XVIII Olympic Winter Games

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


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

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