List of Olympic venues in discontinued events explained
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.
Games | Venue | Other sports hosted at venue for those games | Capacity | Ref. |
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1900 Paris | Bois de Boulogne | Croquet, Polo | Not listed. | |
| | | 19,000. | |
| | Archery, Athletics, Cycling (track), Diving, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Rugby union, Swimming, Water polo (final), Wrestling | 97,000. | [13] |
| | | 33,000. | [14] |
| | | 12,771 | [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] | |
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124414/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/PEL/mens-two-man-teams-with-cesta.html Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 14 June 1900 men's basque pelota two-teams results.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 1908 Summer Olympics official report.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/CRO/mixed-singles-one-ball.html Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 28 June 1900 croquet mixed singles one-ball results.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/POL/mens-polo.html Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 28 May-2 June 1900 men's polo results.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1900/TOW/mens-tug-of-war.html Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 16 July 1900 tug-of-war men's results.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 1908 Summer Olympics official report.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/POL/mens-polo.html Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics polo.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SAI/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics sailing.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 1924 Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v1sum.pdf 1936 Summer Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 1908 Summer Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1904/1904Spal.pdf Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 1908 Summer Olympics official report.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1912/1912.pdf 1912 Summer Olympics official report.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics athletics.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/EQU/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics equestrian
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/HOK/mens-hockey.html Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics men's field hockey.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060245/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FTB/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics football.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/GYM/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics gymnastics.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181838/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/MOP/mens-individual.html Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics modern pentathlon.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/RUG/mens-rugby.html Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics rugby union.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/TOW/mens-tug-of-war.html Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics tug of war.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WLT/ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics weightlifting.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf 1908 Summer Olympics official report.