Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Sports Programme

[Olympian1010 7,955]

17 minutes ago, dcro said:

Europe sweeps modern pentathlon. Doesn't mean the Olympics need them more than they need the Olympics.

 

In terms of audience, Europe is just negligable for all these sports. Classic events like alpine skiing and cross-country skiing pull incomparably more interest, from fans and sponsors alike.

I attempted find the viewing statistics by sport for the 2018 Winter Olympics for Europe, but I couldn’t find anything. However, I would imagine that the viewing statistics for Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing at (and outside) the Olympics aren’t “negligible” in Europe. They might (and probably do) fall behind other skiing disciplines, but my guess is that there’s still a fairly large audience for these disciplines in Europe.

 

I did come across something amusing during my search though. I think I found where the IOC got their event research for the youth demographic from: https://www.theringer.com/2018/2/13/17008578/winter-olympics-sports-categories-rankings

 

It’s fair to say that this writer wasn’t that impressed by Nordic Combined 

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The Nordic combined combines two sports that don’t need to be combined: cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Why would somebody need to be good at both skiing across flat land and elevating off of enormous hills? I don’t know. But somebody decided this convoluted event should be a winter Olympic sport at the first Winter Games in 1924, and, like modern pentathlon at the Summer Games, it’s just kind of stayed there.

 

Even more baffling, this is the only winter Olympics category in which women do not compete. For some reason, women have been deemed capable of both cross-country and ski jumping, and yet the International Olympic Committee apparently believes that asking them to do both in one event would cause their fragile little female bodies to explode, littering the course with cooties.

 

[dcro 10,210]

6 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I attempted find the viewing statistics by sport for the 2018 Winter Olympics for Europe, but I couldn’t find anything. However, I would imagine that the viewing statistics for Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing at (and outside) the Olympics aren’t “negligible” in Europe. They might (and probably do) fall behind other skiing disciplines, but my guess is that there’s still a fairly large audience for these disciplines in Europe.

Eurosport (go to platform for European sports fans) probably shows more live coverage of sepak takraw than freestyle skiing. It's just not popular at all. You can only really follow it on non-commented ES player feeds, late night shortened replays, or in-person. But then again, European WC events in these sports have next to none live audience.

[heywoodu 14,955]

Thanks, now I have my annual moment of sadness because Eurosport doesn't actually show sepak takraw anymore like they did in fact used to do  

[hckošice 14,794]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

I attempted find the viewing statistics by sport for the 2018 Winter Olympics for Europe, but I couldn’t find anything.

I believe Ice Hockey would be obviously in the 1st place in almost all rankings.

 

 

Btw impossible to find a statistic sport by sport, but here all SVK TV Channels Top 50 views of the year 2018 (From 1.1.2018 to 30.11.2018)

 

even World Championship (MS) is higher than the Olympics (but agan that was the match SVK-CZE so) also the higher view from the 2018 Football WC was the CRO-ENG match

 

 

All Olympics shows in the ranking are bold

 

Rank   Name of the Show (Episode)        TV Channel  Date  Time  Rating  Share

 

TOP 50 najsledovanejších relácií za obdobie 1.1.-30.11.2018:

