Belarus competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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.
Ukraine competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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.
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 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Switzerland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Finland competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
East Germany competed at the Winter Olympic Games for the last time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Following German reunification in 1990, a single German team would compete in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Romania competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Latvia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
China competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. China won its first Winter Olympic medals at these Games.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The team excludes athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China. China won its first Winter Olympic gold medal at these Games. It had previously won silver and bronze medals at prior Games.
Bulgaria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Bulgaria won its first ever gold medal when Ekaterina Dafovska won the Women's 15 km Biathlon.
Slovakia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. It was the first Winter Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams.
Kazakhstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
