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List of Olympic venues in discontinued events

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At the Summer Olympics, there have been eight Olympic sports that have been discontinued.

For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, long-discontinued sports in golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924) were reinstated as Olympic sports, though rugby was as rugby sevens (having previously been rugby union).

For the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, long-discontinued sports in cricket (only appearance in 1900) and lacrosse (last competed in 1908) will be reinstated as Olympic sports, though lacrosse will be as six-a-side (having previously been field lacrosse).

One basque pelota, one croquet, one jeu de paume, six polo, one racquets, one roque, five tug of war, and one water motorsports venues have been used at the Summer Olympics.

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Basque pelota

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Neuilly-sur-Seine None Not listed. [1]

Croquet

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Bois de Boulogne Polo, Tug of war Not listed. [2][3][4]

Jeu de paume

Queen's Club hosted the jeu de paume events for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1908 London Queen's Club Racquets Not listed. [5]

Polo

Ostend hosted the polo events for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Bois de Boulogne Croquet, Tug of war Not listed. [2][3][4]
1908 London Hurlingham Club None Not listed. [6]
1920 Antwerp Ostend Sailing Not listed. [7][8]
1924 Paris Bagatelle None 598 [9]
Saint-Cloud None 7,836 [9]
1936 Berlin Mayfield Equestrian (dressage) 75,000 [10]

Racquets

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venues for those games Capacity Ref.
1908 London Queen's Club Jeu de paume Not listed. [11]

Roque

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1904 St. Louis Francis Field Archery, Athletics, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Tennis, Tug of war, Weightlifting, and Wrestling 19,000. [12]

Tug of war

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1900 Paris Bois de Boulogne Croquet, Polo Not listed. [2][3][4]
1904 St. Louis Francis Field Archery, Athletics, Cycling, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Roque, Tennis, Weightlifting, and Wrestling 19,000. [12]
1908 London White City Stadium Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Water polo (final), Wrestling 97,000. [13]
1912 Stockholm Stockholm Olympic Stadium Athletics, Equestrian, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (running), Wrestling 33,000. [14]
1920 Antwerp Olympisch Stadion Athletics, Equestrian, Field hockey, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Weightlifting 12,771 [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

Water motorsports

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1908 London Southampton Water Sailing Not listed. [24]

References

  1. ^ Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 14 June 1900 men's basque pelota two-teams results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 28 June 1900 croquet mixed singles one-ball results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 28 May-2 June 1900 men's polo results. Accessed 20 February 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 16 July 1900 tug-of-war men's results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  5. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine p. 314. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  6. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine p. 232. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  7. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics polo.
  8. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics sailing.
  9. ^ a b 1924 Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 528-9. (in French)
  10. ^ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 141-9, 154-62. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  11. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine p. 233. Accessed 8 July 2012.
  12. ^ a b Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine pp. 222-9, 233-47. Accessed 4 October 2010.
  13. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine pp. 32-5, 40. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  14. ^ 1912 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine pp. 168-211. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  15. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics athletics.
  16. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics equestrian
  17. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics men's field hockey.
  18. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics football.
  19. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics gymnastics.
  20. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics modern pentathlon.
  21. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics rugby union.
  22. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics tug of war.
  23. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics weightlifting.
  24. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine p. 351. Accessed 5 October 2010.
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