| Women's singles at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Spiral | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–11 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:18.436 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | open | ||
The Women's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 10 and 11 February, at Spiral. [1] [2]
| Rank [1] | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Silke Kraushaar |  Germany | 51.197 | 51.178 | 50.787 | 50.617 | 3:23.779 |
 | Barbara Niedernhuber | Germany | 51.216 | 51.103 | 50.837 | 50.625 | 3:23.781 |
 | Angelika Neuner |  Austria | 51.417 | 51.286 | 50.945 | 50.605 | 3:24.253 |
| 4 | Susi Erdmann | Germany | 51.475 | 51.348 | 50.895 | 50.731 | 3:24.449 |
| 5 | Andrea Tagwerker | Austria | 51.518 | 51.335 | 50.990 | 50.648 | 3:24.491 |
| 6 | Erin Warren |  United States | 51.644 | 51.461 | 51.364 | 50.859 | 3:25.328 |
| 7 | Cammy Myler | United States | 51.795 | 51.654 | 51.219 | 50.807 | 3:25.475 |
| 8 | Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon | United States | 51.696 | 51.651 | 51.296 | 50.915 | 3:25.558 |
| 9 | Gerda Weissensteiner |  Italy | 51.744 | 51.998 | 51.415 | 50.956 | 3:26.113 |
| 10 | Sonja Manzenreiter | Austria | 51.892 | 51.828 | 51.369 | 51.183 | 3:26.272 |
| 11 | Nataliya Yakushenko |  Ukraine | 52.014 | 51.746 | 51.511 | 51.277 | 3:26.548 |
| 12 | Natalie Obkircher | Italy | 51.910 | 51.967 | 51.530 | 51.270 | 3:26.677 |
| 13 | Anna Orlova |  Latvia | 52.199 | 51.772 | 51.642 | 51.350 | 3:26.963 |
| 14 | Iluta Gaile | Latvia | 52.157 | 52.016 | 51.516 | 51.292 | 3:26.981 |
| 15 | Mária Jasenčáková |  Slovakia | 52.006 | 52.336 | 51.721 | 51.302 | 3:27.365 |
| 16 | Liliya Ludan | Ukraine | 52.213 | 52.087 | 51.815 | 51.596 | 3:27.711 |
| 17 | Margarita Klimenko |  Russia | 52.391 | 52.123 | 51.789 | 51.448 | 3:27.751 |
| 18 | Irina Gubkina | Russia | 52.295 | 52.199 | 52.107 | 51.514 | 3:28.115 |
| 19 | Angie Paul |  New Zealand | 52.534 | 52.254 | 51.870 | 51.808 | 3:28.466 |
| 20 | Helen Novikov |  Estonia | 52.760 | 52.594 | 52.204 | 51.705 | 3:29.263 |
| 21 | Eriko Yamada |  Japan | 53.494 | 53.015 | 51.595 | 51.319 | 3:29.423 |
| 22 | Jurita Šnitko | Latvia | 52.921 | 52.638 | 52.347 | 51.801 | 3:29.707 |
| 23 | Shino Yanagisawa | Japan | 52.762 | 52.706 | 52.243 | 52.123 | 3:29.834 |
| 24 | Anne Abernathy |  Virgin Islands | 53.224 | 52.652 | 52.525 | 52.306 | 3:30.707 |
| 25 | Yumie Kobayashi | Japan | 52.829 | 53.025 | 52.198 | 52.718 | 3:30.770 |
| 26 | Doris Preindl | Italy | 52.178 | 52.107 | 51.638 | 55.373 | 3:31.296 |
| 27 | Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa |  Romania | 53.653 | 53.329 | 52.714 | 52.542 | 3:32.238 |
| 28 | Iginia Boccalandro |  Venezuela | 54.232 | 53.962 | 54.133 | 56.990 | 3:39.317 |
| 29 | Lee Yi-fang |  Chinese Taipei | 55.052 | 55.217 | 56.648 | 53.117 | 3:40.034 |
Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral. The competition took place between 8 and 11 February 1998.
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was the third time Venezuela had competed at a Winter Olympic Games. The Venezuelan delegation consisted of one luge athlete, Werner Hoeger. He finished 32nd in his only event, the men's singles.
India sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was the nation's seventh appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The Indian delegation consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in luge. Their best performance in any event was 25th by luger Shiva Keshavan in the men's singles.
Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and together with Jennifer Isacco she won the bronze in Turin in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was the first Italian sportsperson to win Olympic medals in two disciplines.
Wilfried Huber is an Italian luger and coach who competed from 1985 to 2010. Together with Kurt Brugger, he won the men's doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He competed in both doubles and singles, but enjoyed his greatest success in doubles in partnership with Brugger. He made his debut in the Luge World Cup in 1986-87 season. He also took two medals at the World Junior Championships in Olang in 1988, a silver and a bronze. He competed in six Winter Olympics, in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006: he was aiming to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics, however he was not selected by the Italian team's head coach Walter Plaikner, and retired at the end of the season.
Cameron "Cammy" Myler is an American luge athlete who was a member of the U.S. National Luge Team from 1985 to 1998 and competed on four Winter Olympics teams.
Bermuda sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. This marked the territory's third appearance at a Winter Olympic Games with their first coming in the 1992 Albertville Games. Bermuda's delegation consisted of a single athlete, the luge competitor Patrick Singleton. In the men's singles, he came in 27th place.
Venezuela sent a delegation to compete in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. The delegation consisted of a single luge competitor, Iginia Boccalandro. In the women's singles she came in 28th place out of 29 competitors.
Courtney Zablocki is an American luger who competed on the World Cup luge circuit from 1997 to 2010 and competed in eight World Championships. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth place in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006, missing a medal placement by only .392 of a second.
Aiva Aparjode is a Latvian luger who competed from 1998 to 2006. She finished 18th in the women's singles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Aparjode's best finish at the FIL World Luge Championships was 17th at Nagano in 2004. Her son, Kristers Aparjods and her daughter, Kendija Aparjode, also are lugers.
Veronika Sabolová is a Slovak luger who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 14th in the women's singles event at Vancouver in 2010.
Markéta Jeriová is a Czech luger who competed from 1998 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 19th in the women's singles event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Viktor Ivanovich Kneib is a Russian luger who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 9th in the men's doubles event at Nagano in 1998.
Shiva Keshavan, is a six-time Olympian and the first Indian representative to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games. He set a new Asian speed record at 134.3 km/h (83.5 mph) after beating the previous record of 131.9 km/h (82.0 mph) and won a gold medal in the 2011 Asian Luge Cup at Nagano in Japan. In 2012, he set a new Asian track record at 49.590 seconds. He is the reigning Asian Champion.
The Spiral is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Iizuna village, located north of Nagano, Japan. Used for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1998 Winter Olympics, it is the first permanent bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Asia and the first of its type in the world with two or more uphill sections. It is officially referred to as the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park in Japan.
The men's singles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 8 and 9 February, at Spiral.
The Doubles luge competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 13 February, at Spiral.
Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon is an American former luger. She competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics. Despite success at a junior and senior level, Calcaterra-McMahon is chiefly remembered for being in an on-track accident when she was 19, involving a coach from the German team.
|
