List of sports
This is a list of sports organized alphabetically.
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Olympic | Origin / distribution | sport | image | Type | Team size | Place of exercise |
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No | United States | Aerobics , sports aerobics | ![]() |
Gymnastics, dance sports | Hard surface | |
No | Agility | ![]() |
Animal sports | |||
No | Japan | Aikido | ![]() |
Martial arts | mat | |
No | Air hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | 1 | table | |
No | Japan | Airsoft | ![]() |
Catch game | 2 and more | terrain |
antique | Antiquity | Payment on account | Throw | 1 | ||
No | Strongman |
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Weight training | 1 | Terrain, lawn, street, hall | |
No | Acrobatics , sports acrobatics | Gymnastics, acrobatics | 1 and more | Hall, lawn | ||
No | General gymnastics | ![]() |
Gymnastics | |||
No | Alpine climbing | Climbing, nature sports | terrain | |||
No | Switzerland | Amateur radio bearings | ![]() |
Nature sports | 1 | terrain |
No | United States | American football | Goal game | 11 | Turf / artificial turf | |
No | Ireland , Scotland | American handball | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface |
No | Fishing | Hunting sport | 1 | water | ||
No | Apnea diving | ![]() |
Diving | water | ||
No | Germany | Aquaball | Goal game | 4th | water | |
No | Aquathlon | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | Road, water | |
No | United States | Arena football | ![]() |
Goal game | 8th | Hard surface |
No | arm wrestling | ![]() |
Weight training, martial arts | 1 | table | |
No | Expressive dance (modern dance) | ![]() |
Dance sport | |||
No | Victoria | Australian football | ![]() |
Goal game | 18th | race |
No | Germany | Autoball | Motorsport, goal game | Hall, hard surface | ||
No | Automobile sport | ![]() |
Motorsport | Racetrack | ||
No | Sweden | Ax throwing | ![]() |
Throw | 1 | |
No | backgammon | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 2 | ||
yes (since 1992) | badminton | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface | |
No | Lane golf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | investment | |
yes (since 1896 *) | Track cycling | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | India | Ball badminton | Return game | 3-5 | Hard surface | |
No | Ballooning | ![]() |
To fly | Air sports | ||
No | Europe | Balloon game | Return game | 3 | race | |
No | Scandinavia | Bandy | Goal game | 11 | ice | |
No | Bench press | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | ||
No | Bar run | Catch game | race | |||
No | Base jumping | ![]() |
Leap | 1 | Air sports | |
yes (from 1992 to 2008; since 2020) | new York | baseball | Batball game | 9 | Turf / artificial turf and threshing floor | |
yes (since 1936) | Massachusetts | basketball | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Scotland | Throwing a tree trunk | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | |
No | United States | Beach basketball | ![]() |
Goal game | 3 | Beach / sand |
No | Beach handball | ![]() |
Goal game | 4th | Beach / sand | |
No | Switzerland | Beachminton | Return game | 1 | Beach / sand | |
No | Europe | Beach rugby | ![]() |
Goal game | 5-7 | Beach / sand |
No | Brazil | Beach soccer | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Beach / sand |
yes (since 1996) | California | beach volleyball | ![]() |
Return game | 2 | Beach / sand |
No | Mountain run | ![]() |
Speed sports, nature sports | 1 | terrain | |
No | Hill climb | ![]() |
Motorsport | Racetrack | ||
No | Rockclimbing | ![]() |
Nature sports | terrain | ||
No | Biathle | All-around sport | 1 | Road, water | ||
yes (since 1924 *) | Scandinavia | biathlon | ![]() |
Speed sports, shooting sports | 1 | snow |
No | Bike biathlon | All-around sport | 1-2 | terrain | ||
No | billiards | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 and more | table | |
yes (since 2012 *) | Blind football | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | Lawn, hall | |
No | Blind chess | Brain teaser | 2 | |||
No | Blitz chess | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 2 | ||
yes (since 2008) | United States | BMX | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | Racetrack |
yes (since 1924 *) | Switzerland | bob | ![]() |
Sledging | 2-4 | ice |
No | Boccia | ![]() |
Precision sports, ball sports | 1-3 | Boulodrome | |
No | United States | Bodybuilding | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | |
No | Europe | Archery | Speed sports, precision sports | 1-3 | Shooting range, sports field | |
yes (since 1900 *) | Archery | ![]() |
Precision sports, shooting sports | 1/3 | Facility / gym | |
No | United States | Boogie-Woogie (dance) | Dance sport | 2 | ||
No | Bootschen | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 and more | ||
