Discontinued Olympic Sports

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Discontinued Olympic Track & Field Events

Here are just a few of the Track and Field events that are no longer part of the Olympic program.

• 2 hands shot put
• 2 hands javelin
• 2 hands discus
• standing broad jump
• standing high jump
• standing triple jump
• 56 lb toss
• tug-of-war

More Events

Discontinued Events, and Years of Competition, Men:

60 Meters 1900-1904
200 Meters Hurdles 1900-1904
4000 Metes Steeplechase 1900
5 Miles 1906-1908
3000 Meters (team) 1912-1924
5000 Meters (team) 1900
3 Miles (team) 1908
4 Miles (team) 1912-1924
Cross Country (individual) 1912-1924
Cross Country (team) 1904-1924 (not held 1908)
Shot Put, Both Hands (aggregate) 1912
Javelin, Both Hands (aggregate) 1912
Javelin, Free-Style 1906-1908
Discuss, Both Hands (aggregate) 1912
Stone Put (6.4 Kg.) 1906
Ancient Discus 1906-1908
56 lb. Weight Throw 1904-1920 (not held 1906, 1908, 1912)
Standing Long Jump 1900-1912
Standing High Jump 1900-1912
Standing Triple Jump 1900-1904
1500 Meter Race-walk 1906
3000 Meter Race-walk 1906-1920 (not held 1908)
3500 Meter Race-walk 1908
10,000 Meter Race-walk 1912-1952 (not held 1928, 1932, 1936)
10-Mile Race-walk 1908
Triathlon 1904 (long jump, shot put, 100-yard run)
Pentathlon 1906 (standing long jump, ancient discus, 192-meter run, javelin, Greco-Roman Wrestling)
Pentathlon 1912-1924 (long jump, javelin, 200-meter run, discus, 1500-meter run)
All-Around (original decathlon) 1904 (100 yards, shot put, high jump, 880 walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120-yard hurdles, 56 lb. weight throw, long jump, one mile run)
Tug-of-War 1900-1920

Discontinued Events, and Years of Competition, Women:

80 Meters Hurdles 1932-1968 (replaced by 100 Meters in 1972)
3000 Meters 1894-1992 (replaced by 5000 Meters in 1996)
10 Kilometer Race-walk (road) 1992-1996 (replaced by 20K in 2000)
Pentathlon 1964-1980 (100 meters hurdles [80 meters 1964-1968], shot, high jump, long jump, 200-meter run. Replaced by Heptathlon in 1984)

Related Pages

• Full list of all Discontinued Events