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Basque pelota was featured at the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games.It was contested in another three Olympics as a demonstration sport: 1924, 1968 and 1992. [1]In 2011, the International Federation of Basque Pelota proposed Basque pelota for the 2020 Olympic Games in the event that Madrid would win the candidacy, which it did not.
Promotional poster for the Basque pelota event. Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.It was the fourth and last time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a demonstration sport in 1924 and 1968.
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a Basque pelota tournament was contested. Only two teams entered - one from Spain and one from France - but the French team of Maurice Durquetty and Etchegaray withdrew on the afternoon of the single contest due to a disagreement about the rules. Therefore, the contest was scratched and the Spanish team were awarded ...
Basque pelota was an official Olympic sport once, in the 1900 Paris Games, and a demonstration sport in 1924 (men), 1968 (men) and 1992 (men and women). See also Basque pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics .
One basque pelota, one croquet, one jeu de paume, six polo, one racquets, one roque, five tug of war, and one water motorsports venues have been used at the Summer Olympics. Basque pelota [ edit ]
Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was the third time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a demonstration sport in 1924. It would be included as a demonstration sport once again at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. [1]
Basque pelota at the 1968 Summer Olympics; Basque pelota at the 1992 Summer Olympics This page was last edited on 23 June 2014, at 22:58 (UTC). Text is ...
Basque pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.It was the second time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport at the 1900 Games that were also held in Paris.