No | Bosseln (rehab sport) | Precision sports | 3 | |||
No | Lower Saxony , Schleswig-Holstein | Boßeln | ![]() |
Ball sports | 1 and more | Street |
yes (since 2020) | Bouldering | ![]() |
Climb | Terrain, hall | ||
No | Boule Lyonnaise | Precision sports, ball sports | 1-4 | Boulodrome | ||
No | United States | bowling | ![]() |
Precision sports, bowling | 1 | investment |
No | Bowls | ![]() |
Precision sports, ball sports | 1-4 | Boulodrome | |
yes (since 1904 *) | England | Boxing | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | ring |
No | Brazil | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | mat |
No | United States | Breakdance | ![]() |
Dance sport, acrobatics | 1 and more | |
No | Germany | Burning ball | Batball game | 3 and more | Hard surface | |
No | bridge | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 4th | ||
No | Carrier pigeon sport | ![]() |
Animal sports | air | ||
No | Canada | Broomball | Goal game | 6th | ice | |
No | Scandinavia | Brus | Brain teaser | 1 | table | |
No | Netherlands , Lower Saxony | Ironing game | Precision sports | 1 | ||
No | Buggy kiting | Kite sport | 1 | Beach, meadow | ||
No | Buildering | Climb | 1 | city | ||
No | Australia | Boomerang throwing | ![]() |
Hunting sport, skill sport | 1 and more | Terrain, hall |
No | Bungee jumping | Jumping, rope sports | air | |||
No | Central Asia | Buzkashi | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | terrain |
No | Cageball | Goal game | 4th | Hard surface | ||
No | United States , Eastern Europe | Calisthenics |
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Weight training, acrobatics | 1 and more | Outside area, hall |
No | Callanetics | Gymnastics | ||||
No | Ireland | Camogie | Goal game | 12 | race | |
No | Canada | Canadian football | ![]() |
Goal game | 12 | race |
No | Canyoning | ![]() |
Nature sports | Terrain, water | ||
No | Angola , Brazil | Capoeira | ![]() |
Martial arts, dance sports | 1 | |
No | Collision | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | table | |
No | Casting | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | ||
Yes | United States | Cheerleading | ![]() |
Gymnastics, dance, acrobatics | 2 and more | |
No | Myanmar | Quinlones | ![]() |
Dance sport, skill sport | 7th | |
No | Combat shooting | ![]() |
Shooting sports | 1 | terrain | |
former (1900) | England | Cricket | ![]() |
Batball game | 11 | race |
No | Australia | Cricko | Batball game | race | ||
former (1900) | England | Croquet | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | race |
No | Cross golf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | Terrain, urban space | |
No | United States | CrossFit | ![]() |
All-around sport | alone or 2 and more | (CrossFit) box |
No | Great Britain , Scandinavia | Cubbies | Goal game | 1-2 | race | |
yes (since 1924 *) | Scotland , Canada | Curling | ![]() |
Precision sports | 4th | ice |
No | Cyclocross | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | terrain | |
No | lady | Brain teaser | ||||
No | darts | Precision sports | 1 | |||
No | DDC frisbee | ![]() |
Return game | 2 | ||
No | Discdogging | ![]() |
Animal sports | 1 | ||
No | Disc golf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | Outdoor area | |
yes (since 1896) | Discus throw | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | Endurance riding | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | terrain | |
No | United States | Dodgeball | ![]() |
Catch game | 3 and more | Hard surface |
No | United States | Dog dancing | Animal sports, dance sports | |||
No | Dogging (sport) | Animal sports | 1 | |||
No | Downhill | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | terrain | |
No | China | Dragon boat | Boating | 10-50 | water | |
No | United States | Hang gliding / hang gliding | Aviation | 1-2 | air | |
No | Kite flying | 1 and more | Air (from the ground) | |||
No | Drag racing | ![]() |
Motorsport | |||
yes (since 1896) | Triple jump | athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | ||
yes (since 1912) | Dressage riding | Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | investment | ||
No | Duathlon | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | Street | |
No | Egg running | ![]() |
Speed sports, skill sports | 1 | race | |
No | Unicycle basketball | Cycling, goal game | 5 | Hard surface | ||
No | Germany | Unicycle hockey | ![]() |
Cycling, goal game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Austria | Ice hockey under ice | ![]() |
Goal game | 2 | water |
yes (since 1920) | Ontario , Russia | ice Hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | ice |
No | Ice climbing | ![]() |
Mountain sports | icy waterfall, plant | ||
yes (since 1908) | Great Britain | figure skating | ![]() |
Dance sport, acrobatics | 1-2 | ice |
yes (since 1924) | Speed skating | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | ice | |
