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The thrilling Olympic gold medal final featured fire on the ice, against historic adversaries Russia and the Czech Republic.
7. února 1998 (16:00) – Nagano (Aqua Wing Arena) Branky Slovenska: 26:35 Zdeno Cíger, 33:52 Róbert Petrovický. Branky Rakouska: 7:16 Dominic Lavoie, 23:30 Christian Perthaler. Vyloučení: 7:6 (1:1) navíc Varholík (SVK) na 10 min. Rozhodčí: Haajanen (FIN) – Poljakov (RUS), Schurr (GER) Střely na branku: 38:12.
Entitled, “Nagano '98: Stories of Honor and Glory”, Bud Greenspan's film pays tribute to the athletes of the world competing on the slopes and in the stadia of this charming Japanese city. Heavy snow and thick fog may have threatened some of the key events, but all were held successfully.
Do organizacji zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich w 1998 roku kandydowało pięć miast: Aosta, Jaca, Nagano, Östersund oraz Salt Lake City. W czerwcu 1991 roku w Birmingham , Międzynarodowy Komitet Olimpijski wybrał z tego grona miasto organizatora igrzysk.
Watch video footage of medal-winning performances from Nagano 1998. See the world's greatest athletes make Olympic history.
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first winter gold medal, becoming only the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold.
The inspiring story behind the Czech Republic’s historic gold medal victory at the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998 in men’s ice hockey is featured in The Nagano Tapes, from the Olympic Channel’s Five Rings Films.
