1998 Winter Olympics
18th edition of Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan
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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].