2002 Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games multi-sport event

The 2002 Commonwealth Games were a major international multi-sport event featuring athletes from across the Commonwealth of Nations, widely noted for revitalizing Manchester and showcasing large-scale urban regeneration through sport.

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Label Occurrences
2002 Commonwealth Games canonical 11
XVII Commonwealth Games 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesVillageLocation Hulme, Manchester ⓘ
broadcastRegion worldwide ⓘ
closingCeremonyPerformedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currencyOfHostCity Pound sterling ⓘ
endDate 2002-08-04 ⓘ
followedBy 2006 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
governingBody Commonwealth Games Federation ⓘ
hostBidSuccessfulYear 1995 ⓘ
hostCity Manchester ⓘ
hostNation England ⓘ
hostRegion North West England ⓘ
legacy catalyst for regeneration in East Manchester ⓘ
development of City of Manchester Stadium for football ⓘ
improved sports infrastructure in Manchester ⓘ
mainStadium City of Manchester Stadium ⓘ
mainVenue City of Manchester Stadium ⓘ
motto The Spirit of Friendship ⓘ
notableFeature first multi-sport event to use the City of Manchester Stadium ⓘ
large-scale volunteer programme ⓘ
numberOfAthletes about 3900 ⓘ
numberOfEvents about 281 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 72 ⓘ
numberOfSports 17 ⓘ
officialName 2002 Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: XVII Commonwealth Games
openedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
openingCeremonyPerformedBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
organisingCommittee Manchester 2002 Ltd ⓘ
participatingOrganization Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Nations
partOf Commonwealth Games series ⓘ
precededBy 1998 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
primaryFundingSource public sector funding ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfHostCity English ⓘ
significance revitalized Manchester’s international profile ⓘ
showcased large-scale urban regeneration through sport ⓘ
sportsIncluded athletics ⓘ
badminton ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
gymnastics ⓘ
hockey ⓘ
netball ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
startDate 2002-07-25 ⓘ
timePeriod 2002 ⓘ
typeOfCompetition international multi-sport event ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Manchester → sportsEventHosted → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
2002 Commonwealth Games → officialName → 2002 Commonwealth Games self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: XVII Commonwealth Games
City of Manchester Stadium → hostedEvent → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Manchester 2002 Ltd → eventOrganised → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Manchester 2002 Ltd → associatedEvent → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
this entity surface form: XVII Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games series → hasEdition → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
1998 Commonwealth Games → followedBy → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
The Spirit of Friendship → mottoOf → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
The Spirit of Friendship → associatedWithEvent → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
2006 Commonwealth Games → precededBy → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Sportcity complex → developedFor → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Etihad Stadium → openedFor → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
Etihad Stadium → usedDuring → 2002 Commonwealth Games ⓘ