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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).
List of Olympic venues in discontinued events; A. Aeronautics at the 1936 Summer Olympics; Alpinism at the Olympic Games; American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics;
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 Games, part of the Olympic movement, was the first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance. A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.
The Olympic athletics programme has played a significant role in shaping the most common events in the sport. The World Athletics Championships is the foremost World Championship event, holding the vast majority of World Championship-level events within the competition.
The big event, established in 1920, was created to showcase the host country's cultu. The long-awaited Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo are officially upon us! On Friday, the opening ceremony took ...
The last women's event added to the roster was the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2008. A total of 52 different events have been held in the men's competition. The current list comprises 23 events. Many of the discontinued events were similar to modern ones but at different lengths, especially in the steeplechasing, hurdling, and racewalking ...