Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Medal Name Sport Event
Gold Pierre Lueders David MacEachern Bobsleigh Two-man
Gold Jan Betker Atina Ford Marcia Gudereit Joan McCusker Sandra Schmirler Curling Women 's competition
Gold Eric Bedard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon Short track speed skating Men 's 5000 m relay
Gold Annie Perreault Short track speed skating Women 's 500 m
Gold Ross Rebagliati Snowboarding Men 's giant slalom
Gold Catriona Le May Doan Speed skating Women 's 500 m
Silver Mike Harris Richard Hart George Karrys Collin Mitchell Paul Savage Curling Men 's competition
Silver Elvis Stojko Figure skating Men 's singles
Silver Canada women 's national ice hockey team Stacey Wilson Jennifer Botterill Thérèse Brisson Cassie Campbell Judy Diduck Nancy Drolet Lori Dupuis Danielle Goyette Geraldine Heaney Jayna Hefford Becky Kellar Kathy McCormack Karen Nystrom Lesley Reddon Manon Rhéaume Laura Schuler Fiona Smith France St-Louis Vicky Sunohara Hayley Wickenheiser Ice hockey Women 's competition
Silver Jeremy Wotherspoon Speed skating Men 's 500 m
Silver Susan Auch Speed skating Women 's 500 m
Bronze Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent Short track speed skating Women 's 3000 m relay
Bronze Eric Bedard Short track speed skating Men 's 1000 m
Bronze Kevin Overland Speed skating Men 's 500 m
Bronze Catriona Le May Doan Speed skating Women 's 1000 m
Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 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 a medal. 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. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland. The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event. For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Lillehammer in 1994, and both Canadian teams reached the podium. 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.