1940 Winter Olympics

Quality:

1940 Winter Olympics - edition of the Winter Olympics, scheduled in Sapporo, Japan, canceled due to World War II. Article “1940 Winter Olympics” in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “1940 Winter Olympics”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 655 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 75 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4128 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1625 in February 2010
• Global: #6437 in February 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #320 in February 2010
• Global: #12860 in February 2010

There are 38 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1940 Winter Olympics		29.7046
2	Japanese (ja) 1940年札幌オリンピック		29.4725
3	Polish (pl) Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1940		25.6448
4	Norwegian (no) Vinter-OL 1940		25.6358
5	Catalan (ca) Jocs Olímpics d'Hivern de 1940		22.998
6	Ukrainian (uk) Зимові Олімпійські ігри 1940		21.3467
7	Italian (it) Giochi olimpici invernali 1940		18.976
8	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1940		18.6004
9	Turkish (tr) 1940 Kış Olimpiyatları		16.9129
10	Lithuanian (lt) 1940 m. žiemos olimpinės žaidynės		14.9228

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1940 Winter Olympics		713 622
2	Japanese (ja) 1940年札幌オリンピック		344 954
3	German (de) Olympische Winterspiele 1940		145 828
4	Russian (ru) Зимние Олимпийские игры 1940		89 228
5	Polish (pl) Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1940		83 185
6	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1940		58 229
7	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940		57 384
8	Chinese (zh) 1940年冬季奥林匹克运动会		39 271
9	Italian (it) Giochi olimpici invernali 1940		37 871
10	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1940		33 965

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 1940 Winter Olympics		1 401
2	Japanese (ja) 1940年札幌オリンピック		477
3	German (de) Olympische Winterspiele 1940		260
4	Chinese (zh) 1940年冬季奥林匹克运动会		182
5	Spanish (es) Juegos Olímpicos de Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940		142
6	Russian (ru) Зимние Олимпийские игры 1940		105
7	Polish (pl) Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1940		85
8	Serbian (sr) Зимске олимпијске игре 1940.		64
9	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1940		62
10	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1940		58

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1940 Winter Olympics		80
2	German (de) Olympische Winterspiele 1940		64
3	Japanese (ja) 1940年札幌オリンピック		45
4	French (fr) Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1940		44
5	Dutch (nl) Olympische Winterspelen 1940		36
6	Italian (it) Giochi olimpici invernali 1940		31
7	Russian (ru) Зимние Олимпийские игры 1940		29
8	Danish (da) Vinter-OL 1940		25
9	Polish (pl) Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie 1940		25
10	Chinese (zh) 1940年冬季奥林匹克运动会		24

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 1940年札幌オリンピック		1
2	Portuguese (pt) Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno de 1940		1
3	Thai (th) โอลิมปิกฤดูหนาว 1940		1
4	Turkish (tr) 1940 Kış Olimpiyatları		1
5	Arabic (ar) الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 1940		0
6	Belarusian (be) Зімовыя Алімпійскія гульні 1940		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Зимни олимпийски игри 1940		0
8	Catalan (ca) Jocs Olímpics d'Hivern de 1940		0
9	Czech (cs) Zimní olympijské hry 1940		0
10	Danish (da) Vinter-OL 1940		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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