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	Logo	1998_wolympics_logopng
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	Host City	Nagano , Japan
	Nations Participating	72
	Athletes Participating	2176 (1389 men, 787 women)
	Events	72 in 7 Sport s
	Opening Ceremony	February 7 , 1998
	Closing Ceremony	February 22 , 1998
	Officially Opened By	HIM Emperor Akihito
	Athlete's Oath	Kenji Ogiwara
	Judge's Oath	Junko Hiramatsu
	Olympic Torch	Midori Ito
	Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the '''XVIII Olympic Winter Games,''' were held in 1998 in Nagano , Japan . Other candidate Cities were Aosta , Italy ; Jaca , Spain ; Östersund , Sweden ; and Salt Lake City, Utah , USA . The selection was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1991.


HIGHLIGHTS

• XC Skier Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first winter Olympian to earn eight career gold medals and twelve total medals.


• Curling returned as an official sport, after having been demoted to a demonstration event after the Inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924


• Snowboarding debuted as an official sport and women's Ice Hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.


• Professional players from the NHL were able to compete in men's Ice Hockey due to a three week suspension of the NHL season.


• Tara Lipinski , 15, narrowly beat Michelle Kwan in women's figure skating to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.


• Alpine Skier Hermann Maier ( Austria ) survived a fall in the downhill and went on to gold in the super-g and giant slalom.


• Speed Skaters Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer won two gold medals each for the Netherlands ; 5 out of 10 titles in speed skating went to the Netherlands.


• Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal, after initially being disqualified for Marijuana usage.


• Azerbaijan , Kenya , the Republic Of Macedonia , Uruguay , and Venezuela made their first appearance at these Olympic Winter Games.

MEDALS AWARDED


See the medal winners, ordered by sport:


VENUES

• Nozawa Onsen , biathlon


• Snow Harp Hakuba , Cross country skiing


• Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium - Ski jumping


• M-Wave - Speed skating


• White Ring - Figure skating and Short track speed skating


• Big Hat - Ice hockey


• Aqua Wing Arena - Ice hockey


• Mt. Yakebitai , Yamanouchi - Snowboarding and Alpine skiing


• Kazakoshi Park Arena, Karuizawa - Curling

MEDAL COUNT

(''Host nation is highlighted.'')


PARTICIPATING NOCS

Articles about Nagano Winter Olympics by nation:


SEE ALSO

• 1998 Winter Paralympics


• Olympic Games


• Winter Olympic Games


• International Olympic Committee


• IOC Country Codes

EXTERNAL LINKS

• IOC Site on 1998 Winter Olympics


• Photos of women's ice hockey (US vs. Japan) at Nagano Winter Olympics at PHOTOGUIDE.JP