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The Olympic Games are an international multi- sport event in the summer and winter sporting events will be divided. Both the summer as the Winter held every 4 years. The Olympic Games were originally limited to a single event: the stadium race, a short sprint between 180 and 240 meters meet. Over the years, more events were added: boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, pentathlon, wrestling, long jump, javelin throw and discus throw among others

The Olympic sports of the Summer are archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.
Two sports, taekwondo and triathlon (swimming, biking, running) were introduced for the first time in the Summer Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. In 1996, made it the Mountain biking of his Olympic debut.
The Winter Olympic sports of his biathlon (cross and purpose that target shooting) bob, cross country, the curls, the downhill skiing, skating, ice hockey, luge, snowboarding and the speed skating.
Snowboarding was introduced for the first time in the Winter Games in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
The current program of Olympic Games includes 35 sports and nearly 400 events. Of the Summer Olympics includes 28 sports in 38 disciplines in the Winter Olympics includes 7 with 15 sports disciplines.
The 19th Olympic game is scheduled to play in Beijing in 2008 are kept, while the 20th Olympic games to London, in 2012 is scheduled to be held. The forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing are scheduled to play in 302 events in 28 sports to exist.