Colors would make more sense as red/blue/purple. With purple being both men and women.
Interesting that there’s never been a time when all genders were supported for all sports. Just as male-only events were being phased out, women-only events started appearing.
Of course motorboating would be male and female 😂
I want to see tug of war again
Where is the asterisk category for the latest Olympics
Using a very different colour or shape for both male and female would have been better.
![[OC] Gender participation across sports in the Summer Olympic Games (1896 - 2024)](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/au6k4bxmfrqd1-1920x1024.png)
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Sources: Kaggle: “120 Years of Olympic History”, “Paris 2024 Total Medals Tally”, “2021 Tokyo Olympics Results”
Note: Some sports have been reclassified, e.g. Cycling was split into BMX, Road, and Mountain Biking.
Visualisation by [distributionofthings.com](http://distributionofthings.com) using Python (Pandas & Matplotlib).
They should definitely return Motorboating
Ray Gun has her own category
Colors would make more sense as red/blue/purple. With purple being both men and women.
Interesting that there’s never been a time when all genders were supported for all sports. Just as male-only events were being phased out, women-only events started appearing.
Of course motorboating would be male and female 😂
I want to see tug of war again
Where is the asterisk category for the latest Olympics
Using a very different colour or shape for both male and female would have been better.