Water sports at the Olympic Games
What sports at the Olympic Games involve water? There are many more than you think. Some of these may be a bit of a stretch to say they are water sports, but at least there is some water involved.
synchronized performanceThe obvious ones in the pool
On the open water
On a water craft
And some more obscure ones:
- Steeplechase — there's a water jump
- Modern pentathlon — swimming is one of the five events.
- Equestrian eventing — horses do a water jump during the eventing event.
- Golf — there is most likely a water hazard on one of the holes, and someone is bound to hit the ball in it.
Discontinued Watersports
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Motorboating — was an official sport in 1908 (and a demonstration sport in 1900). The sport involved racing motorboats around a course on the water.
Demonstration Watersports
- Fishing — a fishing event (angling) was an unofficial event at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris.
- Fire Fighting — at the 1900 Games in Paris, teams were required to extinguish a fire and perform a rescue.
- Lifesaving —at the 1900 Olympic Games there were rescue competitions on land ("sauvetage terre") and rescue competitions in water ("sauvetage eau").
- Water Skiing — a demonstration sport at the 1972 Games in Munich.
Related Pages
- Trivia about Olympic Sports
- Olympic Sports Involving Sitting
- List of Olympic Sports
- More Olympic Games Trivia
- Oldest competitors per sport
- Youngest competitors per sport
- Discontinued Olympic Sports
- Olympic Games Quiz Night Questions
- Tokyo Olympics Fun Facts
- More Sports Trivia
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