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Olympic sports that start with S
The full list of Olympic sports starting with S: 17 names, taken from the 88 answers to “Name an Olympic sport, past or present” in Icillion.
Olympic sports that begin with S
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Short track speed skatingalso Short track
- Shot put
- Skateboarding
- Skeleton
- Ski jumping
- Ski mountaineeringalso Skimo
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Softball
- Speed skating
- Sport climbingalso Climbing
- Squash
- Steeplechase
- Surfing
- Swimming
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 17 of the 88 Olympic sports (19%).
- Shortest: “Skiing”. Longest: “Short track speed skating”.
- 6 names have more than one word.
- 3 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many Olympic sports start with S?
- 17 of the 88 Olympic sports in Icillion start with S, for example Swimming, Skiing and Shooting.
- What is the longest name among Olympic sports that start with S?
- The longest is “Short track speed skating” and the shortest is “Skiing”.
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