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2.9K. 285K views 3 years ago #Beijing2022 #Tokyo2020. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Relive the full Opening Ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano! ...more...
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Mar 6, 2013 · Japan's Ski Jump Take The Home Advantage - Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada and Kazuyoshi...
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The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (Japanese: 長野1998), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano ...
Feb 9, 2010 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Check out these great highlights from the women's alpine skiing downhill event at the Nagano 1998 Winter ...
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Snowboarding debuted as an official discipline. Curling returned to the Olympic Winter programme, this time with a tournament for both men and women.
For the first time, the men’s ice hockey tournament was opened to all professionals, and women’s ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic programme. The inspired team from the Czech Republic scored a surprise victory.
Björn Dählie of Norway won three gold medals in Nordic skiing to become the first athlete to earn eight career Winter Olympic gold medals and 12 medals in all. Tara Lipinski of the U.S. won the women’s figure skating title to become, at 15, the youngest champion in an individual event at the Olympic Winter Games.
The spirit of the Games was exemplified by Alpine skier Hermann Maier of Austria. He took a spectacular fall in the downhill, flying off the slope at 120km/h and remaining air-bound for more than 3.5 seconds. He courageously recovered to earn gold medals in both the super-G and the giant slalom.
Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati. Date: February 7, 1998 - February 22, 1998. Location: Japan. Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Nagano, Japan, that took place Feb. 7–22, 1998. The Nagano Games were the 18th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. Twenty-six years after the Sapporo Games, the Winter Olympics returned to Japan.
Today, the Olympic Torch, medals, video images and other items are on display here. A guide to the 1998 Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan. Official website of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC)
