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1998 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

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XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Nations participating 72
Athletes participating 2176 (1389 men, 787 women)
Events 72 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony February 7, 1998
Closing ceremony February 22, 1998
Officially opened by HIM Emperor Akihito
Athlete's Oath Kenji Ogiwara
Official's Oath Junko Hiramatsu
Olympic Torch Midori Ito

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.

Contents

Highlights

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1998 Winter Olympics medal count)

1998 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany 12 9 8 29
2 Norway 10 10 5 25
3 Russian Federation 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 Korea 3 1 2 6
10 Italy 2 6 2 10

See also

External links


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