Polo at the Olympics

Polo was first part of the program in 1900 in Paris at the Olympic Games . Up until the 1936 Games , it was part of the program four more times, but from then on it was no longer played. After 1936, against the background of the increasing international austerity policy thatculminatedin World War II , thefinancial and logistical requirements turned out tobe too great, so that the sport of polo lost its popularity and finally fell out of the program.

At the 2018 Summer Youth Games in Buenos Aires , polo was part of the program as a demonstration sport with 28 athletes from twelve nations.

Overview of the competitions

A total of 87 participants from nine different nations took part in the five competitions. Only four polo players managed to win two medals, all of them British.

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Men	•			•		•	•			•																				5

Olympic champions : List of Olympic champions in polo

Web links

• Polo in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ashley Fetters: Lost Sports of the Summer Olympics. In: theatlantic.com. The Atlantic , July 20, 2012, accessed April 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Liam Morgan: Polo officials claim showcase at Buenos Aires 2018 demonstrated Olympic credentials. In: insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media Company Limited, October 11, 2018, accessed April 13, 2020 .