The Olympic Factbook

Licensed and supported by the Olympic Committee, this book focuses on the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. It offers coverage of 68 events in seven sports: skiing, biathlon, bobsled, ice hockey, luge, skating and curling. A history of each sport is included, along with a guide to rules, regulations, equipment requirements, statistics, human interest stories, anecdotes and trivia quizzes. The text provides a complete list of medallists for all winter sports and a profile of each country at the games, listing top sports, total medals won and top athletes throughout Olympic history. A timetable of events for each sport is provided.