:List of 1998 Winter Olympics medal winners
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File:Bjørn Dæhlie 2011-01-26 001 (cropped).jpg of Norway (pictured here in 2011) won four medals in cross-country skiing in Nagano.|alt=A man, standing, wearing a ski cap.]]
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998.{{cite book|author=The Organizing Committee for the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, Nagano 1998|title=The XVIII Olympic Winter Games Official Report – Volume I|publisher=LA84 Foundation|year=1998|location=Nagano, Japan|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol1_e.pdf|access-date=18 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506004809/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol1_e.pdf|archive-date=6 May 2010}} A total of 2,176 athletes representing 72 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Games in 68 events across 14 disciplines.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/Nagano-1998|title=Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics – results & video highlights|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901170059/https://www.olympic.org/nagano-1998|archive-date=1 September 2017}}
The discipline of snowboarding made its debut, with four events contested, two for men and two for women.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/01/sports/nagano-98-snowboarding.html|title=Nagano '98; Snowboarding|last=Litsky|first=Frank|date=1 February 1998|work=The New York Times|access-date=20 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527073730/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/01/sports/nagano-98-snowboarding.html|archive-date=27 May 2015}} Additionally, the Olympic program saw the addition of a women's tournament in ice hockey, the first time that women had participated in that sport in Olympic history.{{cite news|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/olympics/canadian-women-know-what-s-expected-in-hockey/article_4a4b7e55-c7c3-5feb-a63d-42b2a11efc23.html|title=Canadian women know what's expected in hockey|last=Walker|first=Teresa|date=5 January 2018|work=South Bend Tribune|access-date=20 January 2018}} At the time, it was believed that curling made its debut as a medal event, having been a demonstration sport three times at the 1932, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics;{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/CUR/|title=Curling at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games|access-date=20 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707194047/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/CUR/|archive-date=7 July 2017}} however, in 2006, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the 1924 Olympic tournament in Chamonix, France, had been an official medal event,{{cite news|title=Scotland Wins an Olympic Gold... 82 Years Later|date=23 January 2006|work=The Herald|page=16|location=Glasgow, Scotland}} retroactively making the Nagano tournament the second time curling has been contested for official medals.
Germany won the most medals, with 29, and the most gold medals, with 12. Norway finished second in both tallies, with 10 gold medals and 25 medals of all colors. Of the 72 NOCs to participate at Nagano, 24 won at least one medal, 15 of those won at least one gold medal.{{cite web | title = 1998 Medal Count | publisher = CNN Sports Illustrated | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/medalcount/1998/ | access-date = 20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122518/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/medalcount/1998/|archive-date=29 June 2011|url-status=dead}} Denmark, participating in a Winter Olympic Games for the ninth time, won its first-ever medal at a Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://denmark.dk/en/lifestyle/sport/denmark-and-the-olympic-games|title=Denmark and the Olympic Games|work=denmark.dk|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark|access-date=20 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706125225/http://denmark.dk/en/lifestyle/sport/denmark-and-the-olympic-games/|archive-date=6 July 2017}}{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/|title=Denmark|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609221035/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/|archive-date=9 June 2017}} Bulgaria and the Czech Republic won their first Winter Olympic gold medals in Nagano. The Czech Republic had previously won two gold medals as part of Czechoslovakia,{{cite news | last = Druzin | first = Randi | title = The XVIII Winter Games: Ice Hockey; In Prague, 70,000 Fans Gather to Savor Moment | work = The New York Times | date = 23 February 1998 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00815FF3C5A0C708EDDAB0894D0494D81 | access-date = 20 January 2018 }} and Bulgaria had won a bronze medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/|title=Bulgaria|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613033351/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/|archive-date=13 June 2017}}
Larisa Lazutina of Russia won five medals, the most of any competitor; she won three golds, a silver, and a bronze medal in cross-country skiing, winning a medal in every women's event in her sport.{{cite book|last1=Grasso|first1=John|last2=Mallon|first2=Bill|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement|edition=5th|year=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1442248595|page=331}} Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals, including three golds. A further nine competitors earned three medals apiece, with forty-seven total individuals winning multiple medals.
Alpine skiing
File:Hermann Maier (Gala-Nacht des Sports 2009).jpg, here pictured in 2009, won two gold medals at the 1998 Games.|alt=A man stands, faces right, and has a microphone held in front of him.]]
{{see also|Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Biathlon
File:Uschi Disl (2).JPG won three medals in biathlon at Nagano.|alt=A woman stands in front of a background and smiles for photographs.]]
{{see also|Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Bobsleigh
{{see also|Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Cross-country skiing
File:Katerina Neumannova.jpg won a silver medal in the 5 km classical race.|alt=A standing blonde woman]]
{{see also|Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Curling
{{see also|Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Figure skating
File:Michelle Kwan Turin 2006 Games.jpg, silver medalist in ladies' singles|alt=An Asian woman talking.]]
{{see also|Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Freestyle skiing
File:Kari Traa (Jarvin).jpg, bronze medalist in moguls|alt=A smiling blonde woman]]
{{see also|Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Ice hockey
File:Angela Ruggiero.jpg was part of the United States gold medal-winning ice hockey team.|alt=A woman smiles into the camera]]
{{see also|Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Luge
{{see also|Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Nordic combined
{{see also|Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Short track speed skating
{{see also|Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Ski jumping
{{see also|Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Snowboarding
{{see also|Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Speed skating
File:Marianne Timmer (09-12-2007).jpg won gold in the middle-distance races of 1,000 and 1,500 metres.|alt=A woman standson the ice in speed-skating competition wear.]]
{{see also|Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Multiple medalists
Athletes who won three or more medals during the 1998 Winter Olympics are listed below.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/|title=1998 Nagano Winter Games|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712123915/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/|archive-date=12 July 2017}}
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" | Athlete
! scope="col" | Nation ! scope="col" | Sport ! scope="col" style="background-color: gold" |Gold ! scope="col" style="background-color: silver"|Silver ! scope="col" style="background-color: #cc9966"|Bronze ! scope="col" | Total |
|---|
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Larisa|Lazutina}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Bjørn|Dæhlie}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|NOR|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Cross-country skiing | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Olga|Danilova}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Cross-country skiing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Kazuyoshi|Funaki}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|JPN|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Ski jumping | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Chun|Lee-kyung}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|KOR|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Short track speed skating | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Katja|Seizinger}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GER|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Alpine skiing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Gunda|Niemann-Stirnemann}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GER|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Speed skating | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Uschi|Disl}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GER|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Mika|Myllylä}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|FIN|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Yang|Yang (S)}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Short track speed skating | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| scope="row" |{{sortname|Rintje|Ritsma}}
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|NED|1998 Winter}} |align=left|Short track speed skating | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Notes
- {{note label|MensSuperG|a|a}} No bronze medal was awarded in this event because two competitors tied for second place with a time of 1 minute, 35.43 seconds.
- {{note label|2ManBob|b|b}} No silver medal was awarded in this event because Italy and Canada tied for first place with a time of 3 minutes, 37.24 seconds.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/BOB/mens-two.html|title=Bobsleigh at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's Two|access-date=19 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703105431/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/BOB/mens-two.html|archive-date=3 July 2017}}
See also
References
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External links
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