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At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued. For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).
It's a nightmare-inducing feat for most teens in physical education (been there), but believe it or not, the activity was an official Olympic sport in 1896, 1904, 1906, 1924 and 1932.
This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held. Years in italics mean it was a demonstration sport.
The Olympic Charter decrees that Olympic sports for each edition of the Olympic Games should be decided at an IOC Session no later than seven years prior to the Games. The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics , aquatics ( swimming ), cycling , fencing , and gymnastics ( artistic gymnastics ).
Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Discontinued sports at the Winter Olympics" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
More than 500 sports facilities have been destroyed, including 15 Olympic training bases. “It was my first words when I won the bronze and it was the first words when, we won the gold.
The Austrian glaciers where Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn honed her craft are shrinking as the slopes she grew up speeding down melt away.. Now a few years removed from her decorated alpine skiing ...
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