ports nonetheless, with the possibility of a return to the Olympic program in future games. [9] At the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen on 9 October 2009, the IOC voted to simultaneously reinstate both golf and rugby to the Olympic program, meaning that for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, the number of official Olympic sports that will be contested will be back up to 28 again, two more than the 26 sports that constitute London «s program. [5]. As of 2012, the Summer Olympics will include 26 sports with 36 disciplines and 302 event .. The Olympic sport of cycling includes four different disciplines: mountain bike, road bike, track and BMX. The mountain bike competition began in 1996 - exactly 100 years after the road bike and track competitions first debuted at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens. The BMX competition was first introduced at the 2008 Olympic games, and is the newest cycling discipline to gain acceptance.and Pucks.Olympic team sports include basketball, beach volleyball, hockey, football, handball. Two team sports - baseball and softball - were dropped from the Olympic Games after the 2008 Olympics. Two additional sports - rugby and golf - will make their official debut in 2016 .. The equestrian competition is made up of three separate disciplines: dressage, jumping and eventing. Dressage is a demonstration of a horse and rider »s overall skills, while jumping is a competition that involves jumping a horse over a series of obstacles. Eventing is a four-day test of an athlete's equestrian abilities that includes competitions in jumping and dressage.and Team Sports.Wrestling, weightlifting, triathlon, taekwondo, tennis, shooting, judo, modern pentathlon, fencing, athletics and archery are all featured in the Summer Olympic Games. Athletics includes various track and field disciplines like running, walking, jumping, pole vaulting and the javelin and discus throws. The modern pentathlon is an event that combines horseback-riding, shooting, running, swimming and fencing, while the triathlon event involves swimming, running and biking.is a perennial crowd favorite, and includes three different disciplines: artistic, rhythmic and trampoline. The artistic competition includes events such as the pommel horse, rings, balance beam and uneven bars, while the rhythmic competition has female athletes performing gymnastic routines using rings, ropes, hoops and balls. Trampoline is a relatively new sport, making its Olympic debut in the 2000 games.In order for a sport or discipline to be in included in the Summer Olympics program (but not necessarily be contested at the Olympics), it must be widely practiced by men and women, in at least 75 and 50 countries, respectively, spread over four continents.following sports were previously part of the Summer Olympic Games program as official sports, but are no longer on the current program. The numbers in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport that were contested at the respective Games; a bullet denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport.pelotade paumeunionof warmotorsportsskatinghockeyfollowing sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Summer Olympic Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Olympic program: American football (1904 and 1932) rules football (1956) (1900) (1988) (1900)
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