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Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Snowboarding
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue Mount Yakebitai (giant slalom) & Kanbayashi Snowboard Park (halfpipe)
Dates February 8–12, 1998
Competitors 125 from 22 nations
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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.

Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.


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