The 10 Weirdest Olympic Events

The Olympic​ Games have always been home to the most popular athletic events in the world, but there are usually a few head-scratchers too.
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[@joefoley9894]

So if it isn't popular in America it's a weird sport

[@TheCrazyyGamer]

She said Americans find it weird.

[@Chewy427]

These sports aren't popular anywhere.

[@Prof_awesome]

Well iam German and i think race walking is the most retarded thing ive ever seen!

[@mads696]

handball is pretty popular in europe

[@FistyCarrera]

lol, is baseball olympic?

[@saikrishnaj]

*Why is handball weird? **It's not popular in America. *Ok

[@saikatdominicgregory9157]

For Americans everything is weird except the games in which they participate.

[@samoptimus4228]

@@saikatdominicgregory9157 and when we say American football is weird they'll show surprise pikachu face

[@saikatdominicgregory9157]

@@samoptimus4228 in the game they neither use their "foot" nor do they use a "ball", and they call it American Football. Oh wait, American as term contradicts everything just like the American Afghan relations.

[@samoptimus4228]

@@saikatdominicgregory9157 i call it handegg tbf

[@qwerqueti8478]

Americans 😒

[@maxfeikss1583]

Handball isn't weird, you can't call a sport weird just because your country sucks at it

[@mgsb387]

But who would care if you sucked at handball?

[@maxfeikss1583]

Every country except the US. The United States isn't the center of the world.

[@davidwilde1359]

yes it is

[@maxfeikss1583]

fuck off man you're weird

[@DrMD-1]

+Max Feikss EVERY COUNTRY BELONGS TO AMERICA!

[@NinjaPirateJedi]

I don't get why Pentathlon is considered weird? It's freakin awesome! The combined laser-pistol/running portion is really exciting!!!

[@elbiscochogamer8095]

Its like an olympic adaptation of millitary training, that's why is called modern pentathlon.

[@sw00per94]

yeah, it's very exciting to watch, especially the show jumping part, the horses are unpredictable

[@markokozaric]

We already have that sport

[@ChorizoFungis]

It’s lame

[@happyflea]

None of these are remotely weird. The only weird thing in this video is that someone made this list.

[@user-bn9hc5tl5j]

happyflea Bravo!

[@riftvallance2087]

Except race walking.

[@power279]

@@riftvallance2087 lol..its not weird..

[@syronicc9136]

@@power279 it is lmao, cheating there is so normal that only like obvious ones get sacked, the whole thing should be sacked

[@crayonbouzu8578]

Spot on

[@kg8063]

Water polo is tally a highly recognized sport. It's super hard, basically like playing an entire rugby match in a pool.

[@SerbAtheist]

You only truly realize how hard it is when you watch a waterpolo force like Serbia or Hungary play a novice nation. Those other guys aren't able to get anywhere near their opponent's goal, let alone launch an attack.

[@emielhasselt2518]

@@SerbAtheist i've been on a trainingcamp to hungary.. those kids are living for waterpolo. They straight up went for a solo training session in between classes. Thinking about this makes me miss waterpolo so much

[@blitzblix9455]

@@emielhasselt2518 yeah its their national sport

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

How is hammer throwing weird? It's a clearly defined traditional sport and it's also freaking cool.

[@KartikSharma-so1pz]

Also trampoline

[@diegoadams9652]

Yeah I wouldn’t really say it’s that weird either but more just pointless cuz we already have shotput and discus. Why do we need all these other throwing events when they’re all based on strength and some variation of a similar technique

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

@@diegoadams9652 Well hammer throwing goes back at least 500 years and it's a combination of strength, speed and technique. Why do we need any sports at all? It's a game that some people like to play and other people like to watch.

[@ChorizoFungis]

@@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy no it’s not 🤣 it’s for the people who couldn’t be a real athlete

[@dotsanddash8083]

By these standards, every sport is weird, you’re trying to put a ball in a basket which has a hole at the bottom, how weird.

[@mastick5106]

Wait a minute - you include the not-even-close-to-weird Modern Pentathlon but leave out Curling?

[@James-ip5gz]

Curling is awesome

[@lenz1244]

It was about the summer Olympics

[@stellaanneee]

How is handball weird? Its actually one of the most popular sports in Germany and other european countries.

