Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Nagano 1998 Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai on 8 February.
It was the first time snowboarding was added as a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. The giant slalom was replaced by the parallel giant slalom event in 2002 in Salt Lake City.Medalists
Results
The competitors were allowed two runs on a giant slalom course. The two times were then added to determine the winners.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Difference |
| 3 | Ross Rebagliati | | 0:59.87 | 8 | 1:04.09 | 2 | 2:03.96 | - |
| 2 | Thomas Prugger | | 0:59.38 | 2 | 1:04.60 | 5 | 2:03.98 | +0.02 |
| 6 | Ueli Kestenholz | | 1:00.20 | 10 | 1:03.88 | 1 | 2:04.08 | +0.12 |
| 4 | 12 | Dieter Krassnig | | 1:00.11 | 9 | 1:04.22 | 3 | 2:04.33 | +0.37 |
| 5 | 11 | Mathieu Bozzetto | | 0:59.83 | 7 | 1:04.74 | 6 | 2:04.57 | +0.61 |
| 6 | 5 | Chris Klug | | 0:59.38 | 2 | 1:05.87 | 10 | 2:05.25 | +1.29 |
| 7 | 7 | Martin Freinademetz | | 0:59.58 | 4 | 1:05.76 | 9 | 2:05.34 | +1.38 |
| 8 | 19 | Maxence Idesheim | | 1:00.75 | 12 | 1:04.77 | 7 | 2:05.52 | +1.56 |
| 9 | 13 | Dieter Happ | | 1:02.65 | 16 | 1:04.40 | 4 | 2:07.05 | +3.09 |
| 10 | 10 | Thedo Remmelink | | 1:02.01 | 15 | 1:05.24 | 8 | 2:07.25 | +3.29 |
| 11 | 21 | Willi Trakofler | | 1:01.42 | 13 | 1:05.88 | 11 | 2:07.30 | +3.34 |
| 12 | 1 | Christophe Ségura | | 0:59.59 | 5 | 1:09.27 | 18 | 2:08.86 | +4.90 |
| 13 | 24 | Elmar Messner | | 1:01.42 | 13 | 1:07.99 | 15 | 2:09.41 | +5.45 |
| 14 | 27 | Dieter Moherndl | | 1:03.03 | 19 | 1:07.00 | 12 | 2:10.03 | +6.07 |
| 15 | 23 | Mike Kildevæld | | 1:02.75 | 17 | 1:07.67 | 13 | 2:10.42 | +6.46 |
| 16 | 9 | Jasey-Jay Anderson | | 0:59.31 | 1 | 1:12.02 | 19 | 2:11.33 | +7.37 |
| 17 | 15 | Mike Jacoby | | 1:03.53 | 22 | 1:08.27 | 16 | 2:11.80 | +7.84 |
| 18 | 20 | Stephen Copp | | 1:04.14 | 25 | 1:07.75 | 14 | 2:11.89 | +7.93 |
| 19 | 28 | Łukasz Starowicz | | 1:03.50 | 21 | 1:08.81 | 17 | 2:12.31 | +8.35 |
| 20 | 29 | Karl Frenademez | | 1:03.33 | 20 | 1:12.62 | 20 | 2:15.95 | +11.99 |
| 21 | 33 | Mariano López | | 1:12.20 | 28 | 1:19.11 | 21 | 2:31.31 | +27.35 |
| 4 | Nicolas Conte | | 0:59.69 | 6 | DNF | - | - | - |
| 25 | Richard Richardsson | | 1:02.93 | 18 | DNF | - | - | - |
| 32 | Markos Khatzikyriakakis | | 1:06.40 | 26 | DNF | - | - | - |
| 16 | Sigi Grabner | | 1:00.61 | 11 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| 22 | Bernd Kroschewski | | 1:03.53 | 23 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| 18 | Darren Chalmers | | 1:04.09 | 24 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| 30 | Zeke Steggall | | 1:08.10 | 27 | DSQ | - | - | - |
| 14 | Mark Fawcett | | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
| 34 | Stergios Pappos | | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Fadri Mosca | | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Gilles Jaquet | | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | André Grütter | | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Adam Hostetter | | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - |
DNF - Did not finish; DSQ - Disqualified
