Olympic Sport List - The Complete List of the Beijing Olympic Sports

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The Beijing Olympics will take place August 8-24, 2008,Swimming
in Beijing, China. During this time the Olympic sport listSynchronized Swimming
consists of 28 summer sports. There are also roughlyTable Tennis
10,500 athletes that are projected to partake in theTae kwon do
Games, with around 20,000 credited media bringing theTennis
Olympics to the world.Triathlon
Here is the Olympic Sport List:Volleyball
ArcheryWater Polo
AthleticsWeightlifting
BadmintonWrestling
BaseballThere are 302 different events in these 28 sports. The
Basketball2008 Beijing Olympics will mark this the third time that
Beach Volleyballthe Olympic events will have been held in the territories
Boxingof two dissimilar National Olympic Committees. One
Canoe/Kayak Flatwaterevent will be held in Hong Kong
Canoe/Kayak SlalomAthletes from Hong Kong nevertheless are flying the
Cycling BMXflag of Hong Kong even though Hong Kong is not an
Cycling Mountain Bikeindependent state.
Cycling RoadThe opening which occurred on August 8, 2008, all but
Cycling Trackone (Brunei) of the current 205 National Olympic
DivingCommittees will take part. China and the United States
Equestrianhave the biggest teams, with 639 and 596 competitors
Fencingin that order. Quite a lot of countries are represented
Footballat the games by a single athlete.
Gymnastics ArtisticOf 195 independent countries, only three did not take
Gymnastics Rhythmicpart: Brunei, Kosovo and Vatican City. Another three
Trampolinecountries participated for their first time in history: The
HandballMarshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu.
HockeyThe agenda for the Beijing 2008 Games is rather like
Judoto that of the Athens Games held in 2004. The 2008
Modern PentathlonOlympics will see the arrival of 28 sports, and will hold
Rowing302 events (165 men's events, 127 women's events,
Sailingand 10 mixed events), one event more in total than in
ShootingAthens.