BEHIND THE DESK: Two-letter Olympic sport codes

OLYMPICS - During the Olympic Games, we will often use two letter sport codes for each sport on our Olympic twitter account @Infostrada2012. All the sport codes are listed below.






AR – Archery
AT – Athletics
BD – Badminton
BK – Basketball
BV – Beach Volleyball
BX – Boxing
CS – Cane Slalom
CF – Canoe Sprint
CB – Cycling BMX
CM – Cycling Mountain Bike
CR – Cycling Road
CT – Cycling Track
DV – Diving
EQ – Equestrian
FE – Fencing
FB – Football
GA – Artistic Gymnastics
GR – Rhythmic Gymnastics
GT – Gymnastics Trampoline
HB – Handball
HO – Hockey
JU – Judo
MP – Modern Pentathlon
RO – Rowing
SA – Sailing
SH – Shooting
SW – Swimming
SS – Synchronised Swimming
TT – Table Tennis
TK – Taekwondo
TE – Tennis
TR – Triathlon
VO – Volleyball
WP – Water Polo
WL – Weightlifting
WR - Wrestling