Template:Infobox Olympic event/sandbox

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Usage

{{{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
{{{gold}}} {{{gold2}}} {{{gold3}}} {{{silver}}} {{{silver2}}} {{{silver3}}} {{{bronze}}} {{{bronze2}}} {{{bronze3}}}

{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = 
| games = 
| image = 
| image_size = 
| 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

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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
Michael Phelps  United States László Cseh  Hungary Ryan Lochte  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.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox Olympic event in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Infobox Olympic event

Template Data

Infobox for a specific Olympic event

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
event	event	Title for the infobox	String	required
games	games	no description Example String such as 2008 Summer or 2006 Winter	String	optional
image	image	no description	Unknown	optional
image_size	image_size	no description Default defaults to 220px	String	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
caption	caption	no description	Unknown	optional
venue	venue venues	no description	String	required
dates	dates	no description Example Use {{Start date}} (and {{End date}}) for the first (and last)	Unknown	required
date	date	no description	Unknown	optional
num_events	num_events	Total number of competitions for one "event" such as Alpine skiing	Number	optional
teams	teams	Number of teams in the tournament for team sports	Number	optional
nations	nations	Total number of unique nations represented in this event	Number	optional
competitors	competitors	Total number of competitors for individual events	Number	optional
competitors_men	competitors_men	no description	Unknown	optional
competitors_women	competitors_women	no description	Unknown	optional
team_descriptor	team_descriptor	no description	Unknown	optional
win_label	win_label	Change the label from Winning time Example win_label = Winning score	String	optional
win_value	win_value	Winning time or score. Use win_label = Winning score to change the label from Winning time to Winning score	String	optional
gold	gold	Athlete name or team name Example 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}}	String	optional
gold2	gold2	As for gold, but used for situations where there is a tie for first place and two gold medals are awarded	String	optional
gold3	gold3	no description	Unknown	optional
silver	silver	Athlete name or team name	Unknown	optional
silver2	silver2	As for gold, but used for situations where there is a tie for second place and two silver medals are awarded	String	optional
silver3	silver3	no description	Unknown	optional
bronze	bronze	Athlete name or team name	Unknown	optional
bronze2	bronze2	As for gold, but used for situations where there is a tie for third place and two bronze medals are awarded	String	optional
bronze3	bronze3	no description	Unknown	optional
longnames	longnames	no description	Unknown	optional
goldNOC	goldNOC	Country code for the gold medal winner. Do not specify this if the gold parameter specifies a team name instead of an individual name.	String	optional
goldNOC2	goldNOC2	no description	Unknown	optional
goldNOC3	goldNOC3	no description	Unknown	optional
silverNOC	silverNOC	Country code for the silver medal winner	String	optional
silverNOC2	silverNOC2	no description	Unknown	optional
silverNOC3	silverNOC3	no description	Unknown	optional
silver4	silver4	no description	Unknown	optional
silverNOC4	silverNOC4	no description	Unknown	optional
bronzeNOC	bronzeNOC	Country code for the bronze medal winner	String	optional
bronzeNOC2	bronzeNOC2	no description	Unknown	optional
bronzeNOC3	bronzeNOC3	no description	Unknown	optional
prev	prev	Link to article on the same event/sport from the previous edition of the Olympic Games	Page name	optional
next	next	Link to article on the same event/sport from the following edition of the Olympic Games	Page name	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox Olympic event with unknown parameters (4)
• Category:Pages using Infobox Olympic event with invalid games text (0)
• Category:Infobox Olympic event using medalist parameter without NOC parameter (347)

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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