London Olympics 2012: Which Sport Do You Want To See Kicked Out?

Not every event during the Summer Olympics can have the high-wattage star power of basketball or soccer or feature the unbridled athleticism of track, swimming or gymnastics.

Some Olympic events are more like tug of war.

Don't remember seeing two lines of opposing tuggers during the London Games? Well, that's because the event was kicked out of the Olympics after the 1920 Games. While part of the charm of the Olympics is opportunity to watch the more idiosyncratic, niche sports (badminton, anyone?) there may come a time when something is just too bizarre -- or boring -- to keep around.

What sport would be the first to get the axe if the IOC put you in charge of the list of events for the 2016 Rio Olympics?

Voting for Round 1 begins August 9 and ends at midnight.
Voting for Round 2 begins August 10 and end at midnight.
Voting for Round 3 (the final round) begins August 11 and the tournament ends at midnight.

Comments

[Mr Factoid]

01:08 PM on 08/15/2012

Any sport that relies on a subjective interpretation on performance to decide a winner should be eliminated.

Also, any sport relies on the performance of a nonhuman should also be eliminated.

Having said that, with today's high speed cameras and sophisticated computer algorithms, many "judgement" sports, like, gymnastics and diving could be objectively judged (e.g. height of jumps or springs, angles achieved during revolutions and leaps, landings, entries, etc.).

[disgustedcitizen]

09:12 AM on 08/15/2012

Got here late, but I don't see artistic & rythmic gymnastics on the list. How did that turkey miss the playoffs?

[butchcliff]

07:54 AM on 08/15/2012

Get rid of BMX racing

[Floyd MacGillicutty]

10:59 PM on 08/15/2012

+1

[MotorcycleBoy]

06:01 PM on 08/14/2012

How was 'race walking' not on this list?

[Michael Gibb]

02:57 AM on 08/14/2012

I may not have voted, but it's good to see the event I would have voted for elimination won. As for what I would ditch: artistic & rythmic gymnastics, trampoline, and dressage (I'm tempted to say all equestrian events).

[redxabi]

06:18 AM on 08/14/2012

Equestrian definately...until they start giving the Horses medals. They do all the work.

[branchwater1113]

08:45 PM on 08/13/2012

Men's basketball - nothing but an NBA allstar team playing exhibitions against pickup teams. What a farce!

[littlerabbit]

08:42 PM on 08/13/2012

My vote was for beach volleyball. How boring and how yucky was the women's beach volleyball. And we were subjected to one hour one night...

[miocid31]

08:01 PM on 08/13/2012

speed racing (speed walking) whatever! ping pong, table tennis..i mean, C'MON ON Man!

[Philly023]

06:04 PM on 08/13/2012

In order: synchronized swimming, rythmic gymnastics, beach volleyball, handball, half the events in swimming. There is no reason to bring back softball. They should bring back baseball as its exclusion seems to disproportionately affect latin american countries. Basketball is a sport they should consider eliminating - particularly for the women as the USA has no peer.

[viescheid]

04:22 PM on 08/13/2012

What a crock, the point of having all the above mentioned sports at the Olympics is because it is the greatest arena to showcase the dedication and passion of the athletes involved in their chosen discipline. Tennis and soccer should be shown the door before any of the above because the Olympics does not represent the biggest stage with the highest level of competition and achievement possible and that is what the criteria should be.

[jwoww]

03:52 PM on 08/13/2012

bring back baseball, softball and replace mens lacross for mens field hockey. move the track events to the first week and swimming the second.

[Cadillac Rosa]

04:15 PM on 08/13/2012

Lacrosse is not an Olympic sport. Mens field hockey is already in (gold to the Neatherlands).
Baseball is out for lack of participants.

[lisaman]

02:46 PM on 08/13/2012

I didn't get to vote but what I would have said won. They took softball out of the Olympics because the U. S. domination but what about sycro swimming, the Russians have won this event longer than the Americans have dominated basketball. Another sport they dominate that I hate is rhythmic gymnastics, hate it, hate it.

[ladyvader]

12:07 PM on 08/14/2012

They used the US domination of softball as the reason to dump it, but a lot of it had to do with the dirty politics of the 2002 winter games in SLC.

I don't see the USA getting to host the games again for several more years.

[lisaman]

12:51 PM on 08/14/2012

Isn't that the games that Romney saved?

[skeptic72]

01:34 PM on 08/13/2012

Armchair critics who probably never played any of these sports telling atheletes who trained all their lives that they should not have the chance to represent their countries. Nice.

[lisaman]

02:46 PM on 08/13/2012

They asked.

[Monk Monkey]

01:16 PM on 08/13/2012

Ping pong, table tennis, or whatever. What's next, beer pong?

[dpcemker]

11:40 AM on 08/13/2012

If the even need judges scoring... Then send the athletes to dancing with the stars not e Olympics.