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
Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics Germany competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, winning once again the most total medals of any nation. The "Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland" (National Olympic Committee of Germany, reorganized to DOSB in May 2006) nominated a total of 162 (164) athletes to compete, as the 5th largest team, in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill. Sachenbacher-Stehle