Olympics Template‑class

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Badminton Template‑class

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This template is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Sports Olympics/Templates, and there is a common format used for these templates. They are intended to be used for Olympic events only, with a consistent color scheme, etc. Therefore, I have created a second template with the IBF event contents (((International badminton))) and that can be used as appropriate. Andrwsc 18:55, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

v t e International badminton
BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships World Senior Championships Olympics Youth Olympic Paralympics World University Badminton Championships World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams
Africa	BCA – African Championships Team Championships African Para Championships
Asia	BA – Asia Championships (Individual, Team, Mixed Team) Junior Championships Asian Para Championships
Europe	BE – European Championships Men's and Women's Team Championships Mixed Team Championships Junior Championships Senior Championships European Para Championships
Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships Oceania Para Championships
Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships Pan Am Para Championships
Games	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games European Games Island Games Pan American Games SEA Games South Asian Games World University Games World Games (defunct)

I noticed on the template that the 1972 Olympic appearance is referred to as a demonstration. The term traditionally used when referring to sports and events that are organized by an OCOG, but are not awarded official medals. However, the 1988 appearance is listed as an exhibition. I have never seen that terminology used anywhere related to non-official Olympic sports. Does anyone know of any official sources that can confirm the use of the work exhibition? Otherwise, the template should be changed to show demonstration for both 1972 and 1988.--SargentIV (talk) 20:51, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to the 1988 Official Report (section 11.26), Four sports, namely table tennis, taekwondo, badminton and bowling, were newly added to the Olympic schedule for the first time in Seoul. Table tennis was an official sport, taekwondo was a demonstration sport, and badminton and bowling were exhibition sports. ... Olympic demonstration sports are eligible for the same status of the conduct of competitions as official sports, but the IOC is required to decide on whether competition schedules should be included in the official Games schedule. Exhibition sports are staged in ways much the same as demonstration sports, but their schedules are not added to the official Olympic schedule. For this reason, the adoption of an exhibition sport does not require the approval of the IOC. All the SLOOC was required to do was determine the exhibition sport and to report the decision to the IOC. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 22:10, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Andrwsc for the explanation. --SargentIV (talk) 01:07, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]