Olympics 2020 Sports Removed. For the first time, nine sports were contested in the competitions, and from then several sports as well as events have been added and also removed from this program. In 2012 there were 26 sports contested, and in 2016 there was 28, and 33 are scheduled for 2020 (see list).
Each olympic sport is represented by an international. Softball was removed from the programme for 2012 and 2016, but was added, along with baseball, for the 2020 summer olympics This was the first time in 69 years that a sport itself had been removed from the olympic program, with the previously dropped sport polo removed in 1936.
In addition to the 28 sports on the olympic programme, five additional sports have been added at the request of the tokyo 2020 organising committee:
In 2012 there were 26 sports contested, and in 2016 there was 28, and 33 are scheduled for 2020 (see list). The olympics includes some weird sports. In the 1900 and 1904 games. As the olympic games make their way back to tokyo for the first time since 1964, the tokyo 2020 sports programme features several innovations.