Figure Skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Dates 8 – 20 February 1998
Medal Events 4

The figure skating events in 1998 were held at the White Ring in Nagano. There were no changes in the format or scoring systems from 1994. Professionals were again allowed to compete, although they had to declare that intention and compete in ISU-approved events to do so. Most of the top competitors by 1998 were now openly professional.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Singles, Men Olympic 12 – 14 February 1998 29 24
Singles, Women Olympic 18 – 20 February 1998 28 21
Pairs, Mixed Olympic 8 – 10 February 1998 40 14
Ice Dancing, Mixed Olympic 13 – 16 February 1998 48 16
145 (73/72) 37 (30/28)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles, Men Ilya KulikRUS Elvis StojkoCAN Philippe CandeloroFRA
Singles, Women Tara LipinskiUSA Michelle KwanUSA Chen LuCHN
Pairs, Mixed Russian Federation 1RUS Russian Federation 2RUS Germany 1GER
Ice Dancing, Mixed Russian Federation 1RUS Russian Federation 2RUS France 1FRA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Russian Federation RUS 3 2 0 5
United States USA 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 0 2 2
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1