[@khalilben4011]

The world*

[@joaquingonzalez834]

we actually played handball in our school, we really enjoyed it

[@itanimulli.]

It should be "olympic events that you might not know that exist"...but yeah, race walking looks funny tho imo

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

Handball weird?? I think this video tells more about USA than the sports themselves!

[@htkd9900]

Usa be like "we don't like soo... Any country in the earth don't like too"

[@artfrat]

Here is the official list of weird sports: 5. Pole Vaulting or Steeplechase 4. Any of the shooting events 3. Dressage 2. Race walking 1. Artistic Swimming

[@ricardo_valadez]

Wtf the steeplechase isn't weird, it's actually a respectable sport in track

[@westsidechalino]

Says someone with a running pfp lol

[@trolled740]

@@westsidechalino Yes?

[@diegoadams9652]

It’s not respectable at all lmao it’s literally just a (almost) 2 mile run with a couple jumps and water out of nowhere

[@ricardo_valadez]

@@diegoadams9652 Ye moving at well below 5 minute mile pace while jumping over barriers that disrupt speed isn't hard at all.

[@ricardo_valadez]

@@westsidechalino callate güey

[@19sept76]

The Olympic games gets people to watch sports that they are not even interested in. Its a commercial success in that respect.

[@hwwwarrior90]

yeah, but it's also a chance for us stuff all the most competitive competitions of the year in a 2 week period every 4 year...just barley enough to make people running around a circle and people cyaking competitively.

[@Tr1Dylan]

Only weird one in my mind is Race walking...

[@darkness1978]

How the only rule is keep for feet on ground at all times

[@diegoadams9652]

@@darkness1978 exactly like who tf wants to watch or do that just go to a running event

[@zoewoods5457]

​@@diegoadams9652 people choose to racewalk over running because it's based about technique and some people are naturally really good at it.

[@patrickstone2124]

Most of these sports aren't even weird

[@soulkiller3]

walking rules are not a foot must have contact with the ground at all times. Its "most look like a foot has contact at all times" without slowing the footage down

[@youtubeviewer9778]

These are all normal sports

[@diegoadams9652]

Like walking, horse riding, and steeplechase?

[@RJ-xl2cd]

2:47 probably just me but Handball is one of the major units in pe and everyone knows what it is, we even play it more than more popular sports like Soccer, Baseball, and Lacrosse

[@westsidechalino]

That’s not the kind of handball I played with the homies back in the days lol

[@Random-fw4cq]

0:26 do they give the medal to person or the horse for this one😂

[@KyoFanDuB]

To both of them i guess Its hard to train a horse, needs a lot of patience and mental endurance.

[@diestampfkartoffel7202]

The rider gets a medal, the horse a matching ribbon. Even though only the rider fits onto the podium they are seen as one team/unit and get to go around the arena in a winners circuit (I think that's what it's called in english?) as part of the victory ceremony. I hope that answers your question! Unless this was a joke and it flew right past me

[@imans314]

There is NOTHING weird at these events. In the US, they might be weird, but in Europe they are not. You should give them a try.

[@robertbb1683]

they are mostly no skill events.

[@philipmcniel4908]

@@robertbb1683 I think most of them require skill (tough to argue that water polo, for instance, requires no skill, or that *any* of the modern pentathlon events would be considered weird, though calling 19th-century cavalrymen's skills "modern" might be a bit of a stretch at this point).

[@MrAkrocker]

Informative video but there is nothing “weird” about these sports...they are just unique and popular in certain regions of the world.

[@finewinedaily4997]

I fail to see how steeplechase, trampolining, water polo, slalom, the hammer throw and everything else listed are "weird" sports. Speed walking looks silly and it's absurd that equestrian dressage is an Olympic sport. The entire sport is literally how well you trained a horse. That's impressive, but it's not an athletic competition. But everything else listed is a very common sport. Water polo is one of the most popular sports in the world while the hammer throw and steeplechase are very basic human motions. I guess you had to fill out a full top 10 list.

[@user-bn9hc5tl5j]

Fine Wine Daily And plus, Race walking is one of the most hard event from Athletics. The event have rules and physical hardship

[@norabissonnette7545]

Whoa have you ever ridden dressage?? It takes so much coordination, timing, balance, and feel. You are right its not a brute strength or cardio based activity but it requires finesse and an obscene amounts of body control.

[@theblue2228]

How the fuck is handball and water polo "weird"?!

[@theblue2228]

And kayaks?! Seriously?!

[@jkrogsgaard8739]

In mother greenland kayak row you

[@Stefan-lp9uw]

because americans are bad at it

[@jraymond1988]

FYI Americans aren't bad at water polo. The women just won the gold. (Also I'm American and I don't consider water polo to be weird) I also wouldn't say that the Americans are bad at handball, they (we) literally just don't give two shits about it. That looks like a college sport to us. That's one level above table tennis and badminton, which we view as basement and BBQ backyard games respectively. I think the Americans would win a medal at handball if they cared about it whatsoever.

[@Stefan-lp9uw]

m8 it's just banter

[@agihiruda]

4:43 Thankfully it’s called Artistic Swimming, and now it truly holds up to it’s name.

[@blizzardpancakes7982]

How is waterpolo weird?

[@TheGreatChrisB]

I love handball and used to play. I'm American and it's true it is not popular here, but I wish it was it's so much fun.

[@kannadigaworldtraveler2741]

Surprised to see handball in the list. It is easily one of the highest followed sports in Europe.

[@skjorta1984]

"foreign to Americans" means it's weird?

[@mrto0tsboi]

how is water polo weird? I played it in high school for 3 years?

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

@Ian Willis the point that this channel is retarded?

[@jesuscarrenodelaluz3094]

They might be weird if you haven't seen them or have no interest in those events But the fact that they're in the Olympics and how many hours those people put into it translates into an everyday thing for many others

[@user57614]

hand ball is awesome :O ima watch it next year

[@viegas312]

Handball, trampolin, water polo and hammer throw? How are any of these weird....

[@logikylearguments6852]

Would the pentathletes be chewed up by the Olympic athletes competing in the individual categories at their individual sport?

[@diestampfkartoffel7202]

As an equestrian I can say yes, definitely. Although I don't know if it's the same for the other parts, but I guess so. The showjumping portion has been subject to many debates in the horse riding world as the rules of the modern pentathlon completely disregard the horses wellbeing, which should always be the top priority. Furthermore pentathletes apparently start very late with their horseriding practice, which shows in their lackluster horseriding skills overall. Many equestrians consider even the performances shown in Olympic events to be a disgrace to the horseriding world, it's that bad. Though pentathletes are no doubt good athletes and I don't doubt their abilities in the other 4 disciplines, they are no equestrians, not by a long shot. So yeah, if you're watching the modern pentathlon, please remember that it is in no way representative of showjumpers or any other equestrian sport.

[@QdaChosenOne23]

Speed walking, wheres the speed crawling? Or Speed typing movie titles with ones x-box controller

[@theoneidiot5575]

the fact you called water polo werid,i would like to deliver you a bomb

[@kiknav]

Only an A merican could find these perfectly normal sports "weird" i mean...handball?!?, how is that weird?

[@lucas-bw6zu]

How is water polo weird? That's really common and popular.

[@harshvardhansingh1240]

I absolutely love hammer throw

[@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy]

Either you did this or you wished you had or you've got no sense of adventure.

[@rickychillout]

Trampoline is not a Olympics sport, it's just for entertainment for the last day of gymnastics so there and it's just one country doing it.

[@tottenhammad1234]

you get medals for it tho and more than one compete

[@subhanbasumatary9879]

That's nothing compared to "curling" and "bobsled" 🙏

[@James-ip5gz]

How is bobsledding weird? Everyone knows what that is

[@watcherolic9930]

😂synchronized swimming ---remember the episode from pokemon Where the cerulean city-Gym leaders do this😂-yeah Misty's 3 elder sisters

[@diegoadams9652]

“The Olympics are home to the most popular athletic events in the world” * shows horse racing

[@diestampfkartoffel7202]

It's not horseracing, it's showjumping. Which is a pretty popular equestrian sport around the world. From the size of the hurdles it looks like this might be taken from the showjumping portion of eventing (also known as three day events), a category where the horse/rider teams compete in all three main equestrian categories over the course of 3 days. It's by far the most training intensive equestrian sport, though all of them require a lot of skill and training to master. I'm honestly surprised the people that made this list chose dressage riding as the "weirdest" of all the equestrian categories, but I suppose when you call it "Dancing Horses" it does sound rather odd haha

[@Irgendeindepp3]

Horrible example for Handball 😕

[@abelsontenny7537]

How is hand ball weird? You know what is wierd? A sport that is called "fOoTbALL" (American) , that requires players to use hands. But also foot occasionally. And also the ball is ¾ inch short of a foot (in dimension). On top of that they use armour like they found "oil" in the "field".

[@diegoadams9652]

The only thing weird abt American football is the name, it’s kinda like rugby but organized into downs

[@injailoutsoon7289]

The Trampoline one must destroy your knees if you don’t know how to do it right

[@hudsonshorses3429]

Equestrian Dressage takes so much more effort and attention than people think. It is extremely difficult so please don’t trash on sports that you might not even be able to do. This go’s for all of the sports not just dressage.

[@clinneyirebogan5231]

only race walking is weird. but i personally think water polo is silly in spite of its immense difficulty, while handball is lacking in technical & athletic complexity for the olympic level, in spite of its utter chaos, imo.

[@khalsa000000]

Cricket should b added to Olympics

[@InvagPrune]

We have to wait for a country that has a large cricket fanbase (excluding the uk) to host the Olympics, just like baseball and japan

[@achuajith382]

@@InvagPrune Australia!

[@bruhmoment10]

Wait till the channel's American owners discover cricket

[@nusproizvodjach]

How the fuck are handball and water polo weird?

[@hyusama7469]

Trampolining and everything after that is not even remotely weird

[@baqikenny]

how is synchronized swimming weird lmao

[@InvagPrune]

Bro look at the legs wobbling around lol its weird asf but very entertaining

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

It's really is weird, they look like a bunch of synchronised tentacles

[@baqikenny]

@@Alucard-gt1zf hahaha, you wanna grab one of them thick ones

[@radsdsouza]

Most weirdest sport is basketball, baseball, softball, beach volleyball, 3x3 basketball, skateboarding because only a few countries play these sports but they are into Olympics. If USA doesn't play or master in any sport either that sport will be deleted from Olympic schedule or it won't be allowed to enter the games best example is cricket, it's world's second most popular sport only next to football

[@graham1034]

I really want to do pentathalon now. Are there local leagues or is it just mostly rich people that aren't good enough for other sports? I guess you have to be pretty wealthy to have a horse, unless you can rent one?

[@quinnschulz1951]

It’s not super expensive, but there aren’t many clubs in North America

[@diestampfkartoffel7202]

In competitions horses get assigned to competitors at random. You do not know the horse you compete with until 20 minutes before the test.

[@DurgaswaroopPerla]

How is Fencing not in the list?

[@dematty81]

Might as well add 100m sprints to this list :l

[@bigheadrhino]

Pentathalon looks like what you’d have to select an heir apparent.

[@marwaqoura7804]

Handball is very popular in Egypt ,it is the second popular sport after Football (soccer) ,Egypt finished 4th in Tokyo 2020 ,we were very close to a medal and always has a place amongst the big 8 around the world ,also Egyptian synchronised team always has a place among the top 12around the world and in Olympics since the beginnibg if the 90's ,though it has a alot of hardships here , Ahmed elGendy won a silver medal in pentathlon in Tokyo 2020 ,it is our first in this difficult sport ,all if these mentioned sports had their world cups organised in Egypt at some point , many times actually ,they are just not popular in USA but very popular in other parts in the world ,specially handball.

[@efilwv1635]

I like Handball and Hammer Throw. The rest of these sports you mentioned are ehhhhh.

[@JaredWilliams0109]

Race walking = kids don't run around the pool. DON'T run around the pool!

[@samovarmaker9673]

that's what I say when the instructor tells me to stop running near the pool. 'it's racewalking'

[@user-bn9hc5tl5j]

Jared Williams It’s not funny 🙄 respect if you don’t like

[@ryanconneff8135]

How is Equestrian Dressage weird

[@cabc74]

Well, I would say that the horses dancing is weird in the 21st century. But handball, waterpolo, fencing, etc.. c'mon!

