What are the Olympic sports?

The Olympic Games held every four years are very important to every country, because it not only represents the honor of a country, but also represents the comprehensive strength of a country. Therefore, whether you are an athlete or an ordinary person, you should know about such an extremely important sporting event. Next, let us learn about the Olympic sports events. I hope you all understand.

There are three basic principles for determining Olympic events: sports that are widely practiced around the world; sports that are beneficial to promoting physical health; and sports for which unified competition charters and rules are currently in place.

In addition to these three basic guiding principles, the International Olympic Committee has also imposed some conditional restrictions on the approval of competition events so that the Olympic movement can become more perfect and standardized as the times develop. Specifically: In the Summer Olympics, men's events must be widely carried out in at least 40 countries and 3 continents, and women's events in 25 countries and 2 continents; in the Winter Olympics, men's events must be widely carried out in 25 countries and 2 continents, and women's events must be widely carried out in 20 countries and 2 continents.

The current Olympic events include (excluding Winter Olympic events): athletics, swimming (including diving, water polo, synchronized swimming), shooting, weightlifting, cycling, archery, basketball, volleyball, football, handball, hockey, gymnastics (including artistic gymnastics), fencing, international wrestling (freestyle and classical), boxing, judo, rowing, kayak and canoeing, sailing (including windsurfing), equestrian, modern pentathlon (obstacle horse racing, epee fencing, pistol shooting, 300m freestyle and 4000m cross-country running), table tennis, badminton, tennis, baseball, etc.

According to the Olympic Charter, the host country of each Summer Olympics must select at least 15 of the above-mentioned events before it can host the Winter Olympics; the host country of the Winter Olympics must have six events: skiing, skating, modern biathlon, bobsleigh, bobsleigh and ice hockey. However, the host country may appropriately increase or decrease the specified items based on its own actual conditions. For example, the host country of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics included volleyball and judo, which are its more proficient events, while at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, judo was not included as a formal competition event.

The Olympic Charter also stipulates that the International Olympic Committee must determine the city that will host the games at least six years in advance, and the host country must draw up a plan to propose holding official competition events and then submit it to the International Olympic Committee for approval. Once the official competition events are determined, they cannot be changed. The International Olympic Committee must determine the official competition events to be held four years before the Olympic Games and promptly notify participating countries and regions so that athletes can prepare actively.

What are the Olympic sports? Through understanding this issue, we can see that although there are more events than the general sports games we hold, they are basically the same and there is not much difference. In addition, the rules of each sport in the Olympics are more stringent, and no one is allowed to cheat. Of course, it is not allowed for athletes to use stimulants.