Olympic Games The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athínai in Greece. Baron Pierre de Coubertin is the mastermind of the modern Games, he believed in the ideals of the anthic Games at Olympia in Greece, and founded in 1894 the International Olympic Comitee. The Olympic Games take place every four years. In 1916 the Games didn't took place because of World War I. In 1924 the first Winter Games took place in Chamonix, till then some typical winter sports were part of the regular Olympic Games. 1940 and 1944 saw no Olympics because of World War II. After 1992 the Summer and Olympic Games parted from the same year, 1994 the Winter Games were again a fact, and from then they are in between Summer Games. The next Olympic Games will be in 2006 at Torino (Winter), in 2008 at Beijing (Summer) and in 2010 at Vancouver (Winter). The IOC consists of 202 National Olympic Comitees and 35 international sport federations. Summer Games: Athínai 2004 Sydney 2000 Atlanta 1996 Barcelona 1992 Seoul 1988 Los Angeles 1984 Moskva 1980 Montréal 1976 München 1972 Mexico City 1968 Tokyo 1964 Roma 1960 Melbourne 1956 Helsinki 1952 London 1948 Berlin 1936 Los Angeles 1932 Amsterdam 1928 Paris 1924 Antwerpen 1920 Stockholm 1912 London 1908 St. Louis 1904 Paris 1900 Athínai 1896 Archery: Men: Recurve Recurve Teams Women: Recurve Recurve Teams Defunct Events: Men: Fixed Bird Target Small Birds Fixed Bird Target Small Birds Teams Fixed Bird Target Large Birds Fixed Bird Target Large Birds Teams Moving Bird Target 28 m Moving Bird Target 28 m Teams Moving Bird Target 33 m Moving Bird Target 33 m Teams Moving Bird Target 50 m Moving Bird Target 50 m Teams Continental Style York Round Double American Round Double York Round Team Round Au Chapelet 33 m Au Chapelet 50 m Au Cordon Doré 33 m Au Cordon Doré 50 m Sur la Perche à la Herse Sur la Perche à la Pyramide Women: National Round Double Columbia Round Double National Round Team Round Athletics: Men: 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeple 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 20 km Walk 50 km Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon Women: 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon 100 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeple 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 20 km Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Heptathlon Defunct Events: Men: 10 km Walk 3000 m Team Cross Country Cross Country Team Pentathlon 3000 m Walk 56 lb Weight Throw High Jump Standing Long Jump Standing Shot Put Both Hands Discus Throw Both Hands Javelin Throw Both Hands 5 miles 3200 m Steeple 3 mile Team Medley Relay 3500 m Walk 10 mile Walk Discus Throw Ancient Style Javelin Throw Freestyle 60 m 200 m Hurdles 2590 m Steeple 4 mile Team Triple Jump Standing 2500 m Steeple Triathlon 4000 m Steeple 5000 m Team Women: 3000 m 80 m Hurdles 10 km Walk Pentathlon Badminton: Men: Singles Doubles Women: Singles Doubles Mixed: Doubles Baseball Basketball: Men Women Beach Volleyball: Men Women BMX Cycling: Men Women Boxing: -48 kg -51 kg -54 kg -57 kg -60 kg -64 kg -69 kg -75 kg -81 kg -91 kg +91 kg Defunct Categories: -47.5 kg -52 kg -52.5 kg -53.5 kg -56.5 