Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Bobsleigh
| games = 1998 Winter
| image = Bobsleigh, Nagano 1998.png
| image_size = 150px
| venue = Spiral
| dates = 14–21 February 1998
| competitors = 156
| nations = 28
| prev = 1994
| next = 2002
}}
{{Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of two events at Spiral. The competition took place between February 16 and February 23, 1998.{{cite web
|title=Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3
|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202657/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol3_e.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=February 26, 2008
|publisher=LA84 Foundation
|work=Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee
|year=1998
|access-date=June 18, 2016
Medal summary
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 1998 Winter
| team =
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 0
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
}}
Germany led the medal table, with two medals, one gold and one bronze. There had never before been a tie for a medal in Olympic bobsleigh history, but the Nagano Games featured two, one in each event, meaning that three gold medals, and seven medals total, were awarded.
France's bronze medal, as a part of the tie in the four-man event, was the country's first in Bobsleigh at the Olympics.
=Events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| valign="top"
| Two-man |{{flagIOCteam|ITA|1998 Winter|ITA-1}} | 3:37.24
| | |{{flagIOCteam|GER|1998 Winter|GER-1}} | 3:37.89 | |
| valign="top"
| Four-man |{{flagIOCteam|GER|1998 Winter|GER-2}} | 2:39.41
|{{flagIOCteam|SUI|1998 Winter|SUI-1}} | 2:40.01
|{{flagIOCteam|GBR|1998 Winter}} | 2:40.06 |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-eight nations participated in Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
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- {{flagIOC|AUS|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1998 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|BIH|1998 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|CZE|1998 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|TPE|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1998 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1998 Winter|7}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1998 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|GRE|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|IRL|1998 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|ISV|1998 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1998 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|JAM|1998 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1998 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|LAT|1998 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|MON|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|NZL|1998 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|POL|1998 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|PUR|1998 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|ROU|1998 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|RUS|1998 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|SUI|1998 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|TRI|1998 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|UKR|1998 Winter|2}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1998 Winter|8}}
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References
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External links
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited.
{{Events at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
{{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics}}