List of Olympic venues in demonstration events

For the Olympic Games until the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, there have been demonstration or exhibition events that have occurred on various sports. Some of these sports later became Olympic sports such as basketball, canoeing, and short track speed skating. These are a list of other venues that hosted demonstration sports that did not become nor had never been official Olympic sports.

Summer Olympics

Games	Sport	Venue	Other sports hosted at venue during those games	Capacity	Ref.
1912 Stockholm	Glima	Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Equestrian, Football, Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (running), Tug of War, Wrestling	Not listed	[1]
1920 Antwerp	Korfball	Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Equestrian, Field hockey, Football, Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon, Rugby union, Tug of war, Weightlifting	30,000	[2] [3]
1928 Amsterdam	Kaatsen	Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Cycling, (track), Equestrian, (jumping), Football, Gymnastics	33,025	[4]
1928 Amsterdam	Korfball	Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Cycling, (track), Equestrian, (jumping), Football, Gymnastics	33,025	[5]
1932 Los Angeles	American football	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	None	60,000	[6]
1952 Helsinki	Pesäpallo	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	Athletics, Equestrian (jumping), Football (finale)	19,309	[7]
1956 Melbourne	Australian rules football	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Athletics, Field hockey (final)	104,000	[8]
1964 Tokyo	Budo	Nippon Budokan	Judo	Not listed	[9]
1972 Munich	Water skiing	Kieler Förde	None	Not listed	[10]
1988 Seoul	Bowling	Royal Bowling Center	None	Not listed	[11]
1992 Barcelona	Rolley hockey	Palau Blaugrana	Judo, Taekwondo (demonstration)	6,400	[12]
		Pavelló de l'Ateneu de Sant Sadurní	None	1,300	[13]
		Pavelló del Club Patí Vic	None	1,700	[13]
		Pavelló d'Esports de Reus	None	3,000	[13]
1924	Savate
1924	La canne
1936	Gliding
1948	Swedish (Ling) gymnastics

Winter Olympics

Games	Venue	Sport	Other sports hosted at venue for those games	Capacity	Ref.
1952 Oslo	Bislett stadion	Bandy	Figure skating, Speed skating	29,000	[14]
	Dæhlenenga		Ice hockey	Not listed	[15]
1992 Albertville	Les Arcs	Speed skiing	None	Not listed	[16]
1928		Skijoring
1932		Sled-dog racing
1936		Ice stock sport
1964
1948		Winter pentathlon
1984		Disabled skiing
1988
1988		Ski ballet (acroski)
1992

References

1. "Glima at the 1912 Olympics".
2. Historical overview Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from the Dutch Korfball Union
3. Stadiumguide.com
4. "Kaatsen Demonstration Sport at the 1928 Olympics".
5. 1928 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 8 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine pp. 173–205.
6. "American Football Demonstration Sport at the 1904 Olympics".
7. "Pesäpallo: Demonstration Sport 1952".
8. 1956 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 713–714.
9. "Japanese Martial Arts (Budo) Demonstrations in 1964".
10. Ed. Herbert Kunze (ed.). The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3: The competitions (PDF) (PDF). München: proSport GmbH & Co. pp. 526–527.
11. 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 206. Accessed 1 December 2010.
12. 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 28 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 217–20. Accessed 6 December 2010.
13. 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 28 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Volume 2. pp. 337–41. Accessed 6 December 2010.
14. 1952 Winter Olympic official report. Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 28.
15. 1952 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 33.
16. 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine pp. 96–99. Accessed 5 December 2010. (in English and French)