No | Ice speedway | Motorsport | 1 | ice | ||
No | Scandinavia | Ice stock sport | Precision sports | 4th | Ice / asphalt | |
No | California | Electric boogie | Dance sport | 1 and more | ||
No | Elephant polo | ![]() |
Animal sports, goal game | 4th | race | |
No | Netherlands | Electric wheelchair hockey | ![]() |
Goal game, wheelchair sport | 5 | Hall |
No | E-sports | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 1 or more | Computer / console | |
No | Europe | Eurodance (dance floor) | Dance sport | 1 and more | ||
No | Extreme ironing | ![]() |
Extreme sports, bizarre sports | |||
No | Driving | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | |||
No | Asia | falconry | ![]() |
Hunting sport, animal competition | air | |
No | Skydiving (parachuting) | ![]() |
Leap | 1-2 | air | |
No | Italy | Fistball | ![]() |
Return game | 5 | Lawn, hard surface |
antique | Greece , ancient | Fist fight (pygme) | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | |
yes (since 1896) | fencing | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | Fencing track | |
No | Badminton | ![]() |
Return game | 2 | Race, … | |
No | South East Asia | Spring football | ![]() |
Return game | 3 | Hard surface |
former (1936) | Germany | Field handball | ![]() |
Goal game | 11 | race |
No | Germany (only widespread in Bavaria ) | Field netball | ![]() |
Goal game | 7th | Lawn, hard surface |
No | Fingerboarding | ![]() |
Skill sports, skating | 1 | table | |
No | Bavaria , Austria | Finger hooks | Weight training | 1 | table | |
No | England | Fives | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface |
No | Flag football | ![]() |
Goal game | 5-9 | race | |
No | Andalusia | flamenco | ![]() |
Dance sport | 1 and more | |
No | Scandinavia | Floorball | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Fin swimming | Speed sport | 1 | water | ||
No | Model aircraft sport | ![]() |
Model sport | Air (from the ground) | ||
No | Footbag ( Hacky Sack ) | ![]() |
acrobatics | 1 and more | ||
No | Footvolley | ![]() |
Return game | 2 | Beach | |
No | Formula racing | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | Freestyle frisbee | ![]() |
Skill sport | 2-3 | ||
yes (since 1992) | Freestyle skiing | ![]() |
acrobatics | 1 | snow | |
No | Free climbing | Climbing, nature sports | 1 | Terrain, hall | ||
No | Friskee | ![]() |
Goal game | 4 and more | race | |
No | Fox hunting | ![]() |
Hunting sport, equestrian sport | terrain | ||
yes (since 1900 **) | England | Soccer | ![]() |
Goal game | 11 | Turf / artificial turf / hall |
No | Soccer tennis | Return game | 1-3 | Hard surface | ||
No | Brazil | Futsal | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Ireland | Gaelic football | ![]() |
Goal game | 15th | race |
No | Europe | Guard and show dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 2 and more | |
No | Japan | Gate ball | ![]() |
Precision sports | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Memory sport | ![]() |
Brain teaser | |||
yes (since 1932) | Go | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Street | |
No | United States | Geocaching | ![]() |
Nature sports | terrain | |
yes (since 1896) | Apparatus gymnastics | Gymnastics, acrobatics | 1 | |||
yes (since 1896 *) | Weightlifting | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | ||
No | Paragliding | ![]() |
To fly | 1-2 | air | |
No | Go | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 2 | ||
No | Goalball | ![]() |
Goal game | Hall | ||
yes (since 1900 *) | Scotland | golf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | Outdoor area |
No | Russia | Gorodki | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 or more | |
No | Grass ski | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | grass | |
No | Finland | Wellington throw | Throw | 1 | ||
No | Guts | ![]() |
Skill sport | 5 | race | |
No | gymnastics | ![]() |
Gymnastics | mat | ||
No | Cockfight | Animal competition | ||||
No | Indoor soccer | ![]() |
Goal game | Hard surface | ||
No | Central and Eastern Europe | Indoor hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | Hard surface |
No | Germany | Indoor basketball | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Hall |
yes (since 1896) | Hammer throw | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
yes (since 1936 *) | Germany , Sweden | Handball | ![]() |
Goal game | 7th | Hard surface |
yes (since 1896) | Obstacle course | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Racetrack | |
yes (since 1896) | high jump | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
yes (since 1908 *) | England | Hockey (field hockey) | ![]() |
Goal game | 11 | Artificial turf, earlier lawn |
No | high school | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | |||
No | Caving | ![]() |
Nature sports | terrain | ||
No | Switzerland | Hornussen | ![]() |
