Sports of the Summer Games
Roughly thirty sports across the Open, Scholastic, and Masters divisions.
The Summer Games ran roughly thirty sports across the 1978–2010 run. Not every sport ran every year — the line-up depended on the host city’s facilities and the regional federations’ willingness to send teams — but the lists below cover the sports that were a Games fixture.
In all three divisions (Open, Scholastic, Masters where offered)
- Archery
- Basketball
- Diving
- Fencing
- Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Shooting (riflery)
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Track and field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Water polo
- Team handball
Open division only
Adult-only sports — typically because the demand or facility requirements made a scholastic field impractical.
- Boxing
- Bowling
- Cycling
- Canoeing
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Judo
- Softball
- Weightlifting
Scholastic division only
Sports played primarily in New York high schools, run for under-18 athletes only.
- Baseball
- Field hockey
- Ice hockey
- Lacrosse
- Tennis