Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | CAN |
NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Nagano, Japan 7 February 1998 – 22 February 1998 | |
Competitors | 144 (81 men, 63 women) in 12 sports |
Flag bearers | Jean-Luc Brassard (opening) Catriona Le May Doan (closing) |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win a medal. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland.
The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event.
For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992.
Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Alpine skiing | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Biathlon | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
Cross-country skiing | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Figure skating | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Freestyle skiing | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Ice hockey | 21 | 20 | 41 |
Luge | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Short track speed skating | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Snowboarding | 8 | 4 | 12 |
Speed skating | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Total | 81 | 63 | 144 |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Brian Stemmle | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
Luke Sauder | DNF | – | |||
Kevin Wert | 1:52.67 | 19 | |||
Ed Podivinsky | 1:50.71 | 5 | |||
Ed Podivinsky | Super-G | DSQ | – | ||
Brian Stemmle | 1:36.40 | 12 | |||
Thomas Grandi | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
Thomas Grandi | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Men's combined
Athlete | Slalom | Downhill | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank | |
Ed Podivinsky | 51.48 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
Mélanie Turgeon | Downhill | 1:31.45 | 22 | ||
Kate Pace-Lindsay | 1:31.30 | 19 | |||
Kate Pace-Lindsay | Super-G | 1:19.89 | 27 | ||
Mélanie Turgeon | 1:19.20 | 20 | |||
Katerina Tichy | Slalom | 47.93 | DNF | DNF | – |
Women's combined
Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank | |
Mélanie Turgeon | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 km Sprint | Kevin Quintilio | 3 | 32:32.6 | 66 |
Steve Cyr | 3 | 30:35.0 | 48 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 km | Kevin Quintilio | 1'01:37.2 | 4 | 1'05:37.2 | 64 |
Steve Cyr | 58:12.9 | 6 | 1'04:12.9 | 55 |
Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
7.5 km Sprint | Michelle Collard | 0 | 25:26.1 | 38 |
Myriam Bédard | 0 | 25:11.3 | 32 |
Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 km | Nikki Keddie | 1'03:46.5 | 5 | 1'08:46.5 | 60 |
Myriam Bédard | 59:44.1 | 3 | 1'02:44.1 | 50 |
Athletes | Race | ||
---|---|---|---|
Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
Kristin Berg Myriam Bédard Nikki Keddie Michelle Collard | 3 | 1'53:15.0 | 17 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Pierre Lueders Dave MacEachern | Two-man | 54.56 | 2 | 54.28 | 1 | 54.16 | 2 | 54.24 | 1 | 3:37.24 | |
CAN-2 | Chris Lori Jack Pyc | Two-man | 54.74 | 5 | 54.72 | 10 | 54.71 | 12 | 54.79 | 14 | 3:38.98 | 12 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
CAN-1 | Pierre Lueders Ricardo Greenidge Jack Pyc Dave MacEachern | Four-man | 53.14 | 10 | 53.44 | 5 | 53.81 | 8 | 2:40.39 | 9 |
CAN-2 | Chris Lori Ben Hindle Matt Hindle Ian Danney | Four-man | 53.52 | 11 | 53.69 | 13 | 53.93 | 13 | 2:41.14 | 11 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
10 km C | Yves Bilodeau | 31:56.9 | 75 |
Guido Visser | 31:50.8 | 71 | |
Chris Blanchard | 30:37.1 | 51 | |
Robin McKeever | 30:32.2 | 48 | |
15 km pursuit1 F | Guido Visser | 48:43.5 | 58 |
Chris Blanchard | 47:44.3 | 56 | |
30 km C | Guido Visser | 1'55:04.1 | 64 |
Robin McKeever | 1'51:23.5 | 62 | |
Donald Farley | 1'50:47.8 | 61 | |
50 km F | Donald Farley | DNF | – |
Guido Visser | 2'33:49.7 | 62 | |
Robin McKeever | 2'28:19.0 | 58 | |
Chris Blanchard | 2'26:58.9 | 56 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Donald Farley Robin McKeever Chris Blanchard Guido Visser | 1'49:27.4 | 18 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km C | Jaime Fortier | 21:20.8 | 77 |
Sara Renner | 21:02.4 | 74 | |
Milaine Thériault | 19:41.8 | 54 | |
Beckie Scott | 19:32.6 | 47 | |
10 km pursuit2 F | Sara Renner | 36:36.7 | 64 |
Milaine Thériault | 34:29.8 | 56 | |
Beckie Scott | 33:04.8 | 45 | |
15 km C | Marie-Odile Raymond | 56:53.3 | 62 |
Beckie Scott | 55:43.7 | 60 | |
Milaine Thériault | 55:38.2 | 59 | |
30 km F | Marie-Odile Raymond | 1'41:07.2 | 56 |
Sara Renner | 1'40:14.6 | 54 | |
Beckie Scott | 1'35:47.4 | 51 |
Athletes | Race | |
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Time | Rank | |
