men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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Men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the discipline in which American skater Eric Heiden delivered a historic performance by winning gold in every distance event, dominating the entire competition.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16891697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Eric Heiden, hasWonAllEventsInDisciplineAtSingleOlympics, men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics]
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speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a set of long-track ice racing events held in Nagano, Japan, featuring multiple distances for men and women and resulting in several Olympic and world records.
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Olympic speed skating
Olympic speed skating is a Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race on ice skates over set distances, including both long track and short track events.
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speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was the set of long-track ice racing events held at the Turin Games, featuring multiple distances for men and women and contributing to the overall medal standings in ice sports.
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500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics Target entity description: Men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics was the discipline in which American skater Eric Heiden delivered a historic performance by winning gold in every distance event, dominating the entire competition.
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A.
speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a set of long-track ice racing events held in Nagano, Japan, featuring multiple distances for men and women and resulting in several Olympic and world records.
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B.
Olympic speed skating
Olympic speed skating is a Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race on ice skates over set distances, including both long track and short track events.
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C.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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D.
speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was the set of long-track ice racing events held at the Turin Games, featuring multiple distances for men and women and contributing to the overall medal standings in ice sports.
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E.
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event at the St. Moritz Games, notable for featuring Finnish skater Clas Thunberg among its champions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating
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men’s speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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subject surface form:
Eric Heiden