1998 Winter Olympics

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Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1998 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games held in Nagano, Japan, featuring events such as ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.

Aliases (7)

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Winter Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
bidElectionCity	Birmingham →
bidElectionCountry	United Kingdom →
bidElectionDate	1991-06-15 →
bidElectionIOCSession	97th IOC Session →
bidRivalCity	Aosta → Jaca → Salt Lake City → Östersund →
closingCeremonyVenue	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
closingDate	1998-02-22 →
continent	Asia →
country	Japan →
featuredSport	Nordic combined → alpine skiing → biathlon → bobsleigh → cross-country skiing → figure skating → freestyle skiing → ice hockey → luge → short track speed skating → ski jumping → snowboarding → speed skating →
firstTimeHostCity	Nagano →
followedBy	2002 Winter Olympics →
governingBody	International Olympic Committee →
hostCity	Nagano →
hostCityBidWinner	Nagano →
hostCountryFirstTimeWinterGames	no →
hostCountryMedalRank	7 →
hostCountryPreviousWinterGamesCity	Sapporo →
hostCountryPreviousWinterGamesYear	1972 →
hostPrefecture	Nagano Prefecture →
introducedEvent	curling as medal sport → snowboard giant slalom → snowboard halfpipe → women's ice hockey tournament →
introducedSport	snowboarding →
IOCPresidentAtGames	Juan Antonio Samaranch →
mainStadium	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
mascot	Lekki → Nokki → Sukki → Tsukki →
mascotGroupName	Snowlets →
motto	Snowlets from the Heart of the World →
notableAthlete	Björn Dählie → Catriona Le May Doan → Dominique Gisin → Hermann Maier → Ilia Kulik → Jonny Moseley → Kazuyoshi Funaki → Michelle Kwan → Tara Lipinski →
notableEvent	curling returned as medal sport after long absence → first Olympic snowboarding competitions → introduction of women's ice hockey as Olympic medal event →
numberOfAthletes	2176 →
numberOfDisciplines	14 →
numberOfEvents	68 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	72 →
numberOfSports	7 →
officialLanguage	English → French → Japanese →
officialName	XVIII Olympic Winter Games →
openingCeremonyVenue	Nagano Olympic Stadium →
openingDate	1998-02-07 →
organisingCommitteePresident	Eishiro Saito →
precededBy	1994 Winter Olympics →
shortName	Nagano 1998 →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
topGoldMedalCountry	Germany →
topMedalCountry	Germany →
year	1998 →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dominik Hašek → Ilia Kulik ("Nagano 1998") → Pavel Bure → Pavel Bure ("1998 Nagano Olympics") → Tara Lipinski → Teemu Selänne ("Nagano 1998") →	OlympicGames
Ben Smith → František Kučera → Janica Kostelić → Kazuyoshi Funaki → Mike Modano →	participatedIn
Björn Dählie → Chris Chelios → Michelle Kwan →	OlympicGamesParticipatedIn
Catriona Le May Doan → Surya Bonaly →	competedIn
Nokki → Sukki →	event
Cammi Granato → Hayley Wickenheiser →	participantIn
Snowlets → Snowlets ("Nagano 1998 Winter Games") →	represent
Sukki → Sukki ("Nagano 1998 Winter Games") →	represents
Snowlets ("Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998") →	associatedEvent
Snowlets ("Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics") →	category
XVIII Olympic Winter Games →	commonName
Ilia Kulik →	competedAt
Canada women's national ice hockey team →	firstOlympicAppearance
XVII Olympic Winter Games →	followedBy
Nagano →	hostedEvent
Nagano →	knownFor
1994 Winter Olympics →	nextWinterOlympics
Eishiro Saito ("1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano") →	notableEvent
Tsukki →	officialMascotFor
Nagano Olympic Stadium →	olympicGames
Brian Leetch →	OlympicParticipant
Albert II of Monaco →	olympicParticipation
Canada women's national ice hockey team →	olympicSilverMedal
Nagano Olympic Stadium →	openedForUse
Surya Bonaly ("1998 Winter Olympics free skate") →	performedBackflipOnOneBladeAt
Roman Čechmánek →	playedInTournament
2002 Winter Olympics →	precededBy
Peter Bondra →	representedAtTournament
Nokki →	representedEvent
1998 Winter Olympics ("Nagano 1998") →	shortName
Ilia Kulik →	wonGoldMedalAt