Nagano 1998

XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Nagano, Japan
Opening ceremony	7 February
Closing ceremony	22 February
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

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.

Women's ice hockey appeared for the first time ever, with the United States winning the gold medal.

Players from the National Hockey League were able to compete because because of a three week suspension of 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

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

Image Gallery

The Nagano cauldron

The Nagano Olympic torch

The four snowy owl mascots Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki.

A Nagano Gold Medal

The 1998 medals

See Also

• Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
• Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
• Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.

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Preceded by Atlanta 1996	Olympics 1998	Succeeded by Sydney 2000
Preceded by Lillehammer 1994	Winter Olympics 1998	Succeeded by Salt Lake City 2002