Games of the XVI Olympiad

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Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

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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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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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 ⓘ