1998 Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 1998 Commonwealth Games were an international multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking the first time the Games took place in an Asian country.

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Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
closingDate	1998-09-21 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
firstTimeHostedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
followedBy	2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
governingBody	Commonwealth Games Federation ⓘ
hostCity	Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
hostedBy	Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee ⓘ
hostNation	Malaysia ⓘ
hostNationMedalRank	4 ⓘ
includedSport	athletics ⓘ badminton ⓘ boxing ⓘ cricket ⓘ cycling ⓘ field hockey ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ lawn bowls ⓘ netball ⓘ rugby sevens ⓘ shooting ⓘ squash ⓘ swimming ⓘ tennis ⓘ triathlon ⓘ weightlifting ⓘ
introducedSport	team sports in official programme ⓘ
mainStadium	Bukit Jalil National Stadium ⓘ
mainVenue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium ⓘ surface form: National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil
motto	Humanity – Equality – Destiny ⓘ
notableFirst	first Commonwealth Games held in Asia ⓘ first Commonwealth Games with team sports as full medal events ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	3638 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	213 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	70 ⓘ
numberOfSports	15 ⓘ
officialName	2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ surface form: XVI Commonwealth Games
openingDate	1998-09-11 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy	Tuanku Ja’afar ⓘ
positionOfOpener	Tuanku Ja’afar ⓘ surface form: Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
precededBy	1994 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
slogan	Games of the New Millennium ⓘ
timePeriod	September 11–21, 1998 ⓘ
torchLighter	Nur Herman Majid ⓘ surface form: Azman Sulaiman Brian Jegan ⓘ Cheah Soon Kit ⓘ Foo Kok Keong ⓘ Rashid Sidek ⓘ surface form: Jalani Sidek Josiah Ng ⓘ M. Azhar ⓘ M. Azhar ⓘ surface form: M. Azharuddin M. Azhar ⓘ surface form: M. Azharul M. Zulkifli ⓘ surface form: M. Azlan M. Nordin ⓘ surface form: M. Azman M. Nordin ⓘ surface form: M. Azmi M. Fauzi ⓘ M. Jegathesan ⓘ M. Kumaresan ⓘ M. Nordin ⓘ M. Zainal ⓘ surface form: M. Rosli M. Zainal ⓘ M. Zulkifli ⓘ Marina Chin ⓘ Rashid Sidek ⓘ surface form: Misbun Sidek Nur Herman Majid ⓘ Rahman Sidek ⓘ Rashid Sidek ⓘ Razif Sidek ⓘ Shalin Zulkifli ⓘ Cheah Soon Kit ⓘ surface form: Yap Kim Hock

Referenced by (10)

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Humanity – Equality – Destiny → appliesToEvent → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee → eventEdition → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee → eventName → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games

M. Kumaresan → eventParticipatedIn → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Kuala Lumpur → hostedEvent → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

1994 Commonwealth Games → nextEvent → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee → organisedEvent → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Nur Herman Majid → participatedIn → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

2002 Commonwealth Games → precededBy → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ

Humanity – Equality – Destiny → usedBy → 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