1998 Winter Olympics

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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.


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

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