What games are in the Olympic games

With the London 2012 Summer Olympics seeming to go on forever and some sports taking place during each of the 17 days of Olympic competition, many people are asking just what games are in the Olympic games. To put it in terms of numbers, there are 26 sports and 39 disciplines.

The sports and disciplines featured in the Olympic games are as follows with the number of final competitions in parentheses:

Aquatics
    Diving (8)
    Swimming (34)
    Synchronized swimming (2)
    Water polo (2)
Archery (4)
Athletics (47)
Badminton (5)
Basketball (2)
Boxing (13)
Canoeing
    Sprint (12)
    Slalom (4)
Cycling
    BMX (2)
    Mountain biking (2)
    Road (4)
    Track (10)
Equestrian
    Dressage (2)
    Eventing (2)
    Jumping (2)
Fencing (10)
Field hockey (2)
Football (2)
Gymnastics
    Artistic (14)
    Rhythmic (2)
    Trampoline (2)
Handball (2)
Judo (14)
Modern pentathlon (2)
Rowing (14)
Sailing (10)
Shooting (15)
Table tennis (4)
Taekwondo (8)
Tennis (5)
Triathlon (2)
Volleyball
    Volleyball (2)
    Beach volleyball (2)
Weightlifting (15)
Wrestling
    Freestyle (11)
    Greco-Roman (7)

The only sports eliminated since the 2008 Beijing Olympic games are baseball and softball. So this, in a nutshell, describes what games are in the Olympic games.