Template:Infobox Olympic event

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Usage

Template:SHORTDESC:

{{{event}}} at the Games of the Olympiad
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]] {{{caption}}}
Venues	{{{venues}}}
Venue	{{{venue}}}
Dates	{{{dates}}}
Date	{{{date}}}
No. of events	{{{num_events}}}
Competitors	{{{competitors}}} from {{{nations}}} nations
{{{team_descriptor}}}	{{{teams}}}
Winning time	{{{win_value}}}
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) {{{gold}}} 1st place, gold medalist(s) {{{gold2}}} 1st place, gold medalist(s) {{{gold3}}} 2nd place, silver medalist(s) {{{silver}}} 2nd place, silver medalist(s) {{{silver2}}} 2nd place, silver medalist(s) {{{silver3}}} 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) {{{bronze}}} 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) {{{bronze2}}} 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) {{{bronze3}}}

{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = 
| games = 
| image = 
| caption = 
| venue = <!-- or: venues -->
| date = <!-- or: dates, use {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| num_events = 
| competitors = 
| nations = 
| teams = 
| win_value = 
| gold = 
| goldNOC = 
| gold2 = 
| goldNOC2 = 
| gold3 = 
| goldNOC3 = 
| silver = 
| silverNOC = 
| silver2 = 
| silverNOC2 = 
| silver3 = 
| silverNOC3 = 
| bronze = 
| bronzeNOC = 
| bronze2 = 
| bronzeNOC2 = 
| bronze3 = 
| bronzeNOC3 = 
| prev = 
| next = 
}}

Parameters

event

Required for infobox title

games

String such as 2008 Summer or 2006 Winter, for example

image

(Optional) image filename only

image_size

(Optional) defaults to 220px

alt

(Optional) alt text, see WP:MOSALT for more

caption

(Optional) displays under the image

venue or venues

Required

num_events

(Optional) total number of competitions for one "event" such as Alpine skiing

date or dates

Required, date(s) of the competition. Use {{Start date}} (and {{End date}}) for the first (and last), over multiple lines if necessary.

competitors

(Optional) total number of competitors for individual events

nations

(Optional) total number of unique nations represented in this event

teams

(Optional) number of teams in the tournament for team sports

win_value

(Optional) winning time or score. Use win_label = Winning score to change the label from Winning time to Winning score, for example.

gold, silver, bronze

Athlete name or team name. Use gold = {{flag IOC team|CHN|2008 Summer}} (for example) for a team name, instead of giving a full list of athletes. For duos and small teams, separate entries with {{Plainlist}}

goldNOC, silverNOC, bronzeNOC

(Optional) country code for the gold medal winner. Do not specify this if the gold parameter specifies a team name instead of an individual name.

gold2 and goldNOC2

As for gold and goldNOC, but used for situations where there is a tie for first place and two gold medals are awarded (The template currently supports up to three of each medal type.).

prev

Link to article on the same event/sport from the previous edition of the Olympic Games

next

Link to article on the same event/sport from the following edition of the Olympic Games

Example

Template:SHORTDESC:

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
File:Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Laszlo Cseh medals 2008 Olympics.jpg Medal winners
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09) (heats) August 10, 2008 (2008-08-10) (final)
Competitors	29 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Phelps File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2nd place, silver medalist(s) László Cseh File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ryan Lochte File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Men's 400 metre individual medley
| games = 2008 Summer
| image = Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Laszlo Cseh medals 2008 Olympics.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Medal winners
| venue = [[Beijing National Aquatics Center]]
| dates = {{Start date|2008|08|09}} (heats)<br/>{{End date|2008|08|10}} (final)
| competitors = 29
| nations = 22
| gold = [[Michael Phelps]]
| goldNOC = USA
| silver = [[László Cseh]]
| silverNOC = HUN
| bronze = [[Ryan Lochte]]
| bronzeNOC = USA
| prev = [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|2004]]
| next = [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|2012]]
}}

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox Olympic event with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using Infobox Olympic event with invalid games text (0)
• Category:Infobox Olympic event using medalist parameter without NOC parameter (0)

See also

Supporting template

• Template:Infobox Olympic event/games text

Similar templates

• Template:Infobox Paralympic event
• Template:Infobox sports competition event
• Template:Infobox Asian Games event
• Template:Infobox Commonwealth Games event
• Template:Infobox Pan American Games event
• Template:Infobox SEA Games event

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