VIII Olympic Winter Games

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Winter Olympic Games international sports competition multi-sport event

The VIII Olympic Winter Games were the 1960 Winter Olympics, an international multi-sport event held in Squaw Valley, California, featuring winter sports competitions among athletes from around the world.

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Label Occurrences
VIII Olympic Winter Games canonical 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Winter Olympic Games ⓘ
international sports competition ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
awardingBody International Olympic Committee ⓘ
category 1960 in American sports ⓘ
1960 in sports ⓘ
Winter Olympics in the United States ⓘ
closingDate 1960-02-28 ⓘ
commonName 1960 Winter Olympics ⓘ
computerSystemProvider IBM ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
countryCodeOfHost US ⓘ
surface form: USA
featuredDiscipline Nordic combined ⓘ
biathlon ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
ski jumping ⓘ
featuredSport Nordic skiing ⓘ
alpine skiing ⓘ
figure skating ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
speed skating ⓘ
firstOlympicsWithComputerizedScoring true ⓘ
hostCity Squaw Valley ⓘ
hostCityRenamed Olympic Valley ⓘ
hostCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hostRegion California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
introducedInstantReplay true ⓘ
iocSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 53rd IOC Session
mainStadium Blyth Memorial Arena ⓘ
motto not officially designated ⓘ
nextEvent 1964 Winter Olympics ⓘ
notableFor extensive use of technology in timing and scoring ⓘ
modern, purpose-built Olympic village ⓘ
notableForSovietUSARivalry true ⓘ
numberOfDisciplines 8 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 27 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 144 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 521 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingAthletes 665 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 30 ⓘ
numberOfSports 4 ⓘ
officialName VIII Olympic Winter Games self-link ⓘ
openingDate 1960-02-18 ⓘ
partOf Olympic Games ⓘ
previousEvent 1956 Winter Olympics ⓘ
primaryUSBroadcaster CBS ⓘ
televisedInUnitedStates true ⓘ
timePeriod February 1960 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuringColdWar true ⓘ
usedArtificialIce true ⓘ
usedArtificialSnow true ⓘ
year 1960 ⓘ

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

1960 Winter Olympics → officialName → VIII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
VIII Olympic Winter Games → officialName → VIII Olympic Winter Games self-link ⓘ
IX Olympic Winter Games → previousWinterGames → VIII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ
VII Olympic Winter Games → nextOlympicGames → VIII Olympic Winter Games ⓘ