Special Olympic Games

In 1998 the Olympic Wintergames were in Japan again after 26 years. This time in Nagano. Snowbording and curling were for the first time an official discipline on the Olympics.

7  - 22 February 1998

Number of participating countries : 72

Number of athletes: 2176 (787 women en 1389 men)

Total of medals won by country (gold, silver, bronze)

1. Germany GER 12 9 8

2. Norway NOR 10 10 5

3. Russian Federation RUS 9 6 3

4. Canada CAN 6 5 4

5. United States of America USA 6 3 4

6. Netherlands NED 5 4 2

7. Japan JPN 5 1 4

8. Austria AUT 3 5 9

9. Korea KOR 3 1 2

10. Italy ITA 2 6 2

11. Finland FIN 2 4 6

12. Switzerland SUI 2 2 3

13. France FRA 2 1 5

14. Czech Republic CZE 1 1 1

15. Bulgaria BUL 1 0 0

16. People's Republic of China CHN 0 6 2

17. Sweden SWE 0 2 1

18. Ukraine UKR 0 1 0

19. Denmark DEN 0 1 0

20. Belarus BLR 0 0 2

21. Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 2

22. Great Britain GBR 0 0 1

23. Australia AUS 0 0 1

24. Belgium BEL 0 0 1

About Claudia on the Olympics in Nagano