| 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 |
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| Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
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| Tournament | ||
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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan. 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.
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Medalists
Men's tournament
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournamentQualification
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's qualificationParticipating nations
| Preliminary group A | Preliminary group B | Group C | Group D |
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Women's tournament
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournamentThis 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.
External links
 Events at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano) | |
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| Ice hockey at the Olympic Games | ||
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| Overview |  | |
| Men's events | ||
| Women's events | ||