kg -57 kg -58 kg -61 kg -62 kg -63.5 kg -66 kg -66.5 kg -67 kg -71 kg -71.5 kg -72.5 kg -73 kg -79.5 kg -80 kg +71.5 kg +79.5 kg +80 kg +81 kg Canoeing: Men: 500 m K1 500 m K2 500 m C1 500 m C2 1000 m K1 1000 m K2 1000 m K4 1000 m C1 1000 m C2 Women: 500 m K1 500 m K2 500 m K4 Defunct Events: Men: 10000 m K1 10000 m K2 10000 m C1 10000 m C2 4 x 500 m K1 Relay 10000 m Folding K1 10000 m Folding K2 Diving: Men: 3 m Springboard 10 m Platform Synchronized 3 m Springboard Synchronized 10 m Platform Women: 3 m Springboard 10 m Platform Synchronized 3 m Springboard Synchronized 10 m Platform Defunct Events: Men: Combined Plain High Diving Plunge for Distance Women: Plain High Diving Equestrian: Jumping Jumping Teams Dressage Dressage Teams Three Day Event Three Day Event Teams Defunct Events: Highjumping Longjumping Vaulting Vaulting Teams Fencing: Men: Epee Foil Sabre Epee Teams Foil Teams Sabre Teams Women: Epee Foil Sabre Epee Teams Foil Teams Sabre Teams Defunct Events: Men: Epee Masters Epee Amateurs & Masters Foil Masters Sabre Masters Single Stick Field Hockey: Men Women Football: Men Women Gymnastics: Men: Teams All-Around Floor Parallel Bars Pommel Horse Rings Horizontal Bar Vault Women: Teams All-Around Floor Uneven Bars Beam Vault Defunct Events: Men: Rope Climbing Tumbling Sidehorse Vault Club Swinging Combined 3 Events Combined 4 Events Teams Free System Teams Swedish System Parallel Bars Teams Horizontal Bar Teams Women: Portable Apparatus Teams Handball: Men Women Judo: Men: -60 kg -66 kg -73 kg -81 kg -90 kg -100 kg +100 kg Women: -48 kg -52 kg -57 kg -63 kg -70 kg -78 kg +78 kg Defunct Categories: Men: -63 kg -65 kg -68 kg -70 kg -71 kg -78 kg -80 kg -86 kg -93 kg -95 kg +80 kg +93 kg +95 kg Open Women: -56 kg -61 kg -66 kg -72 kg +72 kg Modern Pentathlon: Men: Individual Women: Individual Defunct Event: Men: Teams Mountain Biking: Men: Cross-Country Women: Cross-Country Rhythmic Gymnastics: All-Around Groups Road Cycling: Men: Road Race Time Trial Women: Road Race Time Trial Defunct Events: Men: Team Time Trial Road Race Teams Rowing: Men: Single Sculls Double Sculls Coxless Pairs Quadruple Sculls Coxless Fours Eights Lightweight Double Sculls Lightweight Coxless Fours Women: Single Sculls Double Sculls Coxless Pairs Quadruple Sculls Eights Lightweight Double Sculls Defunct Events: Men: Coxed Pairs Coxed Fours Coxed Fours Jugriggers Women: Coxed Quadruple Sculls Coxless Fours Coxed Fours Sailing: Men: 470 Laser RS:X Star Women: 470 Laser Radial RS:X Yngling Open: 49er Finn Tornado Defunct Classes: Men: Board Lechner A390 Mistral Women: Europe Lechner A390 Mistral Open: 0.5 ton 0.5-1 ton 1-2 ton 2-3 ton 3-10 ton 5.5 Metre 6 Metre 6 Metre (1907 rating) 6 Metre (1919 rating) 6.5 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 8 Metre (1907 rating) 8 Metre (1919 rating) 10-20 ton 10 Metre 10 Metre (1907 rating) 10 Metre (1919 rating) 12 foot Dinghy 12 foot Double Handed Dinghy 12 Metre 12 Metre (1907 rating) 12 Metre (1919 rating) 12 Square Metre 18 foot Double Handed Dinghy 30 Square Metre 40 Square Metre 470 Dragon Firefly Flying Dutchman Olympic Monotype Open Soling Star Swallow Tempest Shooting: Men: 50 m Pistol 