Former Olympic sports

Sports and disciplines that were contested at one or more Olympic Games but are not on the programme of the latest Games. Some were demonstration-era events, others returned in a different form.

34sports & disciplines

1900earliest Olympic appearance

Summer Olympic sports 64 Winter Olympic sports 24 Edition by edition

34 sports

Sport	Part of	Origin	First recorded	Olympic	Disciplines
Basque pelota			—	1900†	6
Ballooning			—	1900†	—
Bocce			—	1900†	10
Cricket		England (United Kingdom)	16th century	1900†	2
Croquet		England (United Kingdom)	—	1900†	1
Jeu de paume	tennis	France	—	1900†	2
Motorcycle sport			—	1900†	20
Polo	equestrian sport		—	1900†	3
Powerboating			—	1900†	1
Tug of war			—	1900†	—
Gaelic games			—	1904†	4
Field lacrosse	lacrosse	Canada	—	1904†	—
Hurling	Gaelic games	Ireland	—	1904†	—
Lacrosse			—	1904†	3
Roque	croquet		—	1904†	—
Rackets			—	1908†	—
Baseball		United States	19th century	1912†	4
Cross country running	long-distance running		—	1912†	—
Glima		Norway	—	1912†	—
Korfball		Netherlands	1902	1920†	—
Canne de combat		France	—	1924†	—
Military patrol	military sports		—	1924†	—
Mountaineering			—	1924†	9
Savate		France	—	1924†	—
Mushing			—	1932†	1
Sled dog racing	mushing		—	1932†	—
Gliding			—	1936†	—
Icestock sport			—	1936†	—
Wushu		People's Republic of China	—	1936†	1
Pesäpallo		Finland	—	1952†	—
Bowling			—	1988†	9
Ten-pin bowling	bowling		—	1988†	—
Softball	baseball	United States	—	1996†	—
Karate		Ryukyu Kingdom	—	2021†	8

† former Olympic sport, year of first appearance. Olympic years include appearances through disciplines.