1998 Winter Olympics

See also: 1998 Winter Paralympics

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The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Other candidate cities were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad
Nations participating	72
Athletes participating	2,302 (814 women, 1,488 men)
Events	68 in 7 sports
Opening ceremonies	February 7, 1998
Closing ceremonies	February 22, 1998
Officially opened by	HIM Emperor Akihito
Athlete's Oath	Kenji Ogiwara
Judge's Oath:	Junko Hiramatsu
Olympic Flame	Midori Ito

Table of contents

1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 3 Medal count 4 References 4.1 Internal links 4.2 External links 4.3 Bibliography

Highlights

• Bjørn Dæhlie, won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter athlete to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.
• Snowboarding and curling debuted as official sports and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
• NHL player were able to compete in men's ice hockey due to a three week suspension of the competition.
• Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
• Hermann Maier survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.
• Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer win two gold medals each for the Netherlands; 5 out of 10 titles in speed skating go to the Netherlands.
• Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati wins the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for marijuana usage.
• Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay and Venezuela made their first appearance at these Olympic Winter Games.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Curling
• Ice Hockey
• Luge
• Skating
• Skiing

Medal count

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	12	9	8	29
2	Norway	10	10	5	25
3	Russian Federation	9	6	3	18
4	Canada	6	5	4	15
5	United States of America	6	3	4	13
6	Netherlands	5	4	2	11
7	Japan	5	1	4	10
8	Austria	3	5	9	17
9	Korea	3	1	2	6
10	Italy	2	6	2	10
11	Finland	2	4	6	12
12	Switzerland	2	2	3	7
13	France	2	1	5	8
14	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
15	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
16	China	0	6	2	8
17	Sweden	0	2	1	3
18	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
19	Denmark	0	1	0	1
20	Belarus	0	0	2	2
21	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
22	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
23	Belgium	0	0	1	0
24	Australia	0	0	1	1

References

Internal links

• Olympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• International Olympic Committee
• WikiProject Sports Olympics
• IOC country codes

External links

• IOC Site on 1998 Winter Olympics

Bibliography

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