Venezuela at the 1998 Winter Olympics but never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. These Winter Olympics were held from 7–22 February 1998; a total of 2,176 athletes represented 72 National Olympic Committees. The only athlete Venezuela sent to Nagano was a luger, Iginia Boccalandro. She was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony. Iginia Boccalandro was 36 years old at the time of the Nagano Olympics, and was making her Olympic debut. Before the Games, the Salt Lake City, Utah resident claimed that "I'm too old and fat"; she said her real goal was the 2002 Winter Olympics, by which time she would have
Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics in the opening pair. According to David Wallechinsky, most sports historians consider the 1928 10,000 m to be a non-event. All five venues used for these games were reused for the Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz twenty years later. The bob run, which opened in 1904, is still in use and has hosted the FIBT World Championships a record 22 times, most recently in 2013. The ski jump was built originally in 1905 and renovated in 1927 for the 1928 Games. It was renovated in 1963 to get it to the K-point of . It was closed in 2006.