Japan was the host nation for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. It was the second time that Japan has hosted the Winter Games, after the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the third time overall, after the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Speed skating Men's 500 m 10 February Freestyle skiing Women's moguls 11 February Ski jumping Men's large hill individual 15 February Ski jumping Men's large hill team 17 February Short track speed skating Men's 500 m 21 February Ski jumping Men's normal hill individual 11 February Speed skating Women's 500 m 14 February Speed skating Men's 1000 m 15 February Ski jumping Men's large hill individual 15 February Short track speed skating Men's 500 m 21 February
Medals by sportSport TotalSki jumping2114Speed skating1023Short track speed skating1012Freestyle skiing1001Total51410
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 6 4 10Biathlon 4 4 8Bobsleigh 9 – 9Cross-country skiing 5 6 11Curling 5 5 10Figure skating 4 3 7Freestyle skiing 5 2 7Ice hockey 22 20 42Luge 3 3 6Nordic combined 5 – 5Short track speed skating 6 5 11Ski jumping 5 – 5Snowboarding 4 3 7Speed skating 9 9 18 Total 92 64 156
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankYasuyuki TakishitaDownhillDNF–Tsuyoshi Tomii1:52.6217Yasuyuki TakishitaSuper-G1:38.3927Tsuyoshi Tomii1:37.8624Kentaro MinagawaGiant slalomDNF–DNF–Takuya Ishioka1:26.161:23.352:49.5129Kiminobu Kimura1:25.021:21.332:46.3525Kentaro MinagawaSlalomDNF–DNF–Takuya Ishioka58.8556.841:55.6921Gaku Hirasawa57.7457.501:55.2420Kiminobu Kimura56.5355.621:52.1513
Men's combined AthleteSlalomDownhillTotalTime 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRankYasuyuki TakishitaDNF––DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankKumiko KashiwagiSuper-G1:21.8936Noriyo HiroiGiant slalomDNF–DNF–Kumiko Kashiwagi1:26.331:35.583:01.9127Junko Yamakawa1:24.931:39.023:03.9529Kazuko Ikeda1:23.061:37.653:00.7125Noriyo HiroiSlalomDSQ–DSQ–Kumiko Kashiwagi49.6350.831:40.4624Junko Yamakawa48.7649.341:38.1020Kazuko Ikeda47.8849.411:37.2917
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2Total timeRankJunko Yamakawa1:34.9838.2437.142:50.3616
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintAtsushi Kazama631:41.261Shuichi Sekiya330:33.443Kyoji Suga229:19.418
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAtsushi Kazama58:23.541'02:23.545Hironao Meguro58:38.221'00:38.228Kyoji Suga57:15.6259:15.614
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankKyoji SugaHironao MeguroShuichi SekiyaAtsushi Kazama41'27:55.715
Women EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank7.5 km SprintMie Takeda628:10.161Ryoko Takahashi526:34.255Hiromi Seino-Suga426:13.553
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank15 kmHiromi Seino-Suga54:21.971'01:21.937Mami Shindo-Horma55:59.3459:59.329Ryoko Takahashi53:17.4356:17.46
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankMami Shindo-HonmaHiromi Seino-SugaMie TakedaRyoko Takahashi11'46:23.014
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Naomi TakewakiHiroaki OhishiTwo-man55.311755.242055.202054.96163:40.7117JPN-2Hiroshi SuzukiMasanori InoueTwo-man55.472055.101655.191955.04193:40.8019
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJPN-1Naomi TakewakiHiroaki OhishiTakashi OhoriMasanori InoueFour-man53.731453.871853.95152:41.5515JPN-2Toshio WakitaYasuo NakamuraToshiya OnodaShinji AotoFour-man54.021953.661154.28162:41.9616
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CMitsuo Horigome29:44.836Katsuhito Ebisawa29:30.034Masaaki Kozu29:23.129Hiroyuki Imai28:51.51915 km pursuit1 FHiroyuki Imai43:31.028Masaaki Kozu42:59.924Mitsuo Horigome42:47.122Katsuhito Ebisawa42:46.02130 km CMasaaki Kozu1'48:15.356Kazutoshi Nagahama1'42:58.742Katsuhito Ebisawa1'40:48.027Hiroyuki Imai1'40:40.92450 km FKatsuhito Ebisawa2'18:52.539Kazutoshi Nagahama2'17:24.433Mitsuo Horigome2'17:09.232Hiroyuki Imai2'16:49.530
