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Hockey

Hockey

A game consists of two 35-minute periods, with a 10 minute interval for half-time.

There are 12 teams of 16 players which are placed into two pools of six for th...

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...

Synchronised Swimming

Synchronised
Swimming

Synchronised swimming is often described as ‘water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character. Even th...

Rowing

Rowing

Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...

Shooting

Shooting

A sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.

Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a hugely physical and demanding sport, with athletes competing over distances from 50m to 1,500m in the pool. Swimmers need huge strength and stamina to...

Sailing

Sailing

Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.

The 10 classes of boats...

Gymnastics Rhythmic

Gymnastics Rhythmic

Rhythmic Gymnastics is performed exclusively by women and is a combination of gymnastics and dance. The gymnasts perform choreographed movements with musical accompanime...

Boxing

Boxing

Boxing is one of the most illustrious and historic sports in the Olympic Games. Men have sparred in competition since 5000BC in the Middle East, while boxing was one of ...

Water Polo

Water Polo

Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...

Cycling Mountain Bike

Cycling
Mountain
Bike

Mountain biking covers three different disciplines, Downhill, Four Cross and Cross Country/Marathon. For the Olympics the only event that is included is Cross-country.

Athletics

Athletics

The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...

Diving

Diving

Diving is an incredibly specialised aquatic discipline in which athletes leap from platforms or springboards elevated to a height of three metres and 10 metres above the...

Volleyball

Volleyball

Traditional six-a-side indoor volleyball is referred to at the Olympic Games as volleyball. So the Olympic sport of volleyball has two disciplines - beach volleyball and...

Gymnastics Trampoline

Gymnastics
Trampoline

Gymnastics has been a part of life for thousands of years but trampolining has been a more recent addition to the sport. As with the rest of Gymnastics it requires a hig...