Events summer olympic games

At the first Olympic Games in , there were nine sports contested. Since that time many sports have been added and removed too from the program.

Only five sports have been contested at every summer Olympic Games since Athletics , Cycling , Fencing , Gymnastics and Swimming. In there were 26 sports contested, increasing to 28 in , and 33 in See also the pages about the number of sports at each Olympiad, and also the changes over time. In addition to the official sports on the program, there are other recognized sports that are set for possible inclusion in the future.

As well as those listed below, there are many other possible new sports for future Games. The sport Badminton had made its debut in Olympiads in Barcelona, Spain. There is a total of 5 events in the badminton with China has the most number of gold medals with a tally of Baseball is first included in the Olympiad till Cuba has won the most number of gold medals i.

Basketball had its debut in since then it is been contested in every Olympiad. The USA has a sheer dominance in the game in the Olympics with 23 golds to its name. Basque Pelota. Only in the Olympics, the sport Basque Pelota is been contested were only 2 teams took part in it — France and Spain.

Latter has won the match. The score is unknown. Boxing had made its debut in in the Olympics and is been contested in every Olympics to date. In it was not a part of the Olympics in Sweden.

The USA has won the most number of gold medals i. Canoeing and Kayaking. This sport has made its debut in the Berlin Olympics and since then it has been a part of every Summer Olympics.

It is Germany which has the most number of gold medals i. The cricket tournament has been organized only in the Olympics with only two teams participating in it. Those two are Great Britain and France. Great Britain won the match by runs and won the gold. Croquet has been contested only in the Olympics where every participant was French. Cycling is been featured in every Olympiad right from the birth of it. France has 41 gold medals to its name in the Olympics which is most by any nation.

Diving had its debut in Olympics in St. Louis and is been contesting in every Olympiad since then. The USA has the most number of Gold medals with a number of It had its debut in the Paris Olympics but not been a part of the and Olympics but got its way back from Olympics and is featured in every Olympiad since then.

Germany has bagged 25 gold medals which are the highest in any country. Fencing has featured in every Olympics and Italy has the highest number of gold medals to its name i. Field Hockey. From it became the Olympic sport and has featured in every Olympics. India has been the most dominant side of the tournament with 8 gold medals. Football is included in the Olympics in and removed in the Olympics but has featured in every Summer Olympic Games. Golf has been featured only in three Summer Olympic Games i.

The USA has the edge over all other nations with 3 gold medals to its name. Gymnastics has its presence in every Summer Olympics right from the inaugural Summer Olympics The Soviet Union has the most number of Gold medals with The Handball was introduced to the Olympics in and became an Olympic sport since the Olympic Games. The Soviet Union has the highest number of the tally of medals with 4 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze. The latter bagged gold and the former has to be satisfied with a silver and a bronze.

With some 2, athletes about 60 of whom are women from 29 countries competing in events, the five-ring Olympic flag debuts during the Opening Ceremony. American Ethelda Bleibtrey wins all three women's swimming events, Italian Nedo Nadi takes gold in five of six fencing competitions and Swede Oscar Swahn snags silver in the team double-shot running deer event at age 72, making him the oldest medalist in Olympic history.

During the Paris Games , some 3, athletes women from 44 nations participate in events with 1,plus reporters on site. Olympic firsts include the first standard meter pool with marked lanes, the first formal closing ceremony and the first time athletes are housed in an Olympic village. It also marks the last time tennis is played for 64 years. American swimmer and future "Tarzan" actor Johnny Weissmuller takes three gold medals and a bronze in water polo, "Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi wins five golds in track and field and British runner Eric Liddell, later immortalized in the Academy Award-winning film "Chariots of Fire," wins gold in the meter dash and bronze in the , while his teammate, Harold Abrahams, also a focus of the the movie, wins the meter dash.

Mikio Oda of Japan becomes the first Asian gold medalist. The Amsterdam Olympics feature 2, athletes from 46 nations Panama, Malta and Rhodesia join competing in events. It's the first time the Olympic Flame is lit in a cauldron and the start of the tradition of Greece leading the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony, with the host team closing the procession.

Henry Pearce, an Australian rower, earns gold despite stopping part-way through his quarter-final race to let a duck family pass by. Weissmuller returns with two gold medals and Japan's Mikio Oda becomes the first Asian gold medalist when he wins the triple jump.

In the midst of the Great Depression , the Los Angeles Games includes teams from 37 nations with just 1, athletes taking part in events. Despite the timing, , spectators attend the Opening Ceremony at the Coliseum stadium, the size and quality of which would become the new standard in Olympic Games. The Games also begin the traditions of a shortened day schedule previous Games lasted a minimum of 79 days; they have lasted 15 to 18 days since and the recognition of medal winners on a podium.