Por.	Názov relácie	Stanica	Dátum	Čas	Rating %	Share %
1.	Susedia (1)	Markíza	01.01.2018	20:33:12	22,8	45,1
2.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Česko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	05.05.2018	21:59:15	21,1	59,7
3.	ZOH 2018 PJONGČANG / hokej (muži): Slovensko - Slovinsko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	17.02.2018	14:45:36	21,0	64,5
4.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Česko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	05.05.2018	21:08:11	19,7	53,1
5.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Rakúsko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	08.05.2018	17:56:06	19,4	55,0
6.	MS 2018: štúdio hokej	Jednotka	05.05.2018	21:51:54	17,4	47,5
7.	ZOH 2018 PJONGČANG / hokej (muži): Slovensko - Slovinsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	17.02.2018	13:51:58	17,3	59,6
8.	ZOH 2018 PJONGČANG / hokej (muži): Slovensko - Slovinsko; 1. tretina	Jednotka	17.02.2018	13:14:55	17,0	61,2
9.	ZOH 2018 Pjongčang: štúdio	Jednotka	17.02.2018	13:41:05	16,4	57,8
10.	Susedia (2)	Markíza	08.01.2018	20:33:14	16,3	39,6
11.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Česko; 1. tretina	Jednotka	05.05.2018	20:11:12	16,2	52,4
12.	Aj oni boli pri medailách / Ronald Petrovický	Jednotka	05.05.2018	21:47:29	16,1	43,5
13.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Rakúsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	08.05.2018	17:03:27	15,9	53,8
14.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Švajčiarsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	06.05.2018	20:12:01	15,9	44,3
15.	Aj oni boli pri medailách / Ľubomír Hurtaj	Jednotka	08.05.2018	17:45:06	15,5	48,1
16.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Švajčiarsko; 1. tretina	Jednotka	06.05.2018	21:02:48	15,4	39,2
17.	ZOH 2018 Pjongčang: štúdio	Jednotka	17.02.2018	14:34:15	15,2	50,6
18.	Športové noviny 1/364	Markíza	01.01.2018	20:19:27	14,7	30,8
19.	MS 2018: štúdio hokej	Jednotka	05.05.2018	20:56:40	14,6	42,1
20.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Švédsko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	12.05.2018	13:52:11	14,5	63,7
21.	MS 2018: štúdio hokej	Jednotka	08.05.2018	17:49:15	14,3	43,9
22.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Francúzsko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	10.05.2018	17:54:18	14,1	62,4
23.	Futbal - FIFA MS 2018:Chorvátsko - Anglicko; 2. polčas	Jednotka	11.07.2018	21:01:23	14,1	39,7
24.	Susedia (3)	Markíza	15.01.2018	20:34:02	14,1	36,0
25.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Švajčiarsko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	06.05.2018	21:53:39	13,7	39,6
26.	Futbal - FIFA MS 2018:Francúzsko - Chorvátsko; 2. polčas	Jednotka	15.07.2018	18:02:42	13,6	45,7
27.	Susedia (5)	Markíza	29.01.2018	20:32:24	13,3	33,9
28.	Susedia (4)	Markíza	22.01.2018	20:32:34	13,2	33,0
29.	Počasie 1/365	Markíza	01.01.2018	20:09:04	13,2	28,7
30.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Rusko; 3. tretina	Jednotka	14.05.2018	17:52:37	13,1	54,2
31.	MS 2018 / hokej: Švédsko - Švajčiarsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	20.05.2018	21:47:13	13,0	36,3
32.	MS 2018: štúdio hokej	Jednotka	06.05.2018	20:51:33	13,0	33,3
33.	Susedia (9)	Markíza	26.02.2018	20:33:06	13,0	32,7
34.	Susedia (7)	Markíza	12.02.2018	20:33:16	12,9	33,0
35.	Oteckovia (1)	Markíza	01.01.2018	18:13:11	12,9	30,5
36.	Futbal - FIFA MS 2018:Francúzsko - Belgicko; 2. polčas	Jednotka	10.07.2018	21:01:09	12,8	35,4
37.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Francúzsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	10.05.2018	17:00:25	12,7	63,6
38.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Švédsko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	12.05.2018	13:04:48	12,7	62,3
39.	Susedia (6)	Markíza	05.02.2018	20:33:16	12,7	34,1
40.	Susedia (8)	Markíza	19.02.2018	20:33:00	12,7	33,0
41.	Susedia (14)	Markíza	02.04.2018	20:32:23	12,7	27,5
42.	Televízne noviny 1/364	Markíza	01.01.2018	19:00:00	12,6	28,3
43.	MS 2018 / hokej: Slovensko – Rusko; 2. tretina	Jednotka	14.05.2018	17:07:15	12,4	56,8
44.	Oteckovia (44)	Markíza	01.03.2018	17:58:41	12,4	39,1
45.	Susedia (11)	Markíza	12.03.2018	20:32:53	12,4	32,1
46.	Predtým, ako som ťa spoznala	TV JOJ	01.11.2018	20:38:57	12,3	32,4
47.	MS 2018: štúdio hokej	Jednotka	06.05.2018	21:46:25	12,2	32,7
48.	Susedia (13)	Markíza	26.03.2018	20:31:57	12,1	32,5
49.	Počasie 63/365	Markíza	04.03.2018	20:09:05	12,0	28,5
50.	Televízne noviny 58/364	Markíza	27.02.2018	19:00:00	11,9	32,9

 

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[phelps 7,664]

11 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I don’t know how much of this is the ICF’s fault. They’ve basically been asked/told to accept these changes by the IOC, or face loosing their place on the Olympic program. 
 

The ICF has it’s faults like every other international sports federation, but I’ve always found the ICF to be one of the better ones. They’ve done a fairly good job of growing the sport the last couple of years. They have a strong World Cup circuit. They broadcast all their major events. I’m not the most familiar with the politics of the ICF, but it seems like they are under good governance. Overall, they’re a solid IF in my opinion.

 

Canoe has been ever evolving distance wise. Began with 1000m and 10000m races, then 500m races, then 200m races, and now we see the occasional 5000m race at multi-sports games.

 

imho, Canoeing should follow the Rowing structure...I mean, they should choose an "Olympic distance" (which should be 1000m, obviously) and build their program on that distance, instead of making doubles and triples of the same race over those not-so-different lenghts (except for the 5000m races, which are truly a different discipline, but, always imho, they're not worth the Olympic status, too)

[phelps 7,664]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah! Europe has no clue about Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing that’s why they have 21 gold medals in Snowboard and 17 gold medals in Freestyle Skiing!

 

France shunned these sports so hard they hosted 3 Winter X Games Europe events in Tignes from 2010-2012. 

France alone is not Europe...

 

tbh, the rest of the continent only cares (and not so much) about alpine disciplines in those 2 sports...

 

you can see by yourself how difficult it is to see "freestyle" SB and FS events organized in Europe and how low the number of European competitors is...

 

I'm not saying that those events shouldn't be part of the Games (at least, some of them), but please, don't try to hide that they're on only because of the North-American TV Networks (and ski federations)...

[Vojthas 949]

3 hours ago, dcro said:

Europe sweeps modern pentathlon.

Greetings from Chloe Esposito and Ismael Herndez Uscanga - Rio 2016 medalists. Greetings from Ahmed El Gendy and Salma Abdelmaksoud - YOG champions from Buenos Aires.

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

Greetings from Chloe Esposito and Ismael Herndez Uscanga - Rio 2016 medalists. Greetings from Ahmed El Gendy and Salma Abdelmaksoud - YOG champions from Buenos Aires.

106/120 of all time medals qualifies for a (virtual) sweep in my book.

[Gianlu33 4,537]

ITG wrote about the possibility to add BMX Freestyle at Paris 2024. But it isn't already an Olympic event?

 

[heywoodu 14,955]

41 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

ITG wrote about the possibility to add BMX Freestyle at Paris 2024. But it isn't already an Olympic event?

 

This is the mixed freestyle event, where you have to change skis in between the backstroke and the balance beam.