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Demonstration Sports at the Olympic Games
This is a list of demonstration sports in the past Olympic Games, sorted by year. Not all have been confirmed as there is often conflicting information about which sports were officially sanctioned by the Olympic Committee, and which were simply held at the same time as the Olympic Games. See also more about Demonstration Sports. There is also another list with these sports sorted by alphabetical order.
1896 - none
1900
- ballooning
- bowls
- jeu de paume
- lifesaving
- longue paume
- motorsport
- water motorsports
1904
- American football
- Basketball
- weight training with dumbbells.
- Boxing for women
- Baseball?
1906
- ?
1908 - bicycle polo
1912 Stockholm
- Glima - traditional Scandinavian wrestling
- Baseball
1920 Antwerp
- Korfball?
1924 Paris
- Basque Pelota
- Kayaking and Canadian Canoeing
- Volleyball: as part of an American sports demonstration event.
- La canne
- Savate
1928
- Korfball
- Lacrosse
- Kaatsen
1932
- American Football
- Lacrosse
1936
- Gliding - gliding was also promoted from demonstration sport to an official Olympic sport for the 1940 Summer Olympics, but the 1940 Games were cancelled due to WWII.
- Baseball
- Kabaddi?
- Tenpin Bowling?
1948
- Lacrosse
- Swedish (Ling) gymnastics (men and women)
1952 Helsinki, Finland
- Baseball (Finnish Baseball)
- Field Handball (11-a-side)
- Synchronized Swimming?
1956
- Australian Rules Football
- Baseball
- Synchronized Swimming?
1960 - none
1964
- Baseball
- Budo
1968, Mexico
- Basque Pelota
- Synchronized Swimming?
- Tennis (men and women)
1972, Munich
- Badminton
- Water Skiing
1976, Montreal - none
1980, Moscow
- Sambo
1984, Los Angeles
- Baseball
- Tennis
1988
- Baseball
- Women's Judo
- Taekwando
- Wheelchair racing?
- Badminton
- Tenpin Bowling
1992, Barcelona
- Basque Pelota
- Beach Volleyball?
- Roller Hockey (or Rink-hockey)
- Valencian pilota?
- Taekwando
1996 - none
2000
-
Wheelchair racing (demonstration of a paralympic event)
2004
- Wheelchair racing (demonstration of a paralympic event).
- Reining?
2008
- a special tournament of wushu was played during the Games.
2012
- there is talk of netball and cricket being played
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Related Pages
- Another Discontinued Sports List sorted by alphabetical order.
- About Demonstration Sports
