Outdoor Games
 Sunday, February 13
Great Outdoor Games fact sheet
 


 Where: Lake Placid, N.Y.

When: July 20-23, 2000

What: The inaugural multi-sport outdoor extravaganza features world- class athletes competing for medals and prize money in 21 events in four sport categories.

Coverage: July 27-August 11, 2000

ESPN and ESPN2 feature 17 hours of original programming beginning Thursday, July 27 including primetime telecasts July 27-30 and weekend afternoon coverage July 29-30.

Sports:
Fishing
Bass Fishing - 10 competitors
One Fish Tournament - 12 competitors seeded from casting

Sporting Dogs
Agility Small - 16 dogs
Agility Large - 24 dogs
Big Air - 10 dogs
Flyball - Eight teams of six dogs
Retriever Trials - Eight dogs

Target Sports
Archery - 16 competitors
Rifle Targets - 16 competitors
Shotgun Grid - 16 competitors

Timber Sports
Endurance - 16 male and eight female competitors
Hard Hit - 16 competitors
Hot Saw - 10 competitors
Run/Roll/Drive - Eight male and eight female competitors
Speed Climbing - 12 competitors
Team Relay - 24 male and eight female competitors
Tree Topping - 12 competitors
Two-Board Jigger - 16 competitors

Preview: ESPN/ESPN2 outdoor programming previews the ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the ESPN Great Outdoor GameBook segments airing ESPN's Saturday morning block of outdoor programming and during ESPN2's Sunday morning block. They preview events, rules, venues and likely competitors. The segments can also be viewed via the ESPN Outdoors section of ESPN.com.