User:Edged/Manual of Style (Sport at the Games – Event)

This page sets out the style guidelines recommended by the WikiProject Olympics to achieve a standard format for all articles included in the categories "Year Season Olympics or Paralympics events", such as:
 * Category:2008 Summer Olympics events
 * Category:2008 Summer Paralympics events
 * Category:2006 Winter Olympics events
 * Category:2006 Winter Paralympics events

Summary
Articles describing the a specific event contested at the Olympic Games or Paralympic Games must contain these structural elements:

These main elements must follow the conventions presented hereafter, to promote layout consistency and data organization throughout the whole article series.
 * An infobox template for that event, with a short summary of the most important information about the event.
 * A navigation template specific to each sport, allowing easy browsing across the events in a sport.
 * A results section, in which the times, scores and finishing order of the event are presented.

There are also several optional sections, that can be added, depending on the level of information available.


 * A records section, detailing the previous world and Olympic records in an event, and listing any new ones set during the event.

Infobox
An infobox is added to each event page, at the beginning of the lead section, using the template or


 * event
 * The name of the event, it should be the same as the article title after the dash, (e.g. )


 * image and caption
 * An optional string that embeds a image in the infobox. Where an image of an event is availaible, one should be added here, otherwise, the corresponding sport pictogream should be. (e.g. )


 * competitors
 * Indicates the total number of competing athletes. In team sports, each athlete should be counted as a competitor, rather than the team number.


 * nations
 * Indicates the total number of unique nations represented in the event.


 * teams
 * For team events, indicates the number of teams. Often, this is redundant with the above 'nations', but not in all cases.


 * win_value
 * Indicates the winning time, or score.


 * win_label
 * An optional that can change the header for win_value (which is by default "winning time" to something else. (eg.  ) would change it to "winning score"


 * gold, silver, bronze
 * An athlete or team name. For athletes, the name is sufficient. For teams, the correct     should be used. (eg.


 * goldNOC or goldNPC, silverNOC or silverNPC, bronzeNOC or bronzeNPC
 * In individual events, this should indicate the NOC or NPC the medalist represents. The three letter code is sufficient. (eg.  )


 * prev and next
 * These link to the previous and next occurrences of these events at the Olympics or Paralympics. If this is was the first or last occurance of an event, they can be left blank. (eg. )

Navigation template
This template should be inserted directly below the infobox in the lead of each article. The template typically is titled. eg..

If you are uncertain of the proper template title, all these templates should be listed at  and at  , eg. Category:Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics navigational boxes or Category:2006 Winter Olympics sports templates

Records
In sports which have recognized World and Olympic or Paralympic records, the previous records, before the event, should be mentioned, as well as any new records set during the event.

The previous records should be entered using the

All fields in this template appear twice, once as "world_field" and once as "olympic_field"
 * athlete
 * The athlete setting the record should be listed. For World records not set at an Olympic or Paralympic Games, should be used. For World records set at Games, as well as for Olympic or Paralympic records,  or  should be used.


 * mark
 * The time or score of the record.


 * place
 * Where the record was set.


 * date
 * Which day the record was set


 * ref
 * a link to a reputable source that lists the record(s) at the time of the games.

Below this template, a table listing new records should be included, as follows.

Classification
Olympic and Paralympic sports generally fall into two main categories, 'team' and 'individual' sports. These are somewhat misnomers, as so-called 'individual' sports to contain team events, but for the purposes of these pages, there are clear differences.


 * The team events are considered to include


 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Curling
 * Football (soccer)
 * Handball


 * Field hockey
 * Ice hockey
 * Softball
 * Volleyball
 * Water polo

In addition, there are several events that have not appeared at any games for many years, but would seem to fall under these rules. These are cricket, rugby union, tug of war and polo.

