26 categories with 36 event types
Ping pong or table tennis became a sport in the Summer Olympics in 1988 and included many different event categories. Since it's introduction four other sports that started as a game are now sports.
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there was no 2008 winter Olympics. There was a 2008 SUMMER Olympics but not winter. There were a bunch of different people that won different medals in different sports in the summer '08 Olympics, not just one person winning the whole thing.
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The Winter Olympics have competitions for sports that are considered 'cold weather sports' .... sports that can only be done on snow or ice. These sports include skiing, speed skating, and ski jumping. The Summer Olympics have competitions for sports that are considered 'warm weather sports'. These sports include athletics (track and field), marathon, and equestrian. There are Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics because you can play different sports in different seasons.
Athletes from over 200 different countries will be participating in the 2012 summer Olympics
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every 4 years in a different country
The Olympics should be in summer because they called it Summer Olympics
there were no Olympics held in 1974 The summer Olympics were held in Munich Germany
The Winter and Summer Olympics were held on the same year until 1992 when the Summer Olympics were held in Barcelona and the Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France. The IOC voted to change the tradition and the next Winter Olympics were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.