Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.
The men's gold medal game: Russia vs Czech Republic
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Nagano 1998, was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events taking place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba, Karuizawa, Nozawa Onsen, and Yamanouchi. The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics, but had been eliminated at the national level by Sapporo on both occasions.
Main hall of Zenkō-ji in Nagano City.
Japanese macaque at Jigokudani hotspring in Yamanouchi.
Furuhashi Hironoshin, past president of the JOC
Elan by Nag Arnoldi, a gift from the IOC to Nagano, in front of M-Wave