Your own Summer Olympic Games Programme - 2022 Version

[AsensioWillemsen 174]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Recognized inside the small part of the sports community that is so into these things as we are here, but Zambia winning a medal in boxing or something is definitely not going to make any headlines around the world in non-specialized media - with luck it'll be mentioned somewhere in the final lines of some small article  

 

I do get that though, and for small nations it can be quite literally the only time they're ever even mentioned outside of their own country. I mean, if it weren't for Kirani James, I don't think I would ever have heard Grenada be mentioned in any way on TV or in a newspaper.

It really depends on the exposure of the sport from the start, yeah. Fiji in Rugby Sevens gets quite some recognition, at least on Belgian TV (which I mostly watch during the Olympics for reasons)

Kirani James is another example, or another few nations in athletics like Botswana or the Bahamas. 

 

This exposure increases for team sports, naturally.

[phelps 8,279]

11 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Recognized inside the small part of the sports community that is so into these things as we are here, but Zambia winning a medal in boxing or something is definitely not going to make any headlines around the world in non-specialized media - with luck it'll be mentioned somewhere in the final lines of some small article  

 

I do get that though, and for small nations it can be quite literally the only time they're ever even mentioned outside of their own country. I mean, if it weren't for Kirani James, I don't think I would ever have heard Grenada be mentioned in any way on TV or in a newspaper.

actually, I've read and heard Grenada's name a lot of times on tv and newspaper when they talk of "those Nations" where you should go to hide your money (AKA tax haven)...

[heywoodu 16,000]

9 hours ago, phelps said:

actually, I've read and heard Grenada's name a lot of times on tv and newspaper when they talk of "those Nations" where you should go to hide your money (AKA tax haven)...

I don't have the kind of money that would make me interested in watching or reading items about that, sadly  

[Dragon 2,026]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I don't have the kind of money that would make me interested in watching or reading items about that, sadly  

I bet you prefer to keep your money in the Cayman Islands instead of Grenada. 

[phelps 8,279]

18 minutes ago, Dragon said:

I bet you prefer to keep your money in the Cayman Islands instead of Grenada. 

right now, the best place looks to be the State of Delaware, USA 

 

plan B, Aruba...

[rybak 3,302]

Okay, let's do it  Tell me later if you like this idea 

 

Aquatics - Artistic Swimming [5]

 

• Solo (m/w)
• Duet (w/mixed)
• Women's Team (w)

 

Aquatics - Diving [12]

 

• 3m springboard (m/w)
• 10m Platform (m/w)
• Synchronised 3m Springboard (m/w/mixed)
• Synchronised 10m Platform (m/w/mixed)
• High diving (m/w)

 

Aquatics - Swimming [37]

 

• 50m Freestyle (m/w)
• 100m Freestyle (m/w)
• 200m Freestyle (m/w)
• 400m Freestyle (m/w)
• 800m Freestyle (m/w)
• 1500m Freestyle (m/w)
• 4x100m Freestyle Relay (m/w/mixed)
• 4x200m Freestyle Relay (m/w/mixed)
• 100m Breaststroke (m/w)
• 200m Breaststroke (m/w)
• 100m Butterfly (m/w)
• 200m Butterfly (m/w)
• 100m Backstroke (m/w)
• 200m Backstroke (m/w)
• 200m Individual Medley (m/w)
• 400m Individual Medley (m/w)
• 4x100m Medley Relay (m/w/mixed)
• 10km Open Water (m/w)

 

Aquatics - Water Polo [2] - no changes

 

• Tournament (m/w)

 

Archery [8]

 

• Individual Recurve (m/w)
• Individual Compound (m/w)
• Team Compound (m/w)
• Team Recurve (m/w/mixed)

 

Athletics [49]

 

• 100m (m/w)
• 200m (m/w)
• 400m (m/w)
• 800m (m/w)
• 1500m (m/w)
• 5000m (m/w)
• 10,000m (m/w)
• 110m/100m Hurdles (m/w)
• 400m Hurdles (m/w)
• 3000m Steeplechase (m/w)
• 4x100m Relay (m/w)
• 4x400m Relay (m/w/mixed)
• Marathon (m/w)
• 20km Race Walk (m/w)
• 50km Race Walk (m/w)
• 35km Team Race Walk (mixed)
• Long Jump (m/w)
• Triple Jump (m/w)
• High Jump (m/w)
• Pole Vault (m/w)
• Shot Put (m/w)
• Discus Throw (m/w)
• Javelin Throw (m/w)
• Hammer Throw (m/w)
• Heptathlon (w)
• Decathlon (m)

 

Badminton [5] - no changes

 

• Singles (m/w)
• Doubles (m/w/mixed)

 

Basketball [4]

 

• 3x3 Tournament (m/w) - 16 teams per gender instead of 8
• Tournament (m/w)

 

Breaking [2]

 

• B-Boys (m)
• B-Girls (w)

 

Bowling [4] - new Olympic sport

 

• Singles (m/w)
• Doubles (m/w) 

 

Boxing [16]

 

• TBD Men's weights - 8 weights
• TBD Women's weights - 8 weights

 

Canoeing - Slalom [6]

 

• K-1 (m/w)
• C-1 (m/w)
• C-2 (m/w)
• Extreme (m/w)

 

Canoeing - Sprint [20] - just 10 events in canoeing are hilarious small number tbh 

 

• K-1 200m (m/w)
• K-1 500m (m/w)
• K-1 1000m (m/w)
• K-2 500m (m/w/mixed)
• K-4 500m (m/w)
• C-1 200m (m/w)
• C-1 500m (m/w)
• C-1 1000m (m/w)
• C-2 500m (m/w/mixed)

 

Cycling - BMX [4] - no changes

 

• BMX Race (m/w)
• Park (m/w)

 

Cycling - Mountain Bike [4]

 

• Men's/Women's Race (m/w)
• Cross-country short track (m/w)

 

Cycling - Road [4] - no changes, besides more quotas in mens road race, 80 is too few compared to Tokyo's 130, let's say both mens and womens road race should have 100 athletes if consider gender equality, if not 100 for mens and 80 for womens.

 

• Road Race (m/w)
• Time Trial (m/w)

 

Cycling - Track [14]

 

• Individual Sprint (m/w)
• Team Sprint (m/w)
• Team Pursuit (m/w)
• Keirin (m/w)
• Omnium (m/w)
• Madison (m/w)
• Time trial (m/w)

 

Equestrian [6] - no changes

 

• Individual Dressage (mixed)
• Team Dressage (mixed)
• Individual Jumping (mixed)
• Team Jumping (mixed)
• Individual Eventing (mixed)
• Team Eventing (mixed)

 

Fencing [12] - no changes

 

• Individual Foil (m/w)
• Team Foil (m/w)
• Individual Épée (m/w)
• Team Épée (m/w)
• Individual Sabre (m/w)
• Team Sabre (m/w)

 

Field Hockey [2] - no changes

 

• Tournament (m/w)

 

Football [2]

 

• U-23 Tournament (m/w)

 

Beach Football [2] - new Olympic sport

 

• Tournament (m/w) - with 12 teams per gender

 

Golf [2] - no changes

 

• Individual Stroke Play (m/w)

 

Gymnastics - Artistic [14] - no changes

 

• Individual All-Around (m/w)
• Team All-Around (m/w)
• Floor (m/w)
• Vault (m/w)
• Pommel Horse (m)
• Rings (m)
• Parallel Bars (m)
• Horizontal Bar (m)
• Balance Beam (w)
• Uneven Bars (w)

 

Gymnastics - Rhythmic [2] - no changes

 

• Individual All-Around (w)
• Group All-Around (w)

 

Gymnastics - Trampoline [4]

 

• Individual (m/w)
• Tumbling (m/w)

 

Handball [2]

 

• Tournament (m/w) - 16 teams per gender

 

Judo [14]

 

• 7 Men's weights
• 7 Women's weights
• Team Event (mixed)

 

Karate [12] - return to Olympic programme

 

• 5 Men's weights + individual kata
• 5 Women's weights + individual kata

 

Modern Pentathlon [2] - no changes

 

• Individual (m/w)

 

Padel [2] - new Olympic sport

 

• Pairs (m/w)

 

Rowing [18]

 

• Single Sculls (m/w)
• Double Sculls (m/w)
• Lightweight Single Sculls (m/w)
• Lightweight Double Sculls (m/w)
• Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (m/w)
• Quadruple Sculls (m/w)
• Pairs (m/w)
• Fours (m/w)
• Eights (m/w)

 

Rugby Sevens [2] - no changes

 

• Tournament (m/w)

 

Sailing [11]

 

• 49er (m)
• 49er FX (w)
• ILCA 6 (w)
• ILCA 7 (m)
• iQ Foil (m/w)
• Kiteboarding (m/w)
• 470 (m/w/mixed)
• Nacra 17 (mixed)

 

Shooting [19]

 

• 10m Air Rifle (m/w/mixed team)
• 50m Rifle prone (m/w)
• 50m Rifle 3 Positions (m/w)
• 10m Air Pistol (m/w/mixed team)
• 25m Pistol (w)
• 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (m)
• Trap (m/w)
• Skeet (m/w/mixed team)
• 10 m running target (m/w)

 

Skateboarding [4] - no changes

 

• Park (m/w)
• Street (m/w)

 

Sport Climbing [6] - 20 athletes in each event, per gender

 

• Bouldering & Lead Combined (m/w)
• Bouldering (m/w)
• Lead (m/w)
• Speed (m/w)

 

Surfing [2]

 

• Shortboard (m/w)

 

Table Tennis [5]

 

• Singles (m/w)
• Doubles (m/w/mixed)
• Team (m/w)

 

Taekwondo [12]

 

• 4 6 Men's weights
• 4 6 Women's weights

 

Tennis [5] - no changes

 

• Singles (m/w)
• Doubles (m/w/mixed)

 

Triathlon [3] - no changes

 

• Individual Race (m/w)
• Mixed Team Relay (mixed)

 

Volleyball - Beach [2] - no changes

 

• Tournament (m/w)

 

Volleyball - Indoor [2] - no changes

 

• Tournament (m/w)

 

Weightlifting [10]  out of programme due too much doping cases, scandals and mess in the international federation, give chance to come back when all problems will be solved

 

• 5 Men's weights
• 5 Women's weights

 

Wrestling [18]

 

• 6 Men's Freestyle weights
• 6 Men's Greco-Roman weights
• 6 Women's Freestyle weights

 

Additional Sport [20 events in total in 4 sports]

 

• As mentioned above - bech football, bowling, karate and padel

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

9 hours ago, rybak said:

Okay, let's do it  Tell me later if you like this idea 

 

I think that 10 events for sprint canoeing is perfectly fine  and that extra events for diving and shooting is definitely a no-go

 

Generally speaking, if we want even more events and athletes than we already have, something radical would need to happen (splitting the summer olympics, having multiple hosts, an extra week, etc.)

 

I know this is not meant be realistic, but still.

[NaBUru38 218]

The Summer Olympics are too large. I would split them into Outdoor (truly summer) and Indoor (autumn?), held in different countries.

 

Outdoor Olympics: athletics, triathlon, road cycling, mountain biking, BMX, open waters swimming, kayaking, rowing, sailing, football, rugby, tennis, golf, field lacrosse, field hockey, beach volley, beach soccer, equestrian, archery, surfing, water skiing, wakeboarding, skateboarding, climbing.

 

Indoor Olympics: indoor athletics, track cycling, gymnastics, pool swimming, diving, futsal, basketball, indoor volleyball, indoor hockey, indoor lacrosse, indoor tennis, ping pong, squash, weightlifting, boxing, karate, judo, taekwondo, ju-jitsu, fencing, wrestling, billiards, bowling.

[NaBUru38 218]

I would also make as many mixed team events as possible.

 

So first of all I would add more mixed team relays.

 

Tennis, badminton and ping pong would be played with a Sudirman Cup-style format, with a singles tournament and a doubles tournament.

 

Team sports would be played on four quarters (two for each sex), or a best of seven sets (with the last set switching teams every 2 minutes).

[phelps 8,279]

4 minutes ago, NaBUru38 said:

The Summer Olympics are too large. I would split them into Outdoor (truly summer) and Indoor (autumn?), held in different countries.

 

Outdoor Olympics: athletics, triathlon, road cycling, mountain biking, BMX, open waters swimming, kayaking, rowing, sailing, football, rugby, tennis, golf, field lacrosse, field hockey, beach volley, beach soccer, equestrian, archery, surfing, water skiing, wakeboarding, skateboarding, climbing.

 

Indoor Olympics: indoor athletics, track cycling, gymnastics, pool swimming, diving, futsal, basketball, indoor volleyball, indoor hockey, indoor lacrosse, indoor tennis, ping pong, squash, weightlifting, boxing, karate, judo, taekwondo, ju-jitsu, fencing, wrestling, billiards, bowling.

how to kill once and forever the already declining interest for the Games...

 

the Olympic are the Olympics also (maybe, mainly) because they have so many sports all together at the same time in the same place...

 

having multiple host, split program or making them too long (or too short) would only meke them worse...