Yes. Professionals are competing in football, Baseball, Basketball, and tennis at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Yes.
Technically no. The Olympics are for "amateur" atheletes, those who do not make their livelyhood by the sport they compete in.
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Yes. The rules were changed in 1988 to allow pro athletes to compete.
No, professional wrestling is not an event in the Olympic Games.
Mia Hamm was a professional soccer player who also competed in the Olympics.
no women were not aloud to compete in the Olympics.
Originally specifically for amateur athletes, the Olympics began allowing professionals to compete in 1986.