Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games.

Canada's biggest story at these games was the failure of the men's ice hockey team to win a medal. For the first time, Canada's best players (professional players from the National Hockey League) were able to compete at the Olympics, so Canadians had high expectations. The team lost its semi-final game to the Czech Republic when goaltender Dominik Hašek stopped all five shots he faced in the tie-breaking shootout. Canada then lost the bronze medal game to Finland.

The women's ice hockey team, on the other hand, captured a silver medal in the first Games to feature the women's event.

For the first time, curling was included as an official event, having been showcased as a demonstration sport at Calgary in 1988, and Albertville in 1992.

Also making the news was Ross Rebagliati's disqualification for marijuana being found in his system and having his gold medal stripped. The IOC reinstated the medal days later.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Alpine skiing

 * Men

Men's combined


 * Women

Women's combined

Biathlon

 * Men


 * Women


 * Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay


 * 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
 * 2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

 * Men


 * 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
 * C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


 * Men's 4 × 10 km relay


 * Women


 * 2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
 * C = Classical style, F = Freestyle


 * Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.


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Medal round
Semi-final

Gold medal match

Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.


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Medal round
Semi-final

Gold medal match

Figure skating

 * Men


 * Pairs


 * Ice dancing

Freestyle skiing

 * Men


 * Women

Group C
All times are local (UTC-7).

Quarter-final
All times are local (UTC-7).

Semi-final
All times are local (UTC-7).

Bronze medal game
All times are local (UTC-7).


 * Team roster
 * Martin Brodeur
 * Patrick Roy
 * Curtis Joseph
 * Ray Bourque
 * Al MacInnis
 * Rob Blake
 * Adam Foote
 * Éric Desjardins
 * Chris Pronger
 * Scott Stevens
 * Eric Lindros
 * Joe Nieuwendyk
 * Theoren Fleury
 * Wayne Gretzky
 * Keith Primeau
 * Joe Sakic
 * Rod Brind'Amour
 * Brendan Shanahan
 * Shayne Corson
 * Steve Yzerman
 * Mark Recchi
 * Rob Zamuner
 * Trevor Linden
 * Head coach: Marc Crawford

Group stage
The first 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.


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Luge

 * Men

Short track speed skating

 * Men


 * Women

Snowboarding

 * Men's giant slalom


 * Men's halfpipe


 * Women's halfpipe

Speed skating

 * Men


 * Women

Official outfitter

 * Roots Canada became the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. The same clothing was also sold at Roots stores in Canada.