Mixed-gender events in athletics, swimming, table tennis and triathlon have been approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the IOC has announced.
The Games will include a 4x400m mixed relay in athletics and a 4x100m medley mixed relay in swimming.
IOC president Thomas Bach said the Games will be “more youthful, more urban and include more women”.
Swimming will also include two further new events – a men’s 800m and women’s 1500m freestyle races.
Tokyo will have five more sports than Rio, taking the total to 33, but the existing sports have been given 15 more events.
Cycling has gained two new events, for men and women, and basketball will have a three-on-three event.
The introduction of freestyle BMX and the madison to the cycling programme make that sport the third largest at the Olympics in terms of medals, with 66 up for grabs.
Other additions include a mixed relay in the triathlon and a mixed doubles in table tennis.
“We have taken a really important step forward in terms of gender equality,” said IOC sports director Kit McConnell.