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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).
Olympic Games that were scheduled but cancelled, in all cases due to World War I (1916) or World War II (1940 and 1944).. On 24 March 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he and International Olympic Committee's president Thomas Bach had agreed to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics, pending approval by the IOC, due to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Aeronautics at the 1936 Summer Olympics; Alpinism at the Olympic Games; American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics; American football at the Summer Olympics; Angling at the 1900 Summer Olympics; Art competitions at the Summer Olympics; Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The head organizer of the Tokyo Olympics said the Games may still be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.
The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo City, Japan, and later rescheduled for 20 July to 4 August 1940, in Helsinki, Finland following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
A swimming competition that was supposed to serve as a test event ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics was canceled due to poor water quality in the Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s ...
Through 2024, there have been 30 Summer Olympic Games, held in 23 cities, and 24 Winter Olympic Games, held in 21 cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the games were scheduled to take place but were later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916 ; Sapporo – Garmisch-Partenkirchen ( winter ) and Tokyo – Helsinki ...
Hitler regarded the event as 'his' Olympics and sought to exploit the Games for propaganda purposes, with the aim of showcasing post-First World War Germany. In 1936, a number of prominent politicians and organizations called for a boycott of the Summer Olympics, while other campaigners called for the games to be relocated. [17] [18]