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2012 Olympic Games Sports

Baseball and Softball have been removed from the list of Olympic sports since the 2008 Games, leaving only 26 sports on the program, and a total of 39 disciplines. In 2009, the IOC voted to include women's boxing at the 2012 London Games, so now there are men and women competing in all sports. Cricket and netball were suggested as possible demonstration sports in 2012, though none were held. More about Olympic Demonstration Sports.

Sporting List

The following is a complete list of all 26 sports on the program for the 2012 Olympics:

1. Aquatics (including swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, water polo)
2. Archery
3. Athletics
4. Badminton
5. Basketball
6. Boxing
7. Canoe/Kayak - Flatwater and Slalom
8. Cycling - Track, Road, Mountain Bike and BMX
9. Equestrian
10. Field Hockey
11. Fencing
12. Football
13. Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampolining)
14. Handball
15. Judo
16. Rowing
17. Sailing
18. Modern Pentathlon
19. Taekwondo
20. Tennis
21. Table Tennis
22. Shooting
23. Triathlon
24. Volleyball (Indoor and Beach)
25. Weightlifting
26. Wrestling (Greco-Roman and Freestyle)

The dutch women's hockey team in London

Related Pages

• Complete list of Summer Olympic Sports
• Discontinued Olympic sports and events

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