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gym

building designed and equipped for athletics and fitness
Thing type_of_building Q14092
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Summary

gym is a type of building[1]. gym draws 2,737 Wikipedia views per month (type of building category, ranking #18 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: sports venue[3], sports building[4], sports facility[5], sports hall[6]
  • Has use: sport[7]
  • Commons category: Gymnasiums[8]
  • Catalog code: 1901[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gyms[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: leisure=sports_hall[11]
  • Different from: Gimnasium[12], Gymnase[13], Gym[14], Gymnasium[15], Gimnàs[16]
  • Has part(s) of the class: indoor practice facility[17]

Why It Matters

gym has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] gym is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

sport

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . recensement des équipements sportifs, espaces et sites de pratiques en France. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of building
    P14692 → ['Q6284', 'Q16181']
    Image → Calhan Colorado High School Gymnasium by David Shankbone.jpg
    Image of interior → Calhan Colorado High School Gymnasium by David Shankbone.jpg
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 12w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → sports venue, sports building, sports facility +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: sports hall"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → gymnasiums
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: gymnasiums, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934822|gymnasiums (#289934822)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 19w ago · Pere prlpz · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of building
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: type of building"
  5. 19w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Q1784729
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Factgrid item id: Q1784729, adds FactGrid ID"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of building
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Gimnasium, Gymnase, Gym +2
    Topic's main category → Category:Gyms
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 15880, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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