1928 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1928 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Amsterdam, notable for being the first Games to feature the Olympic flame and women’s athletics and gymnastics competitions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athleticsStar Mikio Oda ⓘ
Paavo Nurmi ⓘ
closingDate 1928-08-12 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
footballGoldMedalistNation Uruguay ⓘ
gymnasticsStar Italy men’s gymnastics team ⓘ
hasSport art competitions ⓘ
athletics ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
equestrian ⓘ
fencing ⓘ
field hockey ⓘ
football ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
rowing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
water polo ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
hostCity Amsterdam ⓘ
hostCityMayor Willem de Vlugt ⓘ
hostNation Netherlands ⓘ
introducedFeature Olympic flame ⓘ
women’s athletics events ⓘ
women’s gymnastics events ⓘ
iocPresidentAtTime Henri de Baillet-Latour ⓘ
mainStadium Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
nextGames 1932 Summer Olympics ⓘ
notableFirst first Olympic Games with Olympic flame at the stadium ⓘ
first Olympic Games with women’s gymnastics team event ⓘ
first Olympic Games with women’s track and field ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 2883 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 109 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 277 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 2606 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 46 ⓘ
numberOfSports 14 ⓘ
officialName Games of the IX Olympiad ⓘ
olympicOathBy Harry Dénis ⓘ
openingDate 1928-07-28 ⓘ
previousGames Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics
sequenceNumber 9 ⓘ
stadiumArchitect Jan Wils ⓘ
stadiumFeature Marathon Tower ⓘ
torchLightingLocation Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam) ⓘ
year 1928 ⓘ

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Paavo Nurmi → competedIn → 1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Summer Olympics 1924 → followedBy → 1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics
1932 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1928 Summer Olympics ⓘ