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.

Aliases (3)

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	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 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1998 Commonwealth Games ("XVI Commonwealth Games") → 2006 Commonwealth Games ("XVIII Commonwealth Games") →	officialName
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation →	eventEdition
Kuala Lumpur Organising Committee ("16th Commonwealth Games") →	eventNumberInSeries
2002 Commonwealth Games →	followedBy
2010 Commonwealth Games →	precededBy
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation →	responsibleForEvent
Melbourne Cricket Ground →	wasMainVenueFor