Rates of overall injuries, injuries leading to time loss (≥1 or >7 days of estimated absence), competition and training injuries and overall illnesses in the Olympic sports
| Athletes (n) | Injuries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic sport | All | ≥1 day | >7 days | Competition | Training | All illnesses | |
| Archery | 128 | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 10 (7.8) |
| Athletics | 2079 | 368 (17.7) | 145 (7.0) | 59 (2.8) | 133 (39.5) | 204 (60.5) | 219 (10.5) |
| Aquatics | |||||||
| Diving | 136 | 11 (8.1) | 5 (3.7) | 2 (1.5) | 2 (25.0) | 8 (75.0) | 7 (5.1) |
| Swimming | 931 | 50 (5.4) | 7 (0.8) | 1 (0.1) | 13 (31.0) | 29 (67.0) | 68 (7.3) |
| Synchronised swimming | 104 | 14 (13.5) | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 8 (80.0) | 13 (12.5) |
| Water polo | 260 | 34 (13.1) | 13 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (78.8) | 7 (21.2) | 21 (8.1) |
| Badminton | 164 | 26 (15.9) | 7 (4.3) | 4 (2.4) | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.3) | 5 (3.0) |
| Basketball | 287 | 32 (11.1) | 10 (3.5) | 7 (2.4) | 21 (75.0) | 7 (25.0) | 9 (3.1) |
| Beach volleyball | 96 | 12 (12.5) | 2 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | 18 (18.8) |
| Boxing | 283 | 26 (9.2) | 9 (3.2) | 1 (0.4) | 16 (72.7) | 6 (27.3) | 18 (6.4) |
| Canoe slalom | 83 | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 4 (4.8) |
| Canoe sprint | 249 | 7 (2.8) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 14 (5.6) |
| Cycling | |||||||
| BMX | 48 | 15 (31.3) | 5 (10.4) | 2 (4.2) | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (4.2) |
| MTB | 76 | 16 (21.1) | 8 (10.5) | 2 (2.6) | 5 (31.3) | 11 (68.7) | 5 (6.6) |
| Road | 210 | 19 (9.0) | 7 (3.3) | 2 (0.9) | 14 (73.7) | 5 (26.3) | 7 (3.3) |
| Track | 167 | 5 (3.0) | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | 16 (9.6) |
| Equestrian | 199 | 9 (4.5) | 4 (2.0) | 2 (1.0) | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (5.5) |
| Fencing | 246 | 23 (9.3) | 10 (4.1) | 2 (0.8) | 10 (45.5) | 12 (54.5) | 13 (5.3) |
| Football | 509 | 179 (35.2) | 67 (13.2) | 11 (2.2) | 132 (74.2) | 46 (25.8) | 62 (12.2) |
| Gymnastics | |||||||
| Artistic | 195 | 15 (7.7) | 8 (4.1) | 4 (2.1) | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (2.6) |
| Rhythmic | 96 | 7 (7.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (1.0) |
| Trampoline | 32 | 2 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 1 (3.1) |
| Handball | 349 | 76 (21.8) | 32 (9.2) | 16 (4.6) | 55 (75.3) | 18 (24.7) | 17 (4.9) |
| Hockey | 388 | 66 (17.0) | 25 (6.4) | 10 (2.6) | 44 (71.0) | 18 (29.0) | 29 (7.5) |
| Judo | 383 | 47 (12.3) | 22 (5.7) | 12 (3.1) | 26 (68.4) | 12 (31.6) | 16 (4.2) |
| Modern pentathlon | 72 | 6 (8.3) | 2 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (1.4) |
| Rowing | 549 | 18 (3.3) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 40 (7.3) |
| Sailing | 380 | 56 (14.7) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | 30 (62.5) | 18 (37.5) | 38 (10.0) |
| Shooting | 390 | 15 (3.8) | 4 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | 17 (4.4) |
| Table tennis | 174 | 11 (6.3) | 7 (4.0) | 2 (1.1) | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 12 (6.9) |
| Taekwondo | 128 | 50 (39.1) | 16 (12.5) | 7 (5.5) | 16 (33.3) | 32 (66.7) | 14 (10.9) |
| Tennis | 184 | 21 (11.4) | 7 (3.8) | 4 (2.2) | 14 (66.7) | 7 (33.3) | 4 (2.2) |
| Triathlon | 110 | 16 (14.5) | 8 (7.3) | 3 (2.7) | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 7 (6.4) |
| Volleyball | 288 | 20 (6.9) | 7 (2.4) | 3 (1.0) | 11 (55.0) | 9 (45.0) | 8 (2.8) |
| Weightlifting | 252 | 44 (17.5) | 19 (7.5) | 11 (4.4) | 18 (45.0) | 22 (55.0) | 10 (4.0) |
| Wrestling | 343 | 41 (12.0) | 11 (3.2) | 6 (1.7) | 20 (62.5) | 12 (37.5) | 16 (4.7) |
| Total | 10568 | 1361 (12.9) | 482 (4.6) | 174 (1.6) | 684* (54.9) | 561* (45.1) | 758 (7.2) |
Values are numbers (percentages) of injured or ill athletes, unless otherwise indicated.
*Information on training/competition is missing in 116 injuries.