(Liste) Events At The Olympics

Mountain bike racing entered the olympic programme at the atlanta olympics followed by bmx racing in 2008.

Events at the olympics. The 1968 summer olympics in mexico city saw two major political events. Winners in this event have been recorded from as far back as 776 bc. The first event contested in the ancient olympic games was the stadium race a sprint of about 192 metres. The 2014 winter olympics included seven sports. To find out how olympia london is supporting the community and collaborating with industry partners to prepare for the return of events click here. Olympic day the new olympic channel brings you news highlights exclusive behind the scenes live events and original programming 24 hours a day 365 days per year. Such events included longer foot races a race in armour and a pentathlon event that consisted of the stadium race long jump discus throw javelin throw and wrestling.

See the latest updates for each event here. The number and types of events may change slightly from one olympiad to another. Shooting competitions at the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo are scheduled to take place from 25 july to 2 august at the asaka shooting range. These were the events at the ancient olympic games. Prior to the upcoming 2020 summer olympics all events were speed races but the 2020 programme will feature bmx freestyle for the first time. Women s football was added to the official program at the 1996 atlanta games. Women s road events were introduced to the olympic programme at the 1984 summer olympics.

The rifle and pistol competitions are held on shooting ranges where marksmen aim at targets at distances of 10 25 and 50 metres. Unlike in 2016 the number of shooters competing across fifteen different events at these games has been reduced from 390 to 360 with an equal distribution between men and women. Each olympic sport is represented by an international. Tournaments men women football at the summer olympics commonly known as football or soccer has been included in every summer olympic games as a men s competition sport except 1896 and 1932. Ten days before the opening ceremony of the games mexican students staged a protest in the plaza of three cultures plaza de las tres culturas in the tlatelolco neighborhood of mexico city. There are 15 events in the olympic programme divided into three different groups. There is more information on the ancient events page.

Much like today the ancient olympic games included a wide variety of track and field events. Watch the olympic channel now arrow right. Olympic sports are contested in the summer olympic games and winter olympic games the 2016 summer olympics included 28 sports with five additional sports due to be added to the 2020 summer olympics program. Rifle pistol and shotgun.