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
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		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	Play media file	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		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	Play media file	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	Play media file	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	Play media file	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		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	Play media file	Catch game	7th	snow
yes (since 1896)		Decathlon , heptathlon		Athletics, all-around sports	1	Outdoor area
No	Australia , United States	Dwarf throwing		Throw	2