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Revision as of 19:22, 26 July 2012
The 1998 XVIII winter olympics was held in Nagano, Japan. Emperor Akihito declared the games open during the opening ceremony. 72
nations competed in 7 sports split into 72 events.
Historic Events
Curling returned as an olympic sport for the first time since Chamonix 1924. To which Switzerland got the men's gold and Canada got the woman's gold. Snowboarding debuted as an olympic sport.
Woman's ice hockey appeared for the first time ever to which the United States won the gold medal
Players from the NHL were able to compete because because of a three week suspension from the NHL season
Denmark won it's first ever olympic medal, a silver in curling.
Australia won their first individual Winter Olympic medal when Zali Steggall won bronze in the women's slalom.
Azerbaijan, Kenya, the Republic of Macedonia, Uruguay and Venezuela made their first appearance at the Olympic Winter Games.
Medals
- Germany 12 Gold, 9 Silver and 8 Bronze. 29 Total
- Norway 10 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze. 25 Total
- Russian Federation 9 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze. 18 Total
- Austria 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 9 Bronze. 17 Total
- Canada 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze. 15 Total
- United States 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze. 13 Total
- Finland 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze. 12 Total
- Netherlands 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze. 11 Total
- Japan 5 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze. 10 Total
- Italy 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze. 10 Total
- France 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze. 8 Total
- China 6 Silver and 2 Bronze. 8 Total
- Switzerland 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. 7 Total
- South Korea 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze. 6 Total
- Czech Republic 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. 3 Total
- Sweden 2 Silver and 1 Bronze. 3 Total
- Kazahkstan 2 Bronze. 2 Total
- Belarus 2 Bronze. 2 Total
- Bulgaria 1 Gold. 1 Total
- Ukraine 1 Silver. 1 Total
- Denmark 1 Silver 1 Total
- Great Britain 1 Bronze. 1 Total
- Belgium 1 Bronze. 1 Total
- Australia 1 Bronze. 1 Total
Image Gallery
See Also
- Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
- Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
- Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.
Links
| Preceded by Atlanta 1996 |
Olympics 1998 |
Succeeded by Sydney 2000 |