Template:Infobox Olympic event/sandbox

Men's 400 metre individual medley
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Men's 400 metre individual medley; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
	Medal winners
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	August 9, 2008 (heats); August 10, 2008 (final)
Competitors	29 from 22 nations
Medalists
	← 2004 2012 →

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at the Games of the Olympiad
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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
	← {{{prev}}} {{{next}}} →

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Usage[edit]

{{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 = 
}}

Parameters[edit]

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 = {{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

Example[edit]

{{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[edit]

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.

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