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.

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	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 →
hostRegion	California →
introducedInstantReplay	true →
iocSessionThatAwardedGames	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 →
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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1960 Winter Olympics → VIII Olympic Winter Games →	officialName