Olympic Games events, news, dates - Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010, London 2012 Olympics

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

The Olympic Games - dates, olympic events, news, sports - Beijing 2008 - Vancouver 2010 - London 2012

BEIJING 2008

Games of the

XXIX Olympiad

From the 8th August to 24th August 2008

VANCOUVER 2010

XXI Olympic

Winter Games

From the 12th February to 28th February 2010

LONDON 2012

Games of the

XXX Olympiad

From the 27th July to 12th August 2012

BEIJING 2008

VANCOUVER 2010

LONDON 2012

The Olympic Games is an international sporting event - with the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics held 2 years apart.

The very first Olympics was in 776 BC and was held in Olympia, Greece.

The Olympics - The Olympic Games - The Games

Over 200 countries from around the World compete at the Olympics.

Sporting events in the Summer Olympics include gymnastics, athletics, swimming, boxing, fencing and weightlifting.

OLYMPIC EVENTS :

Aquatics

Diving

• 10m platform Men
• 3m springboard Men
• synchronized diving 10m platform Men
• synchronized diving 3m springboard Men
• 10m platform Women
• 3m springboard Women
• synchronized diving 10m platform Women
• synchronized diving 3m springboard Women

Swimming

• 100m backstroke Men
• 100m breaststroke Men
• 100m butterfly Men
• 100m freestyle Men
• 1500m freestyle Men
• 200m backstroke Men
• 200m breaststroke Men
• 200m butterfly Men
• 200m freestyle Men
• 200m individual medley Men
• 400m freestyle Men
• 400m individual medley Men
• 4x100m freestyle relay Men
• 4x100m medley relay Men
• 4x200m freestyle relay Men
• 50m freestyle Men
• marathon 10km Men
• 100m backstroke Women
• 100m breaststroke Women
• 100m butterfly Women
• 100m freestyle Women
• 200m backstroke Women
• 200m breaststroke Women
• 200m butterfly Women
• 200m freestyle Women
• 200m individual medley Women
• 400m freestyle Women
• 400m individual medley Women
• 4x100m freestyle relay Women
• 4x100m medley relay Women
• 4x200m freestyle relay Women
• 50m freestyle Women
• 800m freestyle Women
• marathon 10km Women

Synchronised Swimming

Water Polo

Archery

• individual (FITA Olympic round - 70m) Men
• team (FITA Olympic round - 70m) Men
• individual (FITA Olympic round - 70m) Women
• team (FITA Olympic round - 70m) Women

Athletics

• 10000m Men
• 100m Men
• 110m hurdles Men
• 1500m Men
• 200m Men
• 20km walk Men
• 3000m steeplechase Men
• 400m Men
• 400m hurdles Men
• 4x100m relay Men
• 4x400m relay Men
• 5000m Men
• 50km walk Men
• 800m Men
• decathlon Men
• discus throw Men
• hammer throw Men
• high jump Men
• javelin throw Men
• long jump Men
• marathon Men
• pole vault Men
• shot put Men
• triple jump Men
• 10000m Women
• 100m Women
• 100m hurdles Women
• 1500m Women
• 200m Women
• 20km race walk Women
• 3000m steeplechase Women
• 400m Women
• 400m hurdles Women
• 4x100m relay Women
• 4x400m relay Women
• 5000m Women
• 800m Women
• discus throw Women
• hammer throw Women
• heptathlon Women
• high jump Women
• javelin throw Women
• long jump Women
• marathon Women
• pole vault Women
• shot put Women
• triple jump Women

Badminton

• doubles Men
• singles Men
• doubles Women
• singles Women
• doubles Mixed

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

• + 91kg (super heavyweight) Men
• - 48kg (light-flyweight) Men
• 48 - 51kg (flyweight) Men
• 51 - 54kg (bantamweight) Men
• 54 - 57kg (featherweight) Men
• 57 - 60kg (lightweight) Men
• 60 - 64 kg Men
• 64 - 69 kg Men
• 69 - 75 kg Men
• 75 - 81kg (light-heavyweight) Men
• 81 - 91kg (heavyweight) Men

Canoe / kayak

Cycling

Cycling BMX

Cycling Road

Cycling Track

Mountain Bike

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

• floor exercises Men
• horizontal bar Men
• individual all-round Men
• parallel bars Men
• pommel horse Men
• rings Men
• team competition Men
• vault Men
• balance beam Women
• floor exercises Women
• individual all-round Women
• team competition Women
• uneven bars Women
• vault Women