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Australian rules football

Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australiacountry of origin
—first recorded
1956first Olympic record
1disciplines & variants
1international bodies

Australian rules football is a team sport and ball game, part of football. Its country of origin is Australia. The sport is governed internationally by AFL Europe. Olympic events in it are recorded separately for 1956. Wikidata lists 1 discipline or variant under it.

Part ofFootball
Country of originAustralia
Playing time80 min, 80 min (Australian Football League)
PractitionersAustralian rules football player, Australian rules football coach
Governing bodyAFL Europe
At the Olympicsrecorded in 1956
Image: Asþont · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Australian rules football
Image: Tom Reynolds from Melbourne, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Disciplines and variants

1
International rules footballTeam sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was...
Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Australian rules football or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.

Summer Games1 edition · since 1956
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Governing bodies

AFL AFL Europefounded 2010
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