Batball game | 16-20 | Meadow |
No | Horseball | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian), goal game | 4th | race | |
No | House running | Rope sports | 1 | city | ||
No | Dog racing | ![]() |
Animal competition | |||
yes (since 1896) | Hurdles | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | Ireland | Hurling | Goal game | 15th | race | |
No | Europe , Japan | Indiaca | ![]() |
Return game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Indoor cycling | ![]() |
Cycling | Hall | ||
No | Inline hockey | Goal game, skating | 6th | Hard surface | ||
No | Europe | Inline skater hockey | ![]() |
Goal game, skating | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Inline skating | Skating | 1 | Street | ||
No | Inline speed skating | ![]() |
Skating, speed sports | 1 and more | Hall, hard surface, street | |
No | Intercrosse | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | Hard surface | |
No | Australia , Ireland | International Rules Football | Goal game | race | ||
No | Ireland | Irish handball | Return game | Hard surface | ||
No | Jahn competitions | All-around sport | 1 | |||
No | Basque Country , United States | Jai Alai | ![]() |
Return game | 1 | Hard surface |
No | Yeah | Brain teaser | ||||
No | United States | Jazz dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | ||
No | Jeu de palets | Precision sports | 1 | |||
former (1908) | Jeu de Paume (Real Tennis) | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface | |
No | Jeu Provençal | Precision sports, ball sports | 1-3 | Boulodrome | ||
No | Portugal | Jogo do pau | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | |
No | Germany | Jokeiba |
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Goal game | 5 | race |
yes (since 1964 *) | Japan | Judo | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | mat |
No | South Africa , Namibia | Jukskei | Throwing sport | 4th | Sand, lawn | |
No | Germany | Jugger | ![]() |
Goal game | 5 | race |
No | Japan | jiu-jitsu | ![]() |
Martial arts | Dōjō | |
No | Germany | Ju-Jutsu | ![]() |
Martial arts | Dōjō | |
No | Belgium | Kaatsen | Return game | 3 | ||
No | India , Southeast Asia | Kabaddi | ![]() |
Catch game | 12 | Lawn, beach / sand |
No | Arabia , Australia | Camel racing | ![]() |
Animal sports | 1 | |
No | Sweden | Kaninhop | ![]() |
Animal sports | 1 | |
No | Canoe polo | Boating, goal game | 5 | water | ||
yes (since 1936) | Canoe racing | ![]() |
Boating | 1-8 | water | |
yes (since 1972 *) | Canoe slalom | ![]() |
Boating | 1-2 | water | |
yes (since 2020) | Japan | karate | ![]() |
Martial arts | Dōjō | |
No | Karting | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | Cone billiards | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | table | |
No | Germany , America | Bowling | ![]() |
Precision sports, bowling | 6th | investment |
No | Japan | Kendo | Martial arts | 1 | ||
No | United States | Kickball | Batball game | race | ||
No | United States | Kickboxing | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | Mats, boxing ring |
No | Estonia | Kiiking | Weight training | 1 and more | investment | |
No | Canada | Kin Ball | ![]() |
Batball game | 4th | Hard surface |
No | Kite surfing | ![]() |
Kite sports, board sports | 1 | water | |
No | Kite landboarding | ![]() |
Kite sports, board sports | 1 | country | |
No | Climb | Mountain sports | Terrain, plant | |||
No | Cliff jumping | ![]() |
Leap | 1 | water | |
No | Lower Saxony | Klootschießen | Ball sports | 1 and more | ||
No | Club jumping | Nature sports | 1 | terrain | ||
No | Squats | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | ||
No | Germany | Netball | ![]() |
Goal game | 5-7 | Hall, lawn, hard surface |
No | Switzerland | Netball (Switzerland) | Goal game | 5-6 | Hall, lawn | |
No | Korfball | ![]() |
Goal game | 8th | Hard surface | |
No | Powerlifting | All-around sport, weight training | 1 | |||
No | Deadlift | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | ||
No | Scandinavia | Kubb | Precision game | 2 and more | race | |
yes (since 1896) | Shot put | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | China | Kung fu | Martial arts | 1 | ||
yes (since 1904) | Art and high diving | acrobatics | 1 | water | ||
No | Aerobatic (aerobatics) | ![]() |
To fly | 1 | air | |
No | Europe | Artistic cycling | ![]() |
Cycling | 1-6 | Hard surface |
No | Pumpkin throwing | ![]() |
Throw | 1 | ||
No | Germany | Cutter pulls | ![]() |
Boating | 11-15 | water |
No | Japan | Kyūdō | ![]() |
Precision sports, shooting sports | ||
former (from 1904 to 1908) | Canada , United States (Native American) | lacrosse | ![]() |
Goal game | 10 | race |
No | Denmark | Longbold | Batball game | race | ||
yes (since 1896) | Long distance running | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Street, racetrack | |
No | Russia | Lapta (game) | ![]() |
