Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events. The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen. There were a number of race postponements due to weather; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February. Nine nations won medals in alpine skiing, with Austria winning the most with eleven (3 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze). Katja Seizinger led the individual medal table, with two gold medals and a bronze, while Hermann Maier was the most successful male skier, with two
Luxembourg at the 1994 Winter Olympics competitive delegation consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Marc Girardelli. Diderich served as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Marc Girardelli was returning to Olympic competition after representing Luxembourg at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada and in 1992 in Albertville, France. In Albertville, he had won two silver medals by finishing second in the Super-G and the giant slalom. He was 30 years old at the time of the Lillehammer Olympics. On 13 February he took part in the downhill, finishing the race in a time of 1 minute and 46.01 seconds, which put him in