Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics 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 events for both the Summer and Winter Olympics. "All times shown are in Japan Standard Time" "9 February, 14:00" "10 February, 9:00" "10 February, 19:00" "11 February, 14:00" "12 February, 9:00" "12 February, 19:00" "13 February, 14:00" "13 February, 19:00" "14 February, 9:00" "14 February,
Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports. Partly because of that, their entries are a subject of human interest stories during the Games. No tropical nation has ever won a Winter Olympic medal. The first warm-weather, but not tropical, nation participating in the Winter Olympics was Mexico. Much of Mexico is at a latitude north of the Tropic of Cancer, and most of the country has a subtropical highland or semi-arid climate, so it is not exclusively a tropical nation. Nonetheless, Mexico made its