Editing 1998 Winter Olympics (section)

===Participating National Olympic Committees===
72 nations participated in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games for a total of 2,176 athletes, of which 787 were female and 1,389 were male. With the addition of five countries and another 439 athletes since the [[1994 Winter Olympic Games]] at [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]], these were the largest Winter Olympics ever at the time. The nations of [[Azerbaijan at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Azerbaijan]], [[Kenya at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Kenya]], [[Macedonia at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Macedonia]], [[Uruguay at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Uruguay]], and [[Venezuela at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Venezuela]] participated in their first Winter Olympic Games. [[Iran]] returned to the Winter games after a 22-year absence, and [[North Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics|North Korea]], [[India at the 1998 Winter Olympics|India]] and [[Ireland at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Ireland]] returned after 6 years. [[Yugoslavia at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Yugoslavia]] appeared again as the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. Five countries, [[Fiji]], [[Mexico]], [[San Marino]], [[American Samoa]], and [[Senegal]], which were at the 1994 Games, did not participate in 1998.

The [[United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics|United States]] had the largest athlete delegation with 186, followed by host [[Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Japan]] with 156, [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canada]] with 144, and [[Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Germany]] with 125. Despite the large number of participating delegations, 40 of the 72 delegations had less than 10 athletes, with 12 nations having one sole athlete. 15 nations had between 11 and 50 athletes, 11 nations had between 51 and 100 athletes, and six nations had more than 101 athletes. Nations that participated in the ice hockey tournaments generally had the largest athlete delegations. With the exception of [[Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Norway]] and [[Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Switzerland]], all 12 national delegations with 60 or more athletes participated in either or both of the female or male ice hockey tournaments.

[[File:1998 Winter Olympic games countries.svg|thumb|center|upright=2.75|{{legend|#1e90ff|Participating for the first time.}}
{{legend|#00ff7f|Having previously participated.}}
{{legend|#ababab|Not participating.}}
Yellow circle is host city (Nagano)]]
[[File:1998 Winter Olympics team numbers.svg|thumb|center|upright=2.75|Countries by team size]]
<small>The number in parentheses represents the number of athletes participating in official events.<ref name="1998 Nagano Winter Games sr">{{cite web|title=1998 Nagano Winter Games|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=sports-reference.com|language=en|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref></small>

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! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
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* {{flagIOC|AND|1998 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1998 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|ARM|1998 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1998 Winter|23}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1998 Winter|96}}
* {{flagIOC|AZE|1998 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|BLR|1998 Winter|59}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BIH|1998 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1998 Winter|19}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter|144}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1998 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|1998 Winter|55}}
* {{flagIOC|CRO|1998 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|CYP|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|CZE|1998 Winter|60}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1998 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|EST|1998 Winter|20}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1998 Winter|85}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1998 Winter|106}}
* {{flagIOC|GEO|1998 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|GER|1998 Winter|125}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1998 Winter|34}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1998 Winter|13}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1998 Winter|17}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1998 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|IRI|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1998 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|1998 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1998 Winter|112}}
* {{flagIOC|JAM|1998 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1998 Winter|156}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|KAZ|1998 Winter|60}}
* {{flagIOC|KEN|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|PRK|1998 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1998 Winter|37}}
* {{flagIOC|KGZ|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|LAT|1998 Winter|29}}
* {{flagIOC|LIE|1998 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|LTU|1998 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|MKD|1998 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|MDA|1998 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MON|1998 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|MGL|1998 Winter|3}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1998 Winter|22}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1998 Winter|8}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1998 Winter|76}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1998 Winter|39}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1998 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1998 Winter|6}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1998 Winter|16}}
* {{flagIOC|RUS|1998 Winter|122}}
* {{flagIOC|SVK|1998 Winter|37}}
* {{flagIOC|SLO|1998 Winter|34}}
* {{flagIOC|RSA|1998 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1998 Winter|12}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter|99}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1998 Winter|69}}
* {{flagIOC|TPE|1998 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|TRI|1998 Winter|2}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|UKR|1998 Winter|56}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1998 Winter|186}}
* {{flagIOC|URU|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|UZB|1998 Winter|4}}
* {{flagIOC|VEN|1998 Winter|1}}
* {{flagIOC|ISV|1998 Winter|7}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1998 Winter|2}}
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