ski jumping

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual, normal hill details | Jani Soininen Finland | Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan | Andreas Widhölzl Austria |
| Individual, large hill details | Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan | Jani Soininen Finland | Masahiko Harada Japan |
| Team details | Japan (JPN) Takanobu Okabe Hiroya Saitō Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki | Germany (GER) Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Hansjörg Jäkle Dieter Thoma | Austria (AUT) Reinhard Schwarzenberger Martin Höllwarth Stefan Horngacher Andreas Widhölzl |

## Snowboarding

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's halfpipe details | Gian Simmen Switzerland | Daniel Franck Norway | Ross Powers United States |
| Men's giant slalom details | Ross Rebagliati Canada | Thomas Prugger Italy | Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland |
| Women's halfpipe details | Nicola Thost Germany | Stine Brun Kjeldaas Norway | Shannon Dunn-Downing United States |
| Women's giant slalom details | Karine Ruby France | Heidi Maria Renoth Germany | Brigitte Köck Austria |

## Speed skating

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 500 m details | Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan | Jeremy Wotherspoon Canada | Kevin Overland Canada |
| Men's 1,000 m details | Ids Postma Netherlands | Jan Bos Netherlands | Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan |
| Men's 1,500 m details | Ådne Søndrål Norway | Ids Postma Netherlands | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands |
| Men's 5,000 m details | Gianni Romme Netherlands | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands | Bart Veldkamp Belgium |
| Men's 10,000 m details | Gianni Romme Netherlands | Bob de Jong Netherlands | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands |
| Women's 500 m details | Catriona Le May Doan Canada | Susan Auch Canada | Tomomi Okazaki Japan |
| Women's 1,000 m details | Marianne Timmer Netherlands | Christine Witty United States | Catriona Le May Doan Canada |
| Women's 1,500 m details | Marianne Timmer Netherlands | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | Christine Witty United States |
| Women's 3,000 m details | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | Claudia Pechstein Germany | Anni Friesinger Germany |
| Women's 5,000 m details | Claudia Pechstein Germany | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany | Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan |

## Multiple medalists

Athletes who won three or more medals during the 1998 Winter Olympics are listed below.
| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Larisa Lazutina | Russia (RUS) | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway (NOR) | Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Olga Danilova | Russia (RUS) | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kazuyoshi Funaki | Japan (JPN) | Ski jumping | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Chun Lee-kyung | South Korea (KOR) | Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Katja Seizinger | Germany (GER) | Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Germany (GER) | Speed skating | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Uschi Disl | Germany (GER) | Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mika Myllylä | Finland (FIN) | Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yang Yang (S) | China (CHN) | Short track speed skating | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Rintje Ritsma | Netherlands (NED) | Short track speed skating | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |