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    What games or sports have never been played in the Olympics but are recognized by the IOC as Olympic sports?

    Question #121737. Asked by metsfan1001. (Jun 04 11 6:55 PM)


    alaspooryoric

    		http://www.ask.com/wiki/Olympic_Games

    http://www.ask.com/wiki/Olympic_sports

    There are recognized sports that have never been on an Olympic program in any capacity, including chess and surfing.

    Jun 04 11, 7:17 PM
    WesleyCrusher

    		The list of recognized sports that were, never, in any fashion, played at the Olympics is:

    Air sports
    Billiard sports
    Bridge
    Chess
    Dance sport
    Floorball
    Karate
    Mountaineering and Climbing
    Netball
    Orienteering
    Powerboating
    Sport climbing
    Squash
    Sumo
    Surfing
    Underwater sports
    Wushu

    In addition, the following sports never made it into the official program but were shown as demonstration sports during at least one instance of the Olympic games:

    Bandy
    Boules
    Bowling
    Korfball
    Lifesaving
    Motorcycle racing
    Roller sports
    Water ski

    Assembled from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports

    Jun 04 11, 7:20 PM

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