AAU Junior Olympic Games
The AAU Junior Olympic Games are the pinnacle competition held annually by the US Amateur Athletic Union .
Sports currently held
The following is a list of sports that currently take place at the Junior Olympic Games.
Locations
Year
Site
Sports
Athletes
1967 Washington, D.C. 2
523
1968 Knoxville, TN 4
690
1969 San Diego, CA 4
600
1970 Knoxville, TN
5
600
1971 Colorado Springs, CO 6
650
1972 Spokane, WA 6
675
1973 Ann Arbor, MI 6
700
1974 Lincoln, NE 8
1519
1975 Ithaca, NY 8
2095
1976 Memphis, TN 8
2300
1977 Lincoln, NE
7
1700
1978 Lincoln, NE
8
1763
1979 Lincoln, NE
7
2349
1980 Santa Clara, CA 7
2000
1981 Winston-Salem, NC 8
2351
1982 Memphis, TN
13
3229
1983 South Bend, IN 15
4829
1984 Jacksonville, FL 15
3460
1985 Iowa City, IA 15
3300
1986 St. Louis, MO 15
4848
1987 Syracuse, NY 14
4159
1988 Lawrence, KS 14
3949
1989 San Antonio, TX 14
5200
1990 St. Petersburg, FL 14
5447
1991 Tallahassee, FL 13
5866
1992 Rochester, MN 14
5937
1993 Knoxville, TN
16
5937
1994 Space Coast, FL 21
8902
1995 Des Moines, IA 27
8734
1996 New Orleans, LA 23
9862
1997 Charlotte, North Carolina 24
12,388
1998 Hampton Roads, VA 24
11,355
1999 Cleveland, OH 26
12,661
2000 Orlando, FL 24
13,227
2001 Hampton Roads, VA
24
13,282
2002 Knoxville, TN
23
13,657
2003 Detroit, MI 21
12,224
2004 Des Moines, IA
23
10,747
2005 New Orleans, LA
25
18,051
2006 Hampton Roads, VA 25
13,609
2007 Knoxville, TN 25
TBD
2008 Detroit, MI 25
TBD
2009 Des Moines, IA 25
TBD
2010 Hampton Roads, VA 25
TBD
2011 New Orleans, LA 25
TBD
2012 Houston, TX 25
TBD
The rotation of the 5 host cities began with Hampton Roads, VA in 2001. and the other cities in the rotation are Knoxville, Detroit, Des Moines, and New Orleans. The AAU Jr. Olympic Games will rotate through these 5 cities for the foreseeable future.
Dance/Drill Team event categories
Karate event categories
External links
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