Pierre de Coubertin medal

E315452

Olympic award sportsmanship award

The Pierre de Coubertin medal is a special Olympic honor awarded by the International Olympic Committee to individuals who exemplify outstanding sportsmanship and the ideals of the Olympic spirit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pierre de Coubertin medal canonical	4
Pierre de Coubertin Medal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2985550 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pierre de Coubertin medal
Context triple: [Emil Zátopek, awardReceived, Pierre de Coubertin medal]

A. Lamme Medal
The Lamme Medal is a prestigious IEEE award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of electrical engineering, particularly in the development of electrical transmission, distribution, and utilization systems.
B. Ordre du Mérite sportif
Ordre du Mérite sportif was a former French state honor that specifically recognized distinguished achievements and services in the field of sports.
C. Coke Medal
The Coke Medal is a prestigious honor bestowed by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the geosciences.
D. Liberty Medal
The Liberty Medal is a prestigious American award presented annually to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the ideals of freedom and human rights.
E. Hubbard Medal
The Hubbard Medal is the National Geographic Society’s highest honor, awarded for extraordinary contributions in exploration, discovery, and research.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pierre de Coubertin medal
Target entity description: The Pierre de Coubertin medal is a special Olympic honor awarded by the International Olympic Committee to individuals who exemplify outstanding sportsmanship and the ideals of the Olympic spirit.

A. Lamme Medal
The Lamme Medal is a prestigious IEEE award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of electrical engineering, particularly in the development of electrical transmission, distribution, and utilization systems.
B. Ordre du Mérite sportif
Ordre du Mérite sportif was a former French state honor that specifically recognized distinguished achievements and services in the field of sports.
C. Coke Medal
The Coke Medal is a prestigious honor bestowed by the Geological Society of London to recognize significant contributions to the geosciences.
D. Liberty Medal
The Liberty Medal is a prestigious American award presented annually to individuals or organizations that have demonstrated leadership and commitment to the ideals of freedom and human rights.
E. Hubbard Medal
The Hubbard Medal is the National Geographic Society’s highest honor, awarded for extraordinary contributions in exploration, discovery, and research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic award ⓘ sportsmanship award ⓘ
associatedWith	Olympic Charter ⓘ surface form: Olympic Charter principles Olympic Charter ⓘ surface form: Olympic values
awardedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
awardedIrregularly	true ⓘ
awardedSince	20th century ⓘ
awardedTo	athletes ⓘ coaches ⓘ officials ⓘ other individuals in the Olympic Movement ⓘ
awardFor	embodying Olympic ideals ⓘ exemplifying the Olympic spirit ⓘ outstanding sportsmanship ⓘ
category	Olympic honors and decorations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
criteriaInclude	fair play ⓘ integrity in competition ⓘ promotion of friendship through sport ⓘ respect for opponents ⓘ selflessness ⓘ
distinctFrom	Olympic bronze medal ⓘ Olympic gold medal ⓘ Olympic silver medal ⓘ
hasAwardingBodyRole	IOC Executive Board ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscription	English ⓘ French ⓘ
hasMotto	The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle ⓘ
hasPhysicalForm	medal ⓘ
hasTheme	Olympic spirit ⓘ sportsmanship ⓘ
hasType	non-competitive honor ⓘ
inception	1964 ⓘ
isNot	Olympic competition medal ⓘ performance-based medal ⓘ
namedAfter	Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
namedAfterRole	founder of the modern Olympic Games ⓘ
partOf	Olympic medals ⓘ surface form: Olympic awards and decorations
presentedAt	Olympic Games ⓘ Olympic-related events ⓘ
relatedTo	Olympic Cup ⓘ Olympic Order ⓘ
selectionProcessIncludes	evaluation of conduct during Olympic events ⓘ recommendations from International Federations ⓘ recommendations from National Olympic Committees ⓘ
symbolizes	ethical conduct in sport ⓘ humanism in sport ⓘ ideal of amateurism in sport ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Emil Zátopek → awardReceived → Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ

Olympic Order → relatedAward → Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pierre de Coubertin Medal

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima Neeleman → awardReceived → Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima

Zátopek → awardReceived → Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ

subject surface form: Emil Zátopek

Czech Locomotive → awardReceived → Pierre de Coubertin medal ⓘ