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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
1956 Summer Olympics canonical 34
1956 Olympic Games 1
1956 Olympic Games closing ceremony 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic Games ⓘ
Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
boycottingCountry Egypt ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
hostNation Australia ⓘ
IOCPresidentDuringGames Avery Brundage ⓘ
mainStadium Melbourne Cricket Ground ⓘ
motto Citius, Altius, Fortius ⓘ
surface form: “Citius, Altius, Fortius”
nextGames 1960 Summer Olympics ⓘ
notableEvent 1956 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “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 (40)

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

Bill Russell → OlympicGoldMedal → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1956 Summer Olympics → notableEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Blood in the Water” water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union
K.C. Jones → competitionClass → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament
K.C. Jones → OlympicGames → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1960 Summer Olympics → previousGames → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Melbourne Cricket Ground → wasMainVenueFor → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Melbourne Cricket Ground → hostedEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Olympic Games opening ceremony
Melbourne Cricket Ground → hostedEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Olympic Games closing ceremony
Melbourne Cricket Ground → recordAttendanceEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Olympic Games
Games of the XVI Olympiad → alsoKnownAs → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1952 Summer Olympics → nextGames → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Betty Cuthbert → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Murray Rose → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Larisa Latynina → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Dawn Fraser → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Rafer Johnson → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Alain Mimoun → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Vladimir Kuts → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Emil Zátopek → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bobby Morrow → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bobby Morrow → OlympicGoldMedal → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1956 Summer Olympics – men's 4×100 metres relay
John Landy → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Adolfo Consolini → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Wilma Rudolph → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Australia men's national basketball team → firstOlympicAppearance → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
New Zealand national field hockey team → OlympicDebut → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Edgar Tanner → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Betty → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Cuthbert
The Golden Girl → hasNotableEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Iain Murray Rose → competedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Iain Murray Rose → wonGoldMedalIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Alain Mimoun O’Kacha → competition → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Yugoslavia national football team → wonOlympicSilverYear → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Kuts → competedAt → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Vladimir Kuts
Czechoslovakia national athletics team → representedAtEvent → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Czech Locomotive → olympicGames → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Emil Zátopek
XV Olympiad → followedBy → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Shakhlin → participantIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Boris Shakhlin
Vyacheslav Ivanov → participatedIn → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Bill Dellinger → representedAt → 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