| Virgin Islands at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | ISV |
| NOC | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Nagano | |
| Competitors | 7 (6 men, 1 woman) in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Paul Zar (bobsleigh) |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | 6 | – | 6 |
| Luge | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| ISV-1 | Zachary Zoller Jeff Kromenhoek | Two-man | 56.77 | 33 | 56.90 | 34 | 56.71 | 33 | 56.82 | 34 | 3:47.20 | 33 |
| ISV-2 | Keith Sudziarski Todd Schultz | Two-man | 57.06 | 36 | 57.10 | 35 | 56.96 | 36 | 57.19 | 36 | 3:48.31 | 36 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| ISV-1 | Keith Sudziarski Christian Brown Paul Zar Jeff Kromenhoek | Four-man | 55.80 | 30 | 55.52 | 28 | 55.84 | 28 | 2:47.16 | 29 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Anne Abernathy | 53.224 | 25 | 52.652 | 23 | 52.525 | 26 | 52.306 | 24 | 3:30.707 | 24 |
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