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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hm, that's a good point, but has it changed that much since then? I have the impression that, apart from the host country's choice event, it's been fairly stable for 4-5 editions at least.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Stats cover since 1895. So yes, it changed from 43 to 300+.

See bottom table here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports?wprov=sfla1