Information about 1998 Winter Olympics
| XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
){kind=logo} XVIII Olympic Winter Games The emblem represents a flower, with each petal representing an athlete practising a different winter sport. It can also be seen as a snowflake, thus the name, “Snowflower,” was given to it. | |
| Host city | Nagano, Japan |
| Nations participating | 72 |
| Athletes participating | 2176 (1389 men, 787 women) |
| Events | 72 in 7 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 7 |
| Closing ceremony | February 22 |
| Officially opened by | HIM Emperor Akihito |
| Athlete's Oath | Kenji Ogiwara |
| Judge's Oath | Junko Hiramatsu |
| Olympic Torch | Midori Ito |
| Stadium | Nagano Olympic Stadium |
Highlights
- Ice hockey for women was contested at the Olympic Games for the first time ever, and the U.S. beat the Canadians 3-1 for the gold medal. U.S. went undefeated in the women's tournament, while the men had just a single win over Belarus and lost every other game. Czech Republic faced Russia for the men's gold medal, while Finland won both the men's and women's bronze medals for ice hockey.
- XC skier Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter Olympian to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
- Curling returned as an official sport, after having been demoted to a demonstration event after the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924
- Snowboarding debuted as an official sport and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
- Players from the NHL were able to compete in men's ice hockey due to a three week suspension of the NHL season.
- Tara Lipinski, 15, narrowly beat Michelle Kwan in women's figure skating to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
- Alpine skier Hermann Maier (Austria) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
- Speed skaters Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer won two gold medals each for the Netherlands; 5 out of 10 titles in speed skating went to the Netherlands.
- Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
- Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela made their first appearance at these Olympic Winter Games.
- Denmark won their first winter olympic medal in these games, when they won a silver medal in the womens curling event
Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:Venues
Hakuba- Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium: Ski Jumping
- Happo'one Resort: Alpine Skiing (Downhill and Super G)
- Snow Harp, Kamishiro: Cross-Country Skiing
- Iizuna Kogen Resort: Freestyle Skiing
- The Spiral, Asakawa: Bobsled and Luge
- Kazakoshi Park Arena: Curling
- Nagano Olympic Stadium: Opening and Closing Ceremonies
- Aqua Wing Arena: Ice Hockey
- Big Hat: Ice Hockey
- M-Wave: Speed Skating
- White Ring: Figure Skating and Short Track Speed Skating
- Nozawa Onsen Resort: Biathlon
- Mt. Yakebitai, Shiga Kogen Resort: Snowboarding and Alpine Skiing (Slalom and Giant Slalom)
- Kanbayashi Sports Park: Snowboarding Half-Pipe
Medal count
(Host nation is highlighted.)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | ){kind=small} Germany | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | ){kind=small} Norway | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Russia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | ){kind=small} Canada | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | ){kind=small} United States | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Austria | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | ){kind=small} Italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
- Further information: 1998 Winter Olympics medal count
Participating NOCs
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Media coverage
The games were covered by the following broadcasters:- NHK, NTV, TBS, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, TV Tokyo (Japan)
- CBS, TNT, NBC (United States)
- BBC (Great Britain)
- CBC (Canada)
- SVT (Sweden)
- ARD and ZDF (Germany)
- NRK (Norway)
- Seven Network (Australia)
- YLE (Finland)
See also
- 1998 Winter Paralympics
- Olympic Games
- Winter Olympic Games
- International Olympic Committee
- IOC country codes
External links
| Sports • • NOCs Medalists • Symbols | ||
| Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944),, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028 | ||
| Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 | ||
| Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — ''Sochi 2014 | ||
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