1970 British Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were an international multi-sport event held in Edinburgh, Scotland, featuring athletes from across the Commonwealth.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
1970 British Commonwealth Games canonical 3
1970 British Commonwealth Games closing ceremony 1
1970 Commonwealth Games 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
category 1970 in Scottish sport ⓘ
1970 multi-sport events ⓘ
Commonwealth Games series ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Games in Scotland

Sports competitions in Edinburgh ⓘ
cityState Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
closingCeremonyLocation Meadowbank Stadium ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
editionNumber 9 ⓘ
endDate 1970-07-25 ⓘ
eventType international multi-sport event ⓘ
followedBy 1974 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
hostCity Edinburgh ⓘ
hostCountry Scotland ⓘ
hostedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
mainStadium Meadowbank Stadium ⓘ
motto Friendly Games ⓘ
notableFeature first Commonwealth Games to use metric distances in athletics ⓘ
first time the Games were branded as British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 1783 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 121 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 42 ⓘ
numberOfSports 10 ⓘ
officialName 1970 British Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IX British Commonwealth Games
openingBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
openingCeremonyLocation Meadowbank Stadium ⓘ
organisingBody Commonwealth Games Federation ⓘ
surface form: British Commonwealth Games Federation
participants athletes from across the Commonwealth ⓘ
partOfSeries Commonwealth Games series ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth Games
precededBy 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games ⓘ
primaryVenue Meadowbank Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Meadowbank Sports Centre
startDate 1970-07-16 ⓘ
timePeriod July 1970 ⓘ

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

Commonwealth Games series → hasEdition → 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
1970 British Commonwealth Games → officialName → 1970 British Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IX British Commonwealth Games
Meadowbank Stadium → hostedEvent → 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1970 British Commonwealth Games closing ceremony
1974 British Commonwealth Games → previousEvent → 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games → nextEvent → 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Peter Norman → participatedIn → 1970 British Commonwealth Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1970 Commonwealth Games