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Gliding

Recreational activity and competitive air sport

—country of origin
—first recorded
1936†former Olympic sport
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Gliding is an air sport. It was contested at the Olympic Games in 1936.

PractitionersGlider pilot
Olympic statusFormer Olympic sport · 1936
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Gliding
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Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Gliding or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.