The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between 8 and 12 February 1998 and featured four events: Men's and Women's giant slalom and halfpipe.
This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding. Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994, the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC.
Medal summary Medal table
Men's events Giant slalom 2:03.96 2:03.98 2:04.08 Halfpipe 85.2 82.4 82.1
Women's events Giant slalom 2:17.34 2:19.17 2:19.42 Halfpipe 74.6 74.2 72.8
Participating nations Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.
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