1988 Winter Olympics

E82951
Winter Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1988 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter games held in Calgary, Canada, noted for iconic moments like the Jamaican bobsleigh team and British ski jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary 2
Calgary 1988 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
awardingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
biddingCity Calgary ⓘ
Cortina d'Ampezzo ⓘ
Flen ⓘ
surface form: Falun
cauldronLocation McMahon Stadium ⓘ
closingDate 1988-02-28 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currencyOfOfficialBudget Canadian dollar ⓘ
dateAwarded 1981-09-30 ⓘ
hostCity Calgary ⓘ
hostCityMayor Ralph Klein ⓘ
hostedSport Nordic combined ⓘ
alpine skiing ⓘ
biathlon ⓘ
bobsleigh ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
figure skating ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
luge ⓘ
ski jumping ⓘ
speed skating ⓘ
hostProvinceOrState Alberta ⓘ
introducedEvent Super-G alpine skiing for men ⓘ
Super-G alpine skiing for men ⓘ
surface form: Super-G alpine skiing for women

curling demonstration sport ⓘ
freestyle skiing demonstration sport ⓘ
short track speed skating demonstration sport ⓘ
team Nordic combined ⓘ
women's speed skating 5000 metres ⓘ
iocSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 80th IOC Session
legacyFacility Canada Olympic Park ⓘ
Canmore Nordic Centre ⓘ
Nakiska Ski Resort ⓘ
Utah Olympic Oval ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Oval
mainStadium McMahon Stadium ⓘ
motto Coming Together in Calgary ⓘ
nextEvent 1992 Winter Olympics ⓘ
notableParticipant Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards ⓘ
Jamaica national bobsleigh team ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 1423 ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines 10 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 46 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 57 ⓘ
numberOfSports 6 ⓘ
officialName XV Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
openingDate 1988-02-13 ⓘ
organizingCommittee XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee ⓘ
previousEvent 1984 Winter Olympics ⓘ
primaryIndoorArena Scotiabank Saddledome ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Saddledome
shortName 1988 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Calgary 1988
torchRelayEndLocation Calgary ⓘ
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia, Greece ⓘ
venue Canada Olympic Park ⓘ
Canmore Nordic Centre ⓘ
Father David Bauer Olympic Arena ⓘ
Max Bell Arena ⓘ
Nakiska Ski Resort ⓘ
Canada Olympic Park ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Oval

Stampede Corral ⓘ
year 1988 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viacheslav Fetisov → OlympicGoldMedal → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Bonnie Blair → competedIn → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Johann Olav Koss → competedIn → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Calgary → hostedEvent → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
Albert II of Monaco → olympicParticipation → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
1992 Winter Olympics → precededBy → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
XVI Olympic Winter Games → precededBy → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
1988 Winter Olympics → shortName → 1988 Winter Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calgary 1988
Bonnie Blair → wonBronzeAt → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Bonnie Blair → wonGoldAt → 1988 Winter Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary