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1908 Summer Olympics

Games of the IV Olympiad, celebrated in London (United Kingdom) in 1908
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Summary

1908 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 2,873 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #21 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[3]
  • Instance of: international sporting event[4]
  • Follows: 1904 Summer Olympics[5]
  • Followed by: 1912 Summer Olympics[6]
  • Location: London[7], White City Stadium[8], Southampton Water[9], Prince's Skating Club[10], National Shooting Centre[11]
  • Commons category: 1908 Summer Olympics[12]
  • Has part(s): water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics[13], tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics[14], field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics[15], gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics[16], football at the 1908 Summer Olympics[17], water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics[18], boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics[19], rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics[20], rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics[21], cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics[22], shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics[23], fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics[24], archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics[25], rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics[26]
  • Officially opened by: Edward VII[27]
  • Start time: April 27, 1908[28]
  • End time: October 31, 1908[29]
  • Sport: Olympic sport[30]
  • Participant: David Baidet[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1908 Summer Olympics[32]
  • Described at URL: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-1908[33], https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/[34]
  • Number of participants: 22[35], 2008[36]
  • Native label: Spiller vun der IV. Olympiad[37]
  • Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[38]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games[39]

Why It Matters

1908 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Edward VII Harald Bohr John Flanagan London Lottie Dod Octave Lapize Ray Ewry Siena United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Vivian Woodward

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . olympic.org. Retrieved . olympic.org. Provenance: 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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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:1908 Summer Olympics
    Has part(s) → water motorsports at the 1908 Summer Olympics, tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics, field hockey at the 1908 Summer Olympics +21
    Start time → +1908-04-27T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0311836-Letni-olympijske-hry, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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