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
Australia at the 1998 Winter Paralympics never got the chance to win a medal in the Winter Paralympics as a skier. He competed in the 1992 Winter Paralympics and at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, which was his last Paralympics as a skier David Munk achieved to get two bronze medals during his career, and had a great chance to achieve another medal at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, where he unfortunately could not compete. James Patterson performed strongly in the blue-ribbon event, the Men's Downhill and eclipsed the opposition, beating New Zealander Mathew Butson to the gold medal by over a second. After two bad