Beckie Scott Milaine Thériault Sara Renner Jaime Fortier | 1'01:09.9 | 16 |
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country | Skip | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1 |
Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2 |
Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2 |
United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4 |
Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4 |
Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4 |
Great Britain | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5 |
Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Canada | 7–4 | Japan |
Canada | 11–3 | United States |
Canada | 10–3 | United Kingdom |
Germany | 6–10 | Canada |
Canada | 8–3 | Switzerland |
Sweden | 3–6 | Canada |
Norway | 10–8 | Canada |
Semi-final
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (Harris) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
United States (Somerville) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 1 |
Gold medal match
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (Harris) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 9 |
Contestants | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Silver medal | Mike Harris | Richard Hart | Collin Mitchell | George Karrys | Paul Savage |
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country | Skip | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Canada | Sandra Schmirler | 6 | 1 |
Sweden | Elisabet Gustafson | 6 | 1 |
Denmark | Helena Blach Lavrsen | 5 | 2 |
Great Britain | Kirsty Hay | 4 | 3 |
Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 2 | 5 |
Norway | Dordi Nordby | 2 | 5 |
United States | Lisa Schoeneberg | 2 | 5 |
Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 1 | 6 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Canada | 7–6 | United States |
Norway | 6–5 | Canada |
Japan | 4–7 | Canada |
Canada | 9–5 | Denmark |
Canada | 8–3 | United Kingdom |
Sweden | 5–7 | Canada |
Canada | 8–5 | Germany |
Semi-final
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada (Schmirler) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Great Britain (Hay) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Gold medal match
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark (Lavrsen) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
Canada (Schmirler) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 |
Contestants | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold medal | Sandra Schmirler | Jan Betker | Joan McCusker | Marcia Gudereit | Atina Ford |
Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Langdon | 17 | 10 | 18.5 | 12 |
Elvis Stojko | 2 | 3 | 4.0 |
Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon Luc Bradet | 12 | 16 | 22.0 | 16 |
Kristy Sargeant Kris Wirtz | 11 | 12 | 17.5 | 12 |
Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chantal Lefebvre Michel Brunet | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 38.0 | 19 |
Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7.2 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Dominick Gauthier | Moguls | 28.19 | 23.90 | 17 | did not advance | ||
Stéphane Rochon | 28.11 | 24.62 | 8 Q | 24.64 | 25.01 | 8 | |
Jean-Luc Brassard | 27.40 | 24.73 | 7 Q | 25.22 | 25.52 | 4 | |
Ryan Johnson | 27.98 | 25.12 | 5 Q | 27.35 | 25.25 | 7 | |
Nicolas Fontaine | Aerials | 219.60 | 8 Q | 216.93 | 10 | ||
Jeff Bean | 224.86 | 7 Q | 210.77 | 11 | |||
Andy Capicik | 227.39 | 5 Q | 209.01 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||
Josée Charbonneau | Moguls | 36.02 | 18.54 | 24 | did not advance | ||
Tami Bradley | 35.53 | 21.28 | 15 Q | 34.96 | 15.02 | 16 | |
Ann-Marie Pelchat | 33.47 | 23.35 | 1 Q | 33.36 | 23.95 | 5 | |
Caroline Olivier | Aerials | 133.94 | 19 | did not advance | |||
Veronica Brenner | 174.86 | 3 Q | 151.15 | 9 |
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 2 |
Belarus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
13 February 1998 | Canada | 5 – 0 (0-2, 0-2, 0-1) | Belarus | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,960 |
14 February 1998 | Canada | 3 – 2 (0-1, 3-0, 0-1) | Sweden | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,945 |
16 February 1998 | Canada | 4 – 1 (0-1, 0-2, 1-1) | United States | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,863 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
18 February 1998 | Canada | 4 – 1 (2-1, 2-0, 0-0) | Kazakhstan | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,602 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
20 February 1998 | Canada | 1 – 2 (SO) (0-0, 0-0, 1-1, 0-0, 0-1) | Czech Republic | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,279 |
All times are local (UTC-7).
