# Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Shiga Kogen.
The defending world champion was Michael von Grünigen of Switzerland, who was also the defending World Cup giant slalom champion.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Difference |
| | Hermann Maier | Austria | 1:20.36 | 1:18.15 | 2:38.51 | - |
| | Stephan Eberharter | Austria | 1:20.94 | 1:18.42 | 2:39.36 | +0.85 |
| | Michael von Grünigen | Switzerland | 1:20.98 | 1:18.71 | 2:39.69 | +1.18 |
| 4 | Hans Knauss | Austria | 1:21.16 | 1:18.55 | 2:39.71 | +1.20 |
| 5 | Jure Košir | Slovenia | 1:20.97 | 1:19.01 | 2:39.98 | +1.47 |
| 6 | Steve Locher | Switzerland | 1:21.98 | 1:18.32 | 2:40.30 | +1.79 |
| 7 | Paul Accola | Switzerland | 1:21.31 | 1:19.26 | 2:40.57 | +2.06 |
| 8 | Lasse Kjus | Norway | 1:21.92 | 1:18.73 | 2:40.65 | +2.14 |
| 9 | Christian Mayer | Austria | 1:20.84 | 1:19.83 | 2:40.67 | +2.16 |
| 10 | Fredrik Nyberg | Sweden | 1:22.32 | 1:18.63 | 2:40.95 | +2.44 |
| 11 | Ian Piccard | France | 1:22.08 | 1:19.02 | 2:41.10 | +2.59 |
| 12 | Urs Kälin | Switzerland | 1:22.00 | 1:19.17 | 2:41.17 | +2.66 |
| 13 | Christophe Saioni | France | 1:21.84 | 1:19.40 | 2:41.24 | +2.73 |
| 14 | Marco Büchel | Liechtenstein | 1:22.52 | 1:19.47 | 2:41.99 | +3.48 |
| 15 | Matteo Nana | Italy | 1:22.43 | 1:19.94 | 2:42.37 | +3.86 |
| 16 | Sergio Bergamelli | Italy | 1:22.38 | 1:20.40 | 2:42.78 | +4.27 |
| 17 | Tom Stiansen | Norway | 1:21.40 | 1:21.48 | 2:42.88 | +4.37 |
| 18 | Mitja Kunc | Slovenia | 1:22.66 | 1:20.43 | 2:43.09 | +4.58 |
| 19 | Sami Uotila | Finland | 1:23.43 | 1:20.02 | 2:43.45 | +4.94 |
| 20 | Daron Rahlves | United States | 1:22.81 | 1:20.78 | 2:43.59 | +5.08 |
| 21 | Patrik Järbyn | Sweden | 1:23.19 | 1:20.63 | 2:43.82 | +5.31 |
| 22 | Jernej Koblar | Slovenia | 1:23.49 | 1:20.47 | 2:43.96 | +5.45 |
| 23 | Thomas Lödler | Croatia | 1:23.26 | 1:20.95 | 2:44.21 | +5.70 |
| 24 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś | Poland | 1:24.17 | 1:22.07 | 2:46.24 | +7.73 |
| 25 | Kiminobu Kimura | Japan | 1:25.02 | 1:21.33 | 2:46.35 | +7.84 |
| 26 | Sacha Gros | United States | 1:24.57 | 1:22.32 | 2:46.89 | +8.38 |
| 27 | Tejs Broberg | Denmark | 1:25.14 | 1:22.00 | 2:47.14 | +8.63 |
| 28 | Vedran Pavlek | Croatia | 1:25.61 | 1:21.93 | 2:47.54 | +9.03 |
| 29 | Marcel Maxa | Czech Republic | 1:25.88 | 1:23.63 | 2:49.51 | +11.00 |
| 29 | Takuya Ishioka | Japan | 1:26.16 | 1:23.35 | 2:49.51 | +11.00 |
| 31 | Alain Baxter | Great Britain | 1:26.29 | 1:23.53 | 2:49.82 | +11.31 |
| 32 | Stefan Georgiev | Bulgaria | 1:27.76 | 1:23.13 | 2:50.89 | +12.38 |
| 33 | Hur Seung-Wook | South Korea | 1:27.87 | 1:24.40 | 2:52.27 | +13.76 |
| 34 | Ivars Ciaguns | Latvia | 1:28.52 | 1:25.07 | 2:53.59 | +15.08 |
| 35 | Marko Đorđević | FR Yugoslavia | 1:30.34 | 1:28.13 | 2:58.47 | +19.96 |
| 36 | Aleksandar Stojanovski | Macedonia | 1:31.83 | 1:29.34 | 3:01.17 | +22.66 |
| - | Joël Chenal | France | 1:22.05 | DQ | - | - |
| - | Patrick Holzer | Italy | 1:22.39 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Markus Eberle | Germany | 1:24.01 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Kalle Palander | Finland | 1:24.02 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Victor Gómez | Andorra | 1:25.07 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Gerard Escoda | Andorra | 1:25.23 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Kristinn Björnsson | Iceland | 1:25.47 | DNS | - | - |
| - | Enis Bećirbegović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:26.15 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Dmitry Kvach | Kazakhstan | 1:29.95 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Bode Miller | United States | 1:56.98 | DNF | - | - |
| - | Kjetil André Aamodt | Norway | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Alberto Tomba | Italy | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Harald Christian Strand Nilsen | Norway | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Bernhard Knauss | Slovenia | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Achim Vogt | Liechtenstein | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Casey Puckett | United States | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Martin Hansson | Sweden | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Andrey Filichkin | Russia | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Kentaro Minagawa | Japan | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Mika Marila | Finland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Vasily Bezsmelnitsyn | Russia | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Renato Gašpar | Croatia | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Haukur Arnórsson | Iceland | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Byun Jong-moon | South Korea | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Lyubomir Popov | Bulgaria | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | Thomas Grandi | Canada | DQ | - | - | - |