"American Sheila Taormina is poised to become the first athlete in history to compete at the Olympic Games in three different events." source: http://www.cbc.ca/Olympics/modern-pentathlon/story/2008/06/06/f-olympics-modernpentathlon-american.html Taormina competed in the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta as a member of the 4x200 meter freestyle relay team that won gold. At the 2000 Games and 2004 Games, she competed in women's triathlon. And at the 2008 Games, she qualified for modern pentathlon. She is the first athlete in the history of the Olympics to compete in three different disciplines.
it got different sports so it also got different events.
in the Olympic sports
the different events are ( aquatics diving swimmin and lots more
302 events
there are 18 events
301 events in 28 sports were held at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
javelin swimming running 80m
there are 32 different events in the 2012 olympics.
There were 36 different types of sporting events taking place.
Just one track, few different events on it.
running long jump hurdles and shammy faces
According to the official International Olympic Committee's website, "Current Olympic Games programme (For the Beijing 2008 Summer Games) includes 35 sports and nearly 400 events. There are also past Olympic sports and sports recognised by the Olympic Movement." This obviously fluctuates from Olympics to Olympics and between Summer and Winter games.