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The 48 athletics events are the most of any sport on the Olympic program. All are contested separately by men…
The Olympic canoe/kayak sprint program became gender equal at Tokyo 2020 with the addition of women’s canoe events. Men and…
There are four specialties of mountain bike, but only cross-country was added to the Olympic program at Atlanta 1996.
The current Olympic program includes a road race and an individual time trial for men and women. All are one-day…
There are six different track cycling events on the Olympic program, all of which have men’s and women’s events.
Olympic diving uses two types of boards: 3m springboard and 10m platform. There are individual and synchronized events for both…
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Olympic tennis features men’s and women’s singles and doubles tournaments as well as a mixed doubles tournament, which returned to…
Ski jumping at the Olympic Games is contested on two different hills, designated as “normal” and “large” based on the…
Summer Olympic Sports
Men and women compete in separate individual and team events in Olympic archery. There is also a mixed team event.
Formerly known as synchronized swimming, artistic swimming is one of two sports (along with rhythmic gymnastics) that are contested only…
The 48 athletics events are the most of any sport on the Olympic program. All are contested separately by men…
The aim in this racket sport is to score points by hitting a shuttlecock over a raised net and onto…
In a baseball game, while one team assumes nine defensive positions (three in the outfield, four around the infield bases,…
Basketball was invented by Canadian professor James Naismith at Springfield College in Massachusetts in December 1891. It didn’t take long…
Winter Olympic Sports
In the ten individual Olympic alpine skiing events, skiers race against the clock with each event timed to the hundredth…
Incorporating cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, there are eleven biathlon events on the Olympic program which can be divided into…
Bobsleds are built to hold one, two or four athletes. Beginning with a running start, teams push their sleds approximately…
Traditionally, Olympic cross-country skiing events alternate between classical and free technique from Games to Games. In classical technique, the skis…
Curling is one of the most strategic sports at the Olympic Winter Games. Playing on a rectangle sheet of ice,…
There are four figure skating disciplines: men’s singles, women’s singles, pairs, and ice dance. In each one, the skaters perform…
Pan American Games Sports
The 48 athletics events are the most of any sport on the Olympic program. All are contested separately by men…
In a baseball game, while one team assumes nine defensive positions (three in the outfield, four around the infield bases,…
Beach volleyball takes the complexity of the indoor game and adds the difficulty of playing in sand, as well as…
There is evidence that sports similar to bowling were played in ancient Egypt. Homer’s epic Greek poem The Iliad also…
At its core, boxing is a contest in which two combatants engage hand-to-hand for sport.
There will be two forms of BMX contested at Tokyo 2020 – racing and freestyle. BMX racing has been included…