1998 Winter Olympics

18th edition of Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan
Event winter_olympic_games_edition Q9664
1998 Winter Olympics
Original author: Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

1998 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 3,642 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #9 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[3]
  • Instance of: international sporting event[4]
  • Follows: 1994 Winter Olympics[5]
  • Followed by: 2002 Winter Olympics[6]
  • Part of the series: Winter Olympic Games[7]
  • Location: Nagano Olympic Stadium[8]
  • Commons category: 1998 Winter Olympics[9]
  • Has part(s): biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics[10], snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics[11], luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics[12], short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics[13], freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics[14], Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics[15], cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics[16], Nordic skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics[17], ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics[18], alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics[19], bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics[20], ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics[21], speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics[22], curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics[23]
  • Officially opened by: Akihito[24]
  • Oath made by: Kenji Ogiwara[25], Junko Hiramatsu[26]
  • Torch lit by: Midori Ito[27]
  • Start time: February 7, 1998[28]
  • End time: February 22, 1998[29]
  • Point in time: February 1998[30]
  • Sport: winter sport[31]
  • Organizer: Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee[32]
  • Participant: Irena Česneková[33]
  • Mascot: Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki[34]
  • Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/nagano-1998[35], https://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/nagano/[36]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1998 Winter Olympics[37]
  • Theme music: Wa ni Natte Odorō[38]
  • Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/[39]
  • Number of participants: 72[40], 2176[41]
  • Official name: XXVIII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[42]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[43]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for 1998 Winter Olympics include Nagano Olympic Stadium[44], an Olympic stadium[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1998[47].

Why It Matters

1998 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Nagano Olympic Stadium[44], an Olympic stadium[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1998[47].

References

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  38. [40] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 53913
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  2. 14w ago · Oscgramcam · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Vinter-OL_i_1998
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:1998 Winter Olympics
    Start time → +1998-02-07T00:00:00Z
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    Has part(s) → biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics, snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics +12
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