Batball game | race | |
No | Laser game | ![]() |
Catch game, shooting sport | 2 and more | terrain | |
No | Latin American dances | Dance sport | 2 | parquet | ||
yes (since 1896) | athletics | athletics | 1-4 | Outdoor area | ||
No | United States | line dance | Dance sport | |||
No | Loheland gymnastics | Gymnastics | 1 | |||
No | Hungary | Longaméta | Batball game | race | ||
No | Europe | Air-cushion sledging | ![]() |
Sledging | 1 | snow |
No | Brazil | Luta Livre | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | mat |
No | Brazil | Maculelê | ![]() |
Martial arts, dance sports | 1 | |
No | Austria | Moroken | Sliding sports | 1 | Snow, snow path | |
No | Merkball | Catch game | 1 | |||
No | Latin America (Indian) | Mesoamerican ball game | ![]() |
Goal game | ||
No | Switzerland | Mini golf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | investment |
yes (since 1896) | Middle distance run | athletics | 1 | Racetrack | ||
No | Mixed climbing | Mountain sports | terrain | |||
No | Europe | Modern sword art | Martial arts | 1 | ||
yes (since 1912) | Modern pentathlon | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | Finland | Mölkky | ![]() |
Skill sport | 1 and more | Lawn / sand |
No | Monoski | Board sports | 1 | snow | ||
No | Germany , France , Netherlands , Russia , Ukraine , Belarus | Motoball | ![]() |
Motorsport, goal game | 5 | Hard surface |
former (1908) | Motor boating | ![]() |
Motorsport | water | ||
No | Motorcycling | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1-2 | Racetrack | |
yes (since 1996) | Mountain bike | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | terrain | |
No | Mountain bike orienteering | Cycling | 1 | terrain | ||
No | Thailand | Muay thai | ![]() |
Martial arts | ||
No | Mill | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 2 | ||
No | Japan | Naginata | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1-5 | Hall |
No | Natural track tobogganing | ![]() |
Sledging | 1-2 | ice | |
No | Australia , New Zealand , South Africa | Netball | ![]() |
Goal game | 7th | Hard court |
No | Australia | Nippers | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | water |
No | Nordic walking | Nature sports | 1 | terrain | ||
yes (since 1924) | Scandinavia | Nordic combination | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | snow |
No | Latvia | Novuss | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1-2 | table |
No | Romania | Oină | ![]() |
Batball game | 11 | race |
No | Turkey | Oil wrestling match | Martial arts | 1 | ||
No | Egypt | Oriental dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 1 and more | |
No | Orienteering | Speed sport | 1-3 | terrain | ||
No | Orientation diving | ![]() |
Diving | 1 | water | |
No | United States | Paintball | ![]() |
Catch game | 2 and more | terrain |
No | Europe | Pall Mall | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | |
No | Tuscany | Palla eh! | ![]() |
Return game | 3-5 | Street |
antique | Greece | Pankration | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | Stadion |
No | France | Parkour | ![]() |
Jumping, body control | 1 | City, terrain |
No | Argentina | Pato | Goal game | race | ||
former (1900) | Basque Country , Central America (Indian) | Pelota | Return game | 1-7 | Hard surface | |
No | Asia | Pen spinning | Skill sport | 1 | ||
antique | Antiquity | Pentathlon | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | |
No | Finland | Pesäpallo | ![]() |
Batball game | 9 | race |
No | Petanque | ![]() |
Precision sports, ball sports | 1-3, or more formations | Boulodrome | |
No | horse race | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | ||
No | Pilates | ![]() |
Weight training | 1 | ||
No | Switzerland | Platzgen | Precision sports | 1 | ||
No | Plinking | ![]() |
Shooting sports | 1 | ||
No | poker | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 1 | ||
former (from 1900 to 1936 *) | Persia | polo | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian), goal game | 4th | race |
No | Australia | Polocrosse | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian), goal game | 3 | race |
No | Switzerland | Pontoon sports | ![]() |
Boating | 2-4 | water |
No | Pole Dance | Dance, acrobatic, weight training, endurance sports, gymnastics | 1 and more | Hall | ||
No | Pool | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 and more | table | |
No | Germany | Bounce ball | Return game | 3-4 | Hard surface | |
No | Netherlands / Lower Saxony / Schleswig-Holstein | Desk stick jumping / club stick jumping | Nature sports | 1 | terrain | |
No | United States | Quidditch | ![]() |
Goal game | 6/7 | race |
No | Scandinavia | Racketlon | ![]() |
Backlash game, all-around sport | 1-2 | Hard surface |
former (1908) | England | Rackets | Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface | |
No | United States | Racquetball | ![]() |
