2014 Commonwealth Games
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multi-sport event in Glasgow, Scotland
Key facts
- Host city
- Glasgow , Scotland
- Motto
- Bring It On
- Nations
- 71 Commonwealth Teams
- Athletes
- 4,947
- Events
- 261 in 18 sports
- Opening
- 23 July 2014
- Closing
- 3 August 2014
- Opened by
- Elizabeth II
- Closed by
- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- Queen s baton final runner
- Sir Chris Hoy
- Main venue
- Celtic Park (opening ceremony), Hampden Park (closing ceremony)
- Website
- Glasgow2014.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- multi-sport event
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Strathclyde
- Series
- Commonwealth Games
- Location
- Glasgow
- Official website
- www.glasgow2014.com
- Image
- Glasgow 2014 Countdown Clock (13061621253).jpg
- Participant
- Melissa Hoskins
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- Commons category
- 2014 Commonwealth Games
- topic's main category
- Category:2014 Commonwealth Games
- end time
- 2014-08-03
- start time
- 2014-07-23
- officially opened by
- Elizabeth II
- point in time
- 2014-00-00
- edition number
- 20
- number of participants
- 4947
- date of official closure
- 2014-08-03
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
Glasgow was selected as the host city on 9 November 2007 during CGF General Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, defeating Abuja, Nigeria. It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different nations and territories competing in 18 different sports, outranking the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2014 Commonwealth Games” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.