An Olympics 'demonstration sport' was an event that was not played/competed to win medals but played/competed in the hopes of the event gaining popularity and possibly being added to the Olympics as a medal sport sometime in the future.Demonstration sports were discontinued in the Olympics after the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.Demonstration sports that eventually became medal sports include baseball, taekwondo, and badminton. Baseball was a demonstration sport in four Olympics (1912, 1936, 1964, 1988) before becoming a medal sport in 1992. Badminton was a demonstration sport in 1972 and 1988 before becoming a medal sport in 1992.Other demonstration sports that did not become medal sports include water skiing (1972), bowling (1988), and roller hockey (1992).
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The history of Olympic volleyball was started back in 1964, the summer Olympics in Tokyo where volleyball was played as part of an American sports demonstration event.
Extreme sports never entered the Olympics that's why they invented the X games
None ... demonstration sports were eliminated from the Olympics in 1992.
The Baseball is not in the Olympics because it is a demonstration sport. Baseball was dropped from the Olympics in 2005 by the International Olympic Committee.
None - the winter Olympics were never held in Athens. The summer Olympics have been held there several times, though.
I believe he won a Gold medal in the 94 Redneck Olympics Chauncey...
Snowboarding
In the 1964 Olympics, baseball was a demonstration sport. The United States played one game versus Japan.Basketball, soccer, water polo, field hockey and volleyball were the other round ball sports played during the 1964 Olympics.
28 sports (games) are in the Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, 9 new events were added. These included BMX cycling, team events for table tennis and fencing, the women's 3000 meter steeplechase run, and a 10 km open water swimming event.