The 1998 Winter Olympics torch relay was run from December 19, 1997 until February 7, 1998 prior to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The route covered around and involved over 6,916 torchbearers. Midori Ito lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

Route

Japan

In December 1997, Midori Ito, silver medalist in figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics and Eishiro Saito, Chairman of the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee, brought the Olympic Torch to Ryutaro Hashimoto, at the time the Prime Minister of Japan.

1998 Winter Olympics torch relay

Nagano Prefecture

Eastern Japan route

23 January: Kawakami, Minamiaiki, Minamimaki, Kitaaiki

24 January: Koumi, Yachiho, Sakumachi, Usuda

25 January: Saku, Karuizawa

26 January: Miyota, Komoro, Kitamimaki

27 January: Asashina, Mochizuki, Tateshina

29 January: Wada, Nagato, Takeshi

30 January: Maruko, Tōbu, Sanada

31 January: Aoki, Ueda

1 February: Sakae, Nozawaonsen

2 February: Kijimaidara, Iiyama, Toyota

3 February: Yamanouchi, Nakano

4 February: Shinano, Toyono, Samizu

5 February: Obuse, Takayama, Suzaka

Pacific Ocean route

23 January: Urugi, Neba, Hiraya, Namiai

24 January: Seinaiji, Achi, Iida

25 January: Shimojō, Anan, Yasuoka

26 January: Tenryū, Minamishinano, Kami

27 January: Takagi, Takamori, Matsukawa, Oshika

29 January: Nakagawa, Iijima, Komagane

30 January: Miyada, Hase, Takatō

31 January: Ina, Minamiminowa, Minowa

1 February: Tatsuno, Fujimi, Hara

2 February: Chino, Suwa

3 February: Shimosuwa, Okaya

4 February: Ōoka, Ogawa, Nakajō

5 February: Kinasa, Togakushi

Japan Sea route

23 January: Otari, Hakuba

24 January: Miasa, Yasaka, Ōmachi

25 January: Ikeda, Matsukawa

27 January: Yamaguchi, Nagiso, Ōkuwa, Agematsu

28 January: Mitake, Ōtaki, Kaida

29 January: Kisofukushima, Hiyoshi, Kiso, Narakawa

30 January: Shiojiri, Asahi, Yamagata

31 January: Matsumoto, Hata

1 February: Nagawa, Azumi, Azusagawa

2 February: Misato, Horigane, Toyoshina

3 February: Hotaka, Akashina, Shiga

4 February: Ikusaka, Honjō, Sakakita, Omi, Sakai

5 February: Sakaki, Kamiyamada, Togura, Koshoku

References

External links

1998 torch relay via IOC website

Torch Relay, 1998 Winter Olympics

Olympic torch relays

1998 Winter Olympics torch relay