XIX Olympic Winter Games

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Winter Olympics multi-sport event

The XIX Olympic Winter Games were the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah, featuring winter sports competitions among athletes from around the world.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Winter Olympics → multi-sport event →
closingDate	2002-02-24 →
commonName	2002 Winter Olympics →
continent	North America →
currencyOfOfficialReports	English →
featuredSport	Nordic combined → alpine skiing → biathlon → bobsleigh → cross-country skiing → curling → figure skating → freestyle skiing → ice hockey → luge → short track speed skating → skeleton → ski jumping → snowboarding → speed skating →
followedBy	2006 Winter Olympics → XX Olympic Winter Games →
hostCity	Salt Lake City →
hostCountry	United States →
hostNation	United States →
hostState	Utah →
iocPresidentDuringGames	Jacques Rogge →
mainStadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium →
mascot	Coal → Copper → Powder →
motto	Light the Fire Within →
notableFor	being the first Winter Olympics after the September 11 attacks → return of skeleton to the Olympic program →
numberOfAthletes	2399 →
numberOfDisciplines	15 →
numberOfEvents	78 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	77 →
numberOfSports	7 →
officialName	XIX Olympic Winter Games →
olympiadNumber	19 →
openingDate	2002-02-08 →
openingDeclaredBy	George W. Bush →
organisingCommittee	Salt Lake Organizing Committee →
precededBy	1998 Winter Olympics → XVIII Olympic Winter Games →
torchLighter	1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team →
year	2002 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2002 Winter Olympics → XIX Olympic Winter Games →	officialName
Ben Smith ("2002 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament") →	coachedAtEvent
Wayne Gretzky ("Winter Olympics (as executive/manager, 2002)") →	competedIn
XVIII Olympic Winter Games →	followedBy