1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament

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women's football tournament

The 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the inaugural Olympic competition for women's soccer, held in the United States and featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the first Olympic gold in the sport.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1996 Summer Olympics football tournament	10
1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament canonical	3
1996 Summer Olympics women’s football tournament	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5930611 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
Context triple: [Norway women's national football team, OlympicBronzeMedalist, 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament]

A. 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the international women's soccer competition held during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the Olympic title.
B. 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the Olympic women's soccer competition held in Athens, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
C. 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the Olympic women's soccer competition held in Beijing, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
D. Olympic women's football tournament
The Olympic women's football tournament is an international competition held every four years at the Summer Olympics, featuring national women’s teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
E. 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural official global championship for women's national football teams, held in China and marking the beginning of FIFA-sanctioned women's World Cup tournaments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
Target entity description: The 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the inaugural Olympic competition for women's soccer, held in the United States and featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the first Olympic gold in the sport.

A. 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the international women's soccer competition held during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the Olympic title.
B. 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2004 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the Olympic women's soccer competition held in Athens, featuring top national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
C. 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament
The 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament was the Olympic women's soccer competition held in Beijing, featuring national teams from around the world competing for the gold medal.
D. Olympic women's football tournament
The Olympic women's football tournament is an international competition held every four years at the Summer Olympics, featuring national women’s teams from around the world competing for Olympic medals.
E. 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural official global championship for women's national football teams, held in China and marking the beginning of FIFA-sanctioned women's World Cup tournaments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	women's football tournament ⓘ
bronzeMedalist	Norway women's national football team ⓘ
cities	5 ⓘ
confederations	6 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
edition	1 ⓘ
endDate	1996-08-01 ⓘ
finalCity	Athens, Georgia ⓘ
finalScore	United States 2–1 China PR ⓘ
finalVenue	Sanford Stadium ⓘ
format	group stage and knockout stage ⓘ
fourthPlace	Brazil women's national football team ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
goalsScored	53 ⓘ
goldMedalist	United States women's national football team ⓘ linked to: United States women's national soccer team
goldMedalMatchLoser	China PR women's national football team ⓘ linked to: China women's national football team
goldMedalMatchWinner	United States women's national football team ⓘ linked to: United States women's national soccer team
governingBody	FIFA ⓘ
groupSize	4 ⓘ
groupStageGroups	2 ⓘ
hostCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
inaugural	true ⓘ
knockoutStage	semi-finals, bronze medal match, gold medal match ⓘ
matchesPlayed	16 ⓘ
medalEvent	yes ⓘ
nextEdition	2000 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ
numberOfTeams	8 ⓘ
organisedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
partOf	1996 Summer Olympics ⓘ
significance	first Olympic tournament for women's football ⓘ
silverMedalist	China PR women's national football team ⓘ linked to: China women's national football team
sport	association football ⓘ
startDate	1996-07-21 ⓘ
teamParticipated	Brazil women's national football team ⓘ China PR women's national football team ⓘ linked to: China women's national football team Germany women's national football team ⓘ Japan women's national football team ⓘ Nigeria women's national football team ⓘ Norway women's national football team ⓘ Sweden women's national football team ⓘ United States women's national football team ⓘ linked to: United States women's national soccer team
topScorer	Pretinha ⓘ Sun Wen ⓘ
topScorerGoals	4 ⓘ
venues	5 ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norway women's national football team → OlympicBronzeMedalist → 1996 Summer Olympics women's football tournament ⓘ

Brandi Chastain → participatedIn → 1996 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