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Why did rowing come to the Olympics?
there are criteria for each sport to be an olympic sport....i don't know all of them but one is that it must be played/practised in 4 continents!! that is why lacrosse is not an olympic sport....because it is not played in 4 continents!! Anyway...rowing is an awesome sport, perhaps the best to watch in the olympics...it totally deserves to be an olympic sport!!
What positions did each player have in the first Philippine basketball team that played in the Olympics?
Silverio - forward
Which sport did a Japanese athlete first win a medal?
On wikipedia it does not tell the first sport they won a medal in, only how many medals they have won each time they participated in the Olympics. Below is a link that can tell you all of that information.
How do i find the results of the last olympic games?
Click on the '2004 Summer Olympics' and '2006 Winter Olympics' links below to read more. There will be a listing of sports played at each Olympics partway through the article. Click on a sport to find out the results.
What were the games and the sports that the roman played?
watching gladiators kill each other was a popular sport, although, the Romans did put their own twist on the Greek Olympics
How many people play each sport chart?
It has been estimated that approximately 17.45 billion people that have ever played any form of athletics. This educated estimate dates all the way back to the first olympics in ancient Rome. The first sport ever played was when the Romans cut off the heads of men who weren't honorable to the society
How long has tennis been an olympic sport?
Tennis was an event at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was competed at every Olympics until 1924. Tennis was dropped after the 1924 Games and did not make its return until 1984 as a demonstration sport and 1988 as a medal sport.
How many times have to US teams played each other in the Olympics?
there are 28 sports in the olympics
What were some famous athletes in the 1940?
Jodhan Singh he was the man star for every sport he actually played for each sport and teams from each sport
How come some professionals allowed in the Olympics eg Andy Murray and others are not eg boxers?
Each sport has a different governing body and each governing body decides who can compete in that sport.
When was baseball first played in the Olympics?
Baseball became an official sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics, with the familiar eight team tournament. Players were required to be amateurs. The tournament consisted of a round-robin, in which teams played each of the other teams, followed by semifinals and finals. The format of the competition has remained the same since then, with the only major change being that starting in 2000 players were not required to be amateurs.
Where and when did curling become an official sport at the Olympics?
The first Olympic curling event was in 1924. It was absent from the games until 1998, when it was re-instated. Since 1998, it has been getting more and more TV coverage during each Olympics, and its popularity in the US has greatly increased.
