1938 British Empire Games

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1938_British_Empire_Games
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf multi-sport event
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:endDate 1938-02-12
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Sydney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1938 British Empire Games
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sydney
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Sydney_Cricket_Ground
gptkbp:memberState 15
gptkbp:notableFor Held during the sesquicentenary of European settlement in Australia
First British Empire Games held in the Southern Hemisphere
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 464
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 71
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:III_British_Empire_Games
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Alexander_Cambridge,_1st_Earl_of_Athlone
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:previousEvent gptkb:1934_British_Empire_Games
gptkb:1950_British_Empire_Games
gptkbp:sportsIncluded athletics
boxing
cycling
rowing
swimming
wrestling
lawn bowls
gptkbp:startDate 1938-02-05
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Margaret_Whitlam
gptkb:British_Empire_Games_Federation
gptkb:Pearl_Budge
gptkb:1934_British_Empire_Games
gptkb:Kenneth_Stuart_Baxter
gptkb:Muckan_Singh
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6