Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics 18:00" "15 February, 9:00" "15 February, 17:00" "All times shown are in Japan Standard Time" "9 February, 9:00" "9 February, 19:00" "10 February, 14:00" "11 February, 9:00" "11 February, 19:00" "12 February, 14:00" "13 February, 9:00" "14 February, 14:00" "15 February, 9:00" "15 February, 13:00" Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics took place at Karuizawa, who had hosted the equestrian events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 1998 Nagano Olympics marked the second time that curling was held as an official Olympic sport. It was the first time the same city hosted
Fiji at the 2002 Winter Olympics first entered the Olympic competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The nation did not enter a Winter Olympic Games until Calgary in 1988. Fiji also participated in the 1994 Winter Olympics, making the Salt Lake City Games the nation's third Winter Olympics appearance. The 2002 Fijian delegation consisted of a single alpine skier, Laurence Thoms. He was also the Fijian flagbearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. , this was the most recent time Fiji has participated in a Winter Games. At a New Year's Eve party in 1998, a group of Fijians had discussed how