What is your favorite 2012 Olympic Games sport?
There were 26 sports at the Olympic Games in London 2012 - what was your favorite? This poll results have been archived as there have been changes to the Olympic sports list with rugby and golf recently added. You can now vote on your favorite sport from the current Olympic sports list.
We also realized that our definition of sports is different to the IOC, and although synchronized swimming is listed here, it actually comes under the banner of swimming (aquatic sports), as does diving and water polo. Out of a total of 585 votes, the favorite sport was found to be gymnastics with 23% of the votes, followed by swimming and athletics (13% each). Also see the poll on the favorite Winter Olympic Games sport.
What is your favorite Olympic Games sport?
| Sport | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| gymnastics | 132 | 23% |
| swimming | 77 | 13% |
| track and field | 76 | 13% |
| None of the Above | 31 | 5% |
| soccer / football | 27 | 5% |
| basketball | 23 | 4% |
| equestrian | 19 | 3% |
| beach volleyball | 18 | 3% |
| diving | 15 | 3% |
| boxing | 15 | 3% |
| wrestling | 13 | 2% |
| table tennis | 12 | 2% |
| archery | 12 | 2% |
| volleyball | 12 | 2% |
| badminton | 10 | 2% |
| tennis | 10 | 2% |
| fencing | 10 | 2% |
| synchronized swimming | 9 | 2% |
| cycling | 8 | 1% |
| water polo | 7 | 1% |
| taekwondo | 7 | 1% |
| weightlifting | 6 | 1% |
| triathlon | 5 | 1% |
| shooting | 5 | 1% |
| sailing | 5 | 1% |
| rowing | 5 | 1% |
| handball | 4 | 1% |
| judo | 3 | 1% |
| canoe / kayak | 3 | 1% |
| field hockey | 3 | 1% |
| modern pentathlon | 3 | 1% |
Disclaimer: These polls are not scientific, and only reflect the opinion of visitors to this website who have chosen to participate.
Related Pages
- Vote on your favorite sport from the current Summer Olympic sports list.
- More Olympic Games Polls
- A discussion about what is the most popular Olympic Sport?
- List of all Summer Olympic Games Sports
- See also the poll about your favorite Winter Olympic Games sport
- List of Sports and Fitness Polls
Any comments, suggestions, or corrections? Please let us know.
Old Comments
Commenting is closed on this page, though you can read some previous comments below which may answer some of your questions.
- Pole Fitness has taken the world by storm, about time the Olympics Officials recognize this as a sport. (from Nikki, Jan 2013)
- I don't like sports where the judge determines the score. (diving, gymnastic, etc ) Give me swimming, volleyball, basketball, track and field, rowing and now deleted baseball and softball (from ken, Aug 2012)
- Show me gymnastics and I'll watch it all day. (from Akombwa David, Aug 2012)
- Bring back Softball & Baseball ... Some of the sports we have in there now are STUPID ... IE ... fencing ... table tennis ... badminton..archery ... ARE YOU KIDDING ME LETS GET REAL HERE WHO CARES ABOUT THAT (from randogg, Aug 2012)
- Softball needs to be brought back ive been training to be an Olympic softball player since i was 7 and now its not in the Olympics thats horrible (from vic, July 2012)
- Softball should never of been taken out, it needs to come back (from Dominique Thomas, July 2012)
- Bring back baseball and drop water polo. It so boring (from cody, July 2012)
- Softball needs to be brought back to the Games. (from Rae, July 2012)
- Why can't Olympic bring, sport such as cricket (20tewnty). Mostly sports these days are all about European. Such as swimming, shooting, Equestrian (so boring, either need to be rich country or horse getting the medal). (from Gehan, July 2012)
- They should really bring back lacrosse (from Alyson, June 2012)
- Powerlifting is good games. (from lalit bhushan, May 2012)
