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Demonstration Winter Sports

The following sports have been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the official Olympic program:

  • Bandy (1952)
  • Disabled alpine skiing (1984 and 1988)
  • Disabled cross-country skiing (1988)
  • Ice stock sport (1936, 1964)
  • Military patrol (1928, 1936 and 1948)
  • Ski ballet (acroski) (1988 and 1992)
  • Skijoring (1928)
  • Sled-dog racing (1932)
  • Speed skiing (1992)
  • Winter pentathlon (1948)

Military patrol was an official skiing event in 1924 but the IOC currently considers it an event of biathlon in those games, and not as a separate sport. Ski ballet, similarly, was simply a demonstration event falling under the scope of freestyle skiing. Disabled sports are now part of the Winter Paralympic Games.

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