2022 Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 2022 Commonwealth Games were an international multi-sport event held in Birmingham, England, featuring athletes from nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

Aliases (2)

Birmingham 2022 ×1
XXII Commonwealth Games ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth Games → multi-sport event →
broadcastCountry	United Kingdom →
broadcastPartner	BBC →
closingCeremonyVenue	Alexander Stadium →
closingDate	2022-08-08 →
commonName	Birmingham 2022 →
continent	Europe →
currencyOfHostCountry	Pound sterling →
followedBy	2026 Commonwealth Games →
genderEquality	more women’s events than men’s events →
hostCity	Birmingham →
hostCityCountry	Birmingham, England →
hostCountry	England →
hostNation	United Kingdom →
hostNationSelection	awarded to Birmingham in 2017 →
hostRegion	West Midlands →
mainStadium	Alexander Stadium →
motto	Games for Everyone →
numberOfAthletes	approximately 5000 →
numberOfEvents	over 280 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	72 →
numberOfSports	19 →
officialName	XXII Commonwealth Games →
openingCeremonyVenue	Alexander Stadium →
openingDate	2022-07-28 →
organisedBy	Commonwealth Games Federation →
organisingCommittee	Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games →
originalHostCityStrippedOfRights	2017 →
originalHostCityWithdrawn	Durban →
originalHostCountry	South Africa →
paraSportIntegration	fully integrated para-sport programme →
participatingEntities	Commonwealth of Nations members and territories →
precededBy	2018 Commonwealth Games →
regionServed	Commonwealth of Nations →
sequenceNumber	22 →
sportsProgrammeIncludes	3x3 basketball → 3x3 wheelchair basketball → athletics → badminton → boxing → cricket T20 → cycling → gymnastics → hockey → judo → lawn bowls → netball → rugby sevens → squash → swimming → table tennis → triathlon → weightlifting → wrestling →
timePeriod	July 28, 2022 – August 8, 2022 →
tookPlaceDuring	COVID-19 pandemic era →
typeOfCompetition	international multi-sport event →
year	2022 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2022 Commonwealth Games ("Birmingham 2022") →	commonName
2018 Commonwealth Games →	followedBy
Commonwealth Games series →	hasEdition
Birmingham →	hostedEvent
2022 Commonwealth Games ("XXII Commonwealth Games") →	officialName