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1957 Arab Games

multi-sport event

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ1186402 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2nd Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between October 12 and October 28, 1957. 914 athletes from 10 countries participated in events in 12 sports.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1957 Arab Games” as multi-sport event. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arab, Games and multi-sport.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arab, Games and multi-sport providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “1957 Arab Games”, the useful work is to connect “multi-sport event” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1186402. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1957.

Critical limits

Later summaries often reconcile disputed chronology or motive more neatly than the contemporary record permits. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow 1957 Arab Games primary sources, 1957 Arab Games archive and Arab research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “1957 Arab Games”?
  2. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
  3. What chronology connects this entry to wider political or social change?
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This entry incorporates text from “1957 Arab Games” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.