How many sports will there be during the Beijing Olympics?

Answer 1

Sports in the 2008 Beijing Olympics include: Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Field Hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Answer 2

Women:

• BMX bike riding
• 3000m steeplechase
• 10km open water swimming
• Women's team foil Fencing
• Women's team Sabre fencing
• Team table tennis

Men

• BMX bike riding
• 10km open water swimming
• Team table tennis

Answer 3

There were no new sports included in the 2008 Games in Beijing. However, there were several new events under existing sports that were competed for the first time:

1) Cycling - new events for men's and women's individual BMX.

2) Swimming - new events for men's and women's 10 km open water swim (called the marathon).

3) Athletics - new event for women's 3000 meter steeplechase.

4) Fencing - new events for women's team foil and women's team Sabre replaced men's team foil and women's team epee.

5) Table Tennis - new events for women's team and men's team replaced women's doubles and men's doubles.

Answer 4

31 sports at the Beijing Olympics 31 sports at the Beijing Olympics

Answer 5

There are not any new sports, but Women s Boxing was added for 3 events to the Boxing sport already present for the Men

Answer 6

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games features 26 sports.

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