The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was the 19th Olympic Championship. The Czech Republic, which emerged from the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, won its first gold medal, becoming the seventh nation to win Olympic ice hockey gold. The tournament, held from February 7 to February 22, was played at the Big Hat and Aqua Wing arenas. Men's ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano — the final on February 22, 1998. 🥇 Czech Republic · 🥈 Russia · 🥉 Finland Wiki link