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.
(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 = {{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
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.