1998 Goodwill Games

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The 1998 Goodwill Games were an international multi-sport competition that brought together elite athletes from around the world in a format similar to the Olympics.

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instanceOf Goodwill Games
international sporting competition
multi-sport event
broadcastBy CBS NERFINISHED
TBS NERFINISHED
closingDate 1998-08-02
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
editionNumber 4
followedBy 2001 Goodwill Games NERFINISHED
foundedBy Ted Turner NERFINISHED
hostCity Hempstead NERFINISHED
Mitchel Field NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
Uniondale NERFINISHED
hostRegion Long Island NERFINISHED
hostState New York NERFINISHED
motto Friendship Through Sport NERFINISHED
notableAthletesParticipated Alexander Popov GENERATED
Michael Johnson GENERATED
Svetlana Khorkina GENERATED
numberOfEvents over 200
numberOfParticipatingAthletes more than 1,300
numberOfParticipatingNations over 60
numberOfSports 15
openingDate 1998-07-19
organizer Turner Broadcasting System NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Goodwill Games NERFINISHED
precededBy 1994 Goodwill Games NERFINISHED
primaryVenue Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum NERFINISHED
primaryVenueLocation Uniondale, New York NERFINISHED
purpose to promote international goodwill through sport
similarTo Olympic Games NERFINISHED
sponsor Coca-Cola NERFINISHED
General Motors NERFINISHED
sportsIncluded athletics
basketball
beach volleyball
boxing
cycling
diving
fencing
figure skating
gymnastics
judo
rowing
swimming
synchronized swimming
water polo
weightlifting
wrestling
timePeriod August 1998
July 1998

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Ray Mercer participatedIn 1998 Goodwill Games