Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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Two-man

Medal Athletes Time
Gold 3:37.24
Gold 3:37.24
Bronze 3:37.89
4 3:38.15
5 3:38.24
6 3:38.27
7 3:38.53
8 3:38.59


Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like were friends who had accomplished something together."

Four-man

Medal Team Time
Gold
Germany
Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomenWomen's 4 x 7.5 km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target....

 II (Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005...

, Markus Zimmermann
Markus Zimmermann
Markus Zimmermann is a German former bobsledder who competed from 1984 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds , one silver , and one bronze...

, Marco Jakobs
Marco Jakobs
Marco Jakobs is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s...

, Olaf Hampel
Olaf Hampel
Olaf Hampel is a German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s...

)
2:39.41
Silver
Switzerland
Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:Men1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target.- Bobsleigh:- Cross-country skiing:...

 I (Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli
Markus Nüssli
Markus Nüssli is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser and Beat Seitz....

, Markus Wasser
Markus Wasser
Markus Wasser is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli and Beat Seitz....

, Beat Seitz
Beat Seitz
Beat Seitz is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli and Markus Wasser.-References:**...

)
2:40.01
Bronze
Great Britain
Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.-Medallists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomen- Biathlon:Men...

 I (Sean Olsson
Sean Olsson
Sean Olsson is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.-References:* *...

, Dean Ward
Dean Ward (bobsleigh)
Dean Ward is a British bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998...

, Courtney Rumbolt
Courtney Rumbolt
Courtney Rumbolt is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.-References:* *...

, Paul Attwood
Paul Attwood
Paul Attwood is a British bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998.Attwood is a Royal Marines officer....

)
2:40.06
Bronze
France
France at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomenWomen's 4 x 7.5 km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target....

 I (Bruno Mingeon
Bruno Mingeon
Bruno Mingeon is a French bobsledder who competed from 1988 to 2006. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998...

, Emanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony
Éric Le Chanony
Éric Le Chanony is a French former bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998....

, Max Robert
Max Robert
Max Robert is a French bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998....

)
2:40.06
5
United States
United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.- Medalists :- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomen...

 I (Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer is an American bobsledder who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002....

, Chip Minton
Chip Minton
Nathan "Chip" Minton III is an American bobsledder and professional wrestler who competed in the late 1990s in bobsleigh while competing full time in the now discontinued World Championship Wrestling .-Early life:...

, Randy Jones, Garreth Hines)
2:40.08
6
Latvia
Latvia at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiing:MenWomen- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomen1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target.- Bobsleigh:- Cross-country skiing:Men...

 I (Sandis Prusis
Sandis Prusis
Sandis Prūsis is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from 1983 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the two-man event at Nagano in 1998....

, Egils Bojars, Janis Ozols, Janis Elsins)
2:40.26
7
Switzerland
Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenMen's combinedWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:Men1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target.- Bobsleigh:- Cross-country skiing:...

 II (Christian Reich
Christian Reich
Christian Reich is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Steve Anderhub at Salt Lake City in 2002.Reich also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver...

, Steve Anderhub
Steve Anderhub
Steve Anderhub is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Christian Reich at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....

, Thomas Handschin, Cédric Grand
Cedric Grand
Cédric Grand is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006....

)
2:40.28
8
Germany
Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Alpine skiing:MenWomenWomen's combined- Biathlon:MenMen's 4 x 7.5 km relayWomenWomen's 4 x 7.5 km relay1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2One minute added per missed target....

 I (Harald Czudaj
Harald Czudaj
Harald Czudaj is an East German-German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994....

, Torsten Voss
Torsten Voss
Torsten Voss is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s....

, Steffen Görmer
Steffen Görmer
Steffen Görmer is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He represented the sports club SV Halle.He finished fifth at the 1989 IAAF World Cup and eighth at the 1990 European Championships...

, Alexander Szelig
Alexander Szelig
Alexander Szelig is an East German-German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-event event with teammates Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch and Olaf Hampel at Lillehammer in 1994.Szelig also won three medals in the four-man...

)
2:40.32


The second run on the first day of events was cancelled to weather while both runs on the second day were contested.

Medal table

1 1 0 1 2
2 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
4 0 1 0 1
5 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
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