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London became the first city to have hosted three Games with the 2012 Summer Olympics. Paris is the second city to do so with the 2024 edition and will be followed by Los Angeles as the third in 2028. As of 2024, a large majority of the Games (41 out of 54) have been hosted in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, or Australia. Eight Games ...
Main hall of Zenkō-ji in Nagano City. Japanese macaque at Jigokudani hotspring in Yamanouchi.. 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), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 ...
The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in the Japanese city of Nagano and were the first Games to host more than 2,000 athletes. [88] The National Hockey League allowed its players to participate in the men's ice hockey tournament for the first time, and the Czech Republic won the tournament.
The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:
M-Wave (pictured in 2019) hosted the long track speed skating events for the 1998 Winter Olympics. For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, a total of fifteen sports venues were used. Nagano had attempted twice to host the Winter Olympics, losing out to Sapporo, host of the 1972 Winter Olympics. The third time, in 1991, Nagano edged out ...
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year.. As a multi-sport event, competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.
1998 Winter Olympics; Tournament details; Host country Japan: Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Dates: 8–17 February: Teams: 6: Final positions; Champions United States (1st title) Runner-up Canada: Third place Finland: Fourth place China: Tournament statistics; Games played: 17: Goals scored: 119 (7 per game) Attendance: 81,707 (4,806 per game ...
The Winter Games continued to grow in the recent past, with 72 nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan, [24] 77 nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics, in Salt Lake City, United States, [25] 80 nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, [26] 82 nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, [27] 88 nations at ...