Events At The Olympics

The first event contested in the ancient olympic games was the stadium race a sprint of about 192 metres.

Events at the olympics. Discus javelin jump running wrestling. In the shotgun event competitors shoot at clay targets propelled at a series of different directions and angles. Women s road events were introduced to the olympic programme at the 1984 summer olympics. 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.

To find out how olympia london is supporting the community and collaborating with industry partners to prepare for the return of events click here. Each olympic sport is represented by an international. 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. The rifle and pistol competitions are held on shooting ranges where marksmen aim at targets at distances of 10 25 and 50 metres.

Prior to the upcoming 2020 summer olympics all events were speed races but the 2020 programme will feature bmx freestyle for the first time. The 2014 winter olympics included seven sports. 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. Much like today the ancient olympic games included a wide variety of track and field events.

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

The 1968 summer olympics in mexico city saw two major political events. Rifle pistol and shotgun. 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. There are 15 events in the olympic programme divided into three different groups.

These were the events at the ancient olympic games. See the latest updates for each event here. There is more information on the ancient events page. Watch the olympic channel now arrow right.

The number and types of events may change slightly from one olympiad to another.