Women's Participation in the Olympic from ATLANTA 1996 to ATHENS 2004

ATHENS 2004
Women represented 40.7% of all participating athletes (+2.5% compared to 2000). Women competed in 26 sports (out of 28 sport) and 135 events (45% of total events, including mixed ones). Women were represented in the same amount of team sports as men.

Additional Sports (1):
Wrestling

Additional Discipline (0)

Additional Events (2)
Wrestling (freestyle)
48 kg
55 kg
63 kg
72 kg

Modified events (2)
Water polo 8 team tournament (instead of 6 teams)
Football 10 team tournament (instead of 8 teams)

SALT LAKE CITY 2002
The programme was almost equitable for men and women. Women competed in the seven sports on the programme and 37 out of the 78 events, where as the men competed in 44, that is 47.4% of the total events.

Additional sports (1):
bobsleigh

Additional events (5):
biathlon pursuit
bobsleigh two-woman / skeleton
skating short track 1500m.
skiing cross country sprint

Modified events (2):
curling 10 teams (instead of 8)
ice-hockey 10 teams (instead of 8)

SYDNEY 2000
Women competed in 25 sports and 132 events (44% of the total events - including mixed). For the first time, women were represented in the same number of team sports as men. 38% of the total number of participating athletes (+ 4% compared to 1996) were women.

Additional sports (4):
weightlifting
modern pentathlon
taekwondo
triathlon

Additional discipline (1):
trampoline

Additional events (24):
athletics pole vault;
hammer
cycling track 500 m time trial
individual sprint
gymnastics
trampoline individual competition
weightlifting up to 48 kg; up to 53 kg; up to 58 kg;
up to 63 kg; up to 69 kg; up to 75 kg; over 75 kg
swimming
waterpolo 6-team tournament
synchronized duet event
diving synchronized 3 m /synchronized 10 m
modern pentathlon individual competition
taekwondo under 49 kg; under 57 kg; under 67 kg
over 67 kg
shooting trap;
skeet
triathlon individual competition
sailing high performance Dinghy Open (49er)

Modified events (7):
athletics 20 km walk (instead of 10 km)
judo 52 to 57 kg (instead of 52 to 56 kg)
57 to 63 kg (instead of 56 to 61 kg)
63 to 70 kg (instead of 61 to 66 kg)
70 to 78 kg (instead of 66 to 72 kg)
over 78 kg (instead of over 72 kg)
volleyball beach volley 24 pairs (instead of 16 pairs)

NAGANO 1998
Women competed in 6 sports and 31 events (including 2 mixed), which is about 45,6% of all 68
events. A record number of women, 827 from 54 countries participated, representing 36.2% of the athletes.

Additional sports (2):
curling;
ice hockey

Additional discipline (1):
snowboard

Additional events (4):
curling tournament
ice hockey tournament
ski - snowboard giant slalom / half-pipe

Modified events (2):
ski - cross country 15 km classical (instead of 30 km classical)
30 km free (instead of 15 km free)

ATLANTA 1996
Women competed in 21 sports and 108 events, 11 of which were mixed, at the Centennial Olympic
Games in Atlanta in 1996 (about 35% of all events). For the first time, women amounted also to
about 34% of the total number of athletes who took part in the Games. There was also an record
number of women athletes accredited (3626 from 169 NOCs) who comprised 34,2% of the total
athletes.

Additional sports (2):
football
softball

Additional disciplines (2):
beach volleyball
mountain bike

Additional events (15):
athletics triple jump
rowing - light weight double sculls without coxswain
badminton double mixed
cycling track points race
road individual time trail
mountain bike cross-country
fencing épée, individual / épée teams
football 8-team tournament
gymnastics rhythmic team all-round competition
swimming swimming 4x200 m free style relay
synchronized team event
softball 8-team tournament
shooting double trap
volleyball beach 16 pairs

Modified events (2):
basketball 12-team tournament (instead of 8 teams)
volleyball 12-team tournament (instead of 8 teams)

SOURCE: IOC Participation Report - October 2005