The results tables can generally be split into these classes of events.
 * The 'individual' sports are considered to be all sports not mentioned in the above list.
 * 1) Athletes or teams compete in a one or more 'round(s)', with all athletes remaining in the competition competing against one another. {eg. Marathon, Ski jumping)
 * 2) Athletes or teams compete against one another in multiple 'heats', with top finishers in heats or best overall scorers advancing, eventually progressing to a medal final. (eg. Short track speed skating, 1000 metres, Swimming, 100 metre freestyle)
 * 3) Athletes or teams compete in a 'knockout' competition, facing off against one another, with the winner advancing and the loser eliminated. (eg. Tennis, Boxing)
 * 4) Athletes or teams compete in a 'round-robin' competition, with either the medals determined by the final standings or leading to a knockout round.(eg. Fencing (some years), Wrestling)

Of course, none of these classes are mutually exclusive, as many events use multiple classes at different stages in the competition. However, in these events, an editor can simply combine the guide-lines for each class used.

Team Events
All current team events use some form of round-robin, followed by a knockout competition, so this section will assume that style is required.

For an example, see Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men.


 * For team sports, the rosters should be placed on a seperate page, (eg. Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters). These pages should be linked in the Sport navbox, as well as at the head of the 'results' section.


 * Each round-robin segment of the competition should begin under a level two header, such as . Level three headers should then be used to seperate the various 'groups' or 'pools' , should any exist.


 * Under these headers, the overall standings of the group should be listed, in a table with rows dedicated to each team and columns for each relevant statistic in the particular sport.


 * Teams qualifying for subsequent rounds in the competition should be highlighted in green, while teams that do not advance should not be highlighted with colour.


 * Below the standings table, each individual game of the event should be described, using the sport-specific result template.


 * Basketball
 * basketballbox


 * Volleyball
 * volleyballbox


 * Football
 * footballbox


 * Handball
 * handballbox


 * Field hockey
 * fieldhockeybox


 * Water polo
 * waterpolobox


 * Ice hockey
 * IceHockeybox


 * Baseball
 * linescore


 * Softball
 * linescore


 * Curling
 * Curlingbox


 * Beneath the round robin games, the 'knockout' segment of a team event should be described. There should be a level two header, labelled . Beneath should be the bracket for the knockout stage, using templates such as  or, as appropriate for the number of teams advancing to this round.


 * Beneath the bracket, each 'knockout' game should be listed, just as round-robin games were listed above. Level two headers, should demarcate each round of the knockout phase, eg.,  , etc.


 * If available, tables containing indivdual leaders in the most notable statistical categories can be added below this.

Individual Sports

 * There are some general conventions to be used across all types of events.


 * All columns containing results or ranks should be centrally aligned.
 * Ranks should be given as a cardinal number, i.e. "13" not "13th".
 * World records are highlighted using template that produces  (link to World record). If a world record is specific for a sport, like swimming, using  will change the link to World records in swimming; if the previous standing record was equaled, one can use  that yields.
 * Olympic records are handled with that produces, linking to Olympic record. As mentioned for world records, using  will create a new link to List of Olympic records in swimming; if the previous standing record was equaled, one can use  yielding.
 * National record marks should be designated as "NR" (unbolded)
 * Continental records using the appropriate abbreviation: AF = African record, AM = Americas record, AS = Asian record, EU = European record, OC = Oceanian record (all unbolded)
 * No background colour in the row of medal winning athletes is necessary or recommended.
 * The templates, , should be placed in the 'rank' column of the final standings for each event.
 * A 'Lane' or 'Start Order' column can be optionally used for events in which this is a notable difference in a single race.
 * Any abbreviations used should be explained in a key just below the table.


 * In cases, where there is an additional factor besides just the final time or score (such as misses in biathlon), another column should be added. However, when scores are seperated into components (eg. for Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, etc.). These should generally not be presented, unless it is the common standard in other sources.

Class 1, whole field competitions

 * For 'single run' competitions, such as the Marathon, or Triathlon), the following table should be used.


 * These tables should be sortable, with seperate 'Athlete' and 'Country' columns. In this case, the Country column should use the or  template, with the appropriate NOC and Games.
 * The 'Notes' column should include the or, if necessary, as well as anything else notable about a particular result (such as an explanation for a disqualification or an advancement)


 * In team events that take this form, such as Cross-country relays, the order of the NOC and athlete columns should be reversed, and the athletes on the team should be listed in


 * For multiple-run competitions, in which all competitors compete in each run, such as slalom events in Alpine skiing a very similar table should be used, except with multiple columns for each run, and a column for the total.


