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Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics

FieldValue
eventIce hockey
games1998 Winter
imageIce Hockey, Nagano 1998.png
image_size150px
venuesThe Big Hat
Aqua Wing Arena
dates7–22 February 1998
competitors426 (306 men, 120 women)
nations15
prev1994
next2002

Aqua Wing Arena

The men's gold medal game: Russia vs Czech Republic

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, and the first Olympics to include a women's tournament.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Women's
USA
Chris Bailey
Laurie Baker
Alana Blahoski
Lisa Brown-Miller
Karyn Bye
Colleen Coyne
Sara Decosta
Tricia Dunn
Cammi Granato
Katie King
Shelley Looney
Sue Merz
Allison Mleczko
Tara Mounsey
Vicki Movsessian
Angela Ruggiero
Jenny Potter
Sarah Tueting
Gretchen Ulion
Sandra WhyteCAN
Jennifer Botterill
Therese Brisson
Cassie Campbell
Judy Diduck
Nancy Drolet
Lori Dupuis
Danielle Goyette
Geraldine Heaney
Jayna Hefford
Becky Kellar
Kathy McCormack
Karen Nystrom
Lesley Reddon
Manon Rhéaume
France St-Louis
Laura Schuler
Fiona Smith
Vicky Sunohara
Hayley Wickenheiser
Stacy WilsonFIN
Sari Fisk
Satu Huotari
Kirsi Hänninen
Marianne Ihalainen
Johanna Ikonen
Sari Krooks
Emma Laaksonen
Sanna Lankosaari
Katja Lehto
Marika Lehtimäki
Riikka Nieminen
Tuula Puputti
Marja-Helena Pälvilä
Karoliina Rantamäki
Tiia Reima
Katja Riipi
Päivi Salo
Maria Selin
Liisa-Maria Sneck
Petra Vaarakallio

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Participating nations

Preliminary group APreliminary group BGroup CGroup D

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

This is the first year that women competed in Olympic hockey.

Participating nations

References

References

  1. (1998-02-13). "Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey - Move over boys". [[BBC News]].
  2. "Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympedia.
  3. (10 December 2015). "長野オリンピックを成功に導いた片岡勲氏死去". [[Tokyo Shimbun]].
  4. (27 July 1992). "Canadians cheer new Olympic sports". [[Waterloo Region Record]].
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