Basque pelota at the Summer Olympics explained

Size:	150
Code:	PEL
Sport:	basque pelota
Menevents:	9
Womenevents:	1

Basque pelota was featured at the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games. It was contested in another three Olympics as a demonstration sport: 1924, 1968 and 1992.^[1]

In 2011, the International Federation of Basque Pelota proposed Basque pelota for the 2020 Olympic Games in the event that Madrid would win the candidacy, which it did not.^[2]

Medal table

Accurate as of the conclusion of the 1900 Olympics.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peinado . Alejandro . Cuando la pelota vasca era deporte olímpico y aseguraba medalla a España: “Fue una oportunidad perdida” . infobae . 2024-04-21 . es . 2024-05-08.
2. Web site: La pelota vasca, propuesta como deporte olímpico . El Diario Vasco . 2011-10-11 . es . 2024-05-07.
3. Web site: Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries . olympanalyt.com . 2023-06-27.