2006 Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Australia, featuring athletes from across the Commonwealth of Nations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
2006 Commonwealth Games canonical 5
16th Commonwealth Games 1
XVI Commonwealth Games 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
broadcastIn Australia ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
closingDate 2006-03-26 ⓘ
continentOfHostCity Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
followedBy 2010 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
governingBody Commonwealth Games Federation ⓘ
hostCity Melbourne ⓘ
hostNation Australia ⓘ
hostStateOrTerritory Victoria ⓘ
mainStadium Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
mascot Karak the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ⓘ
motto United by the Moment ⓘ
notableFeature largest multi-sport event hosted by Melbourne at the time ⓘ
numberOfAthletes approximately 4,000 ⓘ
numberOfEvents over 240 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 71 ⓘ
numberOfSports 16 ⓘ
officialName 2006 Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: XVIII Commonwealth Games
openingCeremonyVenue Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
openingDate 2006-03-15 ⓘ
organisingCommittee Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth Games series ⓘ
precededBy 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
primaryBroadcastPartner Network Ten ⓘ
Nine Network ⓘ
queenOfCeremony Elizabeth II ⓘ
queenRepresentedBy Prince Charles ⓘ
sportsIncluded athletics ⓘ
badminton ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
hockey ⓘ
lawn bowls ⓘ
netball ⓘ
rugby sevens ⓘ
shooting ⓘ
squash ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
table tennis ⓘ
triathlon ⓘ
weightlifting ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
timePeriod March 15–26, 2006 ⓘ
torchRelayType Queen’s Baton Relay ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Baton Relay

Referenced by (8)

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

2002 Commonwealth Games → followedBy → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
1998 Commonwealth Games → officialName → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: XVI Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games → officialName → 2006 Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: XVIII Commonwealth Games
Melbourne Cricket Ground → wasMainVenueFor → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
2010 Commonwealth Games → precededBy → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee → eventNumberInSeries → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16th Commonwealth Games
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation → responsibleForEvent → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation → eventEdition → 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