Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | germany | 12 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | norway | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | russia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | canada | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | united states | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | netherlands | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | austria | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | south korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | italy | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Title:
1998 winter olympics
Statement:
15 nations participated in the olympics
Answer:
refuted