Friday, August 08, 2008
Discontinued Olympic sports
Today the Olympic games of 2008 opend in Bejing here are some stats of the games:
Sports: 28
Sport sections: 302
Gold medals: 302
Sportsman: 10.708
Locations in Beijing: 31
Locations out of Beijing: 6
volunteers: 70.000
Some olympic sports didn't last long . Click here for a link to a list of some weird discontinued sports of the Olympic games.
My favorites are:
Duelling pistol (1906): Shooters fired at mannequins wearing frock coats and bull's-eyes on their chests.
Live pigeon shooting (1900): The birds were released and shooters tried to kill as many as possible.
Underwater swimming (1900): Swimmers were awarded points for how far they went and how long they stayed under water.
Solo synchronized swimming (1984-92): Swimmers were awarded points based on routines synchronized to music.
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3 comments:
wow, the pigeon shooting turned out pretty messy! 300 birds killed!
Live pigeon shooting :)
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