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# Sport

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I have tried to do a classification of sports in categories.

Uncategorised:

- jumping (isn't this covered by jumps below)
- [BASE jumping]?

/Events

Speed sports (where the goal is to be as quick as possible. No or very little contact with your opponents.):

- Bicycling
  - Bicycling/Indoor?
  - Bicycling/Road
  - Bicycling/Offroad? - Mountain Biking
- Orienteering?
- Rowing
- Running?
  - [Running/Cross country]?
  - [Running/Long distance]?
  - Running/Steeplechase?
  - Running/Track?
- Sailing / Yachting?
- [Speed skating]?
- Swimming?

Surpassing sports (where the goal is to pull your body or an object beyond a physical mark):

- Jumps?
  - [Long jump]?
  - [High jump]?
  - [Triple jump]?
  - [Pole vault]?
- Throws?
  - Shotput?
  - Discus?
  - Javelin?
  - Hammer?
- Halterophily?
- Weightlifting?

Precision sports (where the goal is to be as accurate as possible in throwing, tossing, rolling, ... No or very little contact with your opponents.):

- Archery?
- Billiards
- Bowling?
- Bicycling - Mountain Bike Trials
- Croquet?
- Curling?
- Golf
- Shooting?

Ball sports (where you and your opponent(s) are working to get control of and place a ball):

- Badminton
- Baseball
  - Baseball statistics
- Basketball
- American football
- Australian rules football
- Cricket
- Field hockey
- Foosball (also known as Table Soccer or Tournament Soccer)
- Football
- Ice Hockey
- Korfball?
- Rugby
- [Table tennis]?
- Tennis
- Volleyball?

(Disc sports:)

- Disc golf
- Durango Boot
- [Double disc court]?
- Freestyle
- Guts?
- Ultimate

Fighting (where you and your opponents compete against each other using your strength and speed in contact.):

- [Arm wrestling]?
- Boxing?
- Wrestling
- Fencing
- Martial arts
- [Rope pulling]?

Motor sports (where you use the power of an engine as an important part of the sport.):

- Racing - Motorized
  - Airplane
  - Automobile
    - Drag racing
    - Stock car racing
    - Formula One Racing
    - Cross country / Offroad racing
  - Boat / Ship
  - Motorcycle
    - Offroad
      - [Cross Country Racing]?
      - [Desert Racing]?
      - Enduro?
      - [Hare Scrambles]?
      - [Motocross Racing]?
      - Trail Riding
      - Trials?
    - Road & Street

Combination sports (where the winning is decided by putting together results from several of the other categories):

- Biathlon? (Skiing? and Shooting?)
- Triathlon? ([Running/Long distance]?, Swimming?, and Bicycling)
- Pentathlon? (track and field events)
- Decathlon? (100m, Long jump, Shotput, High jump, 400m, 110m Hurdles?, Discus?, Pole vault, ]Javelin?, 1500m)

Comparison sports (where the winning is decided by a judge):

- [Ballroom dancing]?
- BodyBuilding
- Cheerleading?
- Diving?
- [Figure skating]?
- Gymnastics? including parallel bars, uneven bars, etc.
- Skydiving?
- [Synchronized swimming]?
- Woodworker contests

Sports emphasizing balance and co-ordination (usually recreational but can also be competitive; these are also comparison sports!)

- Gymnastics?
- [Ice skating]?
- [Roller skating]?
- Skateboarding?
- Skiing?
  - [Cross-country skiing]?
  - [Downhill skiing]?
  - SnowBoarding
- Surfing?
- Climbing
- River Sports (Kayaking, Whitewater Canoeing, Rafting, Inflatables)
- Lake Sports (Canoeing, Wilderness tripping, Water skiing)

Sports without competition (where the ultimate goal is not to win but to have fun):

- Bush walking

Hunting sports (where the sport is to find, lure, catch some animal):

- Fishing
- Fox hunt
- Hunting?
  - Bowhunting?

Animal sports (where use of an animal is integral to the sport):

Horses

- Horse-breaking
- Horse-training?

  (The rest of these links need to be renamed so that they specifically identify their topic.)

- Race
- [Working cattle]?
- Pleasure?

- [Horse racing]?
  - Sprint?
  - Derby?
  - Harness?
  - Steeplechase?
  - Endurance?
- [Hunter jumper]?
  - [Fox hunt]?
  - [Grand prix]?
- Exhibition?
  - Dressage?
  - Horsemanship?
  - Pleasure?
  - Showmanship?
  - Jumping?
  - Trail?
  - Reining?
  - [Pole bending]?
  - [Barrel racing]?

Dogs

- [Dog racing]?
  - Track?
  - Agility?
  - Flyball?

Rodeo

- Roping?
  - Heading?
  - Heeling?
  - [Steer roping]?
  - Bulldogging
  - [Goat Tying]?
- Speed?
  - [Barrel racing]?
  - [Pole bending]?
  - [Saddle race]?
  - [Flag race]?
- [Rough stock]?
  - [Bull riding]?
  - Bareback?
  - [Saddle bronc]?
- Bullfighting?

Bull Fighting

See also:

- fantasy sports

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