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankKatsuhito EbisawaHiroyuki ImaiMitsuo HorigomeKazutoshi Nagahama1'43:06.77
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CKumiko Yokoyama19:34.550Tomomi Otaka19:28.846Fumiko Aoki19:04.831Sumiko Yokoyama18:55.12510 km pursuit2 FTomomi Otaka33:21.948Kumiko Yokoyama33:07.046Fumiko Aoki31:50.129Sumiko Yokoyama31:04.22515 km CEmiko Sato54:11.154Fumiko Aoki51:53.737Kumiko Yokoyama51:48.734Sumiko Yokoyama50:55.32430 km FKumiko Yokoyama1'33:19.739Midori Furusawa1'33:16.238Sumiko Yokoyama1'32:04.332
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankTomomi OtakaSumiko YokoyamaFumiko AokiKumiko Yokoyama58:22.810
Curling
Men's tournament
Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country SkipWL Mike Harris 6 1 Eigil Ramsfjell 5 2 Patrick Hürlimann 5 2 Tim Somerville 3 4 5th Makoto Tsuruga 3 4 Peja Lindholm 3 4 Douglas Dryburgh 2 5 Andy Kapp 1 6
Tie-breaker
Contestants SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateMakoto TsurugaHiroshi SatoYoshiyuki OhmiyaHirofumi KudoHisaaki Nakamine
Women's tournament
Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country SkipWL Sandra Schmirler 6 1 Elisabet Gustafson 6 1 Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2 Kirsty Hay 4 3 5th Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5 Dordi Nordby 2 5 Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5 Andrea Schöpp 1 6
Contestants SkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateMayumi OhkutsuAkiko KatohYukari KondoYoko MimuraAkemi Niwa
Figure skating
Men AthleteSPFSTFPRank Yamato Tamura151724.517 Takeshi Honda181221.015
Women AthleteSPFSTFPRank Shizuka Arakawa141421.013
Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Marie AraiShin Amano202030.020
Ice dancing AthletesCD1CD2ODFDTFPRank Aya KawaiHiroshi Tanaka2123232345.623
Freestyle skiing
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankTakehiro SakamotoMoguls38.078.6830did not advanceYugo Tsukita25.9023.8118did not advanceDaigo Hara29.4224.0416 Q31.2712.1315Gota Miura28.9724.1415 Q28.1123.0613Kazuaki AndoAerials135.1223did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankAiko UemuraMoguls36.1621.8213 Q33.0823.797Tae Satoya34.7322.2911 Q32.1025.06
Ice hockey
Men's tournament
Preliminary round Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round. Team 3201144+105 321079-24 312058-32 3021510-51
Consolation round
Team roster Akihito Sugisawa Shin Yahata Tsutsumi Otomo Matt Kabayama Ryan Kuwabara Ryan Fujita Atsuo Kudo Toshiyuki Sakai Takeshi Yamanaka Hiroyuki Miura Yuji Iga Dusty Imoo Shinichi Iwasaki Tatsuki Katayama Makato Kawahira Takayuki Kobori Kunihiko Sakurai Takayuki Miura Steve Tsujiura Chris Yule
Women's tournament
Group stage The first four teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
Team 550033710 541028128 532027106 523010154 514010212 6th50502450
Contestants Miharu Araki Shiho Fujiwara Akiko Hatanaka Mitsuko Igarashi Yoko Kondo Akiko Naka Maiko Obikawa Yuka Oda Yukari Ohno Chie Sakuma Ayumi Sato Masako Sato Rie Sato Satomi Ono Yukio Satomi Aki Sudo Yuki Togawa Aki Tsuchida Haruka Watanabe Naho Yoshimi
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankShigeaki Ushijima50.7472050.4051750.7161950.435153:22.30316
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAtsushi SasakiKei Takahashi51.5411351.835141:43.37614
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEriko Yamada53.4942653.0152551.5951451.319153:29.42321Yumie Kobayashi52.8292353.0252652.1982252.718263:30.77025Shino Yanagisawa52.7622252.7062452.2432452.123233:29.83423
