The Winter Olympics currently feature sports on snow and ice, grouped into seven main categories with multiple disciplines and events.

Core Winter Olympic sports

Here are the main sports you’ll see at recent Winter Games (including Beijing 2022 and heading into Milan–Cortina 2026).

  1. Biathlon
    • Cross‑country skiing combined with rifle shooting.
  1. Bobsleigh (Bobsled)
    • Teams race timed runs down an ice track in aerodynamic sleds.
  1. Skeleton
    • A single rider goes head‑first down the same style of ice track on a small sled.
  1. Luge
    • Athletes lie on their backs, feet first, on a small sled and race down an ice track; includes singles and doubles.
  1. Ice skating sports
    • Figure skating (singles, pairs, ice dance, team event).
 * Speed skating (long‑track on a 400 m oval, multiple distances, plus mass start and team pursuit).

 * Short track speed skating (tight oval, multiple distances and relays).
  1. Skiing sports
    • Alpine skiing (slalom, giant slalom, super‑G, downhill, combined, and parallel/mixed team events).
 * Cross‑country skiing (sprint, distance, mass start, team sprint, relays).

 * Ski jumping (individual and team on normal and large hills, including mixed team).

 * Nordic combined (cross‑country skiing plus ski jumping; currently men’s events only).

 * Freestyle skiing (moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle, big air, with individual and mixed‑team events).
  1. Snowboarding
    • Events include halfpipe, slopestyle, big air, snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom, and mixed team snowboard cross.
  1. Curling
    • Men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles tournaments, with stones slid on ice toward a target.
  1. Ice hockey
    • Men’s and women’s full‑team tournaments on an ice rink.

At a glance: current Winter Olympic sports

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<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Category</th>
    <th>Disciplines / Events (examples)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Biathlon</td>
    <td>Individual, sprint, pursuit, mass start, relays, mixed relay[web:1][web:9]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Bobsleigh</td>
    <td>Two‑man, four‑man, two‑woman, women’s monobob (recent addition)[web:1][web:5][web:9]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Skeleton</td>
    <td>Men’s and women’s individual[web:1]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Luge</td>
    <td>Singles, doubles, team relay[web:1][web:9]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ice skating</td>
    <td>Figure skating, speed skating, short track (various distances and relays)[web:1][web:5]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Skiing</td>
    <td>Alpine, cross‑country, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle[web:1][web:3][web:9]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Snowboarding</td>
    <td>Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air, snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom[web:1][web:5]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Curling</td>
    <td>Men’s, women’s, mixed doubles[web:1][web:7]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ice hockey</td>
    <td>Men’s and women’s tournaments[web:1][web:3]</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.