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Olympic Games

Major international multi-sport event organised by International Olympic Committee

Entityinternational multi-sport eventQ5389

Also known as Olympics

Instance of: international multi-sport event
Subclass of: sports competition
Founded: 1896
Website: olympics.com/en

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The modern Olympic Games are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games, each featuring different sports. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve thousands of athletes and more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. The Games often, but not always, substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place. The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years, and themselves occur two years apart within the four-year Olympiad. This arrangement has been in place since the 1994 Winter Olympics, prior to which the Summer and Winter Games were held in the same year.

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Organizer: International Olympic Committee
Event interval: 4 years
Motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter
Has part(s) of the class: Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Permanent duplicated item: Q25554668
Different from: olympiad
The Rondeau Olympic Games
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Flag: Olympic flag
Sponsor: Visa Inc.
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Sport: Olympic sport
Trophy awarded: Olympic medal
Anthem: Olympic Hymn(since 1896)
Movement: Olympic Movement
Location: Olympic venue
Main regulatory text: Olympic Charter
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Follows: ancient Olympic Games
Participant: Viet Nam Sports Team(since 1980) excluding: 1984

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