# Olympic sports you would like to see added... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154 "2000-02-28T20:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/61 "2016-08-12T14:57:47Z")
Dwarf tossing. Figure 8 bicycle racing. Farting contest. [(rules here)](http://fartrules.blogspot.com/) Watermelon seed spitting. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/62 "2016-08-12T16:33:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > You need a recognized international tug of war association, one with a pretty high degree of organization and professionalism. The Olympics relies on those organizations to set the rules for the sport and for qualification. I have no idea how organized they are, but I present the [TWIF](http://www.tugofwar-twif.org/), with an[impresssive list of affiliated country organizations](http://www.tugofwar-twif.org/?p=clubs) Go to the bottom of the home page for a great video on the long history of the sport. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/63 "2016-08-12T18:10:19Z")
What about these sexual Olympics in the off hours I keep reading about ? Must be some opportunity there. ---
**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/64 "2016-08-14T07:09:22Z")
Nice zombie thread. I’d add: head butting (with or without helmets) ass wiping (with judges determining color, consistency, smell, etc) any kind of computer games (preferred some retro ones like frogger or pacman) women (or men) gazing (hey it’s Rio) ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/65 "2016-08-14T13:00:08Z")
Did anyone say Blernsball yet? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/66 "2016-08-14T14:17:41Z")
-Pankration -Dueling (Frock Coated-At-Paces and Cowboy Quick-Draw classes) -Jousting -[The Mesoamerican Ball Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame) -Caber Toss (I’ve been wanting this one since the [NES World Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Games_(video_game))) ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/67 "2016-08-14T17:50:47Z")
- Miniature Golf. - \*Speed \*Golf. - Juggling. (I don’t know. Team, individual, combat, on a trampoline…) - Wife Carrying. - 43-Man Squamish. ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/68 "2016-08-14T21:03:35Z")
Keelhauling. Already have the pool. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/69 "2016-08-14T21:44:06Z")
I’ve always been awfully fond of that Twit Contest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154/70 "2016-08-14T22:09:40Z")
> [@Marine\_One](#): > > - Juggling. (I don’t know. Team, individual, combat, on a trampoline…) Heh. My daughter asked me during the Opening Ceremony if ‘juggling’ was an event. Also, ‘bowling’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-sports-you-would-like-to-see-added/14154.md?page=3)