Olympic sports versus events?

Olympics...sports vs events?

My husband consider Events as gymnastics and diving since it is up to a judge to award points versus a Sport which is won by the fastest time or the farthest distance or the highest weight. What do you think?

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SomeMichGuy · M

The sport is the generic name: swimming, diving, gymnastics are all sports.

An event (sports/sporting event, or an Olympic sporting event) is a particular competition under the umbrella of the the sport: a 1000-m solo swim race, a whatever-m relay swim race; a dive competition of a given height; a competition based on a specific part of gymnastics (pommel horse, uneven parallel bars, rings, balance beam, etc.).