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.

[1][2] 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.

[3] Twenty-two nations participated in snowboarding at the Nagano Games.