1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Other possible host cities were Aosta, Italy; Jaca, Spain; Östersund, Sweden; and Salt Lake City, USA. The selection was held in Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1991.

XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Host city	Nagano, Japan
Motto	Coexistence with Nature (Japanese: 自然との共存, Shizen to no Kyōzon)
Nations	72
Athletes	2,176 (1,389 men, 787 women)
Events	68 in 7 sports (14 disciplines)
Opening	7 February
Closing	22 February
Opened by	Emperor Akihito
Cauldron	Midori Ito
Stadium	Nagano Olympic Stadium
Winter
← Lillehammer 1994 Salt Lake 2002 →
Summer
← Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 →

1998 Winter Olympics Media

• Main hall of Zenkō-ji in Nagano City.

• Japanese macaque at Jigokudani hotspring in Yamanouchi.

• This is the exterior northeast corner of the M-Wave Olympics Speed Skating Oval, in Nagano.

• A Nagano Shinkansen E2 Series "J" set in February 1998

• Jōshin-etsu Expressway in Ueda, Nagano.

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  Asagawa Loop Line to Iizuna Kogen Ski Area built in preparations for the Games

• Stylized Nagao Olympics manhole cover with tactile paving.jpg

  Stylized manhole cover displaying the Nagano Olympics emblem, with tactile paving

Related pages

• Sports in Japan

Other websites

• IOC Site on 1998 Winter Olympics

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