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
Portugal at the 1952 Winter Olympics Duarte Silva was 27 years old at the time of the Oslo Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. On 16 February, he participated in the men's downhill race, which was held over a single run of the course. Silva finished the race in 3 minutes and 58.4 seconds, which put him in 69th place out of 74 competitors who completed the event. The gold medal was won by Zeno Colò of Italy in 2 minutes and 30.8 seconds, 87 seconds faster than Silva's time. The silver and bronze medals were both won by Austrians, Othmar Schneider and Christian