 Women in athletics often wear bikinis of similar size as those worn in beach volleyball . Amy Acuff , a US high @-@ jumper , wore a black leather bikini instead of a track suit at the 2000 Summer Olympics . Runner Florence Griffith @-@ Joyner mixed bikini bottoms with one @-@ legged tights at the 1988 Summer Olympics , earning her more attention than her record breaking performance in the women 's 200 meters event . In the 2007 South Pacific Games , the rules were adjusted to allow players to wear less revealing shorts and cropped sports tops instead of bikinis . At the West Asian Games in 2006 , organizers banned bikini @-@ bottoms for female athletes and asked them to wear long shorts . 
