What is 1998 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1998|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]], Japan | motto = ''Coexistence with Nature''<br />([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 自然との共存, ''Shizen to no Kyōzon'') | nations = 72 | athletes = 2,176 (1,389 men, 787 women) | events = 68 in 7 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (14 disciplines) | opening = 7 February | closing = 22 February | opened_by = [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Akihito]] | cauldron = [[Midori Ito]] | stadium = [[Nagano Olympic Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1994 Winter Olympics|Lillehammer 1994]] | winter_next = [[2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake 2002]] | summer_prev = [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] | summer_next = [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]] |image=Olympic rings without rims.svg|image_size=250px}} The '''1998 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XVIII Olympic Winter Games,''' were held in 1998 in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]]. Other possible host [[cities]] were [[Aosta]], [[Italy]]; [[Jaca]], [[Spain]]; [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]]; and [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]], [[United States|USA]]. The selection was held in [[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom]] in 1991. ==Related pages== * [[Sports in Japan]] == Other websites == * [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/nagano-1998 IOC Site on 1998 Winter Olympics] {{Commonscat}} {{Olympic Games}} {{multistub|Sport|Japan}} [[Category:1998 Winter Olympics| ]] [[Category:1998 in Japan]] [[Category:1998 in Asian sport]]