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 10 m Air Pistol 50 m Rifle 3 Positions 50 m Rifle Prone 10 m Air Rifle 10 m Running Target Trap Double Trap Skeet Women: 25 m Pistol 10 m Air Pistol 50 m Rifle 3 Positions 10 m Air Rifle Trap Double Trap Skeet Defunct Events: Men: 50 m Running Target Free Rifle 3 Positions Running Deer Single/Double Shot Free Rifle Teams Trap Teams Running Deer Single Shot Running Deer Double Shot Running Deer Single Shot Teams Running Deer Double Shot Teams Free Rifle Prone 30 m Army Pistol Teams 50 m Army Pistol Teams 50 m Small Bore Rifle 50 m Small Bore Rifle Teams Army Rifle Standing Army Rifle Standing Teams Army Rifle Prone 300 m Army Rifle Prone Teams 600 m Army Rifle Prone Teams 300+600 m Army Rifle Prone Teams Army Rifle Free Position Army Rifle 3 Positions Army Rifle Teams 50 m Pistol Teams 30 m Rapid Fire Pistol 30 m Rapid Fire Pistol Teams 25 m Small Bore Rifle 50 yd Rapid Fire Pistol 50 yd Rapid Fire Pistol Teams 50+100 yd Small Bore Rifle 50+100 yd Small Bore Rifle Teams 25 yd Small Bore Rifle Disappearing Target 25 yd Small Bore Rifle Moving Target Army Rifle Kneeling 25 m Army Pistol Free Rifle Army Rifle Open: Trap Skeet 50 m Pistol 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol 50 m Rifle 3 Positions 50 m Rifle Prone 50 m Running Target Free Rifle 3 Positions Slalom Canoeing: Men: K1 C1 C2 Women: K1 Softball Swimming: Men: 50 m Freestyle 100 m Freestyle 200 m Freestyle 400 m Freestyle 1500 m Freestyle 100 m Backstroke 200 m Backstroke 100 m Breaststroke 200 m Breaststroke 100 m Butterfly 200 m Butterfly 200 m Medley 400 m Medley 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 4 x 100 m Medley Relay Open Water 10 km Women: 50 m Freestyle 100 m Freestyle 200 m Freestyle 400 m Freestyle 800 m Freestyle 100 m Backstroke 200 m Backstroke 100 m Breaststroke 200 m Breaststroke 100 m Butterfly 200 m Butterfly 200 m Medley 400 m Medley 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay 4 x 100 m Medley Relay Open Water 10 km Defunct Events: Men: 400 m Breaststroke 50 yd Freestyle 100 yd Freestyle 220 yd Freestyle 440 yd Freestyle 880 yd Freestyle 1 mile Freestyle 100 yd Backstroke 440 yd Breaststroke 4 x 50 yd Freestyle Relay 1000 m Freestyle 4000 m Freestyle 200 m Teams 200 m Obstacle Race Underwater Swimming 500 m Freestyle 1200 m Freestyle 100 m Freestyle for Sailors Women: 300 m Freestyle Synch Swimming: Duet Team Defunct Event: Solo Table Tennis: Men: Team Singles Women: Team Singles Defunct Events: Men: Doubles Women: Doubles Taekwondo: Men: -58 kg -68 kg -80 kg +80 kg Women: -49 kg -57 kg -67 kg +67 kg Tennis: Men: Singles Doubles Women: Singles Doubles Defunct Events: Men: Indoor Singles Indoor Doubles Women: Indoor Singles Mixed: Doubles Indoor Doubles Track Cycling: Men: Sprint Team Sprint 4000 m Individual Pursuit 4000 m Team Pursuit Keirin Madison Points Race Women: Sprint 3000 m Individual Pursuit Points Race Defunct Events: 1000 m Time Trial 2000 m Tandem 333 m Time Trial 660 yd 1810 m Team Pursuit 5000 m 10 km 20 km 50 km 100 km 12-hour Race Women: 500 m Time Trial Trampoline: Men: Individual Women: Individual Triathlon: Men Women Volleyball: Men Women Waterpolo: Men Women Weightlifting: Men: -56 