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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...

Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

A sport that has been around since the Middle Ages, Tennis is a raquet and ball game that can be played either in singles or doubles over five sets (for men) or three se...

Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...

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...

Road racing is the form of competitive cycling most analogous to that done by the general public, with riders competing against each other on conventional roads to compl...

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...

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 ...

Fencing is a combat sport using three blade weapons: foil, sabre and epee.  It is one of only four sports that have featured at every modern Olympic Games.  Fe...

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...