From the first list:
- 18 hole Golf (turns out this is new in 2016)
- Pitch-n-Putt
- Mini Golf
- 10 pin bowling
- Candle pin bowling
- Baseball
- Softball
- Horse Racing
- Cross Country Running (actually across the country)
- Cross Country Swimming
- Cross Country Cycling
- Shuffleboard
- White Water Polo
- Kayak Jumping
- White Water Swimming
- Cliff Diving
- Survivor
- Competitive Eating
- Competitive Drinking
- Yachting
- Iceberg Sailing
- Billiards
- Polo
- Light Saber Fencing
- M.C. Escher painting racing
- Boomerang Toss
From the Second list:
- Coin Toss
- Darts
- Men's Synchronized Swimming
- Cross-season triathlon
- Short-track running
- Skateboarding
- Synchronized Cycling
- Water Wrestling
- H-O-R-S-E
- Dog Show
- 15 Meter dash (Swimming)
- 15 Meter dash (Athletics)
- Cricket
- Rugby
- Horseshoes
And more from twitter:
- Beach Tennis
- Jousting
- Tag Team Tennis
- Tag Team Table Tennis
- Cheerleading
- Swimming Hurdles
- Sword Fighting
- Trip-wire Hurdles
- BMX Bicycle Hurdles
- Skee Ball
- Water Lacrosse
- White Water Obstacle Course
- a Gymnastics event scaling the Olympic rings
- Dueling
- Dueling with Pitchforks
- Moat Jumping (a derivative of track and field hurdles)
- Swimming in circles (athletic track style)
- Paint gun Shooting
- See-saw
- Swings (as in backyard swing set)
- Volley-Tennis (tennis with Beach Volleyball rules)
- Cross Country Sailing
- Human Obstacle Course
- Figure 8 Cycling
- Fishing
- Sandcastle building
- Co-ed Naked Beach Volleyball
- Dynamically/Randomly Moving Hurdles
- Floor Hockey
- Javelin Catching
- Slow Motion Running
- Low Jump
- Limbo
- Race Skipping (a form of race walking)
- Paddle boating
- Rock Climbing
- Racquetball
- Squash
And there you have it. Over 6 dozen fake, rejected, would-be, could-be, or should-be Olympic Events. And I still have more for the Winter Olympics.
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