Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan under the IOC country code CAN. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win gold. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. However, the team lost their semi-final game to the Czech Republic when their goaltender Dominik Hasek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout.
Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.
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| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
Gold
- Pierre Lueders and David MacEachern — Bobsleigh, Men's Two-Man
- Jan Betker, Atina Ford, Marcia Gudereit, Joan McCusker, and Sandra Schmirler — Curling, Women's Competition
- Annie Perreault — Short Track Speed Skating, Women's 500 m
- Eric Bedard, Derrick Campbell, Francois Drolet and Marc Gagnon — Short Track Speed Skating, Men's 5000 m Relay
- Ross Rebagliati — Snowboarding, Men's Giant Slalom
- Catriona LeMay Doan — Speed Skating, Women's 500 m
Silver
- Mike Harris, Richard Hart, George Karrys, Collin Mitchell, and Paul Savage — Curling, Men's Competition
- Elvis Stojko — Figure Skating, Men's Competition
- Canada (Jennifer Botterill, Therese Brisson, Cassie Campbell, Judy Diduck, Nancy Drolet, Lori Dupuis, Danielle Goyette, Geraldine Heaney, Jayna Hefford, Becky Kellar, Katheryn McCormack, Karen Nystrom, Lesley Reddon, Manon Rheaume, Laura Schuler, Fiona Smith, France St-Louis, Vicky Sunohara, Hayley Wickenheiser (captain), and Stacy Wilson)— Ice Hockey, Women's Competition
- Jeremy Wotherspoon — Speed Skating, Men's 500m
- Susan Auch — Speed Skating, Women's 500 m
Bronze
- Eric Bedard — Short Track Speed Skating, Men's 1000 m
- Christine Boudrais, Isabelle Charest, Annie Perreault, and Tania Vicent — Short Track Speed Skating, Women's 3000 m Relay
- Catriona LeMay Doan — Speed Skating, Women's 1000 m
- Kevin Overland — Speed Skating, Men's 500 m
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