1940 Winter Olympics

edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Sapporo, Japan, canceled due to World War II
Event winter_olympic_games_edition Q9607
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1940 Winter Olympics

Summary

1940 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (winter_olympic_games_edition category, ranking #27 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1940 Winter Olympics is in the country of Japan[3].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's image is recorded as KITLV A367 - Skischans in Japan, KITLV 35779.tiff[4].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's instance of is recorded as Winter Olympic Games edition[5].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's instance of is recorded as cancelled sports event due to World War II[6].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's Commons category is recorded as Olympic Games[7].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's point in time is recorded as +1940-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's sport is recorded as winter sport[9].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05_wzs[10].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1940 Winter Olympics[11].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's described at URL is recorded as https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1940/[12].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's sports season of league or competition is recorded as Winter Olympic Games[13].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's Fandom article ID is recorded as olympics:1940_Winter_Olympics[14].
  • 1940 Winter Olympics's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as 札幌オリンピック(1940年)[15].

Why It Matters

1940 Winter Olympics draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (winter_olympic_games_edition category, ranking #27 of 29).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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