1998 Winter Olympics medal table
- 1998 Winter Olympics medal table
The 1998 Winter Olympics medal table is a list of nations (represented by National Olympic Committees) ranked by the number of medals won during the 1998 Winter Olympics, held in Nagano, Japan, from February 7 to February 22, 1998. A total of 2,176 athletes from 72 countries participated in 68 events, in 7 disciplines.[cite web |title = Nagano 1998 |publisher = International Olympic Committee |url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 |accessdate = 2008-07-16] ]Athletes from 24 countries won at least one medal, leaving 48 countries without a medal. Germany earned the highest number of gold medals (12) and led in overall medals (29).[cite web |title = Nagano 1998 Medal Table |publisher = International Olympic Committee |url = http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/table_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 |accessdate = 2008-07-16] Azerbaijan, Kenya, Macedonia, Uruguay and Venezuela all competed for the first time; none won medals.][cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/innovations_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1998 |title=Nagano 1998: Did You Know? |accessdate=2008-07-16 |publisher=International Olympic Committee] ]By winning three gold medals in Nordic skiing, Norwegian athlete Bjørn Dæhlie became the first winter athlete to hold twelve career Olympic medals, eight of them gold. The youngest gold medalist in an event in the history of the Winter Olympics, Tara Lipinski, earned a gold medal in women's figure skating.Medal table
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1998 Winter Olympics, based on the medal count of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[ These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC.]The host country (Japan) is highlighted in blue and the greatest number of medals in each medal category (gold, silver, bronze, and total) is in boldface.
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