Olympic Games Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 5 entries checked · 3 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

1980 Summer Olympics — The number of boycotting nations is stated as 65 in both the STATS and TAGLINE, but the LORE section says '65 nations joined the U.S.-led boycott, though a total of 66 invited nations did not attend for various reasons.' This is contradictory and should clarif

1980 Summer Olympics — The LORE section states 'President Jimmy Carter issued an ultimatum on 20 January 1980, stating the U.S. would boycott if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month.' This is inaccurate because the ultimatum was issued on 20 January 1980

Ancient Olympic pentathlon — The discus weight is given as 'around four to five pounds' — ancient discus weights typically ranged from about 4.4 to 8.8 pounds, so four to five pounds is too light.

Ancient Olympic pentathlon — The long jump likely consisted of a single standing leap — most scholars believe the ancient long jump was a running jump, not a standing leap.

200 metres — The entry states Carl Lewis won two Olympic 200 metres titles (1984, 1988), but he only won in 1984; in 1988 the winner was Joe DeLoach.

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