2018 Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 2018 Commonwealth Games were an international multi-sport event held on the Gold Coast, Australia, featuring athletes from nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

Aliases (2)

2018 Queen’s Baton Relay ×1
XXI Commonwealth Games ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth Games → multi-sport event →
bidRunnerUp	Hambantota →
bidWinner	Gold Coast →
broadcastPartner	Seven Network →
closingCeremonyVenue	Carrara Stadium →
closingDate	2018-04-15 →
continent	Oceania →
country	Australia →
followedBy	2022 Commonwealth Games →
hostCity	Gold Coast →
hostCityFirstTimeHostingCommonwealthGames	yes →
hostCityRegion	Gold Coast metropolitan region →
hostCountryFirstTimeForCity	yes →
hostCountryNumberOfTimesHostedCommonwealthGames	5 →
hostNation	Australia →
hostSelectionDate	2011-11-11 →
hostStateOrTerritory	Queensland →
includedParaSports	yes →
levelOfCompetition	international →
localOrganisingCommittee	Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation →
mainVenue	Carrara Stadium →
mascot	Borobi →
mascotSpecies	koala →
motto	Share the Dream →
notableFeature	first Commonwealth Games to have an equal number of medal events for men and women → largest sporting event staged in Australia since the 2000 Summer Olympics →
numberOfAthletes	6600 →
numberOfEvents	275 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	71 →
numberOfSports	18 →
officialName	XXI Commonwealth Games →
openingCeremonyVenue	Carrara Stadium →
openingDate	2018-04-04 →
organisingBody	Commonwealth Games Federation →
paraSportsIntegratedIntoProgram	yes →
precededBy	2014 Commonwealth Games →
shortName	Gold Coast 2018 →
sportsIncluded	athletics → badminton → basketball → beach volleyball → boxing → cycling → gymnastics → hockey → lawn bowls → netball → rugby sevens → shooting → squash → swimming → table tennis → triathlon → weightlifting → wrestling →
timePeriod	4–15 April 2018 →
torchRelayEndLocation	Carrara Stadium →
torchRelayName	Queen’s Baton Relay →
torchRelayStartLocation	Buckingham Palace →
typeOfParticipants	athletes from Commonwealth of Nations members and territories →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2014 Commonwealth Games →	followedBy
Commonwealth Games series →	hasEdition
Queen’s Baton Relay ("2018 Queen’s Baton Relay") →	hasNotableEdition
Gold Coast →	hostedEvent
2018 Commonwealth Games ("XXI Commonwealth Games") →	officialName
2022 Commonwealth Games →	precededBy