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- Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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The 1998 Winter Olympics were held from Saturday, 7 February to Sunday, 22 February. This was 16 days and included three weekends. The number of events increased from 61 at the 1994 Winter Olympics to 68 in 1998.
Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics; IOC code: CAN: NOC: Canadian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympic.ca (in English and French) in Nagano, Japan 7 February 1998 () – 22 February 1998 () Competitors: 144 (81 men, 63 women) in 12 sports: Flag bearers : Jean-Luc Brassard (opening) Catriona Le May Doan (closing) Medals Ranked 4th: Gold 6 Silver 5
Oct 23, 2011 · Although winter events were included in the 1908 and 1920 Olympic Games, the first separate Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Canada has hosted two Olympic Winter Games: in Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010.
Aug 11, 2011 · Nagano won the right to host the 1998 Olympic Winter Games by just four votes over Salt Lake City, bringing the winter spectacle to Japan for the second time. Weather proved to be an issue, as snow, rain, and fog caused numerous postponements for the skiing events, although all were eventually completed.
Overview. It had been 26 years since the Olympic Winter Games had been held in the Orient, those also in Japan at Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido. Nagano had been an “upset” choice over the more favored selections of Salt Lake City and Östersund. But the Japanese typically put on a wonderful show. And it was much quieter in ...
Feb 3, 2017 · By Mike Brophy for CBC Sports. February 3, 2017. How the heck do you bench Wayne Gretzky for the shootout? All these years later, it’s still the first thing you hear when fans dissect Canada’s...
The 2010 games were the first Olympics to take place in an NHL market since the league's players started to compete in the games, as Vancouver is home to the Vancouver Canucks . Women's ice hockey was introduced at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, with Canada winning the silver medal.
