Injuries by sport
| Athletes (n; w/m) | Injuries (n) | C/T/U (%) | Injuries per athlete (mean n) | Injured athletes (n; w/m) | Injury prevalence (95% CI) | |
| Summer sports | ||||||
| Archery | 42 (15/27) | 34 | 2.9/88.3/8.8 | 0.81 | 24 (11/13) | 57.1% (42.2–72.1) |
| Athletics | 507* (203/298) | 640 | 25.6/63.1/11.3 | 1.26 | 366* (153/210) | 72.2% (68.3–76.1) |
| Aquatics | ||||||
| Diving | 67* (37/28) | 78 | 17.9/71.8/10.3 | 1.16 | 45 (24/21) | 67.2% (56.0–78.4) |
| Swimming | 497* (235/255) | 345 | 10.4/76.5/13.1 | 0.69 | 241* (119/119) | 48.5% (44.1–52.8) |
| Synchronised swimming | 67 (67/0) | 66 | 9.1/83.3/7.6 | 0.99 | 44 (44/0) | 65.7% (54.3–77.0) |
| Badminton | 37 (16/21) | 48 | 29.2/56.2/14.6 | 1.30 | 29 (13/16) | 78.4% (65.1–91.6) |
| Baseball | 12 (0/12) | 18 | 61.1/22.2/16.7 | 1.50 | 10 (0/10) | – |
| Basketball | 47 (31/16) | 61 | 50.8/41/8.2 | 1.30 | 32 (21/11) | 68.1% (54.8–81.4) |
| Beach volleyball | 19 (12/7) | 36 | 52.8/36.1/11.1 | 1.89 | 18 (12/6) | – |
| Boxing | 23 (2/21) | 24 | 25/66.7/8.3 | 1.04 | 15 (1/14) | 65.2% (45.8–84.7) |
| Canoe slalom | 19 (2/17) | 21 | 9.5/85.7/4.8 | 1.11 | 12 (2/10) | |
| Canoe sprint | 81 (37/44) | 67 | 1.5/92.5/6 | 0.83 | 43 (21/22) | 53.1% (42.2–64.0) |
| Cycling | ||||||
| BMX | 1 (0/1) | 1 | 100/0/0 | 1.00 | 1 (0/1) | – |
| MTB | 4 (3/1) | 7 | 42.9/57.1/0 | 1.75 | 4 (3/1) | – |
| Road | 40 (19/21) | 27 | 51.9/44.4/3.7 | 0.68 | 21 (10/11) | 52.5% (37.0–68.0) |
| Track | 34 (7/27) | 39 | 66.7/30.8/2.5 | 1.15 | 21 (6/15) | 61.8% (45.4–78.1) |
| Equestrian | 8 (4/4) | 11 | 54.5/18.2/27.3 | 1.38 | 5 (3/2) | – |
| Fencing | 67* (19/47) | 67 | 38.8/52.2/9 | 1.00 | 44* (13/30) | 65.7% (54.3–77.0) |
| Football | 12 (7/5) | 14 | 35.7/35.7/28.6 | 1.17 | 8 (6/2) | – |
| Gymnastics | ||||||
| Artistic | 83 (55/28) | 142 | 22.5/68.3/9.2 | 1.71 | 59 (42/17) | 71.1% (61.3–80.0) |
| Rhythmic | 29 (29/0) | 41 | 7.3/90.2/2.5 | 1.41 | 20 (20/0) | 69.0% (52.1–85.8) |
| Trampoline | 5 (1/4) | 6 | 16.7/83.3/0 | 1.20 | 5 (1/4) | – |
| Handball | 45 (17/28) | 74 | 47.3/45.9/6.8 | 1.64 | 37 (14/23) | 82.2% (71.1–93.4) |
| Hockey | 138* (56/81) | 154 | 48.1/46.1/5.8 | 1.12 | 88 (37/51) | 64.2% (50.2–78.2) |
| Judo | 93 (32/61) | 175 | 34.9/54.9/10.2 | 1.88 | 72 (25/47) | 77.4% (68.9–85.9) |
| Modern pentathlon | 35 (4/31) | 40 | 30/55/15 | 1.14 | 23 (4/19) | 65.7% (50.0–81.4) |
| Rowing | 341* (137/200) | 296 | 5.4/86.5/8.1 | 0.87 | 191* (95/94) | 56.0% (50.7–61.3) |
| Rugby 7 s | 17* (12/4) | 27 | 51.9/40.7/7.4 | 1.59 | 10* (7/2) | – |
| Sailing | 131 (53/78) | 113 | 31.9/56.6/11.5 | 0.86 | 75 (38/37) | 57.3% (48.8–65.7) |
| Shooting | 60 (22/38) | 37 | 5.4/73/21.6 | 0.62 | 24 (9/15) | 40.0% (27.6–52.4) |
