International GYMNAST Magazine Online: Survey: Gymnastics Most Popular Sport

Survey: Gymnastics Most Popular Sport
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IG Online on Monday, August 13, 2007
 
Gymnastics is America's favorite Olympic sport, according to a survey published
Monday by USA Today.
In the survey of more than 1,000 people aged 18 and up, 69 percent of
respondents chose gymnastics as a favorite Olympic sport. Sixty-two percent
chose swimming and diving as a favorite. (Respondents could pick more than
one).
The third and fourth most popular are track and field (46 percent) and
basketball (35 percent). Baseball was the fifth most popular with 32 percent,
though 2008 will be the last time baseball will be in the Olympics. Baseball
and softball were eliminated from the 2012 Olympic Games through an IOC vote in
2005.
The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing begin on Aug. 8, 2008.