Editing 1908 Summer Olympics (section)

== Sports ==
Twenty-two sports, representing 110 events in 25 sporting disciplines, were contested. A golf tournament had also been planned but it was cancelled a few days before it was scheduled to start.<ref>{{cite news |title=Golf {{!}} Olympic competitions Abandoned |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/811203349/ |access-date=27 January 2023 |work=The People |date=31 May 1908 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Swimming, diving, and water polo are considered three disciplines of the same sport, ''aquatics''. At the time, tug-of-war was part of athletics and the two different [[football]] codes ([[Football (soccer)|association]] and [[Rugby football|rugby (union)]]) were listed together. The International Olympic Committee now considers tug-of-war a separate sport as well as referring to association football as simply "football" and to rugby union as "rugby."<ref name=OldSports>[http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/past/index_uk.asp Olympic Sports of the Past]. Olympic.org. Retrieved on 9 July 2012.</ref> In one of seven cycling events (cycling sprint) no medals were awarded. The sailing program was open for a total of five sailing classes, but actually only four sailing events were contested. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.

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*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=2|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=6|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Archery|Events=3|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=26|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=5|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Jeu de paume|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Lacrosse|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rackets|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rugby union|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=4|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=15|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=6|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tug of war|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Water motorsports|Events=3|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
**Wrestling Freestyle <small>(5)</small>
**Wrestling Greco-Roman <small>(4)</small>
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[[Cycle polo at the Summer Olympics|Cycle polo]], [[Glima at the Summer Olympics|glima]] and [[Pistol dueling at the Summer Olympics|pistol dueling]] were demonstration sports.