<P> As of 2013 , there has been no competition at an Olympic Games by any underwater sport , even as a demonstration , although the following breath - hold events have been conducted as part of the swimming competition - underwater swimming event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and a plunge for distance event at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis , Missouri . During the 1950s and the 1960s , various parties including the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States and the International Underwater Spearfishing Association lobbied for the admission of spearfishing to the Olympics . It is reported that in 1968 , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) voted in favour of synchronized swimming over spearfishing . In 1999 , finswimming was reported as being considered for inclusion in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . In 2002 , Underwater sports was one of the sports considered by the IOC for addition to the programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China . It and eight other sports were declined admission on the basis of : </P>
<P> As of 2013 , there has been no competition at an Olympic Games by any underwater sport , even as a demonstration , although the following breath - hold events have been conducted as part of the swimming competition - underwater swimming event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and a plunge for distance event at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis , Missouri . During the 1950s and the 1960s , various parties including the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States and the International Underwater Spearfishing Association lobbied for the admission of spearfishing to the Olympics . It is reported that in 1968 , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) voted in favour of synchronized swimming over spearfishing . In 1999 , finswimming was reported as being considered for inclusion in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . In 2002 , Underwater sports was one of the sports considered by the IOC for addition to the programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China . It and eight other sports were declined admission on the basis of : </P>
name an olympic sport played in the pool
name an olympic sport played in the pool
synchronized swimming
synchronized swimming