XVIII Olympic Winter Games

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Olympic Games Winter Olympics multi-sport event

The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were the 1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, featuring winter sports competitions among athletes from around the world.

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Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games → Winter Olympics → multi-sport event →
bidsFrom	Aosta → Jaca → Nagano → Salt Lake City → Östersund →
category	1998 in Japanese sport → 1998 in multi-sport events → Sports competitions in Nagano Prefecture → XVIII Olympic Winter Games → surface form: "Winter Olympics in Japan"
cauldronLighter	Midori Ito →
closingCeremonyVenue	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
closingDate	1998-02-22 →
commonName	1998 Winter Olympics →
continent	Asia →
dateAwarded	1991-06-15 →
featuredSport	Nordic combined → alpine skiing → biathlon → bobsleigh → cross-country skiing → curling → figure skating → freestyle skiing → ice hockey → luge → short track speed skating → ski jumping → snowboarding → speed skating →
followedBy	2002 Winter Olympics → XIX Olympic Winter Games →
governingBody	International Olympic Committee →
hostCity	Nagano →
hostCountry	Japan →
hostPrefecture	Nagano Prefecture NERFINISHED →
introducedSport	snowboarding →
iocSessionThatAwardedGames	International Olympic Committee Session → surface form: "97th IOC Session"
isInCity	Nagano →
isInCountry	Japan →
mainStadium	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
mascot	Lekki → Nokki → Sukki → Tsukki →
mascotGroupName	Snowlets →
motto	Snow, Let's Celebrate! →
notableFor	being the third Winter Olympics held in Japan → introduction of snowboarding as an Olympic sport → reintroduction of curling as a medal sport →
numberOfAthletes	2176 →
numberOfDisciplines	14 →
numberOfEvents	68 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	72 →
numberOfSports	7 →
officialName	XVIII Olympic Winter Games →
olympiadNumber	18 →
openingCeremonyVenue	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
openingDate	1998-02-07 →
organisingCommittee	Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee →
precededBy	1994 Winter Olympics → XVII Olympic Winter Games →
previousWinterOlympicsInJapan	1964 Winter Olympic events in Japan-related context → 1972 Winter Olympics →
reintroducedSport	curling →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
torchRelayEndCity	Nagano →
torchRelayHostCountry	Japan →
torchRelayStartCountry	Greece →
winningBid	Nagano →
year	1998 →

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

XVIII Olympic Winter Games → category → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

this entity surface form: "Winter Olympics in Japan"

XVII Olympic Winter Games → followedBy → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

Tsukki → gamesEdition → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

Nokki → introducedForEvent → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

this entity surface form: "Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Winter) in Nagano"

1998 Winter Olympics → officialName → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

XVIII Olympic Winter Games → officialName → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →

XIX Olympic Winter Games → precededBy → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →