1998 Winter Olympics medal table

1998 Winter Olympics medals Nagano, JPN 1998 Winter Most total medals GER 1998 Winter 29 Most gold medals GER 1998 Winter 12 Medalling NOCs 24 1994 Olympics medal tables 2002 thumb|right|400px|1998 Winter Olympic Games medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate thumb|The silver, gold, and bronze medals|alt=Three round medals with blue ribbons hanging in a display. The medals are silver, gold, and bronze from left to right. The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February 1998.((The Organizing Committee for the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, Nagano 1998)) The XVIII Olympic Winter Games Official Report – Volume I LA84 Foundation 1998 Nagano, Japan http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol1_e.pdf 5 June 2024 6 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100506004809/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1998/Vol1_e.pdf live Twenty-four nations earned medals at these Games, and fifteen won at least one gold medal; forty-eight countries left the Olympics without winning a medal. Competitors from Germany earned the highest number of gold medals (12) and the most overall medals (29). With 10 gold medals and 25 overall medals, Norway finished second in both categories. Denmark won its first Winter Olympics medal, Chase Chris The USA hasn't won the Winter Olympic medal count in 86 years (and 21 other crazy Olympic facts) USA Today 2 February 2018 https://olympicswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/02/usa-winter-olympic-medal-count-won-86-years-facts-winter-pyeonchang-stats/ 14 April 2018 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083316/https://olympicswire.usatoday.com/2018/02/02/usa-winter-olympic-medal-count-won-86-years-facts-winter-pyeonchang-stats/ 12 February 2018 while Bulgaria and the Czech Republic won their first Winter Games gold medals. The big chill: Heavy snow shuffles schedule; luger wins third gold CNN Sports Illustrated 9 February 1998 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/news/1998/02/09/roundup/ 16 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122806/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/news/1998/02/09/roundup/ 29 June 2011 dead Druzin Randi The XVIII Winter Games: Ice Hockey; In Prague, 70,000 Fans Gather to Savor Moment The New York Times 23 February 1998 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00815FF3C5A0C708EDDAB0894D0494D81 29 December 2010 Azerbaijan, Kenya, Macedonia, Uruguay, and Venezuela competed for the first time, but none of them won a medal. Varying statistics are reported for the number of participants at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The Sports-Reference website states that 2,180 athletes from 72 nations participated in 68 events from 14 sports and disciplines. Olympic historian Bill Mallon, in his Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement, agrees with the figure of 2,180 participants.Mallon and Heijmans, p. 407. In contrast, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) website reports that 2,176 athletes competed at the Games. The sport of curling returned after a single appearance in the 1924 Olympics, snowboarding was added as a new sport, and women's ice hockey made its first appearance in the Olympics. Nagano 1998 International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/nagano-1998-winter-olympics 5 June 2024 2 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110602015834/http://www.olympic.org/nagano-1998-winter-olympics live The leading medal winner at the Games was Russian skier Larisa Lazutina, who won five medals, including three golds.1998 Nagano Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ 19 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20090425191343/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ 25 April 2009 dead The only other athlete to win three gold medals was Norwegian skier Bjørn Dæhlie, who won four medals overall, making him the first Winter Olympian to win twelve career medals, eight of which were gold.Dahlie claims 12th medal; Czechs take hockey gold Associated Press Amarillo Globe-News 23 February 1998 http://amarillo.com/stories/022398/LS0165.001.shtml 9 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040445/http://amarillo.com/stories/022398/ls0165.001.shtml 4 June 2011 dead Nine other athletes won three medals, including three Germans. American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest competitor in Winter Olympics history to earn a gold medal in an individual event. Medal table Olympic medal table thumb|right|Austrian skier Hermann Maier won gold medals in the Super G and Giant Slalom. Clarey Christopher Two Gold, One Stunning Crash: Now Maier Is Fast and Familiar The New York Times 20 February 1998 https://www.nytimes.com/specials/olympics/nagano/ski/022098oly-ski-maier.html 17 March 2009 |alt=A man wearing a black shirt and hat. right|thumb|The men's ice hockey gold medal