 * For events that feature multiple runs, with only a certain number of competitors to advance, such as Canoe - slalom or Javelin, multiple tables should be used.


 * Each table should come under a level-two header with the name of the round as the label, eg.,.


 * Athletes that advance from one round to a subsequent one, should have a bolded Q in the 'notes' column, and their column should be highlighted in green.


 * In the first round, and in subsquent rounds with more than 16 competitors, the table structure above should be used. In subsequent rounds with fewer than 16 competitors, the following style should be used:


 * In these cases, the 'Athlete' column' should use the template. The table is not sortable, since at a relatively small size, and with all records that have been presented previously, it would be somewhat redundant.

Class 2, multiple competition in 'heats'

 * In these events, rather than the whole field being ranked against one another, athletes or teams are ranked against only those in the same 'heat'. (eg. Short track speed skating, 1000 metres, Swimming, 100 metre freestyle)


 * Each round should be have its results sepearted under a level-two header with the name of the round as the label, eg.,.


 * As with the second type of Class 1 events, the following table should be used.


 * Athletes that advance from one round to a subsequent one, should have a bolded Q in the 'notes' column, and their column should be highlighted in green . If they qualified based on a 'x next best' criterion, they should have a q in the notes column. Athletes that do not advance should have un-highlighted columns.

Class 3, 'knockout' competitions

 * These standards should be used for events that utilize a 'knockout' portion, such as tennis or boxing.


 * As in team knockout competitions, a bracket template should be used. A list of such templates is located at Category:Tournament bracket templates. The results section should begin with a level-two header,.


 * In all brackets, the winning score, either in a 'set' or overall, should be bolded.


 * If there are fewer than 16 teams/athletes competing, an appropriately sized bracket should be placed under this header, either or  if there is a bronze medal match, or  or  if there is not.


 * If there are more than 16 athletes or teams, underneath the "Tournament bracket" header should be a level three header, followed by the results of final rounds.


 * If the field size is between 17-32, should be used. (note that this will duplicate the semifinal results, see below)
 * If the field size is between 33-64, should be used.
 * If the field size is between 65-128, should be used.


 * For tennis and other sports that utilize best of 3 'sets' in the knockout round,  can be used.


 * For table tennis, which utilizes best-of-7, is the only template currently available, so it will be used, regardless of the overall draw size. The "Finals" header should be followed by the top 16, rather than the top 8.


 * There are generally brackets for both seeded and non-seeded events, looking in


 * After this, the earlier rounds are then split up into groups of 16 teams/competitors, each under its own level-three header,,  , etc.
 * 17-32 competitor events should split 2 sections
 * 33-64 competitor events should split 4 sections
 * 65-128 competitor events should split into 8 sections


 * If the event uses a perfect number of competitors (ie. exactly 32, 64, or 128), (or a seeded or tennis version) can be used. If not, one that supports byes is necessary, such as

Here is an example of what can go under a "section 1" header. For a 64-entry event:

And for a 17-32 draw with byes:

Class 4, 'round robin' competitions

 * These are competitions in which athletes or teams compete in a 'round-robin' competition, with either the medals determined by the final standings or leading to a knockout round, such as Fencing (some years), and Wrestling)


 * As with team events, the results section should begin with a level two header to seperate the various rounds, if necessary, such as  . Level three headers should then be used to seperate the various 'groups' or 'pools' , should any exist.


 * Under these headers, the overall standings of the group should be listed, in a table with rows dedicated to each team and columns for each relevant statistic in the particular sport.


 * Teams qualifying for subsequent rounds in the competition should be highlighted in green, while teams that do not advance should not be highlighted with colour.


 * After the standings, a list of the matches should be presented. If a sport-specific results template exists, it should be used, otherwise, this style is suggested.

August 25, 2004

Rank for each run?
In multi-run events, such as bobsleigh and alpine ski races, should there be a seperate 'rank' column for each run? Or does making tables sortable negate this?

Medalists
Is this area necessary? If the medalists are listed in the infobox, it seems a bit of overkill to list them again in the body of the article, especially if they are listed as part of the 'results' as well.