2008 Olympic Events
At the Beijing Olympic Games there were 28 sports on the program, the same as the previous two Olympic Games. The 10km Open Water Swimming event was an Olympic event for the first time in 2008. Also, Baseball and Softball were played for the last time at the 2008 Games. BMX racing (as part of cycling) made its debut in Beijing.
Sporting List
The following is a complete list of all 28 sports participating in the 2008 Olympics:
- Aquatics (including swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, water polo)
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater and Slalom
- Cycling (including Track, Road, Mountain Bike and BMX)
- Equestrian
- Field Hockey
- Fencing
- Football
- Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampolining)
- Handball
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Softball
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball (Indoor and Beach)
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling (Greco-Roman and Freestyle)
Related Pages
- Complete list of Summer Olympic Sports
- Discontinued Olympic sports and events
- 2008 Program
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