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Host City: Nagano, Japan
Venue(s): White Ring, Nagano
Date Started: February 21, 1998
Date Finished: February 21, 1998
Format: Top two finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals.
| Gold: | Takafumi Nishitani |
| Silver: | An Yulong |
| Bronze: | Hitoshi Uematsu |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Gagnon | 22 | Canada | CAN | 43.254 | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Hitoshi Uematsu | 23 | Japan | JPN | 43.657 | 3 | Q |
| 3 | Fabio Carta | 20 | Italy | ITA | 43.763 | 2 | |
| 4 | Lee Jun-Hwan | 20 | South Korea | KOR | 44.417 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Yulong | 19 | China | CHN | 43.384 | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Chae Ji-Hun | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 43.622 | 3 | Q |
| 3 | Andy Gabel | 33 | United States | USA | 44.124 | 2 | ADV |
| AC | François Drolet | 25 | Canada | CAN | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Jiajun | 22 | China | CHN | 42.861 | 5 | Q/OR |
| 2 | Takafumi Nishitani | 19 | Japan | JPN | 42.980 | 3 | Q |
| 3 | Éric Bédard | 21 | Canada | CAN | 43.113 | 2 | |
| 4 | Maurizio Carnino | 22 | Italy | ITA | 43.225 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Versteeg | 21 | Netherlands | NED | 43.377 | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Dong-Seong | 17 | South Korea | KOR | 43.810 | 3 | Q |
| 3 | Feng Kai | 19 | China | CHN | 44.384 | 2 | |
| 4 | Satoru Terao | 22 | Japan | JPN | 1:05.470 | 1 |