The Men's
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
competition of the
Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at
Shiga Kogen
is a ski resort and hiking spot, located in the Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park in the highlands of Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. In 1980, an area of was designated a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve.
Ski resort
At 4.25 square kilometres ( ...
.
The defending
world champion
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
was
Tom Stiansen
Tom Stiansen (born 3 September 1970 in Borgen) is a Norwegian former alpine skier. The highlight of his career came in 1997 when he won the World Championship slalom in Sestriere, Italy.
In the Alpine skiing World Cup he obtained five podi ...
of Norway, while Austria's
Thomas Sykora
Thomas Sykora (born 18 May 1968) is a former alpine skier from Austria.
Biography
Thomas comes from a sporting family: his father Ernst Sykora was a ski instructor, and his aunts Liese Prokop and Maria Sykora were both successful athletes. ...
was the defending
World Cup slalom champion.
Results
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom
Men's slalom
Winter Olympics