21 February 1998 | Finland | 3 – 2 (2-1, 0-1, 1-0) | Canada 4th | The Big Hat/ Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano, Japan Attendance: 9,875 |
The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 10 |
Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 |
Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 6 |
China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 2 |
Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Canada | 13–0 | Japan |
Canada | 2–0 | China |
Sweden | 3–5 | Canada |
Finland | 2–4 | Canada |
Canada | 4–7 | United States |
17 February | |||||
United States | 3 – 1 | Canada | Big Hat (8,626) | ||
First period | Ref: Marina Zenk | ||||
no scoring | |||||
Second period | |||||
G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38 | |||||
Third period | |||||
S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57 | |||||
D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59 | |||||
S. Whyte (en) 19:52 | |||||
Game stats |
Silver: |
Canada Jennifer Botterill |
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
Tyler Seitz | 50.689 | 19 | 50.948 | 23 | 50.400 | 14 | 50.405 | 14 | 3:22.442 | 18 |
Clay Ives | 50.632 | 17 | 50.348 | 16 | 50.858 | 21 | 50.437 | 16 | 3:22.275 | 15 |
Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
François Drolet | 500 m | 43.551 | 1 Q | DSQ | – | did not advance | |||
Marc Gagnon | 43.901 | 2 Q | 43.254 | 1 Q | 42.780 | 2 Q | 1:15.60 | 4 | |
Éric Bédard | 43.342 | 1 Q | 43.113 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Éric Bédard | 1000 m | 1:32.975 | 2 Q | 1:29.622 | 2 Q | 1:36.233 | 2 QA | 1:32.661 | |
François Drolet | 1:32.949 | 1 Q | 1:32.513 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
Marc Gagnon | 1:30.476 | 2 Q | DSQ | – | did not advance | ||||
Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | 5000 m relay | 7:05.766 | 1 QA | 7:06.075 |
Athlete | Event | Round one | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Finals | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank | ||
Tania Vicent | 500 m | 1:10.212 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
Annie Perreault | 45.866 | 2 Q | 46.421 | 1 Q | 45.612 | 1 QA | 46.568 | ||
Isabelle Charest | 46.085 | 1 Q | 46.194 | 2 Q | 44.991 OR | 1 QA | DSQ | – | |
Isabelle Charest | 1000 m | 1:39.729 | 1 Q | 1:37.200 | 1 Q | 1:35.741 | 3 QB | 1:37.813 | 7 |
Annie Perreault | 1:39.128 | 2 Q | 1:35.302 | 5 | did not advance | ||||
Tania Vicent | 1:40.923 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent | 3000 m relay | 4:24.152 | 2 QA | 4:21.205 |
Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Time | Time | Rank | |
Mark Fawcett | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Darren Chalmers | 1:04.09 | DSQ | DSQ | – |
Ross Rebagliati | 59.87 | 1:04.09 | 2:03.96 | |
Jasey-Jay Anderson | 59.31 | 1:12.02 | 2:11.33 | 16 |
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
Trevor Andrew | 24.1 | 36 | 32.4 | 21 | did not advance | |
Mike Michalchuk | 32.3 | 27 | 41.4 | 2 QF | 76.0 | 8 |
Derek Heidt | 35.6 | 16 | 35.8 | 17 | did not advance | |
Brett Carpentier | 36.3 | 13 | 41.8 | 1 QF | 75.6 | 9 |
Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |
Lori Glazier | 25.9 | 19 | 29.1 | 13 | did not advance | |
Tara Teigen | 32.9 | 8 | 33.3 | 6 | did not advance | |
Natasza Zurek | 33.9 | 6 | 11.6 | 21 | did not advance | |
Maëlle Ricker | 34.4 | 4 QF | 71.1 | 5 |
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 36.04 | 7 | 35.80 | 2 | 71.84 | |
