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1896 Summer Olympics

Games of the I Olympiad, celebrated in Athens (Greece) in 1896
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1896 Summer Olympics
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Summary

1896 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 7,360 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #17 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Kingdom of Greece[3]
  • Instance of: international sporting event[4]
  • Followed by: 1900 Summer Olympics[5]
  • Location: Athens[6], Panathenaic Stadium[7], Neo Phaliron Velodrome[8], Zappeion[9]
  • Commons category: 1896 Summer Olympics[10]
  • Has part(s): sailing at the 1896 Summer Olympics[11], cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics[12], shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics[13], athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics[14], wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics[15], weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics[16], gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics[17], tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics[18], swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics[19], fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics[20], football at the 1896 Summer Olympics[21]
  • Officially opened by: George I of Greece[22]
  • Start time: April 6, 1896[23]
  • End time: April 15, 1896[24]
  • Sport: Olympic sport[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1896 Summer Olympics[26]
  • Commons gallery: 1896 Summer Olympics[27]
  • Described at URL: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896[28], https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1896/[29], https://www.olympedia.org/editions/1[30]
  • Number of participants: 14[31], 13[32], 176[33]
  • Native label: Spiller vun der I. Olympiad[34]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[35]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games[36]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Olympics[37], WikiProject Athens[38], WikiProject Greece[39]

Why It Matters

1896 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Adolf Schmal Ellery Harding Clark George I of Greece James Connolly Nikolaos Andriakopoulos Paul Masson Spyridon Louis Thomas Burke William Hoyt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [23] ↑ . Merkedager : fødselsdager, stiftelsesdatoer, begivenheter. Retrieved . olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . olympedia.org. Retrieved . olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . olympedia.org. Retrieved . olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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