game between Russia and the Czech Republic|alt=A hockey game between two teams; one is wearing red uniforms, and the other has white jerseys, red pants, and blue helmets. thumb|right|German speed skater Claudia Pechstein won a gold medal in the women's 5,000 meters and a silver in the 3,000 meters.Newberry Paul Teammate Grabs Gold From Niemann-Stirnemann Associated Press The Washington Post 20 February 1998 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/speedsk/articles/olyspeed20.htm 17 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121108031958/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/speedsk/articles/olyspeed20.htm 8 November 2012 live |alt=A female speed skater turns around a curve. She is wearing a black and blue body suit. The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Ostlere Lawrence 11 August 2024 Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 12 August 2024 The Independent enAraton Harvey 18 August 2008 A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html subscription live https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 25 July 2024 The New York Times If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.Cons Roddy 10 August 2024 What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 11 August 2024 Diario AS en-us In the two-man bobsleigh competition, a tie meant that two gold medals were awarded, so no silver medal was awarded for that event. Highs and lows: Japanese jumpers soar; Canadian curlers fumble gold CNN Sports Illustrated 23 February 1998 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/news/1998/02/15/roundup/ 14 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122529/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/news/1998/02/15/roundup/ 29 June 2011 dead A tie for second in the men's Super G skiing competition meant that a pair of silver medals were given out, so no bronze medal was awarded for that event. Clarey Christopher The XVIII Winter Games: Alpine Skiing; Three Days After Spectacular Crash, Maier Wins Gold The New York Times 16 February 1998 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1DE163FF935A25751C0A96E958260 15 March 2009 In the four-man bobsleigh, a tie for third resulted in the awarding of two bronze medals.Olson Lisa Lisa Olson Tough Sledding As Medal Slips, U.S. Hits Skids New York Daily News 22 February 1998 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1998/02/22/1998-02-22_tough_sledding____as_medal_s.html 9 July 2019 https://archive.today/20090513185058/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/1998/02/22/1998-02-22_tough_sledding____as_medal_s.html 13 May 2009 dead Due to these ties, the number of gold medals awarded was one more than the number of silver or bronze medals. In snowboarding, Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal in the men's Giant Slalom, but it was briefly stripped by the IOC after he tested positive for marijuana. After the Canadian Olympic Association filed an appeal, however, the IOC's decision was overturned.Gross George George Gross (journalist) Ross Rebagliati: 1998 – Nagano, Japan Sun Media Corporation Canadian Online Explorer 21 February 2006 http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html https://web.archive.org/web/20151002005914/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/MomentsOfGlory/2006/02/14/pf-1442844.html dead 2 October 2015 22 April 2026 1998 Winter Olympics medal table JPN flagIOC 1998 Winter NOC 12 9 8 10 10 5 9 6 3 6 5 4 6 3 4 5 4 2 5 1 4 yes 3 5 9 3 1 2 2 6 2 2 4 6 2 2 3 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 References General 1998 Medal Count CNN Sports Illustrated http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/medalcount/1998/ 14 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122518/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/medalcount/1998/ 29 June 2011 dead Olympic Games: Nagano 1998 – Medal Table International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 19 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204151349/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 4 December 2008 dead 1998 Nagano Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ 14 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090425191343/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ 25 April 2009 dead Mallon Bill Heijmans Jeroen Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement Scarecrow Press 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC&pg=PA407 978-0-8108-7522-7 Specific 30em External links 1998 Winter Olympics 1998 Winter Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/46 5 June 2024 18 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210218214433/http://www.olympedia.org/editions/46 live Olympic Analytics/1998_2 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1998%2F2 5 June 2024 16 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210816231928/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1998%2F2 live Medal count 1998