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1970 British Commonwealth Games

multi-sport event in Edinburgh, Scotland
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Summary

1970 British Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event[1]. It draws 491 Wikipedia views per month (multi sport event category, ranking #46 of 344).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Edinburgh[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: edition of the Commonwealth Games[5]
  • Location: Edinburgh[6], Meadowbank Stadium[7]
  • Commons category: 1970 British Commonwealth Games[8]
  • Edition number: 9[9]
  • Has part(s): badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games[10]
  • Officially opened by: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh[11]
  • Start time: July 16, 1970[12]
  • End time: July 25, 1970[13]
  • Point in time: 1970[14]
  • Organizer: Commonwealth Sport[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1970 British Commonwealth Games[16]
  • Number of participants: 1744[17]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Commonwealth Games[18]
  • Date of official closure: July 25, 1970[19]

Why It Matters

1970 British Commonwealth Games has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Topic's main category → Category:1970 British Commonwealth Games
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ms', 'nl', 'no', 'pl', 'pt', '
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Edinburgh
    + 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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