Return game | 1-3 | Hard surface |
No | Bike ball | ![]() |
Cycling, goal game | 2-5 | Hard surface | |
No | Cycling polo | ![]() |
Cycling, goal game | 2 | Hard surface | |
yes (since 1896) | Cycling | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | ||
No | Rafting | ![]() |
Boating, nature sports | 4-12 | water | |
No | Eastern Europe | Rocket model sport | Model sport | Air (from the ground) | ||
No | rally | ![]() |
Motorsport | 2 | Roads / paths | |
No | Lawn strength sports | All-around sport, weight training | 1 | |||
No | Europe , United States | Lawn mower tractor race | ![]() |
Motorsport | mostly 1 | Meadow, field |
No | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | ![]() |
Air sports | 1 | air | |
No | Tire sledding | Sledging | 1 and more | snow | ||
yes (since 1900 *) | horse riding | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | investment | |
yes (since 1964) | Luge | ![]() |
Sledging | 1-2 | ice | |
No | Rescue Sports | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | water | |
No | Germany | Wheel gymnastics | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1-2 | Hard surface |
yes (since 1984) | Russia | Rhythmic sports gymnastics | ![]() |
Gymnastics, dance sports | 1 | |
No | Ricochet | Return game | 1 | Hard surface | ||
yes (from 1896 *) | Ancient , Greece | Wrestling | ![]() |
Martial arts, weight training | 1 | mat |
No | Canada | Ringettes | Goal game | 6th | ice | |
No | Denmark , Northern Germany | Ring riding | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian sports), precision sports | 1 | |
No | Ring tennis | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface | |
No | Rinkball | Goal game | ice | |||
No | Robot soccer | ![]() |
Machine sport | 0 | ||
No | United States | Rock 'n' roll (dance) | ![]() |
Dance sport | 2 | |
No | Brazil , United States | rodeo | ![]() |
Hunting sport, animal sport | terrain | |
former (1992) | Southern Europe | Roller hockey | Goal game | 5 | Hard surface | |
No | Figure skating | ![]() |
Dance sport, acrobatics | 1 | ||
No | Wheelchair basketball | ![]() |
Goal game, wheelchair sport | 5 | Hard surface | |
No | Wheelchair rugby | ![]() |
Goal game, wheelchair sport | Hard surface | ||
No | Sweden | Wheelchair dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 2 and more | Hall |
former (1904) | Roque | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | Hard surface | |
No | United States | Round dance | Dance sport | 2 and more | ||
No | Great Britain | Rounders | Batball game | race | ||
yes (since 1900) | rowing | ![]() |
Boating | 1-9 | water | |
No | England | Rugby league | ![]() |
Goal game | 13 | race |
formerly, as a 15 variant (from 1900 to 1924 *)
Yes, as a 7 variant (since 2016) |
England | Rugby union |
|
Goal game | 15th | race |
No | Denmark | Rundbold | Batball game | race | ||
No | Russian bowling | ![]() |
Precision sports, bowling | 1 | ||
No | France | Savate | Martial arts | ring | ||
No | United States | Segway polo | Goal game | 5 | race | |
No | Dirt track racing | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1 | sand | |
No | Sandboarding | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | Sand (terrain) | |
No | chess | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 4-8 ( team chess ) or 2 ( tandem chess ) | Buildings, halls, rarely also outdoors (free chess) | |
No | Chess boxes | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | ||
No | Bat ball | ![]() |
Batball game | 12 | race | |
No | Germany | Sling ball | Goal game | 8th | race | |
No | Snorkeling | ![]() |
Diving | water | ||
yes (since 2020) | Difficulty climbing | Climb | Hall, grounds | |||
yes (since 1896) | swim | Speed sport | 1 | water | ||
No | Switzerland | Swing | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | sawdust |
No | Scoutball | Goal game | 5 and more | race | ||
No | Scrabble | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 2-4 | ||
No | Maritime sports | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | water | |
No | Gliding | ![]() |
To fly | 1 and more | air | |
yes (since 1900 *) | sailing | ![]() |
Boating | water | ||
former (until 1932 *) | Czech Republic | Rope climbing | ![]() |
Climb | 1 | Hall |
No | Jumping rope | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1 | ||
No | South East Asia | Sepak Takraw | ![]() |
Backlash game, acrobatics | ||
No | Netherlands | Shaolin Kempo | Martial arts | mat | ||
No | Scotland | Shinty | ![]() |
Goal game | 12 | race |
No | Japan | Shogi | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 1 | table |
yes (since 1992) | Short track | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | ice | |
No | Shuffleboard | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | ||
No | Sitting ball | ![]() |
Return game | 5 | Hard surface | |
No | Sitting soccer | Goal game | Hard surface | |||
