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  • Tug-of-war was an Olympic game in 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912 and 1920. In this 1908 photo, Great Britain takes on Ireland at the London Olympics. The Liverpool St Police tug-of-war team beat the USA team and won the gold medal. William Hirons, Frederick Goodfellow, Edmond Barrett, James Shephard, Frederick Humphreys, Edwin Mills, Albert Ireton and Frederick Merriman. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
  • In this 1936 photo, women tamp down the ground during a break in a polo match at the Berlin Olympics. Polo, where players compete on horseback, was an Olympic sport in 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924 and 1936. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • In this 1952 photo, carrier pigeons fly over the Olympic stadium in Helsinki during the opening ceremony but In Paris in 1900, live pigeons were used in a shooting event, and more than 300 birds were killed. That was the last time live targets were used. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
  • In this 1974 photo, a player gets serious but croquet was only an Olympic sport once -- in Paris, 1900. After croquet was eliminated, a similar game called
  • This photo shows a Basque Pelota player, circa 1955. It was an Olympic sport just once, at the 1900 Paris Games. The Basque game uses a 'cesta', a basket-like raquet attached to the hand, to hurl a pellet made of leather and rubber. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images)
  • The Irish and German national teams competing in the Bicycle Polo final at the Shepherd's Bush Stadium during the 1908 London Olympics where the event had been included as a demonstration sport. The Irish team won 3-1, 13th July 1908. (Photo by Topical Press/Getty Images)
  • Solo competitions like this one are still part of world swimming competitions, but synchronized solo swimming (synchronized with music) was only in the Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 1992. It was replaced with team synchronized swimming. Here, Jennifer Knobbs of Canada competes in the Solo Free Routine Final during the Japan Open Synchronized Swimming Championships at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Centre in May 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
  • Modern-day rope climbers meet weekly at this beach in Sydney Australia. From 1896 until 1932, rope climbing was an Olympic competition. In 1904, at the St. Louis Games, a gymnast with a wooden leg won. In this photo, a climber ascends the rope at Bondi Beach on August 20, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. A group of local Sydney men, including a number of World Record holders, meet three times a week to scale a five-metre rope bare handed. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
  • This lacrosse game was just a a demonstration match at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Lacrosse was a contested full-medal sport in 1904 and 1908 and then disappeared from the games for 20 years. It reappeared at the Olympics as a demonstration sport in 1928, 1932 and 1948. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
  • There's plenty of horse jumping, like this log jump at the 2012 London Games, but there was a horse long jump only once, at the 1900 Paris Games. In this photo, Sara Algotsson Ostholt of Sweden riding Wega negotiates a log jump in the Eventing Cross Country Equestrian event on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Greenwich Park on July 30, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
  • Rugby, like this match in Australia, is popular outside the U.S. and was played at the Olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924. In this photo, Lolo Faka'osilea of Australia is tackled by Palu Fihaki of Tonga in the Men's Rugby Sevens during day three of the Australian Youth Olympic Festival at St Ignatius College on January 18, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)
  • Cricket was played only once in the Olympic Games, in Paris in 1900. In this photo, Peter Handscomb of Victoria hits the ball and the winning runs during the International tour match between the Victorian 2nd XI and the England Lions at Junction Oval on February 7, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
  • Golf is a hugely popular game today but was an Olympic competition only two times -- in 1900 and 1904. (Photo shows Jimmy Walker at Pebble Beach, Calif., in Feb. 2013) In 1900, there was one event for women and one for men. In 1904, women's golf was eliminated and a men's team event was added to the men's individual competition. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
  • In distance plunging at the Olympics in St. Louis in 1904, competitors dove into a pool and coasted underwater without moving their limbs for 60 seconds to see who could drift the furthest. Really. (Photo by: www.localfitness.com.au)
 

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