The following events were competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics:
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Football/Soccer
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Netball
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming
Synchronized swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
As the complete list of summer and winter Olympic game events is subject to change and would be too long to present on this website, refer to the International Olympic Committee link, below, for up-to-date information by sport (click on the desired sport link on that page for more detailed information concerning that sport).
* about 5 or 9 and one of them is discus throwing.
The 1st modern olympic games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. 14 teams participated in 43 events.
Italy competed at the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896. They sent one athlete that compete in Shooting.
The nine sports competed in the first modern Olympic Games (1896 in Athens) were Athletics (track and field), Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Shooting, Swimming, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Wrestling.
No. In fact the ancient games have little resemblance to our modern Olympics. Modern sports events are so much more complex than in days of old. These did not include riding horses.
Events competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics: Athletics (Track and Field) Cycling Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Swimming Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling
Wrestling, long jump, athletics, discus, chariot racing.
Modern Olympic games consist of a total of 35 different sports. These sports are further divided into 400 events for which sportsmen compete.
Long jump has been an Olympic event since the Modern Olympics began in 1896. Men have competed in Olympic long jump since 1896. Women have competed in Olympic long jump since 1948.
there will be 106 events in the Olympic Games
302 events
The 1900 Olympics were the first modern Olympic Games to be open to women.