Summer sport at the Olympics

The Olympic Games are the biggest event, attracting the attention of all people interested in at least one of the sports related to the Olympics every four years. Athletes from around the world are eager to participate in an event of this magnitude. But not every summer sport belongs to the Olympic. Moreover, the list of competitions varies from year to year. What types are involved now and how has the situation changed over the course of history?

How can sport become Olympic?

Everything is determined by the official program of games. To make this or that summer sport on the list, it is necessary that one of several organizations offer it. These include international and national sports federations, as well as the Olympic Committee. In addition, you can not offer any sport. To get the Olympic status, he must have a recognized IOC Federation worldwide, be fairly common. Within the framework of this sport, championships and competitions must be held. If this is a summer sport for men, it should attract participants from seventy-five countries from four continents. If there are enough for women, there will be forty states. Finally, winter sports are included in the program if there are competitions for them in twenty-five countries on three continents. To ensure that the game program does not grow infinitely, there are other requirements. Sport should be spectacular, cover a large audience of viewers, be popular with young people and commercial sponsors. Only then can the decision of the IOC be positive.

Olympic sports

The number of competitive disciplines has changed more than once in the history of games. At the moment, the classification includes twenty-eight summer sports. In winter, they are several times smaller, only seven. However, it is worth considering that some suggest a group of several disciplines. If you divide them into separate types, you will get forty-one. In the winter they will be fifteen. Previously, the situation was different, and still it is constantly changing, so every new event is a very special summer Olympiad. Sports that were on the list of disciplines before - it's baseball, and pelota, and cricket with a croquet. Also there were Olympic lacrosse, softball, water sports, tug of war, de pam, rock, rakits and polo. In addition, in 1908 the summer sport at the Olympics was, oddly enough, represented by figure skating, and in 1920 hockey was added. Since 1924 these disciplines belong to the Winter Olympic Games.

Species that are not included in the program

Some competitions offered the attention of the committee, but they were not included in the list. These include American and Australian football, water skiing, bowling, Finnish baseball, Old Norse wrestling, kaatsen, lacan, motorcycling, roller hockey and many others. In winter, the list is no less impressive. Not awarded the Olympic status of hockey, an easel, a dog race, high-speed skiing and winter pentathlon.

Gymnastic and athletic kinds of the program

Rhythmic gymnastics - an Olympic summer sport since 1984. The competition was held eight times. For all the years of the games more than five hundred participants competed for the medal. The best gymnastics is possible for Russians, Spaniards, Ukrainians - in the overall standings the teams of these countries received maximum awards.

In the same group of disciplines you can include the most famous summer sport, where there is running and jumping - athletics. It has been part of the program since 1896. For all time in such competitions participated twenty-two thousand four hundred fourteen participants. The champion in the overall standings is the USA: 323 gold medals - this is a record result, with which it is impossible to compete. It is also worth mentioning gymnastics. This summer sport has been participating in the program since 1896 and attracted four thousand one hundred and ninety five participants. Leaders were athletes from the USSR, who won seventy-two medals of gold.

Varieties of struggle

Boxing is a complex summer sport that has been part of the program since 1904. Five thousand two hundred and sixty-two sportsmen took part in the history of the games in the competitions. The leader in this form are the Americans, who won more than a hundred awards. In second place - the Cubans, and the third are the British. Another difficult sport in the summer is judo. For the first time he was included in the program during games in Tokyo in 1964. Perhaps such a start became a landmark - in the overall standings, the Japanese are the leaders. In second place the French, of which only four medals were left behind by representatives of South Korea. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the program at the same time, when they began to play games. Summer Olympics in Athens in 1896 was the first for this sport. More than two and a half thousand sportsmen took part in the competitions. The top three leaders include the USSR, Sweden and Finland.

Varieties of rowing

Of course, the Summer Olympics is tightly connected with water disciplines. Here you can include not only a variety of swimming, but also boat sports - for example, academic rowing. This summer sport is included in the program since 1900. During the games, seven thousand five hundred and thirty-nine sportsmen from ninety-three countries competed in it. Champions are three of them: the now defunct GDR, the United States and Britain. Another variety of rowing, canoeing and kayaking, was included in the list of Olympic species in 1936, during the games in Berlin. Three thousand two hundred and sixty-seven participants from ninety-five countries took part in competitions from the beginning of the last century. The top three leaders are represented by the USSR, Germany and Hungary.

Ball games

In summer sports there are also several varieties of volleyball and basketball. In each of them participated a lot of athletes. Volleyball has been part of the Olympic program since 1964. During this time, two thousand four hundred and twenty-six players from forty-five states took part in the competition. Representatives of twenty countries won medals at different times. The best were the players from the USSR, the second place is occupied by Brazil, and the third is Japan. Beach volleyball has become an Olympic sight not so long ago, in 1996 in Atlanta. In five seasons, three hundred forty-seven players took part in the competition. Leading athletes from the United States, in second place again, Brazil, and closes the top three Australians. Basketball became Olympic in 1936 in Berlin. For the history of the game, three thousand four hundred and forty-eight athletes took part in competitions in this sport, the best of which are US residents. Second place - for Soviet players, and on the third - Yugoslavia.

Tennis and variety

Finally, one can not fail to mention one of the most popular sports in the world. Classic tennis has been part of the Olympic Games since 1896. For the history of the competition in this sport was one thousand one hundred and ninety-one players. The best tennis players are Americans, the English are a bit behind them, and in third place with a noticeable difference are the French. Much less in the program includes table tennis. He was first included in it in 1988 in Seoul. Seven hundred eighty-eight people from ninety-eight countries took part in seven seasons. But only twelve of them can boast of representatives with medals. China is confidently leading, in second place - the inhabitants of South Korea, and on the third - the Swedes. In addition, refers to the Olympic sport and badminton. He was included in the program in 1992 in Barcelona. In six seasons, seven hundred and eighty-nine athletes from sixty-six countries went to the courts. The first two leaders are identical to the previous one - the best are the Chinese, followed by South Korea. But the third place differs from the positions in table tennis and belongs to Indonesia.