VIII Olympic Winter Games

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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.

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VIII Olympic Winter Games canonical 4

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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 US
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
hostRegion California, United States
surface form: California
introducedInstantReplay true
iocSessionThatAwardedGames International Olympic Committee Session
surface form: 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 self-link
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

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1960 Winter Olympics officialName VIII Olympic Winter Games
VIII Olympic Winter Games officialName VIII Olympic Winter Games self-link
IX Olympic Winter Games previousWinterGames VIII Olympic Winter Games
VII Olympic Winter Games nextOlympicGames VIII Olympic Winter Games