The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park. The competition took place between 8 and 12 February 1998 and featured four events: Men's and Women's giant slalom and halfpipe. This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding. Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994, the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games. References 1998 1998 Winter Olympics events 1998 in snowboarding