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankSatoshi MoriIndividual195.03448:29.038Kenji Ogiwara226.0942:42.24Junichi Kogawa232.0445:36.823Tsugiharu Ogiwara232.5342:46.46
Men's team
Four participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 5 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-country timeTotal rankPointsRankTsugiharu OgiwaraSatoshi MoriGen TomiiKenji Ogiwara893.0556:18.85
Short track speed skating
Men
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankSatoru Terao500 m42.9481 Q1:05.4704did not advanceHitoshi Uematsu43.4282 Q43.6572 Q43.6971 QA43.713Takafumi Nishitani43.3482 Q42.9802 Q42.756 OR1 Q42.862Satoru Terao1000 m1:35.3232 Q1:29.398 OR1 Q1:32.6365did not advanceNaoya Tamura1:31.1681 Q1:29.5091 Q1:42.9084 QB1:32.9275Hitoshi Uematsu1:30.4661 QDSQ–did not advanceSatoru TeraoNaoya TamuraTakehiro KoderaYugo Shinohara5000 m relay7:17.2234 QB7:01.660 OR5
Women
AthleteEventRound oneQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeFinal rankChikage Tanaka500 m46.7861 Q56.7983 ADV46.4975did not advanceIkue Teshigawara47.3541 Q52.6933 ADV45.7363 QB46.8896Ayako Tsubaki46.9504did not advanceIkue Teshigawara1000 m1:35.9641 Q1:38.4462 Q1:35.2663 QB1:37.6935Sachi Ozawa1:35.2752 Q1:37.4933did not advanceChikage Tanaka1:39.8222 Q1:36.5704did not advanceIkue TeshigawaraChikage TanakaNobuko YamadaSachi Ozawa3000 m relay4:24.0871 QA4:30.6124
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsPointsRankHiroya SaitoNormal hill86.5110.57 Q83.0103.0213.59Noriaki Kasai87.5113.55 Q84.5108.0221.57Kazuyoshi Funaki87.5114.04 Q90.5119.5233.5Masahiko Harada91.5121.01 Q84.5107.5228.55Hiroya SaitoLarge hill100.079.547did not advanceMasahiko Harada120.0117.06 Q136.0141.3258.3Kazuyoshi Funaki126.0129.84 Q132.5142.5272.3Takanobu Okabe130.0134.02 Q119.5116.1250.16
Men's team large hill AthletesResultPoints 1RankTakanobu OkabeHiroya SaitoMasahiko HaradaKazuyoshi Funaki933.0
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Snowboarding
Men's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankTakamasa Imai24.43524.428did not advanceTakashi Nishida32.22833.420did not advanceMakoto Takagaki34.62032.222did not advanceShinichi Watanabe35.71529.126did not advance
Women's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankShinobu Ueshima1:16.881:11.172:28.0515
Women's halfpipe AthleteQualifying round 1Qualifying round 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankKaori Takeyama23.52322.718did not advanceYuri Yoshikawa25.62024.916did not advance
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mHiroaki Yamakage36.611936.301072.9115Toshiyuki Kuroiwa36.371236.602472.9716Manabu Horii36.371236.411572.7813Hiroyasu Shimizu35.76135.59 OR171.351000 mHiroyuki Noake1:12.6825Manabu Horii1:12.4017Yusuke Imai1:11.9611Hiroyasu Shimizu1:11.001500 mKeiji Shirahata1:52.2321Yusuke Imai1:51.7016Toru Aoyanagi1:50.688Hiroyuki Noake1:50.4975000 mHiroyuki Noake6:51.3525Takahiro Nozaki6:42.3017Keiji Shirahata6:36.71710,000 mKeiji Shirahata13:57.4514
Women EventAthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 mShiho Kusunose39.561439.24878.8012Eriko Sanmiya39.251239.31978.5611Kyoko Shimazaki38.75438.93577.685Tomomi Okazaki38.55338.55377.101000 mKyoko Shimazaki1:20.4922Shiho Kusunose1:18.8211Eriko Sanmiya1:18.368Tomomi Okazaki1:18.2771500 mShiho Kusunose2:04.3823Mie Uehara2:03.3721Aki Tonoike2:02.8416Chiharu Nozaki2:02.78153000 mNoriko Munekata4:20.7218Chiharu Nozaki4:19.6017Mie Uehara4:17.92145000 mNami Nemoto7:36.7715Mie Uehara7:21.7211
References
Japan Olympic Committee database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com