How old do you have to be to be in the olympics? Are there all different age min.?

Question

I know 16 is the min. for gymnastics but how aobut all the other sports like tennis, soccer, b-ball, and v-ball, and swimming? Is it all the same?

Answer 1

Yeah, different ages for the sports...but how old is the oldest participant allowed to be? Torres is 41 and then theres that gymnast from Germany who is like 31 or 33

Thank you balletrox, those chinese girls looked like they were 10 or 11

Answer 2

15

Answer 3

there's a different age limit and i'm pretty sure swimming is 15 gymnastics is 16 (which china obviously disobeyed) i'm not sure about the rest but it's up to the heads of each sport

Answer 4

15. buts is professional for basketball.

Answer 5

16 i think is the youngest for any sport but most people are 20