| Main: | yes |
| Winner: | Nagano |
| Winner-Article: | Nagano (city) |
| Votes1: | 46 |
| Runner-Up: | Salt Lake City |
| Votes2: | 42 |
| Shortlisted1: | Östersund |
| Shortlisted2: | Jaca |
| Shortlisted3: | Aosta |
| Session: | 97th IOC Session Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Decision: | 15 June 1991 |
The selection process for the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of five bids, and saw Nagano, Japan, be selected ahead of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; Östersund, Sweden; Jaca, Spain; and Aosta, Italy. The selection was made at the 97th IOC Session in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 15 June 1991.[1]
The Nagano Olympic bid committee spent approximately $14 million to entertain the 62 International Olympic Committee members and many of their companions. The precise figures are unknown since Nagano, after the IOC asked that the entertainment expenditures not be made public, destroyed the financial records, according to bid committee member Junichi Yamaguchi.[2]
| 21 | — | 30 | 36 | 46 | ||||
| Salt Lake City bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics | 15 | 59 | 27 | 29 | 42 | |||
| Östersund bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics | 18 | — | 25 | 23 | — | |||
| Jaca bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics | 19 | — | 5 | — | — | |||
| Aosta bid for the 1998 inter Olympics | 15 | 29 | — | — | — |