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.

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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 modern Olympic Games
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
modern Olympic Games
surface form: Summer Olympic Games

Winter Olympics
surface form: Winter Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games
inception 1896
inspiredBy Olympic Games self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ancient Olympic Games
namedAfter Olympia
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
recurrenceInterval 4 years
relatedEvent Olympic Games self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ancient Olympic Games

Paralympic Games
Special Olympics
surface form: Special Olympics World Games

World Games
shortName Olympic Games self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 rings
surface form: Olympic flag

Olympic flame
Olympic rings

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Youth Olympic Games modeledAfter Olympic Games
IOC Session associatedWith Olympic Games
IOC Executive Board associatedWith Olympic Games
Thomas Bach competitionClass Olympic Games
Olympic Order associatedWith Olympic Games
1924 Winter Olympics partOf Olympic Games
Olympic Solidarity relatedTo Olympic Games
Alfeios River associatedWithEvent Olympic Games
this entity surface form: ancient Olympic Games
Bridgestone sponsors Olympic Games
Games of the I Olympiad basedOn Olympic Games
this entity surface form: ancient Olympic Games
Paul Masson competitionType Olympic Games
VIII Olympic Winter Games partOf Olympic Games
One World, One Dream relatedTo Olympic Games
Li Ning competitionClass Olympic Games
Izzy associatedWith Olympic Games
1964 Winter Olympics partOf Olympic Games
Panhellenic Games consistsOf Olympic Games
Panhellenic Games hasPart Olympic Games
La Gazzetta dello Sport subject Olympic Games
Games of the III Olympiad isEditionOf Olympic Games
this entity surface form: Summer Olympics
Games of the III Olympiad isSummerOrWinter Olympic Games
this entity surface form: Summer Games
Games of the III Olympiad belongsToSeries Olympic Games
this entity surface form: Olympic Summer Games
Heraia separateFrom Olympic Games
Nosek participantIn Olympic Games
subject surface form: Miloslav Nosek
Pindar associatedWithEvent Olympic Games
Kristin universe Olympic Games
Maurice Forget sportingContext Olympic Games
Olympic flame associatedWith Olympic Games
Olympic flame relatedTo Olympic Games
this entity surface form: ancient Olympic Games
Olympic flame usedIn Olympic Games
this entity surface form: Summer Olympics
Olympic Hymn subject Olympic Games
World Games relatedTo Olympic Games
pankration wasIntroducedIn Olympic Games
subject surface form: Pankration
this entity surface form: ancient Olympic Games
European Games relatedTo Olympic Games