1) Synchronized Diving - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
2) Triathlon - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
3) Trampoline - added at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
4) Snowboarding - added at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
5) Skeleton - added at the 2002 Winter Olympics although this event was in the 1948 and 1928 Games and was known as toboggan.
A few new sports added to the Olympics would be men and women's individual BMX biking, the 10km marathon swim, the women's 3000 metre Steeplechase, women's team events in the foil and sabre, and last but not least the Table Tennis team event replaces doubles.
In 2000, three new sports were added. The triathlon (which is actually three different events: swimming 1500 meters, bicycling 40 kilometers, and running 10 kilometers, in succession) debuted. Also, trampoline competition for both men and women was added. And finally, competition in Taekwondo (a Korean martial art) made its debut.
There were 203 events in 21 sports at the 1980 Games in Moscow.
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Yes, Singapore has competed in every Summer Olympics, except for 1980, since 1948.
China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
Yes, it's very much in Olympics since 1908; except 1912 and 1924. Women's Field Hockey was included in Olympics in 1980.
The United States participated in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, and since then they have participated in every Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
In 1980. By the way, it was the Summer Olympics.
I think there was a boycott by the United States of the 1980 Olympics.
The United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics.
1980. By the way, it was the Summer Olympics.
The USA beating the USSR in Ice Hockey in the 1980 Winter Olympics. USA's team was made up of all college players and the USSR had won every Gold Medal in Ice Hockey since 1964.
Russia wil host their first Olympics in 2014. Prior, the Soviets hosted the Olympics in 1980.