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Demonstration Sports at the Olympic Games
Here is a list of sports that have been demonstration sports at some time in the past. This list is comprehensive but may contain omissions. If you have details of a demonstration sport that is not on this list, please let me know. See also more about Demonstration Sports. There is also another similar list with the sports sorted by the year that it was at the Olympics.
- American Football: 1904, 1932
- Australian Rules Football: 1956, Melbourne
- Baseball: 1904, 1912, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1984 and 1988
(an official medal sport 1992).
- Badminton: 1972, 1988. (Official Medal sport in 1992)
- Ballooning: 1900
- Basketball: 1904, St Louis
- Basque Pelota: 1900 (official sport); 1924,1968 & 1992 (demonstration sport)
- Beach Volleyball: 1992. Official event 1996+ (see Olympic Beach Volleyball)
- Bowls: 1900
- Bowling: 1936, 1988
- Boxing (women): 1904
- Budo: (Japanese archery/wrestling/fencing) 1964, Tokyo
- Field Handball: 1952, Helsinki, Finland
- Glima: 1912
- Gliding: 1936, Berlin
- Jeu de Paume: 1900, 1908 (Official Sport), 1924
- Kabaddi: 1936
- Kaatsen: 1928
- Korfball: 1928 (also 1920?)
- Kayaking and Canadian Canoeing: 1924
- La canne: 1924
- Lacrosse: 1928, 1932 & 1948 (Official sport in 1904, 1908)
- Lifesaving: 1900
- Longue Paume: 1900
- Motorsport: 1900
- Roller Hockey (Rink-hockey): 1992
- Sambo: 1980
- Savate: 1924
- Swedish (Ling) Gymnastics (men and women): 1948
- Synchronized Swimming: 1952, 1956 and 1968
- Taekwando: 1988 & 1992
- Tennis: 1968 & 1984
- Valencian pilota: 1992
- Volleyball: 1924 as part of an American sports demonstration event. Official event 1964+ (see Olympic Volleyball)
- Water Motorsports: 1900
- Water Skiing: 1972
- Wheelchair racing: 1988, 2000, 2004
- Weight training with dumbbells: 1904
- Women's Judo: 1988, Official Medal sport in 1992.
- Wushu: 2008
Winter Sports
- Winter Pentathlon (X-country & downhill skiing/pistol/fencing/horse riding) 1948, St Moritz, Switzerland
- Dog Sled Racing: 1932, Lake Placid, U.S.A.
- Bandy: (Soccer on ice) 1952 Winter Games in Oslo, Norway
- Curling: 1924, 1932, 1936, 1964 & 1988 Winter Games.
- Military Patrol: (Led to Biathlon in 1960) 1924,1928,1936,1948 Winter Games
- Speed Skating: 1924 France Winter - Short Track 1988, Calgary
Comments
- I was on your website and I thought I would mention that in 1992 at the winter olympics Australia was in the demonstrations sport of Speed Skiing. It might be a good one to include. My husband was actually a competitor for Australia. Thank you
- do you have a comment?
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- About Demonstration Sports
