Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
IOC code CAN
NOC Canadian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.ca  (in English and French)
in Nagano, Japan
7 February 1998 (1998-02-07) – 22 February 1998 (1998-02-22)
Competitors144 (81 men, 63 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers Jean-Luc Brassard (opening)
Catriona Le May Doan (closing)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Contents

Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win a medal. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland.

The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event.

For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992.

Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Brian Stemmle DownhillDNF–
Luke Sauder DNF–
Kevin Wert 1:52.6719
Ed Podivinsky 1:50.715
Ed Podivinsky Super-GDSQ–
Brian Stemmle 1:36.4012
Thomas Grandi Giant SlalomDSQ–DSQ–
Thomas Grandi SlalomDNF–DNF–

Men's combined

AthleteSlalomDownhillTotal
Time 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRank
Ed Podivinsky 51.48DNF–DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Mélanie Turgeon Downhill1:31.4522
Kate Pace-Lindsay 1:31.3019
Kate Pace-Lindsay Super-G1:19.8927
Mélanie Turgeon 1:19.2020
Katerina Tichy Slalom47.93DNFDNF–

Women's combined

AthleteDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRank
Mélanie Turgeon DNF––DNF–

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
10 km SprintKevin Quintilio332:32.666
Steve Cyr 330:35.048
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
20 kmKevin Quintilio1'01:37.241'05:37.264
Steve Cyr 58:12.961'04:12.955
Women
EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank
7.5 km Sprint Michelle Collard 025:26.138
Myriam Bédard 025:11.332
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank
15 km Nikki Keddie 1'03:46.551'08:46.560
Myriam Bédard 59:44.131'02:44.150
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 1TimeRank
Kristin Berg
Myriam Bédard
Nikki Keddie
Michelle Collard 		31'53:15.017
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1 Pierre Lueders
Dave MacEachern 		Two-man54.56254.28154.16254.2413:37.24Gold medal icon.svg
CAN-2 Chris Lori
Jack Pyc 		Two-man54.74554.721054.711254.79143:38.9812
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
CAN-1 Pierre Lueders
Ricardo Greenidge
Jack Pyc
Dave MacEachern 		Four-man53.141053.44553.8182:40.399
CAN-2 Chris Lori
Ben Hindle
Matt Hindle
Ian Danney 		Four-man53.521153.691353.93132:41.1411

Cross-country skiing

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Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C		 Yves Bilodeau 31:56.975
Guido Visser 31:50.871
Chris Blanchard 30:37.151
Robin McKeever 30:32.248
15 km
pursuit1
F		 Guido Visser 48:43.558
Chris Blanchard 47:44.356
30 km
C		 Guido Visser 1'55:04.164
Robin McKeever 1'51:23.562
Donald Farley 1'50:47.861
50 km
F		 Donald Farley DNF–
Guido Visser 2'33:49.762
Robin McKeever 2'28:19.058
Chris Blanchard 2'26:58.956
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Donald Farley
Robin McKeever
Chris Blanchard
Guido Visser 		1'49:27.418
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km
C		 Jaime Fortier 21:20.877
Sara Renner 21:02.474
Milaine Thériault 19:41.854
Beckie Scott 19:32.647
10 km
pursuit2
F		 Sara Renner 36:36.764
Milaine Thériault 34:29.856
Beckie Scott 33:04.845
15 km
C		 Marie-Odile Raymond 56:53.362
Beckie Scott 55:43.760
Milaine Thériault 55:38.259
30 km
F		 Marie-Odile Raymond 1'41:07.256
Sara Renner 1'40:14.654
Beckie Scott 1'35:47.451
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Beckie Scott
Milaine Thériault
Sara Renner
Jaime Fortier 		1'01:09.916

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Mike Harris 61
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 52
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 52
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tim Somerville 34
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Makoto Tsuruga 34
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Peja Lindholm 34
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Douglas Dryburgh 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andy Kapp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6–10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3–6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10–8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Harris) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg21101200XX7
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Somerville)00000001XX1

Gold medal match

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Harris) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgSilver medal icon.svg00100020XX3
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Hürlimann)02022300XX9
ContestantsSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Silver medal Mike Harris Richard Hart Collin Mitchell George Karrys Paul Savage

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sandra Schmirler 61
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 61
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 52
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kirsty Hay 43
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 25
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 25
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lisa Schoeneberg 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andrea Schöpp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7–6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6–5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9–5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Schmirler)01010102016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Hay) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg10100020105

Gold medal match

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Lavrsen)020000201X5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Schmirler) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svgGold medal icon.svg300111010X7
ContestantsSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Gold medal Sandra Schmirler Jan Betker Joan McCusker Marcia Gudereit Atina Ford

Figure skating

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Jeff Langdon 171018.512
Elvis Stojko 234.0Silver medal icon.svg
Pairs
AthletesSPFSTFPRank
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon
Luc Bradet 		121622.016
Kristy Sargeant
Kris Wirtz 		111217.512
Ice dancing
AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank
Chantal Lefebvre
Michel Brunet 		1919191938.019
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Victor Kraatz 		54437.24

