Winter Olympics 1994

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:closed 1994-02-27
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Winter_Olympics_1998
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Lillehammer
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:Norway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Winter Olympics 1994
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Lysgårdsbakken
gptkbp:mascot gptkb:Håkon
gptkb:Kristin
gptkbp:memberState 67
gptkbp:motto “Lillehammer ’94 – The Olympic Winter Games”
gptkbp:notableFor First Winter Olympics held two years after the previous Games
Germany led the medal table
Russia competed as an independent nation for the first time since 1912
Debut of freestyle skiing as a medal event
Norway finished second in the medal table
First Winter Olympics not held in the same year as the Summer Olympics since 1924
The Games were broadcast to over 60 countries
The Olympic flame was lit by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, and Ukraine made their Winter Olympic debuts
South Africa returned to the Winter Olympics after apartheid ban
Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan figure skating controversy
Debut of short track speed skating as a medal event
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 1737
gptkbp:numberOfDisciplines 12
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 61
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:XVII_Olympic_Winter_Games
gptkbp:opened gptkb:King_Harald_V_of_Norway
1994-02-12
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Winter_Olympics_1992
gptkbp:sport 6
gptkbp:website https://www.olympic.org/lillehammer-1994
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Erik_Kristiansen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7