Olympic Games

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The Olympic Games were a major ancient Greek athletic and religious festival held in honor of Zeus, featuring competitions among city-states that inspired the modern international sporting event.


Statements (77)
Predicate Object
instanceOf international sporting event
mega-event
multi-sport event
recurring sporting event
sporting festival
award bronze medal
gold medal
silver medal
countryOfOrigin Greece
firstEditionCountry Greece
firstEditionLocation Athens
firstEditionType Summer Olympic Games
foundedBy Pierre de Coubertin
governingBodyHeadquarters Lausanne
governingBodyHeadquartersCountry Switzerland
hasAnthem Olympic Hymn
hasCeremony closing ceremony
medal ceremony
opening ceremony
hasFeature Olympic Village
bid process
broadcast rights
host city selection process
sponsorship program
torch relay
hasLanguage English
French
hasMotto Citius, Altius, Fortius
Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
hasObjective develop youth through sport
encourage fair play
promote international understanding through sport
promote peace
hasOfficialOath athletes' oath
coaches' oath
judges' oath
hasPart Paralympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Youth Olympic Games
inception 1896
inspiredBy Ancient Olympic Games
namedAfter Olympia
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
recurrenceInterval 4 years
relatedEvent Ancient Olympic Games
Paralympic Games
Special Olympics World Games
World Games
shortName Olympics
sportDiscipline archery
athletics
badminton
basketball
boxing
cycling
equestrian
fencing
field hockey
football
golf
gymnastics
handball
judo
rowing
rugby sevens
sailing
swimming
table tennis
taekwondo
tennis
volleyball
weightlifting
wrestling
symbol Olympic flag
Olympic flame
Olympic rings

Referenced by (130)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1924 Winter Olympics
1932 Winter Olympics
1960 Winter Olympics
1964 Winter Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics
2028 Summer Olympics
2032 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXX Olympiad
Olympic rings
VIII Olympic Winter Games
Winter Olympics
XVI Olympic Winter Games
partOf
Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Echo Stoa
IOC Executive Board
IOC Session
Izzy
Nokki
North Stoa
Olympic Order
Sam the Olympic Eagle
Strahlenkranz
Sukki
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Villa of Nero at Olympia ("ancient Olympic Games")
associatedWith
Asian Games
British Empire Games
Isthmian Games
Olympic Games ("Ancient Olympic Games")
Pan American Games
relatedEvent
Josiah Ng
Károly Takács ("Summer Olympics")
Michael Phelps
Soviet Union national ice hockey team
competedIn
Li Ning
Lord Burghley
Olga Korbut
Thomas Bach
competitionClass
Olympic Games ("Ancient Olympic Games")
Pan American Games
Universiade
modern Olympic Games ("ancient Olympic Games")
inspiredBy
Commonwealth Games series
Olympic Solidarity
One World, One Dream
Paralympic Games
relatedTo
Alfeios River ("ancient Olympic Games")
Altis sacred precinct ("ancient Olympic Games")
valley of the Alfeios River ("ancient Olympic Games")
associatedWithEvent
Hippodrome of Olympia ("ancient Olympic Games")
May Field ("Summer Olympics")
South Stoa (Olympia) ("ancient Olympic Games")
usedDuring
Nagoya Resolution
Olympic rings ("Summer Olympics")
appliesTo
Eurosport
NBC Sports
broadcasts
Nemean Games
Paralympic Games
follows
Empire State Games
Youth Olympic Games
modeledAfter
Hayley Wickenheiser
Miloslav Nosek
participantIn
1980 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXXIV Olympiad
partOfSeries
Olympic Phryge
Olympic rings
represents
Heraia
Winter Olympics ("Summer Olympics")
separateFrom
Olympic Games ("Olympics")
modern Olympic Games
shortName
Plum Blossom Banner
Zhōnghuá Táiběi
usedIn
Games of the I Olympiad ("ancient Olympic Games")
basedOn
Games of the III Olympiad ("Olympic Summer Games")
belongsToSeries
Great Britain
competesIn
Paul Masson
competitionType
Panhellenic Games
consistsOf
John Inverdale
coveredEvent
Dick Enberg
coveredSport
Armen Keteyian
coveredTopic
BBC Sport
coversSport
Greeks
culturalContribution
Olympia
depicts
Chariots of Fire
depictsEvent
Olympic Games results database
domain
Sam the Olympic Eagle ("Summer Olympics")
eventType
BOA
focus
Al Michaels
hasCoveredEvent
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in swimming
hasEventType
Ancient Greek religion
hasFestival
Greek Antiquity
hasKeyInstitution
Panhellenic Games
hasPart
Paralympic Games
heldAfter
Paralympic Games
heldInParallelWith
Special Olympics
isDifferentFrom
Games of the III Olympiad ("Summer Olympics")
isEditionOf
Games of the III Olympiad ("Summer Games")
isSummerOrWinter
Vicky Bullett ("Summer Olympics")
medalistAt
Razif Sidek
medalistIn
Olympia-Schwimmstadion
namedAfter
CBC Sports
notableCoverage
International Olympic movement
organizes
Georges André
participatedIn
New Zealand national sports teams
participateIn
Pindar's odes
performanceContext
O Canada
performedAt
1896 Summer Olympics ("ancient Olympic Games")
precededBy
Friendly Games
relatedConcept
Spartan army
religiousFestivalConstraint
Eric Lindros
represented country at tournament
Emma Meesseman
representedInCompetition
Team GB
representsAt
CAN
representsIn
Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
scope
Nemean Games
similarTo
Pythian Games
sisterEvent
Bridgestone
sponsors
Team GB
sportingEvent
La Gazzetta dello Sport
subject
2008 Summer Olympics ("Summer Games")
typeOfGames
TPE
usedInContext
Chinese Taipei
usedInContextOf
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
worshipContext

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