Canada_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics

Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

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Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win a medal. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland.

The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event.

For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992.

Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.

Medalists

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Alpine skiing

Men
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Men's combined

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Women
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Women's combined

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Biathlon

Men
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Women
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Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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Cross-country skiing

[1]

Men
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1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
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Women
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2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
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Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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Medal round

Semi-final

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Gold medal match

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Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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Medal round

Semi-final

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Gold medal match

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Figure skating

Men
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Pairs
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Ice dancing
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Freestyle skiing

Men
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Women
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Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Group C

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All times are local (UTC-7).

13 February 1998Canada 5 – 0
(0-2, 0-2, 0-1)
 BelarusThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,960
14 February 1998Canada 3 – 2
(0-1, 3-0, 0-1)
 SwedenThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,945
16 February 1998Canada 4 – 1
(0-1, 0-2, 1-1)
 United StatesThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,863

Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

18 February 1998Canada 4 – 1
(2-1, 2-0, 0-0)
 KazakhstanThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,602

Semi-final

All times are local (UTC-7).

20 February 1998Canada 1 – 2 (SO)
(0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
 Czech RepublicThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,279

Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 1998Finland 3 – 2
(2-1, 0-1, 1-0)
 Canada 4thThe Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan
Attendance: 9,875

Women's tournament

Group stage

The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

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Gold medal game

17 February
United States  3 1  Canada 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Big Hat (8,626)
First periodRef: Canada Marina Zenk
no scoring
Second period
G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38
Third period
S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57
D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59
S. Whyte (en) 19:52
Game stats
Silver:
 Canada

Jennifer Botterill
Thérèse Brisson
Cassie Campbell
Judy Diduck
Nancy Drolet
Lori Dupuis
Danielle Goyette
Geraldine Heaney
Jayna Hefford
Becky Kellar
Kathy McCormack
Karen Nystrom
Lesley Reddon
Manon Rhéaume
France St-Louis
Laura Schuler
Fiona Smith
Vicky Sunohara
Hayley Wickenheiser
Stacy Wilson-C

Luge

Men
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Short track speed skating

Men
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Women
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Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
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Men's halfpipe
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Women's halfpipe
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Speed skating

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Women
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Official outfitter

  • Roots Canada became the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. The same clothing was also sold at Roots stores in Canada.

References

  1. Nagano (Hakuba), Japan, 1998 Archived 2010-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Cross Country Canada

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