Pat Bouchard | 35.96 | 5 | 36.09 | 4 | 72.05 | 5 | |
Sylvain Bouchard | 35.90 | 4 | 36.10 | 5 | 72.00 | 4 | |
Kevin Overland | 35.78 | 2 | 36.08 | 3 | 71.86 | ||
1000 m | Pat Bouchard | 1:12.49 | 19 | ||||
Kevin Overland | 1:11.90 | 9 | |||||
Jeremy Wotherspoon | 1:11.39 | 6 | |||||
Sylvain Bouchard | 1:11.29 | 5 | |||||
1500 m | Neal Marshall | 1:52.93 | 30 | ||||
Kevin Marshall | 1:52.77 | 26 | |||||
Steven Elm | 1:52.70 | 25 | |||||
Kevin Overland | 1:52.07 | 20 | |||||
5000 m | Mark Knoll | 6:50.55 | 24 | ||||
Steven Elm | 6:48.67 | 23 |
Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
500 m | Michelle Morton | 42.95 | 36 | 39.84 | 17 | 82.79 | 33 |
Linda Johnson-Blair | 39.24 | 11 | 39.57 | 14 | 78.81 | 13 | |
Susan Auch | 38.42 | 2 | 38.51 | 2 | 76.93 | ||
Catriona Le May Doan | 38.39 | 1 | 38.21 OR | 1 | 76.60 | ||
1000 m | Sylvie Cantin | 1:22.46 | 33 | ||||
Linda Johnson-Blair | 1:20.42 | 21 | |||||
Susan Auch | 1:19.82 | 18 | |||||
Catriona Le May Doan | 1:17.37 | ||||||
1500 m | Isabelle Doucet | 2:06.45 | 29 | ||||
Ingrid Liepa | 2:04.60 | 24 | |||||
Catriona Le May Doan | 2:02.19 | 13 | |||||
3000 m | Ingrid Liepa | 4:27.99 | 25 | ||||
Susan Massitti | 4:21.66 | 21 | |||||
Cindy Overland | 4:20.81 | 19 |
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Nagano 1998, were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events taking place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba, Karuizawa, Nozawa Onsen, and Yamanouchi. The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics, but had been eliminated at the national level by Sapporo on both occasions.
Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Canada competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.
Germany competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. In terms of gold medals, Germany finished ranking second with 12 gold medals. Meanwhile, the 36 total medals won by German athletes were the most of any nation at these Games, as well at any Winter Olympics, until this record was broken by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
France competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.
Finland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The nation won all Nordic combined events, most notably Samppa Lajunen, in the individual events.
The Czech Republic competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The medal hopes were set on ice hockey team and Kateřina Neumannová in cross-country skiing. The ice hockey team won their first gold medal in history. Kateřina Neumannová was also successful, winning one silver and one bronze medal. The surprise performance for the team was freestyle skier Aleš Valenta who came fourth.
Sweden competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Sweden competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Sweden won seven medals; two silver and five bronze. For the first time ever Sweden failed to win gold medals in two straight Winter Olympic Games. On the other hand, they did manage to win medals in five different Winter Olympic sports for the first time, beating the previous record of four sports.
France competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Austria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Italy competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Switzerland competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Kazakhstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.