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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

Facts

26 properties
Instance of
Winter Olympic Games edition, international sporting event[2]
Country
Japan[1]
Follows
1994 Winter Olympics[3]
Followed by
2002 Winter Olympics[4]
Official website
olympics.com, www.joc.or.jp[34][35]
Part of the series
Winter Olympic Games[5]
Location
Nagano Olympic Stadium, Nagano[6][7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.580°, 138.166°
Dedicated heritage entity
Nagano Olympic Museum[42]
Edition number
18[8]
End time
February 22, 1998[28]
Has part(s)
biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics, snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics, short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics, cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nordic skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics, figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Has part(s) of the class
Olympic sporting event[40]
Mascot
Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki[33]
Number of participants
+72, +2176[37][38]
Oath made by
Kenji Ogiwara, Junko Hiramatsu[24][25]
Official name
XXVIII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[39]
Officially opened by
Akihito[23]
Organizer
Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee[31]
Participant
Irena Česneková[32]
Point in time
February 1998[29]
Sport
winter sport[30]
Sports season of league or competition
Winter Olympic Games[41]
Start time
February 7, 1998[27]
Show all 26 facts +2
Theme music
Wa ni Natte Odorō[36]
Torch lit by
Midori Ito[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en XVIII Olympic Winter Games en 1998 Winter Olympics en Nagano 1998 ar ألعاب أولمبيه شتويه ١٩٩٨ ar الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 1998 ar الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية ١٩٩٨ ar ألعاب أولمبية شتوية 1998 ar ألعاب أولمبية شتوية ١٩٩٨ ar ألعاب أولمبيه شتويه 1998 cs Zimní olympijské hry 1998 da Vinter-OL 1998 de Olympische Winterspiele 1998 de Olympia 1998 de Nagano 1998 de XVIII. Olympischen Winterspiele de Olympische Spiele 1998 el Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1998 es Juegos Olímpicos de Nagano 1998 fa بازی‌های المپیک زمستانی ۱۹۹۸ fi talviolympialaiset 1998
🔖 Identifiers · 22
VIAF cluster ID
136.5M (122.8M–136.5M, n=3)
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 124860603 · 122849549 · 136514846 BnF data 197069945 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Library of Congress authority ID
nr97022955
GND ID
2166857-7
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
309323
BabelNet ID
00257793n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12565087n
Described at URL
www.sports-reference.com
Enciclopedia dello Sport ID
olimpiadi-invernali-nagano-1998
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/Nagano-1998-Olympic-Winter-Games
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
1998-18es-jeux-olympiques-d-hiver, nagano-jeux-olympiques-de-1998-contexte-organisation-bilan
Fandom article ID
olympics:Nagano_1998
Freebase ID
/m/0swbd
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Vinter-OL_i_1998
IdRef ID
075437414
Larousse ID
divers/wd/185507
NDL Authority ID
00956950
NL CR AUT ID
kn20010710106
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987008638486605171
NicoNicoPedia ID
長野オリンピック
SVKKL authority ID
0412358-Zimni-olympijske-hry
Topic's main category
Category:1998 Winter Olympics
Wikisimpsons article ID
53913
📚 Sources · 1
  • BnF data as of 2026-10-01 · 2 statements · fr-lo Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.

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InceptionP571
1998 2026-10-01 BnF data (fr-lo) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
BnF data
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261102 landed
Licence
fr-lo
Credit
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retain…
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1998 2026-10-01 BnF data (fr-lo) as of 2026-10-01
where from?
Source
BnF data
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261102 landed
Licence
fr-lo
Credit
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retain…
Bronze
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4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), Licence Ouverte. Source ARK in subject/source_uri; dump 2026-05-04 through 2026-05-10 (generation; directory listing 2026-05-28); retrieved 2026-10-01T14:32:18Z. RDF tokens retained; entity keys/type classification derived. Data includes external enrichment and inferred relationships.
🔗 Connections
← Participant in 1072
Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Wayne Gretzky, Janica Kostelić, Bode Miller, Simon Ammann, Jaromír Jágr, Kjetil André Aamodt, Kjetil André Aamodt +1064 more
Has part(s) 15
ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics, figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics, short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics +7 more
Has these parts 15
ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics, biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics, figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics, short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics +7 more
Oath made by 2
Kenji Ogiwara, Junko Hiramatsu
← Significant event 2
Japan, Nagano
Belongs to 1
Winter Olympic Games
Country 1
Japan
Followed by 1
2002 Winter Olympics
Followed by (predecessor) 1
2002 Winter Olympics
Follows 1
1994 Winter Olympics
Location 1
Nagano Olympic Stadium
Mascot 1
Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki
Named after 1
Nagano Olympic Stadium
Officially opened by 1
Akihito
Part of the series 1
Winter Olympic Games
Participant 1
Irena Česneková
Preceded by (successor) 1
1994 Winter Olympics
Sport 1
winter sport
Sports season of league or competition 1
Winter Olympic Games
Topic's main category 1
Category:1998 Winter Olympics
Torch lit by 1
Midori Ito
← Advertises 1
Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics
← Category's main topic 1
Category:1998 Winter Olympics
← Created for 1
Nagano Shinkansen
← Occupant 1
Nagano Olympic Stadium
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Outcome and Impact

Things named for 1998 Winter Olympics include Nagano Olympic Stadium[43], an Olympic stadium[44], in Japan[45], founded in 1998[46].

Why It Matters

Entities named for 1998 Winter Olympics include Nagano Olympic Stadium[43], an Olympic stadium[44], in Japan[45], founded in 1998[46].

Related Entities

Akihito Albert II, Prince of Monaco Bode Miller Dominik Hašek Janica Kostelić Janne Ahonen Japan Jaromír Jágr Joe Sakic Kati Wilhelm Kjetil André Aamodt Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Martin Brodeur Noriaki Kasai Simon Ammann Stefania Belmondo Wayne Gretzky

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  1. 2d ago · Trummler12 · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Nagano Olympic Stadium, Nagano
    Edition number → 18
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Location: Nagano, #temporary_batch_1793892721198"
  2. 17w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article ID → 53913
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article ID: 53913, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296165796|1998 Nagano Winter Olympics (#296165796)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|W"
  3. 18w ago · Oscgramcam · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → Vinter-OL_i_1998
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Vinter-OL_i_1998"
  4. 21w 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
    Instance of → —
    Has part(s) → biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics, snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics, luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics +12
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0412358-Zimni-olympijske-hry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259499|batch #259499]]"
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