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1998 Nagano Winter


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THE XVIIIth OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES




For the fourth time in its history, Japan has been awarded the right to host Olympic events. After 1940 (Tokyo and Sapporo), 1964 (Tokyo) and 1972 (Sapporo), it was Nagano's turn in 1998 to face this extraordinary challenge.


Dates: February 7 - 22, 1998
Participating NOCs: 72
Number of sports: 7
Number of events: 68
Number of athletes: 2176
Men: 1389
Women: 787
Volunteers: 32000
Media: 8329
Opening: The Emperor Akihito
Oath: Kenji Ogiwara
Judges’ oath: Junko Hiramatsu
Last torchbearer: Midori Ito
Candidate cities: Aoste (ITA), Jaca (ESP), Oestersund (SWE), Salt Lake City (USA)
Pays or argent bronze
drapeau Australia (AUS) 0 0 1
drapeau Austria (AUT) 3 5 9
drapeau Belarus (BLR) 0 0 2
drapeau Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1
drapeau Bulgaria (BUL) 1 0 0
drapeau Czech Republique (CZE) 1 1 1
drapeau Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0
drapeau Finland (FIN) 2 4 6
drapeau France (FRA) 2 1 5
drapeau Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1
drapeau Italy (ITA) 2 6 2
drapeau Japan (JPN) 5 1 4
drapeau Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 0 2
drapeau Netherlands (NED) 5 4 2
drapeau People's Republic Of China (CHN) 0 6 2
drapeau Republic Of Korea (KOR) 3 1 2
drapeau Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1
drapeau Switzerland (SUI) 2 2 3
drapeau Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 0