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XVIII GAMES - NAGANO 1998
Date: 7 - 22 February.
Nations: 72.
Athletes: 2,302 (814 women, 1,488 men).
Sports: 7.
Events: 68.
Official opening of the Games by: His Majesty Emperor Akihito.
Olympic flame: Midori Ito (figure skating).
Olympic oath:
Kenji Ogiwara (Nordic combined).
Official oath:
Junko Hiramatsu (figure skating).
Number of medal-winning nations: 24.
National medal total:
1. Germany 29 (12, 9, 8).
   
                   
      Japan organised the Winter Games after 26 years (the first time in Sapporo in 1972) and those were the second Games staged outside Europe and North America.
For the first time the programme included snowboard, curling was reinstituted, and hockey was opened for women. For the first time the hockey players from the American National League (NHL) were eligible for the ice hockey tournament, but the gold, nonetheless, went to the Czechs.
Norway’s Björn Dählie won another three gold medals in speed skating raising his Olympic medal total to 12 (8, 4, 0) and became the most successful “white Olympics” entrant of all time.
Japan’s Kazuyoshi Funaki earned two golds and a silver in ski jumping.
For the first time the Winter Games saw the participation of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, thanks to the IOC “wild cards”, but without notable achievements.

Candidate cities: Aoste, Jaca, Oestersund and Salt Lake City. 		   
     

SPORTS (7)

   The most successful athlete: Norway’s Björn Dählie (cross country) with three gold medals  
     
  • Bobsleigh
  • Biathlon
  • Curling
  • Luge
  • Skiing
  • Skating
  • Ice Hockey
      
             
     

National medal total

  Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1. GERMANY 12 9 8 29 62
2. NORWAY 10 10 5 25 55
3. RUSSIA 9 6 3 18 42
4. CANADA 6 5 4 15 32
5. USA 6 3 4 13 28
6. AUSTRIA 3 5 9 17 28
7. NETHERLANDS 5 4 2 11 25
8. JAPAN 5 1 4 10 21
9. ITALY 2 6 2 10 20
10. FINLAND 2 4 6 12 20
11. CHINA 0 6 2 8 14
12. SOUTH KOREA 3 1 2 6 13
13. SWITZERLAND 2 2 3 7 13
14. FRANCE 2 1 5 8 13
15. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 1 1 3 6
16. SWEDEN 0 2 1 3 5
16. AUSTRALIA 0 2 1 3 5
18. BULGARIA 1 0 0 1 3
19. UKRAINE 0 1 0 1 2
19. DENMARK 0 1 0 1 2
21. BELARUS 0 0 2 2 2
21. KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 2 2 2
23. GREAT BRITAIN 0 0 1 1 1
23. BELGIUM 0 0 1 1 1
  TOTAL 69 68 68 205 411
     
      Twenty-four nations won medals. An average number of medals won per nation was 8.5. The most successful nation won 14.1 per cent of the total number of medals.      
             
                 
                   
             
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