List of major achievements in sports by nation explained

The following articles list major achievements in team sports and individual sports by nation:

Team sport

Article	Sport	Form
Major achievements in Olympic team ball sports by nation		Association football , baseball^, basketball^, field hockey^, ice hockey^, indoor handball^, indoor volleyball^, rugby sevens^, softball^, water polo^*
		Association football , beach soccer, futsal
		Baseball , softball^*
		Basketball , 3x3 basketball, wheelchair basketball^†
		Curling , wheelchair curling^†
		Field hockey , indoor field hockey
		Indoor handball , beach handball, field handball
		Ice hockey , Para ice hockey^†
		Quad hockey, roller in-line hockey
		Rugby league, rugby sevens^, rugby union, wheelchair rugby*^†
		Indoor volleyball , beach volleyball^, sitting volleyball*^†
		Water polo

Sports (and forms of a sport) shown in bold are currently on the program of the Olympic Games.

^†Sports (and forms of a sport) shown in italic are currently on the program of the Paralympic Games.

Article	Sport	class, discipline or form
		Road bicycle racing , track cycling^, mountain bike racing^, BMX racing^, freestyle BMX^, marathon mountain bike races, cycle ball
Major achievements in figure skating by nation		Men's single skating , women's single skating^, pair skating^, ice dance^, synchronized skating, team event^
		Acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics^, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics^, trampoline^*, tumbling
		Extra lightweight^, half lightweight^; lightweight^; half middleweight^, middleweight^, half heavyweight^, heavyweight^*, open category, team event
		Men's singles^, men's sprint, women's singles^, women's sprint, doubles^, doubles' sprint, team event^
		Swimming , open water swimming^*
		Singles^, doubles^, team event^*

Sports (and classes, disciplines or forms of a sport) shown in bold are currently on the program of the Olympic Games.

^†Sports (and classes, disciplines or forms of a sport) shown in italic are currently on the program of the Paralympic Games.

Article	Sport	class, discipline or form
		Road bicycle racing , track cycling^, mountain bike racing^, BMX racing^, freestyle BMX^, marathon mountain bike races, cycle ball
Major achievements in figure skating by nation		Men's single skating , women's single skating^, pair skating^, ice dance^, synchronized skating, team event^
		Acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics^, parkour, rhythmic gymnastics^, trampoline^*, tumbling
		Extra lightweight^, half lightweight^; lightweight^; half middleweight^, middleweight^, half heavyweight^, heavyweight^*, open category, team event
		Men's singles^, men's sprint, women's singles^, women's sprint, doubles^, doubles' sprint, team event^
		Swimming , open water swimming^*
		Singles^, doubles^, team event^*