| Softball | 13 (13/0) | 18 | 50/44.4/5.6 | 1.38 | 11 (11/0) | – |
| Table tennis | 17 (10/7) | 15 | 40/60/0 | 0.88 | 8 (6/2) | – |
| Taekwondo | 36 (21/15) | 50 | 36/50/14 | 1.39 | 24 (13/11) | 66.7% (51.3–82.1) |
| Tennis | 8 (8/0) | 10 | 20/60/20 | 1.25 | 6 (6/0) | – |
| Triathlon | 19 (10/9) | 35 | 14.3/68.6/17.1 | 1.84 | 16 (8/8) | – |
| Volleyball | 48* (25/21) | 79 | 30.4/58.2/11.4 | 1.65 | 33* (19/13) | 68.8% (55.6–81.9) |
| Water polo | 46 (13/33) | 49 | 38.8/49/12.2 | 1.07 | 26 (10/16) | 56.5% (42.2–70.8) |
| Weightlifting | 28 (9/19) | 41 | 34.1/61/4.9 | 1.46 | 18 (8/10) | 64.3% (46.5–82.0) |
| Wrestling | 26 (5/21) | 49 | 20.4/71.4/8.2 | 1.88 | 19 (4/15) | 73.1% (56.0–90.1) |
| Unknown/other† | 49 (16/33) | 30 | 41.9/51.6/6.5 | 0.61 | 19 (9/10) | 38.8% (25.1–52.4) |
| Total summer sports | 2850* (1264/1562) | 3085 | 25.6/64.3/10.1 | 1.08 | 1767* (850/907) | 62.0% (60.2–63.8) |
| Winter sports | ||||||
| Alpine skiing | 68* (39/28) | 128 | 42.2/50/7.8 | 1.88 | 56* (31/24) | 82.4% (73.3–91.4) |
| Biathlon | 30 (15/15) | 13 | 23.1/76.9/0 | 0.43 | 12 (9/3) | 40.0% (22.5–57.5) |
| Bobsleigh | 76 (12/64) | 80 | 22.5/70/7.5 | 1.05 | 53 (10/43) | 69.7% (59.4–80.1) |
| Cross-country skiing | 30 (17/13) | 27 | 11.1/88.9/0 | 0.90 | 18 (14/4) | 60.0% (42.5–77.5) |
| Curling | 35 (14/21) | 22 | 50/40.9/9.1 | 0.63 | 19 (7/12) | 54.3% (37.8–70.8) |
| Figure skating | 39 (18/21) | 47 | 19.2/72.3/8.5 | 1.21 | 26 (10/16) | 66.7% (51.9–81.5) |
| Freestyle skiing | 38* (22/15) | 80 | 38.8/58.7/2.5 | 2.11 | 31 (20/11) | 81.6% (69.3–93.9) |
| Ice hockey | 22 (13/9) | 33 | 81.8/15.2/3 | 1.50 | 15 (7/8) | 68.2% (48.7–87.6) |
| Long-track speed skating | 34 (17/17) | 31 | 6.5/77.4/16.1 | 0.91 | 20 (11/9) | 58.8% (42.3–75.4) |
| Luge | 39* (13/25) | 58 | 22.4/69/8.6 | 1.49 | 29 (10/19) | 74.4% (60.6–88.1) |
| Nordic combined | 6 (0/6) | 10 | 20/60/20 | 1.67 | 4 (0/4) | – |
| Short-track speed skating | 36 (17/19) | 50 | 32/66/2 | 1.39 | 27 (12/15) | 75.0% (60.9–89.1) |
| Skeleton | 12* (5/6) | 19 | 21.1/68.4/10.5 | 1.58 | 10* (4/5) | – |
| Ski jumping | 15 (4/11) | 17 | 5.9/82.3/11.8 | 1.13 | 9 (3/6) | – |
| Snowboarding | 22 (15/7) | 39 | 33.3/59/7.7 | 1.77 | 17 (13/4) | 77.3% (59.8–94.8) |
| Unknown | 4 (3/1) | 7 | 28.6/71.4/0 | 1.75 | 3 (3/0) | – |
| Total winter sports | 506* (224/278) | 661 | 31.6/61.6/6.8 | 1.31 | 349* (164/183) | 69.0% (64.9–73.0) |
| Overall total | 3357* (1488/1840) | 3746 | 26.7/63.8/9.5 | 1.12 | 2116* (1013/1090) | 63.0% (61.4–64.7) |
Prevalence not reported for sports with <20 Olympians.
*Sex unknown.
†Other includes golf athlete (n=1).
c, competition injuries; t, training injuries; u, unknown.