Table 2.

Publications on injuries in the Summer Olympics

Events vs findings	Total players	Injuries	Summary of findings
2008, 2012, 2016 (knee injuries in 963 Gymnasts)a	963 Gymnasts		Ankle injuries were the most common injuries in all Gymnasts. 2.5% were knee injuries, and 2.5% were meniscal injuries with 3.2% causing time loss due to injury
Team sports injuries in 2004 SO Athensb	6953 Players		The knee is the third most commonly injured part after head and ankle with an incidence rate of 13% of injuries. There were 54 overall injuries per 1000 players. More than half the injuries occurred in the lower limbs. Ligament rupture and meniscal injuries were among the most severe injuries that prevented players from returning to the sport
2004 SO Athensc	10,625 Athletes		71 (14%) of knee injuries seen among all injuries at a physiotherapy clinic in the Olympic Village of the 398 athletes who visited. Of these, 49 (12%) were athletes. Details of injuries not reported. Most commonly injured areas were the thigh followed by the knee
2008 SOd Beijing	10,977 Athletes	1055 total injuries (injuries = 10%)	The knee is the second most commonly injured part (12%) after thigh injuries. No indication is given in this paper as to the most common sport that is likely to cause knee injury specifically
2010 YSO Singapore	3600 Athletes		Not reported
2012 SO Londone,f	10,568 Athletes	1457 MSK encounters (injuries = 12%)	1457 musculoskeletal encounters were seen. Total Injuries incidence = 12%. Peak usage services were found to be 9–10 days after start coinciding with the greatest number of finals for events
2014 YSO, Nanjing	3579 Athletes		Not reported
2016 SO Rio De Janeirog	11,274 Athletes	221 severe injuries (total injuries = 8%)	Most common part injured was knee (130) followed by the thigh. No details of the subclassification of injuries given. Football injury incidence was found similar to FIFA world cups 2004 and 2014 (10–23% among five FIFA world cups)h
2018 YSO, Buenos Aires	3997 Athletes		Not reported

SO summer olympics, YSO youth summer olympics

^aEdouard et al. [10]

^bJunge et al. [11]

^cAthanasopoulos et al. [12]

^dJunge et al. [13]

^eVanhegan et al. [14]

^fEngebretsen et al. [15]

^gSoligard et al. [16]

^hJunge et al. [17]