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1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

multi-sport event in Vancouver, Canada
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Summary

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event[1]. It draws 569 Wikipedia views per month (multi sport event category, ranking #47 of 344).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vancouver[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Instance of: edition of the Commonwealth Games[5]
  • Location: Vancouver[6], Empire Stadium[7]
  • Commons category: 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[8]
  • Edition number: 5[9]
  • Has part(s): rowing at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[10]
  • Officially opened by: Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis[11]
  • Start time: July 30, 1954[12]
  • End time: August 7, 1954[13]
  • Point in time: 1954[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[15]
  • Number of participants: 662[16]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Commonwealth Games[17]
  • Date of official closure: August 7, 1954[18]

Why It Matters

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Canada Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Roger Bannister Yvette Williams

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sports season of league or competition → Commonwealth Games
    Part of the series → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Part of the series to Sports season of league or competition"
  2. 6d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Topic's main category → Category:1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'ms', 'nl', 'no', '
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vancouver
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: edition of the Commonwealth Games"
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