1940 Summer Olympics

Games of the XII Olympiad, firstly scheduled in Tokyo, Japan, rescheduled in Helsinki, Finland, finally canceled due to World War II
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1940 Summer Olympics
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1940 Summer Olympics

Summary

1940 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (summer_olympic_games_edition category, ranking #32 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1940 Summer Olympics is in the country of Japan[3].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics is in the country of Finland[4].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's image is recorded as Poster Olympische Sommerspiele Tokio 1940.jpg[5].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's instance of is recorded as Summer Olympic Games edition[6].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's instance of is recorded as international sporting event[7].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 241249759[8].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248281468[9].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's GND ID is recorded as 7586814-3[10].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's GND ID is recorded as 4610131-7[11].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's location is recorded as Tokyo[12].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's location is recorded as Helsinki[13].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's Commons category is recorded as 1940 Summer Olympics[14].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's point in time is recorded as +1940-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's sport is recorded as Olympic sport[16].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016q6p[17].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1940 Summer Olympics[18].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's has characteristic is recorded as cancelled sports event due to World War II[19].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's sports season of league or competition is recorded as Summer Olympic Games[20].
  • 1940 Summer Olympics's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 東京オリンピック(1940年)[21].

Why It Matters

1940 Summer Olympics draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (summer_olympic_games_edition category, ranking #32 of 35).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . d-nb.info. Retrieved . d-nb.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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