Designing towns for an Olympic medal

The weirdest Olympic sports

Chapter 1

The dawn of eccentric athletics

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Chapter 2

When animals joined the games

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Chapter 3

The battle of minds and arts

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Chapter 4

Water and wheels on the fringe

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YOUR GOAL

Master of The weirdest Olympic sports

Ch 3 · The battle of minds and arts

The Peculiar Podium

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dave Sort bizarre events onto the podium to discover the weirdest sports in Olympic history.

dave Olympic Art Competitions

We used to paint for gold beneath the stadium light, Winning Olympic medals for a song we'd write.

dave The intellectual showdown of Olympic chess

The intellectual showdown of Olympic chess

dave Chess made a historic appearance as an exhibition sport at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

The paradox of solo synchronized swimming

dave Solo synchronized swimming was an official Olympic sport during the 1980s.

Fun Fact

Olympic art gold: The founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, won a gold medal for literature in 1912 under a pseudonym.

Glossary

pentathlon (noun)
An athletic contest in which each competitor takes part in five different events. Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympics featured an artistic version of this contest for creative disciplines.

Gossip

Should the Olympics bring back official art competitions?

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Why did the International Olympic Committee stop holding art competitions after 1948?

dave The paradox of solo synchronized swimming

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What was the irony of solo synchronized swimming that led to its criticism?

dave When poetry and painting won gold

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Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympics awarded official medals in which non-physical category?

dave Designing towns for an Olympic medal

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Solo synchronized swimming was an official Olympic event during which decade?

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Who was the founder of the modern Olympics who insisted on including art competitions?

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In which city did chess make its historic appearance as an Olympic exhibition sport?

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Which grandmaster won the men's chess exhibition match at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

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Which of these was a real sub-category of the Olympic architecture competitions?