The International Expo of Sport (1955)

1955 Turin
Overview
BIE-class	Specialized exposition
Category	International specialized exposition
Name	Esposizione Internazionale dello Sport di Torino del 1955
Visitors	120,000
Participant(s)
Countries	11
Location
Country	Italy
City	Turin
Timeline
Opening	25 May 1955 (1955-05-25)
Closure	19 June 1955 (1955-06-19)
Specialized expositions
Previous	The International Exhibition of Navigation in Naples
Next	Exhibition of citriculture in Beit Dagan
Universal
Previous	Expo 58 in Brussels
Next	Century 21 Exposition in Seattle
Simultaneous
Specialized	Helsingborg exhibition 1955

The International Expo of Sport (Esposizione Internazionale dello Sport di Torino del 1955) was held in Turin, Italy, from 25 May to 19 June 1955. Recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions as a Specialised Expo, it focused on the theme "Sports", and welcomed 120,000 visitors. Delegates from eleven countries participated in the event, which was organised under the umbrella of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).

External links

Official website of the BIE

World exhibitions

Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

Retroactively
recognized
expositions

London 1851
Paris 1855
London 1862
Paris 1867
Vienna 1873
Philadelphia 1876
Paris 1878
Melbourne 1880
Barcelona 1888
Paris 1889
Chicago 1893
Brussels 1897
Paris 1900
St. Louis 1904
Liège 1905
Milan 1906
Brussels 1910
Turin 1911
Ghent 1913
San Francisco 1915
Barcelona 1929
Seville 1929
Chicago 1933

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Africa	Freetown 1865 Cape Town 1877 Kimberley 1892–1893 Johannesburg 1936–1937
Asia	Calcutta 1883–1884 Hanoi 1902 Nanking 1910 Semarang 1914 Hangzhou 1929 Taihoku (Taipei) 1935 Nagoya 1937 Clark 1998 Shenyang 2006 Chiang Mai 2011–2012 Udon Thani 2026
Europe	London 1760 Dublin 1853 Manchester 1857 Porto 1865 Stockholm 1866 London 1871–1874 Lyon 1872 Vienna 1873 Amsterdam 1883 Liverpool 1886 London 1886 Copenhagen 1888 Glasgow 1888 Frankfurt 1891 Prague 1891 Lyon 1894 Oporto 1894 Berlin 1896 Stockholm 1897 Glasgow 1901 Cork 1902 London 1905 London 1906 Marseille 1906 Dublin 1907 London 1908 Zaragoza 1908 London 1910 Dresden 1911 London 1911 London 1912 Lyon 1914 Cologne 1914 London 1914 Kristiania 1914 Malmö 1914 London 1921 Marseille 1922 Gothenburg 1923 British Empire Exhibition 1924–1925 Antwerp 1930 Stockholm 1930 Paris 1931 Porto 1934 Glasgow 1938 Stockholm 1943
North America	New York City 1826–1897 Bryant Park, New York City 1853 Atlanta 1881 Louisville 1883–1887 New Orleans 1884 Atlanta 1887 San Francisco 1894 Atlanta 1895 Nashville 1897 Omaha 1898 Buffalo 1901 Charleston 1901–1902 Portland, Oregon 1905 Jamestown 1907 Seattle 1909 Knoxville 1913 San Diego 1915–1917 Bronx 1918 Philadelphia 1926 San Diego 1935–1936 Dallas 1936 Cleveland 1936–1937 Dallas 1937 San Francisco 1939–1940 Chicago 1940 New York City 1964–1965
Oceania	Melbourne 1866 Sydney 1870 Melbourne 1875 Brisbane 1876 Sydney 1879 Adelaide 1887 Melbourne 1888 Dunedin 1889 Christchurch 1906 Auckland 1913–1914 Dunedin 1925 Wellington 1939–1940
South America	Lima 1872 Santiago 1875 Quito 1909 Buenos Aires 1910 Rio de Janeiro 1922

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