Australia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in
Nagano Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Universi ...
,
Japan.
A total number of 24 athletes competed, participating in
alpine skiing,
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...
, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, and snowboarding, which appeared for the first time at the Olympics. Freestyle skiers Kirstie Marshall and Jacqui Cooper were some of Australia's best gold medal hopes, but both missed the aerials finals. Zali Steggall won Australia's first individual Winter Olympics medal, gaining bronze in slalom.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Women:
Biathlon
;Women
Bobsleigh
The two-man result was Australia's best in that event.
Cross-country skiing
;Men
Figure skating
Joanne Carter's result was Australia's best in women's figure skating.
Freestyle skiing
;Men
;Women
Short track speed skating
;Men
;Women
Snowboarding
[
;Giant slalom
]
References
External links
Australia NOCOlympic Winter Institute of Australia
*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide
PDF file
*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in Wikibooks:Errata/0702234257)
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Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Australia at the Winter Olympics by year, 1998
Winter sports in Australia
1998 in Australian sport