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1998 Winter Olympics
See also: 1998 Winter Paralympics[?]
The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Other candidate cities were Aoste[?], Italy; Jaca[?], Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, USA.
Summer Olympics
The Games of the XVIII Winter Olympiad were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Other candidate cities were Aoste[?], Italy; Jaca[?], Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, 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 | His Majesty the Emperor Akihito |
| Athlete's Oath | Kenji Ogiwara[?] |
| Judge's Oath: | Junko Hiramatsu[?] |
| Olympic Flame | Midori Ito[?] |
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- 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.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
| 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 | People's Republic of 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 |
Internal Links
- Olympic Games
- Winter Olympic Games
- International Olympic Committee
- WikiProject Sports Olympics
- IOC country codes
External Links
- IOC Site on 1998 Winter Olympics (http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998)
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