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Derived from names the earlier competition that a current one grew out of or replaced. Wikipedia notes Real Madrid holds "the highest number of participations in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League," naming the older and newer titles of what is really the same competition renamed. This dimension traces a competition back to whatever it directly succeeded.

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1896 Summer Olympics

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1900 Summer Olympics

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1904 Summer Olympics

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1908 Summer Olympics

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1912 Summer Olympics

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1920 Summer Olympics

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1924 Summer Olympics

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1924 Winter Olympics

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1928 Summer Olympics

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1928 Winter Olympics

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1932 Summer Olympics

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1932 Winter Olympics

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1936 Summer Olympics

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1936 Winter Olympics

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1948 Summer Olympics

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1948 Winter Olympics

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1952 Summer Olympics

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1952 Winter Olympics

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1956 Summer Olympics

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1956 Winter Olympics

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1960 Summer Olympics

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1960 Winter Olympics

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1964 Summer Olympics

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1964 Winter Olympics

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1968 Summer Olympics

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1968 Winter Olympics

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1972 Summer Olympics

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1972 Winter Olympics

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1976 Summer Olympics

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1976 Winter Olympics

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1980 Summer Olympics

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1980 Winter Olympics

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1984 Summer Olympics

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1984 Winter Olympics

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1988 Summer Olympics

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1988 Winter Olympics

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1992 Summer Olympics

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1992 Winter Olympics

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1994 Winter Olympics

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1996 Summer Olympics

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1998 Winter Olympics

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2000 Summer Olympics

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2002 Winter Olympics

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2004 Summer Olympics

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2006 Winter Olympics

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2008 Summer Olympics

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2010 Winter Olympics

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2012 Summer Olympics

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2014 Winter Olympics

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2016 Summer Olympics

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2018 Winter Olympics

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2020 Summer Olympics

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2022 Winter Olympics

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2024 Summer Olympics

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2026 Winter Olympics

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1. Wikipedia: Olympic Games
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  • Olympic Games, 1896 Games section
    The first Games held under the auspices of the IOC were hosted in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896.
  • Olympic Games, lead section
    The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are a series of international multi-sport events.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is the Olympic Games classified separately from a single-sport championship?

The dividing line is whether an event stages many sports under one committee, as the Olympics does, or a single sport, as a World Cup does.

Multi-Sport Games covers recurring events staging many different sports under one umbrella competition, such as the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games and the Asian Games, organized by an international or continental organizing committee. A championship devoted to a single sport, however large, is grouped instead under the relevant World Cup or championship category, since the dividing line is whether many disciplines or one discipline is contested.