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<blockquote data-quote="Cymro" data-source="post: 208555"><p>Disagree completly, Rugby had its place in the 1900, 1908,1920 and 1924!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Summer_Olympics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_a...Summer_Olympics</a></p><p></p><p>Football is a great one because you get to watch the lesser nations giving it a go and its always good to watch! Yes the likes of Brazil and Argentina win it but to see sides like Nigeria going close is always good!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics</a></p><p></p><p>Note only two years (1896 and 1932) are the two only years that football was not included in the Olympics! Hardly not an Olympic sport!</p><p></p><p>Basketball has been in the Olympics for quite a bit! <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Berlin 1936: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Reichsportfeld&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Reichsportfeld</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" target="_blank">Berlin</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> London 1948: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay_Arena" target="_blank">Harringay Arena</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay" target="_blank">Harringay</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Finland.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Helsinki 1952: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Tennis_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Tennis Palace</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Messuhalli_II&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Messuhalli II</a>, both in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki" target="_blank">Helsinki</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Melbourne 1956: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Exhibition_Building&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Exhibition Building</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" target="_blank">Melbourne</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Rome 1960: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalaLottomatica" target="_blank">Sports Palace</a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank">Rome</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Japan.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Tokyo 1964: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyogi_National_Gymnasium" target="_blank">Yoyogi National Gymnasium</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mexico.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Mexico City 1968: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_de_los_Deportes" target="_blank">Palacio de los Deportes</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City" target="_blank">Mexico City</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Munich 1972: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle" target="_blank">Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Siegenburger_Stra%C3%9Fe&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Siegenburger Straße</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Canada.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Montreal 1976: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Desmarteau_Centre" target="_blank">Étienne Desmarteau Centre</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" target="_blank">Montreal</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Moscow 1980: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_%28Moscow_arena%29" target="_blank">Olympic Stadium</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" target="_blank">Moscow</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Los Angeles 1984: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_%28Inglewood%2C_California%29" target="_blank">The Forum</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood%2C_California" target="_blank">Inglewood</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Seoul 1988: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsil_Arena" target="_blank">Jamsil Arena</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul" target="_blank">Seoul</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Spain.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Barcelona 1992: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_Municipal_d%27Esports_de_Badalona" target="_blank">Pavelló OlÃmpic de Badalona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona" target="_blank">Barcelona</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Atlanta 1996: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Arena" target="_blank">Forbes Arena</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Coliseum" target="_blank">Omni Coliseum</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta" target="_blank">Atlanta</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Sydney 2000: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dome_%28Sydney%29" target="_blank">The Dome</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_SuperDome" target="_blank">Sydney SuperDome</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" target="_blank">Sydney</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Greece.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Athens 2004: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliniko_Olympic_Complex#Indoor_Arena" target="_blank">Helliniko Indoor Arena</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Olympic_Sports_Complex#Olympic_Indoor_Hall" target="_blank">Olympic Indoor Hall</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" target="_blank">Athens</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Beijing 2008: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Wukesong_Culture_%26_Sports_Center" target="_blank">Wukesong Indoor Stadium</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing" target="_blank">Beijing</a></li> </ul><p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics</p><p></p><p>The only way for it to work in the Olympics is 7's!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cymro, post: 208555"] Disagree completly, Rugby had its place in the 1900, 1908,1920 and 1924! [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_at_the_Summer_Olympics"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_a...Summer_Olympics[/url] Football is a great one because you get to watch the lesser nations giving it a go and its always good to watch! Yes the likes of Brazil and Argentina win it but to see sides like Nigeria going close is always good! [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics[/url] Note only two years (1896 and 1932) are the two only years that football was not included in the Olympics! Hardly not an Olympic sport! Basketball has been in the Olympics for quite a bit![list][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany_1933.svg.png[/img][/url] Berlin 1936: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Reichsportfeld&action=edit&redlink=1"]Reichsportfeld[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin"]Berlin[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png[/img][/url] London 1948: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay_Arena"]Harringay Arena[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay"]Harringay[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Finland.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png[/img][/url] Helsinki 1952: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Tennis_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1"]Tennis Palace[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Messuhalli_II&action=edit&redlink=1"]Messuhalli II[/url], both in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki"]Helsinki[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png[/img][/url] Melbourne 1956: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Exhibition_Building&action=edit&redlink=1"]Exhibition Building[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne"]Melbourne[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png[/img][/url] Rome 1960: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalaLottomatica"]Sports Palace[/url] , [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome"]Rome[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Japan.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png[/img][/url] Tokyo 1964: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoyogi_National_Gymnasium"]Yoyogi National Gymnasium[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mexico.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png[/img][/url] Mexico City 1968: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_de_los_Deportes"]Palacio de los Deportes[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City"]Mexico City[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png[/img][/url] Munich 1972: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle"]Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?***le=Siegenburger_Stra%C3%9Fe&action=edit&redlink=1"]Siegenburger Straße[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Canada.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png[/img][/url] Montreal 1976: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Desmarteau_Centre"]Étienne Desmarteau Centre[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal"]Montreal[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png[/img][/url] Moscow 1980: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Stadium_%28Moscow_arena%29"]Olympic Stadium[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow"]Moscow[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png[/img][/url] Los Angeles 1984: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forum_%28Inglewood%2C_California%29"]The Forum[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglewood%2C_California"]Inglewood[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png[/img][/url] Seoul 1988: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsil_Arena"]Jamsil Arena[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul"]Seoul[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Spain.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png[/img][/url] Barcelona 1992: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_Municipal_d%27Esports_de_Badalona"]Pavelló OlÃmpic de Badalona[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona"]Barcelona[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png[/img][/url] Atlanta 1996: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Arena"]Forbes Arena[/url] and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni_Coliseum"]Omni Coliseum[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta"]Atlanta[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png[/img][/url] Sydney 2000: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dome_%28Sydney%29"]The Dome[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_SuperDome"]Sydney SuperDome[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney"]Sydney[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Greece.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png[/img][/url] Athens 2004: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliniko_Olympic_Complex#Indoor_Arena"]Helliniko Indoor Arena[/url] and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Olympic_Sports_Complex#Olympic_Indoor_Hall"]Olympic Indoor Hall[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens"]Athens[/url][*][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg"][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People[/img][/url] Beijing 2008: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Wukesong_Culture_%26_Sports_Center"]Wukesong Indoor Stadium[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing"]Beijing[/url][/list]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics The only way for it to work in the Olympics is 7's! 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