[@winnerwinnerporkbellydinner]

The only weird event on this list is Dressage

[@HadiM-rb7yo]

some are weird, some are legit

[@tortareka2681]

Water polo hammer throw steeple chase and handball are all very normal sports that most people know about

[@ronavrupin4504]

Water polo looks cool

[@maheshnaira437]

Handball is one of the toughest games

[@MarcusMeyerTricks]

Firstly, it's not technically trampoline, it's eurotramp. And you are only allowed 5 jumps before your routine.

[@kamalnchoudhury2528]

3*3 Basketball game introduce in Tokyo 2020 is the worst game I have ever seen.

[@fishertheadore6095]

The Hammer Throw is not weird, a matter of Strength and Precision. The only weird thing is the Horse Dancing out of all of these.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

How the fuck is water polo weird? It's probably the most highly recognised water sport (other than swimming obviously)

[@ovezeeb]

Not wierd at all :) Maybe its becourse im from Europe

[@luzherrera4463]

Why is everyone angry? It is weird for me to do fencing and swim all in the same day.

[@joeyweixel739]

Trampolining is weird?

[@hfbkjbveevnek.v7792]

Water polo is incredibly harder than you think. Just because it isn't popular in America doesn't mean it's weird

[@johnchang3261]

Equestrian just doesn’t make any sense only if humans carry horses on their backs.

[@KartikSharma-so1pz]

Well trampoline is kinda good though🧐

[@DoctorHver]

Modern penthalon its basicly Mario party minus the bord play.

[@Jayvee4635]

Modern pentathlon would be a nobleman's event.

[@rapzeda6491]

hahaha I never knew that!!

[@Quiyum]

HOW IS HANDBALL WEIRD? This is so offensive as I used to play Partille cup each year

[@raywest3834]

Not weird enough. Although I would tune in for the Olympic Sack Race. 😃

[@shirlzitting647]

Make jack's, marbles, and hopscotch Olympic sports. .

[@pritpalsingh3609]

Handball looks weird because its cousin sports like basketball and football are more fun to watch comparatively.

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

Steeplechase is not knee deep water. Lol

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

Actually if you really think about it all Olympic level sport is a bit weird. Think about it a sport that started as fun thing to do in a person's free time taken to such a high level that athletes have to dedicate their life's to be the best. With only a very few achieving glory. ..... but having said that I love the Olympics watching athletes perform at such a high level is truly amazing

[@protyush18]

Baseball and NFL is super weird.

[@jannoheckl8626]

Except for racewalking none of these were weird

[@SoImPlayer2]

Did this account get sold to someone else and now they're stretching to think of content? This video actually wasn't bad, I just think that you've got a bunch of people here that are interested in life hacks and technology. If you've spent a bunch of money in hopes of gaining it back in revenue then you should make videos tailored to that audience before everyone unsubscribes or stops clicking

[@ranjithkumble]

Wtf !! How can handball be a weird game !? Are you out of your mind !? 🙄

[@lusio7182]

How tf is handball and water polo weird??

[@MD-xr7kg]

Horse dressage is not horse dancing, horse dancing is a abusive practice and dressage is incredibly hard because we have to work with 100+ pound animals that don’t speak our language while trying to discreetly give difficult signals to the horse to do incredibly difficult movement’s while maintaining our poster as well as the horses and if you think that’s easy or weird there’s something wrong with you.

[@cthis4786]

Is dodgeball a Olympic sport?

[@TechnoGuys99]

0:03 NO

[@phertzx5268]

Americans make me laugh with these so called 'weird sports' 🤣🤣

[@alexwelch1742]

Horse dancing. *Horse. Dancing.* that is all.

[@rmannayr2129]

Don't Forget about Race Walking and Curling!!

[@samovarmaker9673]

they mentioned race walking at the start. also i believe this is a list of the weirdest summer olympic events, and curling is a winter sport

[@SormonAusPol]

Race walking was covered and curling is a winter sport this is only summer events.

[@j.bailey8913]

+George Ushakov they just said Olympic events

[@samovarmaker9673]

RockyTop120 I know, but I'm supposing they're just listing summer olympic events