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These sports were removed because of lack of interest or the absence of an appropriate governing body, [4] and are considered unlikely to ever return. Five early Olympic sports that were removed by the IOC have managed to return to the Olympic program: archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf in 2016 and cricket in 2028.
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).
Pages in category "Discontinued sports at the Summer Olympics" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The news that breaking wouldn't be included in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles was actually announced a few years ago. In 2022, the International Olympic Committee announced which 28 sports had ...
As Paris passes the torch to Los Angeles as the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already adjusted the event schedule. In 2023, the IOC approved ...
1 Although demonstration sports were introduced only in 1912, at the 1908 Olympics some sports competitions were held simultaneously to the games. [ 8 ] 2 Baseball was officially removed from the Olympic program after the 2008 Beijing Games.
Instead, since 2008, it "has gotten exponentially more repressive,” Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, told Yahoo Sports last year. So why did the IOC send the Olympics ...
These changes were intended to help improve audience interest, and address the shortcomings that likely led to the removal of the sport; wrestling joined baseball/softball, as well as squash, on a final shortlist of three sports to be included in the core Olympic programme for 2020. [2]