Editing Summer Olympic Games (section)

===Popularity of Olympic sports===
The IOC divides Summer Olympic sports into five categories (A – E) based on popularity, gauged by six criteria: television viewing figures (40%), internet popularity (20%), public surveys (15%), ticket requests (10%), press coverage (10%), and number of national federations (5%). The category of a sport determines the share of Olympic revenue received by that sport's International Federation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Athletics to share limelight as one of top Olympic sports|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/atheltics-share-limelight-one-top-olympic-sports/1889097/|newspaper=The Queensland Times|date=31 May 2013|access-date=18 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winners Include Gymnastics, Swimming – and Wrestling – as IOC Announces New Funding Distribution Groupings|work=[[Association of Summer Olympic International Federations|ASOIF]]|url=http://asoif.com/News/News_Article.aspx?ID=3392|date=29 May 2013|access-date=18 July 2013|last=Murray|first=Callum|location=St Petersburg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225220/http://asoif.com/News/News_Article.aspx?ID=3392|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sports that were new to the 2016 Olympics (rugby and golf) have been placed in Category E.

The current categories are:
{|class="wikitable"
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! Cat. !! No. !! Sport
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|align=center|A||align=center|3||athletics, aquatics,{{ref label|a|a}} gymnastics
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|align=center|B||align=center|5||basketball, cycling, football, tennis, volleyball
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|align=center|C||align=center|8||archery, badminton, boxing, judo, rowing, shooting, table tennis, weightlifting
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|align=center|D||align=center|9||canoe/kayaking, equestrian, fencing, handball, field hockey, sailing, taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling
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|align=center|E||align=center|3||modern pentathlon, golf, rugby
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|align=center|F||align=center|6||baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing
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|}

<span style="font-size:95%">{{note label|a|a}}Aquatics encompasses artistic swimming, diving, swimming, and water polo.</span>