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.^[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]

Ice hockey at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
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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The men's gold medal game: Russia vs Czech Republic

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Czech Republic (CZE) Josef Beránek Jan Čaloun Roman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman Hamrlík Dominik Hašek Milan Hejduk Milan Hnilička Jaromír Jágr František Kučera Robert Lang David Moravec Pavel Patera Libor Procházka Martin Procházka Robert Reichel Martin Ručinský Vladimír Růžička Jiří Šlégr Richard Šmehlík Jaroslav Špaček Martin Straka Petr Svoboda	Russia (RUS) Pavel Bure Valeri Bure Sergei Fedorov Sergei Gonchar Alexei Gusarov Valeri Kamensky Darius Kasparaitis Andrei Kovalenko Igor Kravchuk Sergei Krivokrasov Boris Mironov Dmitri Mironov Alexei Morozov Sergei Nemchinov Oleg Shevtsov Mikhail Shtalenkov German Titov Andrei Trefilov Alexei Yashin Dmitri Yushkevich Valeri Zelepukin Alexei Zhitnik Alexei Zhamnov	Finland (FIN) Aki-Petteri Berg Tuomas Grönman Raimo Helminen Sami Kapanen Saku Koivu Jari Kurri Janne Laukkanen Jere Lehtinen Juha Lind Jyrki Lumme Jarmo Myllys Mika Nieminen Janne Niinimaa Teppo Numminen Ville Peltonen Kimmo Rintanen Teemu Selänne Ari Sulander Jukka Tammi Esa Tikkanen Kimmo Timonen Antti Törmänen Juha Ylönen
Women's details	United States (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 Whyte	Canada (CAN) 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 Wilson	Finland (FIN) 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 A	Preliminary group B	Group C	Group D
Italy  Austria  Slovakia  Kazakhstan	France  Germany  Japan  Belarus	Finland  Czech Republic  Russia	Sweden  Canada  United States

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

•  Canada
•  United States
•  Finland
•  China
•  Sweden
•  Japan