Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
| Ice hockey at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venues | The Big Hat Aqua Wing Arena |
| Dates | 7–22 February 1998 |
| Competitors | 426 (306 men, 120 women) from 15 nations |
| at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| men | ||
| Tournament | ||
| men | women | |
| Rosters | ||
| men | women | |

Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.[1][2] Isao Kataoka served as the chairman of the ice hockey competition committee for the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first Olympics to include active National Hockey League players,[3] and the first Olympics to include a women's tournament.[4]
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
Men's tournament
Qualification
Participating nations
| Preliminary group A | Preliminary group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
Women's tournament
This is the first year that women competed in Olympic hockey.
Participating nations
References
- ^ "Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey - Move over boys". BBC News. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "長野オリンピックを成功に導いた片岡勲氏死去". Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via Love Hockey.
- ^ "Canadians cheer new Olympic sports". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ontario. The Canadian Press. 27 July 1992. p. 27.