Freestyle skiing

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Dominick Gauthier Moguls28.1923.9017did not advance
Stéphane Rochon 28.1124.628 Q24.6425.018
Jean-Luc Brassard 27.4024.737 Q25.2225.524
Ryan Johnson 27.9825.125 Q27.3525.257
Nicolas Fontaine Aerials219.608 Q216.9310
Jeff Bean 224.867 Q210.7711
Andy Capicik 227.395 Q209.0112
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Josée Charbonneau Moguls36.0218.5424did not advance
Tami Bradley 35.5321.2815 Q34.9615.0216
Ann-Marie Pelchat 33.4723.351 Q33.3623.955
Caroline Olivier Aerials133.9419did not advance
Veronica Brenner 174.863 Q151.159

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Group C

TeamGP W L T GF GA GD Pts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300123+96
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3210117+44
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3120810-22
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3030415-110

All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5 – 0
(0-2, 0-2, 0-1)		Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,960
14 February 1998 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3 – 2
(0-1, 3-0, 0-1)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,945
16 February 1998 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 1
(0-1, 0-2, 1-1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,863

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4 – 1
(2-1, 2-0, 0-0)		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,602

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1 – 2 (SO)
(0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,279

Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 1998 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3 – 2
(2-1, 0-1, 1-0)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4th The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875

Women's tournament

Group stage

The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

TeamGP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 550033710
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 541028128
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 532027106
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 523010154
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 514010212
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 50502450
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3–5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4–7Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Gold medal game

17 February
United States  Flag of the United States.svg3 – 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Silver medal icon.svg Big Hat (8,626)
First periodRef: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marina Zenk
no scoring
Second period
G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38
Third period
S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57
D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59
S. Whyte (en) 19:52
Game stats
Silver:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

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
France St-Louis
Laura Schuler
Fiona Smith
Vicky Sunohara
Hayley Wickenheiser
Stacy Wilson-C

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tyler Seitz 50.6891950.9482350.4001450.405143:22.44218
Clay Ives 50.6321750.3481650.8582150.437163:22.27515

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
François Drolet 500 m43.5511 QDSQ–did not advance
Marc Gagnon 43.9012 Q43.2541 Q42.7802 Q1:15.604
Éric Bédard 43.3421 Q43.1133did not advance
Éric Bédard 1000 m1:32.9752 Q1:29.6222 Q1:36.2332 QA1:32.661Bronze medal icon.svg
François Drolet 1:32.9491 Q1:32.5133did not advance
Marc Gagnon 1:30.4762 QDSQ–did not advance
Éric Bédard
Derrick Campbell
François Drolet
Marc Gagnon 		5000 m relay7:05.7661 QA7:06.075Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarter finalsSemi finalsFinals
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rank
Tania Vicent 500 m1:10.2124did not advance
Annie Perreault 45.8662 Q46.4211 Q45.6121 QA46.568Gold medal icon.svg
Isabelle Charest 46.0851 Q46.1942 Q44.991 OR1 QADSQ–
Isabelle Charest 1000 m1:39.7291 Q1:37.2001 Q1:35.7413 QB1:37.8137
Annie Perreault 1:39.1282 Q1:35.3025did not advance
Tania Vicent 1:40.9233did not advance
Christine Boudrias
Isabelle Charest
Annie Perreault
Tania Vicent 		3000 m relay4:24.1522 QA4:21.205Bronze medal icon.svg

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Mark Fawcett DNF–DNF–
Darren Chalmers 1:04.09DSQDSQ–
Ross Rebagliati 59.871:04.092:03.96Gold medal icon.svg
Jasey-Jay Anderson 59.311:12.022:11.3316
Men's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Trevor Andrew 24.13632.421did not advance
Mike Michalchuk 32.32741.42 QF76.08
Derek Heidt 35.61635.817did not advance
Brett Carpentier 36.31341.81 QF75.69
Women's halfpipe
AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2Final
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Lori Glazier 25.91929.113did not advance
Tara Teigen 32.9833.36did not advance
Natasza Zurek 33.9611.621did not advance
Maëlle Ricker 34.44 QF71.15

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Jeremy Wotherspoon 36.04735.80271.84Silver medal icon.svg
Pat Bouchard 35.96536.09472.055
Sylvain Bouchard 35.90436.10572.004
Kevin Overland 35.78236.08371.86Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 m Pat Bouchard 1:12.4919
Kevin Overland 1:11.909
Jeremy Wotherspoon 1:11.396
Sylvain Bouchard 1:11.295
1500 m Neal Marshall 1:52.9330
Kevin Marshall 1:52.7726
Steven Elm 1:52.7025
Kevin Overland 1:52.0720
5000 m Mark Knoll 6:50.5524
Steven Elm 6:48.6723
Women
EventAthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
500 m Michelle Morton 42.953639.841782.7933
Linda Johnson-Blair 39.241139.571478.8113
Susan Auch 38.42238.51276.93Silver medal icon.svg
Catriona Le May Doan 38.39138.21 OR176.60Gold medal icon.svg
1000 m Sylvie Cantin 1:22.4633
Linda Johnson-Blair 1:20.4221
Susan Auch 1:19.8218
Catriona Le May Doan 1:17.37Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m Isabelle Doucet 2:06.4529
Ingrid Liepa 2:04.6024
Catriona Le May Doan 2:02.1913
3000 m Ingrid Liepa 4:27.9925
Susan Massitti 4:21.6621
Cindy Overland 4:20.8119

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  1. ↑ Nagano (Hakuba), Japan, 1998 Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine , Cross Country Canada
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