Throwing the Javelin other kind of sport throwing....
there are a lot of throwing sports in summer Olympics
* about 5 or 9 and one of them is discus throwing.
There are many Olympic events, here are four:- Athletics, Rowing, Boxing, Swimming.
The olympic city and stadium have to be built , and it takes roughly four years to complete.
There are four Winter Olympic events that are held indoors. They are speed skating, figure skating, curling and ice hockey.
The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games. Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throwing, and discus throwing, followed by the stadion (a short foot race) and wrestling.
Sixty (60) countries participated in the taekwondo events at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and sixty-four (64) countries participated in the taekwondo events at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The original Olympic games in ancient Greece featured a combination of athletics and combat events. The main events included foot races of different distances, such as the stadion and diaulos, as well as the pentathlon, which included running, jumping, throwing the discus, throwing the javelin, and wrestling. There were also combat events such as boxing, pankration (a martial art), and the hoplite race, where athletes ran in full armor.
Track and field athletics in the following events, javelin, decathlon, heptathlon.
Ski Jumping, Four man Bobsleigh, Doubles Luge
discus!
If you mean jumping events in the olympics a few examples are Long jump Standing long jump Triple jump There are quite a lot of gymnastic events that involve jumping but I dont know the names, if you type in Jumping olympic events into google your probably get a list, hope this helps
Olympic Events - 1932 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Passed