Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Freestyle Skiing
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueIizuna Kogen Ski Area
Dates8–18 February
Competitors110 from 25 nations
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The freestyle skiing competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Iizuna Kogen Ski Area. There were four events, taking place between 8 and 18 February 1998.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3003
2 Japan (JPN)1001
3 Finland (FIN)0112
4 China (CHN)0101
 France (FRA)0101
 Germany (GER)0101
7 Belarus (BLR)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (9 entries)44412

Men's Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
moguls
Jonny Moseley
 United States
26.93 Janne Lahtela
 Finland
26.00 Sami Mustonen
 Finland
25.76
aerials
Eric Bergoust
 United States
255.64 Sébastien Foucras
 France
248.79 Dmitry Dashchinsky
 Belarus
240.79

Women's Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
moguls
Tae Satoya
 Japan
25.06 Tatjana Mittermayer
 Germany
24.62 Kari Traa
 Norway
24.09
aerials
Nikki Stone
 United States
193.00 Xu Nannan
 China
186.97 Colette Brand
 Switzerland
171.83

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations participated in freestyle skiing at Nagano. Armenia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, New Zealand and Portugal made their debuts in the sport.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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