Summer Olympics 1908

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1908 Summer Olympics were an early modern Olympic Games notable for being held in London after Rome withdrew, featuring the first standardized 26-mile 385-yard marathon distance and significant developments in international sports organization.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
1908 Summer Olympics	9
1908 Summer Olympics football tournament	1
1908 Summer Olympics opening ceremony	1
1908 Summer Olympics rugby union tournament	1
Summer Olympics 1908 canonical	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
closingDate	1908-10-31 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuredSport	archery ⓘ athletics ⓘ boxing ⓘ cycling ⓘ fencing ⓘ figure skating ⓘ football ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ hockey ⓘ jeux de paume ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ polo ⓘ rackets ⓘ rowing ⓘ rugby union ⓘ sailing ⓘ shooting ⓘ swimming ⓘ tug of war ⓘ water motorsports ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
followedBy	1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ
governingBody	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hostedByCityForFirstTime	true ⓘ
introducedEvent	field hockey as an Olympic sport ⓘ figure skating at the Olympic Games ⓘ indoor tennis ⓘ motorboating as an Olympic sport ⓘ
marathonDistance	26 miles 385 yards ⓘ
marathonDistanceKilometres	42.195 kilometres ⓘ
marathonDistanceStandardized	true ⓘ
marathonFinishLocation	in front of the Royal Box at White City Stadium ⓘ
monarchDuringGames	Edward VII ⓘ
notableDevelopment	increased codification of international competition rules ⓘ strengthening of the International Olympic Committee’s authority over international sports federations ⓘ
notableIncident	disqualification of Dorando Pietri in the marathon after being helped across the finish line ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	approximately 2008 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	110 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	22 ⓘ
numberOfSports	22 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the IV Olympiad ⓘ
olympiadNumber	4 ⓘ
openingDate	1908-04-27 ⓘ
organisingCommitteePresident	Lord Desborough ⓘ
originallyAwardedTo	Rome ⓘ
partOf	modern Olympic Games ⓘ
precededBy	Summer Olympics 1904 ⓘ surface form: 1904 Summer Olympics
relocatedFrom	Rome ⓘ
relocationReason	financial difficulties of Italy after the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius ⓘ
secondRankedNationByGoldMedals	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
stadium	White City Stadium ⓘ
topRankedNationByGoldMedals	United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

London, England → hosted → Summer Olympics 1908 ⓘ

subject surface form: London

International Olympic Committee later assigned gold, silver and bronze medals retrospectively → appliesTo → Summer Olympics 1908 ⓘ

subject surface form: International Olympic Committee retrospective medal assignments