The Games do not feature soccer, but do include the first race-walk competition. Among only women participating in a maximum of three events each, American Babe Didrikson wins two golds and a silver in track and field and Helene Madison wins three swimming gold medals.

Jesse Owens, in the lead, competing in track and field at the games. With the Nazi Party in power since , controversy swirls around the summer Games held in Berlin , with Adolf Hiltler providing the official opening. Although several countries, including the United States, threaten to boycott the Games, none officially do so, although many Jewish athletes choose to boycott as individuals. During the Games, anti-Jewish signs are temporarily removed as the Nazi regime wages a propaganda campaign to show a falsely tolerant Germany.

Nearly 4, athletes from 49 nations compete in events, with basketball, field handball and canoeing making debuts. The first Olympic torch relay takes place, with a lit torch carried from Olympia, Greece to Berlin. Despite the racist Nazi agenda, Black American athlete Jesse Owens is the standout of the Games as he picks up four gold medals in track and field. American Marjorie Gestring becomes the youngest female to win gold at age 13 in the springboard diving competition.

Set to take place in Tokyo, a first for a non-Western country, Japan's award to host the Games is forfeited with its invasion of China and the Sino-Japanese War. The Olympics return after a year hiatus, with London hosting teams from 59 countries. Most events are held at a converted Wembley Stadium, as the city, still in post-war recovery, has little time or funding to construct new facilities.

Japan and Germany are not invited because of their roles in the war, and the Soviet Union chooses not to attend. The Games mark the first time starting blocks are used in sprint competitions and see the first covered pool.

American Bob Mathias wins in the decathlon at the age of 17, making him the youngest winner of a men's event a record that endures today.

Dutch runner Fanny Blankers-Koen becomes the first woman to win four gold medals in a single Olympics. Israel makes its Olympic debut at the Helsinki Games , as does the Soviet Union as a communist nation. A record 5, athletes representing 69 nations attend, and women are allowed to compete with men in mixed equestrian events.

Held in Oceania for the first time, the Melbourne Olympics take place later in the year to coincide with summer in Australia. China also boycotts because Taiwan is participating as its own nation.

East and West Germany compete under one flag, and, for the first time, athletes from different teams enter the Closing Ceremony mingled together, rather than alphabetically, as a symbol of unity. The American men's basketball team dominates the competition, and the so-called " Blood in the Water " water polo match between the USSR and Hungary leads to a near riot.

Hungary goes on to win the gold in the event. Gold medalist Cassius Clay later known as Muhammad Ali , center-right, on the winner's podium at the games. Held on the banks of the Tiber, Rome hosts its first modern Olympic Games with events taking place in historical locations, including the Caracalla Baths and Basilica of Maxentius. Televised in Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan, the first Olympic Anthem debuts and approximately 5, athletes women compete for 83 countries.

Ethiopia's Abebe Bikilaran becomes the first Black African gold medal winner when he wins the marathon—running it barefoot. American runner Wilma Rudolph scores three gold medals. With Emperor Hirohito providing the official opening, Tokyo's hosting of the Games signals the first time the event is held in Asia. Awarded the canceled Games, Japan's Olympics are the first to broadcast around the globe and feature the debuts of men's judo and volleyball for both men and women, as well as the use of the hand-held stopwatch and a fiberglass pole vaulting pole.

Hiroshima native Yoshinori Sakai, born on Aug. Also making headlines: Native American Billy Mills comes from behind to win the 10,meter run, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins a second gold in the marathon, the first athlete to win the race twice, and the Japanese top the Soviets in women's volleyball. The Olympics mark the first time the Games are held in Latin America. With more than 5, athletes from teams competing, the Games require gender testing and doping tests of winners for the first time.

Czech gymnast Vera Caslavska wins four golds and two silvers. American Bob Beamon sets a long-jump Olympic record that has yet to be topped. The high altitude of Mexico City, at almost 7, feet, is controversial sprinters smash world records while long-distance times are significantly slower.

But perhaps the most iconic image from the Games is the protest made by Black Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos , the gold and bronze medal winners in the meters. At the podium, Smith and Carlos raise black-gloved fists with their heads hung down during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner. Protestors hold a banner reading "Stop the Game" after members of the Israeli team are taken hostage.

The Munich Olympics are the largest yet, with 7, athletes from nations competing in a record events. American swimmer Mark Spitz shines with seven gold medals and seven world records.

New sports include kayaking, slalom canoeing and men's indoor handball. Archery makes its first appearance in 52 years and Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut steals the hearts of fans. But that is all overshadowed by a September 5 terrorist attack that saw eight Palestinian members of the group Black September storm the Olympic Village, killing two members of the Israeli team and taking nine others hostage. The massacre ends with all nine Israeli hostages, five terrorists and one policeman dead. Officials suspend the Games for 34 hours before continuing.

Hosted for the first time in Canada, the Montreal Olympics add women's basketball, handball and rowing to the competitions.