Mokomoko: Hand-to Hand Sports
Kuikui: Bare Fisted Boxing
Uma: Hand Wrestling
Kukini: Foot Racing
Pahe'e: Javelin Throwing and Catching
Holua: Sledding Down Steep Rock Slopes
Konane: Checkers (similar to)
'Ulumaika: Lawn Bowling (similar to)
ʻAu umauma: Breast Stroke (swimming)
ʻAu kolo: Crawl Stroke (swimming)
He'e umauma: Body Surfing
Heihei wa'a: Canoe Race
Kimo: Jacks
Hu: Spinning Tops
Hawaiian Games and Sports
Perhaps the most prominent athlete in Hawaiian sports history is the beloved Duke Paoa Kahanamoku. At the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, the Duke captured a gold medal in the 100- meter freestyle and a silver medal in the 200-meter relay. He won two more gold medals (in the 100-meter and the relay) in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. In the 1924 Olympics in Paris, Duke won the silver in the 100-meter event. In 1932 at age 42 he earned a bronze medal as an alternate on the U.S. water polo team during the summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Video by Big Island Television.
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku