1956 Summer Olympics

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Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1956 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Australia, notable for being the first Olympics staged in the Southern Hemisphere and featuring stars such as basketball player Bill Russell.

Aliases (5)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games → Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
boycottingCountry	Egypt → Iraq → Lebanon → Netherlands → People's Republic of China → Spain → Switzerland →
cauldronLighter	Ron Clarke →
closingDate	1956-12-08 →
continent	Oceania →
country	Australia →
equestrianEventsEndDate	1956-06-17 →
equestrianEventsHostCity	Stockholm →
equestrianEventsHostCountry	Sweden →
equestrianEventsStartDate	1956-06-10 →
equestrianHostCityCountry	Stockholm, Sweden →
featuredAthlete	Alain Mimoun → Betty Cuthbert → Bill Russell → Bobby Morrow → Boris Shakhlin → Dawn Fraser → Larisa Latynina → Murray Rose → Vladimir Kuts →
hadLimitedTelevisionCoverage	true →
hostCity	Melbourne → Stockholm →
hostCityCountry	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia →
hostNation	Australia →
IOCPresidentDuringGames	Avery Brundage →
mainStadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground →
motto	“Citius, Altius, Fortius” →
nextGames	1960 Summer Olympics →
notableEvent	“Blood in the Water” water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union →
notableFeature	boycotts related to the Suez Crisis and Soviet invasion of Hungary → equestrian events held separately in Stockholm due to Australian quarantine laws → first Olympic Games held in Oceania → 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 →
openingDate	1956-11-22 →
openingDeclaredBy	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh →
organisingCommitteePresident	Wilfrid Kent Hughes →
politicalContext	Hungarian Revolution of 1956 → Suez Crisis →
previousGames	1952 Summer Olympics →
primaryBroadcastMedium	radio →
reasonForEquestrianRelocation	Australian quarantine regulations for horses →
sequenceNumber	16 →
year	1956 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alain Mimoun → Betty Cuthbert → Dawn Fraser → Rafer Johnson →	competedIn
Emil Zátopek → Larisa Latynina → Murray Rose → Vladimir Kuts →	participatedIn
Melbourne Cricket Ground ("1956 Olympic Games opening ceremony") → Melbourne Cricket Ground ("1956 Olympic Games closing ceremony") →	hostedEvent
Games of the XVI Olympiad →	alsoKnownAs
K.C. Jones ("1956 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament") →	competitionClass
1952 Summer Olympics →	nextGames
1956 Summer Olympics ("“Blood in the Water” water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union") →	notableEvent
K.C. Jones →	OlympicGames
Bill Russell →	OlympicGoldMedal
1960 Summer Olympics →	previousGames
Melbourne Cricket Ground ("1956 Olympic Games") →	recordAttendanceEvent
Melbourne Cricket Ground →	wasMainVenueFor