
Fa cup


What's the point of squash?

Stadium sightline


Playing squash

Little little g


High jumping



Decathlon: the art of scoring points



Alternative record book

Secondary sport collection


Squash

Speed-time problems at the Olympics
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to race against Usain Bolt?

The Olympic torch tour
Imagine you had to plan the tour for the Olympic Torch. Is there an efficient way of choosing the shortest possible route?

Who's the winner?

Twenty20

Tournament scheduling

Nutrition and cycling

Performing beyond expectations - using sport to motivate students in mathematics lessons

Track design
Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?

May the best person win

Olympic triathlon

Olympic logic

Training schedule

The fastest cyclist

Olympic measures

Olympic records

Medal muddle


Now and then
Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

Match the matches


Olympic turns
This task looks at the different turns involved in different Olympic sports as a way of exploring the mathematics of turns and angles.

Sports equipment



Going for gold
Looking at the 2012 Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?

Olympic starters
Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

Opening patterns

Can you do it too?
Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

Who can be the winner?

Olympic rings
Can you design your own version of the Olympic rings, using interlocking squares instead of circles?

The games' medals

The animals' sports day
One day, five small animals in my garden had a sports day. Who do you think won each race?