No | Sitting volleyball | Return game | Hard surface | |||
No | Germany | Skat | ![]() |
Brain teaser | 3 and more | table |
yes (since 2020) | United States | Skateboarding | Board sports, acrobatics | 1 | city | |
yes (since 1928 *) | skeleton | ![]() |
Sledging | 1 | ice | |
yes (since 1936) | Alpine skiing ( downhill skiing , super-G , slalom & giant slalom ) | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | snow | |
No | Switzerland , Austria , Germany | Ski mountaineering | ![]() |
Board sports, nature sports | 1 and more | snow |
No | Scandinavia | Skijoring | ![]() |
Sledging | snow | |
yes (since 1924) | Scandinavia | Cross-country skiing | ![]() |
Speed sport | 1 | snow |
No | Skim boarding | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | water | |
No | Austria , Switzerland , Germany | Tobogganing | Tobogganing , (skiing) | 1 | snow | |
yes (since 1924) | Scandinavia | Ski jumping | ![]() |
Leap | 1 | snow |
No | Skwal | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | snow | |
No | Slackline | ![]() |
acrobatics | 1 | ||
No | United States | Slamball | ![]() |
Goal game | 4th | Hard surface |
No | Sweden | Sledge ice hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | ice | |
No | Smashball | ![]() |
Return game | Hard surface | ||
No | Poland , Switzerland | Smolball | ![]() |
Goal game | 4th | |
No | United Kingdom | snooker | ![]() |
Precision sports | 2 | table |
yes (since 1998) | United States | Snowboard | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | snow |
No | Snowkiting | ![]() |
Kite sports, board sports | 1 | snow | |
No | Soccergolf | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1 | race | |
yes (from 1996 to 2008; since 2020) | United States | Softball | ![]() |
Batball game | 9 | race |
No | Münsterland | Bacon board | Return game | 1-2 | sand | |
No | Speed flying | ![]() |
To fly | 1 | Snow, air | |
No | Speed badminton | ![]() |
Return game | 1 | Hard surface | |
yes (since 2020) | Speed climbing | Climb | 1 | Hall, grounds | ||
yes (since 1896) | Javelin throw | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | Sports logging | ![]() |
Skill sport | 1 and more | ||
No | United States | Sports stacking | ![]() |
Skill sport | 1-4 | table |
yes (since 2020) | Sport climbing | ![]() |
Climbing, nature sports | 1 | Plant, terrain | |
yes (since 1896 *) | shoot | ![]() |
Precision sports, shooting sports | 3 or 5 | investment | |
No | Sports car racing | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1-3 | Racetrack | |
yes (since 1900 *) | Show jumping | ![]() |
Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | investment | |
yes (since 1896) | sprint | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | United States | Square dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 8 and more | |
No | England | squash | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface |
yes (since 1896) | Pole vault | athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | ||
No | Antiquity | Stadium run | Speed sport | 1 | ||
yes (since 1912) | Relay race | ![]() |
athletics | 4th | Racetrack | |
No | Standard dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 2 | parquet | |
No | Hawaii | Stand up paddling | ![]() |
Boating, board sports | 1 | water |
No | Stone throwing | ![]() |
Weight training, throwing | 1 | race | |
No | Stone throwing | ![]() |
Throw | 1 | ||
No | United States | Tap dance | ![]() |
Dance sport | 1 and more | |
No | Spain | Bullfight | ![]() |
Martial arts, hunting | ||
yes (from 2020) | Hawaii | surfing | Board sports, nature sports | 1 | water | |
No | America (Indian) | Stick ball | ![]() |
Goal game | 20 and more | |
No | Stick shooting | ![]() |
Precision sports | 1-4 | ice | |
No | Southern england | Stoolball | ![]() |
Batball game | 11 | race |
No | Beach sailing | ![]() |
Speed sport | Beach / sand | ||
No | Street football | ![]() |
Goal game | 2 and more | Hard surface | |
yes (since 1896 *) | Road racing | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | Street | |
yes (since 2020) | Streetball | ![]() |
Goal game | 3 | Hard surface | |
No | Street hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | 4-6 | Hard surface | |
No | England | Subbuteo | Precision game, goal game | 1 (4) | table | |
No | Sudoku | ![]() |
Brain teaser | |||
No | Surf skis | ![]() |
Boating | 1 | water | |
No | France | Swing golf | Precision sports | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | Japan | Sumo | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | ring |
No | North America , Scandinavia | Synchronous figure skating | ![]() |
Dance sport, acrobatics | 12-20 | ice |
yes (since 1984) | Synchronized swimming | ![]() |
Gymnastics, dance sports | 1-8 | water | |
No | Tae Bo | ![]() |
Gymnastics | |||
yes (since 2000) | Korea | Taekwondo | Martial arts | 1 | mat | |
No | Tag rugby | Goal game | 7th | race | ||
