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
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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.
MedalsEdit
| Rank | Country | 
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| 1 | Germany | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Norway | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | Russia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Canada | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 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 | 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 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Image GalleryEdit
See AlsoEdit
- Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
- Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
- Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.
LinksEdit
| Preceded by Atlanta 1996 | Olympics 1998 | Succeeded by Sydney 2000 |
| Preceded by Lillehammer 1994 | Winter Olympics 1998 | Succeeded by Salt Lake City 2002 |
