Double Olympic Champions from Albertville and Lillehammer

16 persons could have become triple Olympic Champions if they had won gold at Nagano :

4 Succeeded in that feat :

• Luge - Men's Singles - Georg Hackl
• Nordic Skiing - 4x5 km - (Un.Team-Russia) : Elena Välbe, Larissa Lasutina and (1988 and 1992) Nina Gavriljuk as well
• Biathlon - Men's Team - (Germany) Ricco Groß

3 Failed in their attempt :

• Nordic Skiing - Combined Pursuit - Björn Dählie (silver by just 1.1 seconds !)
• Nordic Combination - Team - (Japan) Kenji Ogiwara (came fifth)
• Ice Hockey (1988 & 1992) - Igor Kravchuk (Russia) (lost in the final)

9 did not participate at Nagano :

• Nordic Skiing - 10 km - Lyubov Yegorova
• Nordic Skiing - 4x5 km - (Un.Team-Russia) Lyubov Yegorova
• Speed Skating - 1500 m - Johan-Olaf Koss
• Bobsleigh - 2-man - Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin
• Short-track - 500 m - Cathy Turner
• Short-track - 1000 m - Kim Ki-Hoon
• Biathlon - Men's Team - (Germany) Mark Kirchner
• Nordic Combination - Team - (Japan) Takanori Kono

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Written 1997-01-15 - last modified 2002-02-24