kg -62 kg -69 kg -77 kg -85 kg -94 kg -105 kg +105 kg Women: -48 kg -53 kg -58 kg -63 kg -69 kg -75 kg +75 kg Defunct Categories: Men: -52 kg -54 kg -56 kg -59 kg -60 kg -64 kg -67.5 kg -70 kg -75 kg -76 kg -82.5 kg -83 kg -90 kg -91 kg -99 kg -100 kg -108 kg -110 kg +82.5 kg +90 kg +108 kg +110 kg One Hand Lift Two Hand Lift Dumbbell Wrestling: Men: Freestyle: -55 kg -60 kg -66 kg -74 kg -84 kg -96 kg -120 kg Greco-Roman: -55 kg -60 kg -66 kg -74 kg -84 kg -96 kg -120 kg Women: -48 kg -55 kg -63 kg -72 kg Defunct Categories: Men: Freestyle: -48 kg -52 kg -54 kg -56 kg -57 kg -58 kg -60 kg -61 kg -62 kg -63 kg -66 kg -67 kg -68 kg -69 kg -70 kg -72 kg -73 kg -74 kg -75 kg -76 kg -78 kg -79 kg -82 kg -82.5 kg -85 kg -87 kg -90 kg -97 kg -100 kg -130 kg +72 kg +73 kg +82.5 kg +87 kg +97 kg +100 kg Greco-Roman: -48 kg -52 kg -54 kg -56 kg -57 kg -58 kg -60 kg -61 kg -62 kg -63 kg -66 kg -67 kg -67.5 kg -68 kg -69 kg -70 kg -72 kg -73 kg -74 kg -75 kg -76 kg -78 kg -79 kg -82 kg -82.5 kg -85 kg -87 kg -90 kg -93 kg -97 kg -100 kg -130 kg +82.5 kg +87 kg +93 kg +97 kg +100 kg Open Defunct Events: Cricket Croquet: Individual 1 Ball Individual 2 Balls Doubles Golf: Men: Individiual Teams Women: Individual Lacrosse Pelota: Cesta Punta Polo Powerboating: 8 m Class 60 feet Class Open Class Rackets: Singles Doubles Real Tennis: Men: Singles Roque Rugby Tug of War Winter Games: Torino 2006 Salt Lake City 2002 Nagano 1998 Lillehammer 1994 Albertville 1992 Calgary 1988 Sarajevo 1984 Lake Placid 1980 Innsbruck 1976 Sapporo 1972 Grenoble 1968 Innsbruck 1964 Squaw Valley 1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Oslo 1952 St. Moritz 1948 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Lake Placid 1932 St. Moritz 1928 Chamonix 1924 Alpine Skiing: Men: Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Women: Slalom Giant Slalom Super-G Downhill Combined Biathlon: Men: 10 km 12.5 km 15 km 20 km 4 x 7.5 km Relay Women: 7.5 km 10 km 12.5 km 15 km 4 x 6 km Relay Defunct Events: Women: 3 x 7.5 km Relay 4 x 7.5 km Relay Bobsleigh: Men: 2-Man 4-Man Women: 2-Man Defunct Event: Men: 5-Man Cross-Country: Men: Sprint 15 km 2 x 15 km 50 km Team Sprint 4 x 10 km Relay Women: Sprint 10 km 2 x 7.5 km 30 km Team Sprint 4 x 5 km Relay Defunct Events: Men: 10 km 18 km 2 x 10 km 30 km Women: 5 km 2 x 5 km 15 km 20 km 3 x 5 km Relay Curling: Men Women Figure Skating: Men Women Pairs Dance Defunct Event: Men Special Figures Freestyle Skiing: Men: Aerials Moguls Ski Cross Women: Aerials Moguls Ski Cross Ice Hockey: Men Women Luge: Men: Singles Doubles Women: Singles Nordic Combined: Individual Sprint Teams Short Track Skating: Men: 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 5000 m Relay Women: 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m Relay Skeleton: Men Women Ski Jumping: Normal Hill Large Hill Large Hill Teams Snowboarding: Men: Parallel Giant Slalom Half-Pipe Cross Women: Parallel Giant Slalom Half-Pipe Cross Defunct Events: Men: Giant Slalom Women: Giant Slalom Speed Skating: Men: 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m Team Pursuit Women: 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Team Pursuit Defunct Event: Men: Allround