olympic sports and modern summer games

List of Olympic sports

Main article: Olympic sports

42 different sports, spanning 56 different disciplines, have been part of the Olympic programme at one point or another. 28 sports have comprised the schedule for the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics, though baseball and softball have been removed to give a list of 26 for the 2012 Games.^[9]

The Summer Olympic Sports or Federations are regrouped under a common umbrella association, called the Association of Summer Olympic Federations (ASOIF).

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Sport	Years		Sport	Years
Archery	1900-1912, 1920, since 1972		Modern pentathlon	since 1912
Athletics	all		Lacrosse	1904, 1908
Badminton	since 1992		Polo	1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1936
Baseball	1992-2008		Rackets	1908
Basketball	since 1936		Roque	1904
Basque pelota	1900 and also 1928,1968,1992 (demonstration)		Rowing	since 1900
Boxing	1904, 1908, since 1920		Rugby union	1900, 1908, 1920, 1924
BMX racing	2008		Sailing	1900, since 1908
Canoeing	since 1936		Shooting	1896, 1900, 1908-1924, since 1932
Cricket	1900		Softball	1996-2008
Croquet	1900		Swimming	all
Cycling	all		Synchronized swimming	since 1984
Diving	since 1904		Table tennis	since 1988
Equestrian	1900, since 1912		Taekwondo	since 2000
Fencing	all		Tennis	1896-1924, since 1988
Football (soccer)	1900-1928, since 1936		Triathlon	since 2000
Golf	1900, 1904		Tug of war	1900-1920
Gymnastics	all		Volleyball	since 1964
Handball	1936, since 1972		Water motorsports	1908
Hockey (field)	1908, 1920, since 1928		Water polo	1900, since 1908
Jeu de paume	1908		Weightlifting	1896, 1904, since 1920
Judo	1964, since 1972		Wrestling	1896, since 1904

[edit] List of modern Summer Olympic Games

Note: Although the Games of 1916, 1940, and 1944 had been cancelled, the Roman numerals for those Games were still used because the Summer Games’ official titles count Olympiads, not the Games themselves; those Olympiads occurred anyway per the Olympic Charter. This is in contrast to the Roman numerals in the official titles of the Winter Olympic Games, which ignore the cancelled Winter Games of 1940 & 1944; those titles count Games instead of Olympiads.

Map of Summer Olympics locations

Year	Games	Location
1896	Games of the I Olympiad	Athens, Greece
1900	Games of the II Olympiad	Paris, France
1904	Games of the III Olympiad	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
1908	Games of the IV Olympiad	London, United Kingdom
1912	Games of the V Olympiad	Stockholm, Sweden
1916	Games of the VI Olympiad	Berlin, Germany – cancelled because of World War I
1920	Games of the VII Olympiad	Antwerp, Belgium
1924	Games of the VIII Olympiad	Paris, France
1928	Games of the IX Olympiad	Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932	Games of the X Olympiad	Los Angeles, California, United States
1936	Games of the XI Olympiad	Berlin, Germany
1940	Games of the XII Olympiad	Tokyo, Japan → Helsinki, Finland – cancelled because of World War II
1944	Games of the XIII Olympiad	London, United Kingdom – cancelled because of World War II
1948	Games of the XIV Olympiad	London, United Kingdom
1952	Games of the XV Olympiad	Helsinki, Finland
1956	Games of the XVI Olympiad	Melbourne, Australia Stockholm, Sweden (Equestrian events)
1960	Games of the XVII Olympiad	Rome, Italy
1964	Games of the XVIII Olympiad	Tokyo, Japan
1968	Games of the XIX Olympiad	Mexico City, Mexico
1972	Games of the XX Olympiad	Munich, West Germany
1976	Games of the XXI Olympiad	Montreal, Canada
1980	Games of the XXII Olympiad	Moscow, Soviet Union
1984	Games of the XXIII Olympiad	Los Angeles, California, United States
1988	Games of the XXIV Olympiad	Seoul, South Korea
1992	Games of the XXV Olympiad	Barcelona, Spain
1996	Games of the XXVI Olympiad	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
2000	Games of the XXVII Olympiad	Sydney, Australia
2004	Games of the XXVIII Olympiad	Athens, Greece
2008	Games of the XXIX Olympiad	Beijing, People’s Republic of China
2012	Games of the XXX Olympiad	London, United Kingdom