1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle
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The 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle was the race in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe became the youngest-ever world champion in that event.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9601474 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle Context triple: [Ian Thorpe, worldTitleWonAsYoungest, 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle]
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A.
4×100 metre freestyle relay
The 4×100 metre freestyle relay is a competitive swimming event in which teams of four swimmers each swim 100 metres freestyle in succession, with the fastest combined time determining the winner.
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B.
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) is an international short-course swimming competition organized by World Aquatics, featuring elite swimmers racing in a 25-meter pool.
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C.
1896 Olympics men’s 100 metre freestyle
The 1896 Olympics men’s 100 metre freestyle was the inaugural Olympic swimming sprint event, held in open water during the first modern Games in Athens.
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D.
World Aquatics Championships 2017
The World Aquatics Championships 2017 was a major international aquatics competition featuring swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, and open water events contested by athletes from around the world.
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E.
World Aquatics Championships
The World Aquatics Championships is a major international aquatic sports competition organized by World Aquatics (formerly FINA), featuring disciplines such as swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle Target entity description: The 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle was the race in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe became the youngest-ever world champion in that event.
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A.
4×100 metre freestyle relay
The 4×100 metre freestyle relay is a competitive swimming event in which teams of four swimmers each swim 100 metres freestyle in succession, with the fastest combined time determining the winner.
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B.
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) is an international short-course swimming competition organized by World Aquatics, featuring elite swimmers racing in a 25-meter pool.
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C.
1896 Olympics men’s 100 metre freestyle
The 1896 Olympics men’s 100 metre freestyle was the inaugural Olympic swimming sprint event, held in open water during the first modern Games in Athens.
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D.
World Aquatics Championships 2017
The World Aquatics Championships 2017 was a major international aquatics competition featuring swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, and open water events contested by athletes from around the world.
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E.
World Aquatics Championships
The World Aquatics Championships is a major international aquatic sports competition organized by World Aquatics (formerly FINA), featuring disciplines such as swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
men's 400 metre freestyle event
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swimming competition ⓘ |
| ageRecordContext | youngest-ever world champion in men's 400 m freestyle at the time ⓘ |
| category |
World Aquatics Championships swimming events
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linked to:
World Aquatics Championships
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| competitionLevel | world championships ⓘ |
| discipline | pool swimming ⓘ |
| distance | 400 metres ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men's event ⓘ |
| goldMedalist | Ian Thorpe ⓘ |
| hostCity | Perth ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| includesEvent | 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle ⓘ |
| location |
Perth, Western Australia
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linked to:
Perth
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| medalEvent | gold medal in men's 400 m freestyle ⓘ |
| notableFor | Ian Thorpe becoming the youngest-ever world champion in the 400 m freestyle ⓘ |
| organizer | FINA ⓘ |
| partOf | 1998 World Aquatics Championships ⓘ |
| series |
World Aquatics Championships swimming events
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linked to:
World Aquatics Championships
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| sport | swimming ⓘ |
| stroke | freestyle ⓘ |
| surface | long course (50 m pool) ⓘ |
| titleEarned | youngest-ever world champion in men's 400 m freestyle ⓘ |
| winner | Ian Thorpe ⓘ |
| wonEvent | 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle ⓘ |
| year | 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle Description of subject: The 1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle was the race in which Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe became the youngest-ever world champion in that event.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle
1998 World Aquatics Championships
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1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle
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subject linked to:
1998 World Aquatics Championships 400 m freestyle