The Czech Republic won the gold medal in the men's ice hockey tournament. Ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki won two gold medals and one silver for host nation Japan. Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals, including three gold, which took his total Olympic medal haul to 12, including eight gold, a record for the Winter Olympics. The most decorated athlete was the Russian cross-country skier Larisa Lazutina who won five medals, including three gold. Canada finished fourth with 15 medals, including six gold, making this their most successful Winter Olympics to date. Germany topped the medal table with 29 medals, including 12 gold, followed by Norway and Russia, who won 25 and 18 medals respectively. Azerbaijan, Kenya, Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela made their Winter Olympic debuts. Professional players from the National Hockey League were allowed to participate in the men's ice hockey for the first time. These Games saw the introduction of curling, snowboarding, and women's ice hockey. The numbers of athletes and participating nations were, at the time, a record for the Winter Olympics. There were 2,176 athletes from 72 nations, competing in 7 sports and 68 events. These were the final Winter Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. The 1998 Winter Olympics were succeeded by the 1998 Winter Paralympics from 5 to 14 March.
This was the second Winter Olympics to be held in Japan, and the third Olympic Games overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Nagano was selected to host the 1998 Games on 15 June 1991, beating Salt Lake City, Östersund, Jaca, and Aosta.
The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics (which were later cancelled), as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics, but had been eliminated at the national level by Sapporo on both occasions. The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games ( Japanese: 第18回オリンピック冬季競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai ) and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( Japanese: 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba, Karuizawa, Nozawa Onsen, and Yamanouchi. Japanese macaque at Jigokudani hotspring in Yamanouchi.
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