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The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in a period of 15 days, from 7–22 February. The number of events increased from 61 at the 1994 Winter Olympics to 68 in 1998. Two sports, curling and snowboarding were added to the program, as was women's ice hockey. This increased the number of sports to seven, and the number of disciplines to 14.
Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium is a ski jumping hill in Hakuba, Japan. It hosted the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined events at the 1998 Winter Olympics . The stadium holds a maximum of 45,000 spectators, and was built in 1992.
M-Wave (pictured in 2019) hosted the long track speed skating events for the 1998 Winter Olympics. For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out ...
Hakuba Happoone Winter Resort (白馬八方尾根スキー場, Hakuba Happōone Sukī-jō) is a ski resort located on Mount Karamatsu in Hakuba, Japan. For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, it hosted the alpine skiing downhill, super giant slalom, and combined slalom events. Happoone receives an average snowfall of 11 metres per season.
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...
Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics; IOC code: JPN: NOC: Japanese Olympic Committee: Website: www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English) in Nagano; Competitors: 156 (92 men, 64 women) in 14 sports: Flag bearer : Hiroyasu Shimizu (speed skating) Medals Ranked 7th: Gold 5 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 10: Winter Olympics appearances
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Japan: 233.5 Andreas Widhölzl Austria: 232.5 Large hill individual details: Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan: 272.3 Jani Soininen Finland: 260.8 Masahiko Harada Japan: 258.3 Large hill team details Japan (JPN) Takanobu Okabe Hiroya Saito Masahiko Harada Kazuyoshi Funaki: 933.0 Germany (GER) Sven Hannawald Martin Schmitt Hansjörg Jäkle Dieter Thoma: 897.4