Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques

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athletics federation sports governing body

The Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques was a major French sports governing body that played a central role in organizing and promoting athletics and other sports in France around the turn of the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course à Pied 1
Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques 1
Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf athletics federation ⓘ
sports governing body ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
corePrinciple organization of national championships ⓘ
promotion of physical education ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1921 ⓘ
foundedBy Frantz Reichel ⓘ
Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
delegates of French sports clubs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
ideology amateurism ⓘ
inception 1887 ⓘ
influenced French participation in early Olympic Games ⓘ
development of modern French athletics ⓘ
organization of football in France ⓘ
organization of rugby union in France ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainTerritory metropolitan France ⓘ
memberOf International Olympic movement ⓘ
Union Cycliste Internationale ⓘ
notableMember Racing Club de France ⓘ
surface form: Club Athlétique de Paris

Racing Club de France ⓘ
Stade Français ⓘ
organized French football championship ⓘ
French national athletics championships ⓘ
French rugby union championship ⓘ
inter-club sports competitions in France ⓘ
precededBy Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course à Pied
replacedBy Fédération Française de Football ⓘ
Fédération Française de Rugby ⓘ
Fédération Française d’Athlétisme ⓘ
other specialized French sports federations ⓘ
role national governing body for athletics in France ⓘ
national governing body for football in France ⓘ
national governing body for rugby union in France ⓘ
umbrella organization for French amateur sports clubs ⓘ
scope amateur sport ⓘ
shortName USFSA ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
cross country running ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
fencing ⓘ
football ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
tennis ⓘ
track and field ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre de Coubertin → founded → Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA)
USFSA → fullName → Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques
Summer Olympics 1900 → organisedBy → Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques ⓘ
Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques → precededBy → Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course à Pied