No | China | Taiji Bailong Ball | Gymnastics | 1 and more | ||
No | Italy | Tamburello | ![]() |
Return game | 5 | Hard surface |
No | Dance sport ( tournament dance ) | ![]() |
Dance sport | 2 | Hall | |
No | Europe | Pigeon shooting | ![]() |
Hunting sport, shooting sport | ||
No | Diving | ![]() |
Scuba diving, nature sports | water | ||
former (from 1900 to 1920) | Tug of war | ![]() |
Weight training | 6-8 | Lawn, less often hall | |
No | Switzerland , Taiwan | Tchoukball | ![]() |
Goal game | 2-12 | Hall |
No | Scandinavia | TeamGym | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 6-12 | Hall |
yes (since 1896 *) | England | tennis | Return game | 1-2 | Hard surface, lawn, artificial turf, sand, carpet, carpet with granules | |
No | Tip kick | Precision game, goal game | 1 | table | ||
No | Table hockey | Goal game | 1 | table | ||
No | Foosball | ![]() |
Goal game | 1-2 | table | |
yes (since 1988) | England | Table tennis | ![]() |
Return game | 1-2 | table |
No | America (Indian) | Toboggan | ![]() |
Sledging | snow | |
No | Goal ball | Goal game | 3 | Hard surface | ||
No | Australia | Touch (sport) | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | race |
No | Touring car | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1-4 | Racetrack | |
No | Tractor pulling | ![]() |
Motorsport | |||
yes (since 2000) | Trampoline exercise | ![]() |
Gymnastics, acrobatics | 1 | ||
No | Trekking | ![]() |
Nature sports | terrain | ||
No | Netherlands , Finland , Czech Republic | Scooter sport | Endurance sports | 1 and more | Street | |
No | Kick | Skill sport | 3 and more | |||
No | Trials | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | terrain | |
yes (since 2000) | Triathlon | ![]() |
All-around sport | 1 | Road, water | |
No | Truck Grand Prix | ![]() |
Motorsport | 1 | Racetrack | |
No | Tumbling | Gymnastics, acrobatics | 1 | Hall | ||
No | United States | Twirling | ![]() |
Dance sport | ||
No | America (Indian) | Ulama (ball game) | ![]() |
Goal game | ||
No | Ultimate | ![]() |
Goal game | 7th | race | |
No | Scandinavia , Switzerland | Floorball | ![]() |
Goal game | 4-6 | Hard surface |
No | Underwater hockey | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | water | |
No | Germany | Underwater rugby | ![]() |
Goal game | 6th | water |
No | Urban exploration | ![]() |
Off-road sports | at least 2 | urban terrain | |
No | Urban freeride | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 | Street | |
No | Versatility test (fishing) | Precision sports | 3 | Plant + water | ||
yes (since 1912) | Eventing (Military) | Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | investment | ||
No | Four-way fight | Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 4th | Plant + water | ||
No | Australia | Vigoro | Batball game | race | ||
No | Europe | Dodgeball | ![]() |
Catch game | 3 and more | Hard surface |
No | Folk dance | Dance sport | ||||
yes (since 1964) | Massachusetts | volleyball | ![]() |
Return game | 6th | Hard surface |
No | Volleyclub | Backlash game, acrobatics | 2-3 | |||
former (1920) | Europe | Vaulting | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian), gymnastics | 1, 2, 6 or 8 | Hall, (outdoor area) |
No | Switzerland | Gun barrel | Running | 1 | Street | |
No | Antiquity | Chariot races | Animal sport (equestrian sport) | 1 | ||
No | Wakeboarding | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | water | |
No | hike | Nature sports | terrain | |||
No | Trail riding | ![]() |
Animal sports (equestrian sports), nature sports | terrain | ||
yes (since 1900 *) | England | Water polo | ![]() |
Goal game | 7th | water |
No | Switzerland | Water travel | Boating | 1-2 | water | |
No | Water-skiing | ![]() |
Board sports | 1 | water | |
yes (since 1896) | Long jump | ![]() |
athletics | 1 | Outdoor area | |
No | Hawaii | Surfing | ![]() |
Board sports, nature sports | 1 | water |
No | Western riding | Animal sports (equestrian sports), nature sports | terrain | |||
yes (since 1984) | United States | Windsurfing | Board sports, nature sports | 1 | water | |
No | China | Wing Tsun | ![]() |
Martial arts | 1 | |
No | Germany | Wok driving | ![]() |
Sledging | 1-4 | ice |
Yes | Target shooting | ![]() |
Shooting sports | 1 | terrain | |
No | China | Wushu | Martial arts | 2 | ||
No | Yo-yo | ![]() |
Skill sport | 1 | ||
No | yoga | ![]() |
Skill sport | 1 | ||
No | Japan | Yukigassen | Catch game | 7th | snow | |
yes (since 1896) | Decathlon , heptathlon | Athletics, all-around sports | 1 | Outdoor area | ||
No | Australia , United States | Dwarf throwing | Throw | 2 |
* with interruptions
** In the men's soccer tournament, a maximum of 3 players over the age of 23 are allowed per team.
See also
- Olympic Sports
- List of international associations recognized by the IOC
- Disabled sports
- Championship (sport)
- Paralympic Sports