Dates February 8–12, 1998 | Competitors 125 from 22 nations | |
Venue Mount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe) | ||
The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between February 8 and 12, 1998 and featured four events: Men's and Women's giant slalom and halfpipe.
This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding. Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994, the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC.
Participating nations
Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.
References
Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA