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

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February 1998.
It was the first time snowboarding was added as a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. The giant slalom was replaced by the parallel giant slalom event in 2002 in Salt Lake City.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ross Rebagliati Canada |
| Silver | Thomas Prugger Italy |
| Bronze | Ueli Kestenholz Switzerland |

## Results

The competitors were allowed two runs on a giant slalom course. The two times were then added to determine the winners.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference |
| | 3 | Ross Rebagliati | Canada | 0:59.87 | 8 | 1:04.09 | 2 | 2:03.96 | - |
| | 2 | Thomas Prugger | Italy | 0:59.38 | 2 | 1:04.60 | 5 | 2:03.98 | +0.02 |
| | 6 | Ueli Kestenholz | Switzerland | 1:00.20 | 10 | 1:03.88 | 1 | 2:04.08 | +0.12 |
| 4 | 12 | Dieter Krassnig | Austria | 1:00.11 | 9 | 1:04.22 | 3 | 2:04.33 | +0.37 |
| 5 | 11 | Mathieu Bozzetto | France | 0:59.83 | 7 | 1:04.74 | 6 | 2:04.57 | +0.61 |
| 6 | 5 | Chris Klug | United States | 0:59.38 | 2 | 1:05.87 | 10 | 2:05.25 | +1.29 |
| 7 | 7 | Martin Freinademetz | Austria | 0:59.58 | 4 | 1:05.76 | 9 | 2:05.34 | +1.38 |
| 8 | 19 | Maxence Idesheim | France | 1:00.75 | 12 | 1:04.77 | 7 | 2:05.52 | +1.56 |
| 9 | 13 | Dieter Happ | Austria | 1:02.65 | 16 | 1:04.40 | 4 | 2:07.05 | +3.09 |
| 10 | 10 | Thedo Remmelink | Netherlands | 1:02.01 | 15 | 1:05.24 | 8 | 2:07.25 | +3.29 |
| 11 | 21 | Willi Trakofler | Italy | 1:01.42 | 13 | 1:05.88 | 11 | 2:07.30 | +3.34 |
| 12 | 1 | Christophe Ségura | France | 0:59.59 | 5 | 1:09.27 | 18 | 2:08.86 | +4.90 |
| 13 | 24 | Elmar Messner | Italy | 1:01.42 | 13 | 1:07.99 | 15 | 2:09.41 | +5.45 |
| 14 | 27 | Dieter Moherndl | Germany | 1:03.03 | 19 | 1:07.00 | 12 | 2:10.03 | +6.07 |
| 15 | 23 | Mike Kildevæld | Denmark | 1:02.75 | 17 | 1:07.67 | 13 | 2:10.42 | +6.46 |
| 16 | 9 | Jasey-Jay Anderson | Canada | 0:59.31 | 1 | 1:12.02 | 19 | 2:11.33 | +7.37 |
| 17 | 15 | Mike Jacoby | United States | 1:03.53 | 22 | 1:08.27 | 16 | 2:11.80 | +7.84 |
| 18 | 20 | Stephen Copp | Sweden | 1:04.14 | 25 | 1:07.75 | 14 | 2:11.89 | +7.93 |
| 19 | 28 | Łukasz Starowicz | Poland | 1:03.50 | 21 | 1:08.81 | 17 | 2:12.31 | +8.35 |
| 20 | 29 | Karl Frenademez | Italy | 1:03.33 | 20 | 1:12.62 | 20 | 2:15.95 | +11.99 |
| 21 | 33 | Mariano López | Argentina | 1:12.20 | 28 | 1:19.11 | 21 | 2:31.31 | +27.35 |
| - | 4 | Nicolas Conte | France | 0:59.69 | 6 | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | 25 | Richard Richardsson | Sweden | 1:02.93 | 18 | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | 32 | Markos Khatzikyriakakis | Greece | 1:06.40 | 26 | DNF | - | - | - |
| - | 16 | Sigi Grabner | Austria | 1:00.61 | 11 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| - | 22 | Bernd Kroschewski | Germany | 1:03.53 | 23 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| - | 18 | Darren Chalmers | Canada | 1:04.09 | 24 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| - | 30 | Zeke Steggall | Australia | 1:08.10 | 27 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| - | 14 | Mark Fawcett | Canada | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 34 | Stergios Pappos | Greece | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 8 | Fadri Mosca | Switzerland | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 17 | Gilles Jaquet | Switzerland | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 26 | André Grütter | Switzerland | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 31 | Adam Hostetter | United States | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
DNF - Did not finish; DSQ - Disqualified