Sports of the Beijing Olympic Games
From Athletics to Water polo, the Beijing Olympic Sports will be similar to the ones of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
The following sports will be contested at these Beijing Games. The order is from the sport having the most event to the lowest.
- Athletics (47 events)
- Swimming (34 events)
- Cycling (18 events)
- Gymnastics (18 events)
- Wrestling (18 events)
- Canoeing (16 events)
- Weightlifting (15 events)
- Shooting (15 events)
- Rowing (14 events)
- Judo (14 events)
- Boxing (11 events)
- Sailing (11 events)
- Fencing (10 events)
- Taekwondo (8 events)
- Diving (8 events)
Other sports are:
- Synchronized swimming
- Water polo
- Archery
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Equestrian
- Field hockey
- Football/soccer
- Handball
- Modern pentathlon
- Softball
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
I’m really hoping for decent coverage of the tae kwon doe and boxing.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
That’s cool, i love china!
August 7th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
tks for your message on my blogger-blog…have you got Chess as a sport there?
August 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
No chess yet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports
August 10th, 2008 at 7:51 am