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Sports at the 2028 LA Olympic Games

28 sports were listed on the LA 2028 initial sports program announced by the IOC in February 2022: aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, rowing, rugby sevens, sailing, shooting, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball and wrestling.

Another five sports were proposed by the LA28 Organising Committee for inclusion at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, and approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in October 2023. They are baseball-softball, cricket, flag football (a limited-contact version of American football), lacrosse, and squash.

Boxing did not feature on the initial sports list but the IOC have promised it will be added

Boxing did not feature on the initial list but the IOC have promised it will be added, while modern pentathlon and weightlifting were also recently confirmed.

Breakdancing, which will make its debut in Paris 2024, has been left off the program for 2028. Other sports which were considered but missed out are kickboxing, karate and motorsport.

If all these sports are included on the final prograsm, there will be 36 sports in total. Compared this list to the 2024 Paris Olympic sports, in wehich there are 32 sports.

List of Sports for LA 2028 (TBC)

1. Aquatics (including swimming, diving, open-water, synchronized swimming, and water polo)
2. Archery
3. Badminton
4. Baseball and Softball
5. Basketball
6. Boxing
7. Canoe / Kayak
8. Cricket
9. Cycling — including Track, Road, Mountain Bike and BMX
10. Equestrian
11. Fencing
12. Flag Football
13. Football (soccer)
14. Golf
15. Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampolining)
16. Handball
17. Hockey
18. Judo
19. Lacrosse
20. Modern Pentathlon
21. Rowing
22. Rugby 7s
23. Sailing
24. Shooting
25. Skateboarding — men and women's street and park skateboarding events
26. Sport Climbing — bouldering, lead and speed combined climbing
27. Squash
28. Surfing — men's and women's shortboard surfing
29. Table Tennis
30. Taekwondo
31. Tennis
32. Track & Field
33. Triathlon
34. Volleyball — indoor and beach volleyball
35. Weightlifting
36. Wrestling (Greco-Roman and Freestyle)

Related Pages

• List of sports for each Olympiad
• Changes to sports for each Olympiad
• Number of Olympic medals available to be won
• How sports are selected for the Olympics
• About the LA 2024 Olympic Games
• Complete list of Olympic host cities

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