Games of the XVI Olympiad

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Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.

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Label Occurrences
Games of the XVI Olympiad canonical 3
XVI Olympiad 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
multi-sport event
alsoKnownAs 1956 Summer Olympics
athletesOathBy John Landy
cauldronLighter Ron Clarke
closingDate 1956-12-08
continent Oceania
country Australia
equestrianEventsCountry Sweden
equestrianEventsHeldIn Stockholm
featuredSport athletics
basketball
boxing
cycling
equestrian
fencing
field hockey
football
gymnastics
rowing
sailing
shooting
swimming
water polo
weightlifting
wrestling
followedBy Games of the XVII Olympiad
headOfOrganizingCommittee Edgar Tanner
hostCity Melbourne
iocPresidentAtTime Avery Brundage
mainStadium Melbourne Cricket Ground
motto “Melbourne 1956”
notableFirst first Olympic Games held in Australia
first Olympic Games held in the Southern Hemisphere
numberOfAthletes 3314
numberOfEvents 151
numberOfFemaleAthletes 501
numberOfMaleAthletes 2813
numberOfParticipatingNations 72
numberOfSports 17
officialName Games of the XVI Olympiad self-link
openingDate 1956-11-22
openingDeclaredBy Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
organizedBy International Olympic Committee
partlyHostedIn Stockholm
precededBy Games of the XV Olympiad
reasonForEquestrianEventsRelocation Australian quarantine regulations
sequenceInOlympics 16
torchRelayEndLocation Melbourne Cricket Ground
torchRelayStartLocation Olympia
year 1956

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Subject: Games of the XVI Olympiad
Description of subject: Games of the XVI Olympiad is the formal title of the 1956 Summer Olympics, an international multi-sport event held primarily in Melbourne, Australia.

Referenced by (4)

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

1956 Summer Olympics officialName Games of the XVI Olympiad
Games of the XVI Olympiad officialName Games of the XVI Olympiad self-link
Games of the XV Olympiad nextSummerOlympics Games of the XVI Olympiad
XV Olympiad followedBy Games of the XVI Olympiad
this entity surface form: XVI Olympiad