1998 Winter Paralympics

VII Paralympic Winter Games

Host city	Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Motto	Fureai and Inspiration (Japanese: ふれあいと感)
Nations	32
Athletes	571
Events	122 in 4 sports
Opening	5 March
Closing	14 March
Opened by	Crown Prince Naruhito
Cauldron	Naoya Maruyama
Stadium	M-Wave
Winter ← Lillehammer 1994 Salt Lake 2002 → Summer ← Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 → 1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Paralympics (Japanese: 1998年冬季パラリンピック, Hepburn: 1998-Nen Tōki Pararinpikku), the seventh Paralympic Winter Games, were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan from 5 to 14 March 1998. They were the first Paralympic Winter Games to be held in Asia. 571 athletes competed in Nagano; as 2022 it remains the highest number of athletes competing at any Winter Paralympics.^[1]