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Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. The 2024 Summer Olympics included 32 sports; [1] the 2022 Winter Olympics included seven sports. [2][3] Each Olympic sport is represented at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by an international governing body called an International ...
Olympic sports. This category contains articles about former and present Olympic sports. For information on sports competitions featured on the Olympic program see Category:Sports at the Summer Olympics and Category:Sports at the Winter Olympics. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olympic sports.
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year. As a multi-sport event , competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.
Participating nations at the opening ceremony of the 1908 Games in London. Early Games were not clearly documented with respect to participating nations. Competitors from 11 to 16 nation participated in the inaugural 1896 Games, in Athens. Eleven nations (Australia, Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Sweden ...
In 2022, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. By 2034, eleven cities will have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900, 1924 and 2024 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Men's Indoor 35lb Weight Throw and Women's Indoor 20lb Weight Throw. Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships. Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance.
This category contains articles about former and present Summer Olympic sports and disciplines. References for inclusion: IOC: Olympic sports For details of Olympic results by sport see Category:Sports at the Summer Olympics .