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The events took place at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano, 30 kilometers northeast of Nagano City, from 8 to 12 February. In all, 125 athletes from 22 countries participated in the men's and women's halfpipe and giant slalom. Athletes from Germany won two medals, including one gold.
- 68 in 7 sports (14 disciplines)
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- Coexistence with Nature, (Japanese: 自然との共存, Shizen to no Kyōzon)
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998. Twenty-four nations earned medals at these Games, and fifteen won at least one gold medal; forty-eight countries left the Olympics without winning a medal.
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- New Events
- Ice Hockey
- Memorable Champions
- Spectacular Spirit
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.
Mar 28, 2024 · 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.
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Snowboarder Ross Rebagliati. Canada's Ross Rebagliati, the first competitor to win an Olympic gold medal in the snowboarding giant slalom, at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. (more) Twenty-six years after the Sapporo Games, the Winter Olympics returned to Japan.
Official medal table of the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 1998's finest athletes.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
