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Template:Infobox Olympic event

This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

This template uses Lua: Module:Infobox (sandbox) Module:InfoboxImage (sandbox) Module:Check for unknown parameters (sandbox)

{{{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}}}
← {{{prev}}} {{{next}}} →

{{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 = 
}}

event

Required for infobox title

games

String such as 2008 Summeror2006 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 timetoWinning score, for example.

gold, silver, bronze

Athlete name or team name. Use gold = {{flagIOCteam|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

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
← 2004 2012 →

{{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]]
}}

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Supporting template

• Template:Infobox Olympic event/games text

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