Play Chrome Dino Game: Olympic Hurdling

Quick Facts

Summary: Grab the Olympic torch and the T-Rex switches to a stadium track, where every cactus becomes a hurdle.
Creator: Google
Launched: 2021-07
Status: Restored
(Discontinued by Google)

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The Original Easter Egg

How It Started

For the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021, Google added six sports-themed variants to Chrome’s Dinosaur Game. Collecting an Olympic torch during the standard run activated an event.

What It Did

Hurdling replaced the desert with a stadium track and cacti with hurdles. Players continued timing jumps as in the standard runner. The other events were Swimming, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Surfing, and Skateboarding.

The pace increased as the run continued, and a gold-medal animation appeared after a collision.

Impact and Reach

Jumping over obstacles was already at the heart of Chrome Dino. By exchanging the desert for a stadium track and the cacti for hurdles, this version turned that familiar action into an Olympic event.

Its Discontinuation

Like the rest of the Olympic set, Hurdling was temporary and disappeared after the Games ended in August 2021.

The Restored Experience

What’s Different Here

The original stadium course and gold-medal finish return here. Optional AI/Bot Mode adds a way to watch the T-Rex clear the hurdles automatically, then take over and try the timing yourself.

The Easter Egg Experience

Press Space or the Up arrow, or tap the game on a touchscreen, to begin in the desert. Collect the Olympic torch to switch to Hurdling, then time your jumps to clear the hurdles. Optional AI/Bot Mode handles the jumps automatically.

How to Try It

Press Space or the Up arrow to start the standard run.
On a touchscreen, tap the game to start and jump.
Collect the Olympic torch to switch into Hurdling.
In Hurdling, press Space, the Up arrow, or the Down arrow to leap over hurdles, or tap on a touchscreen.
The pace keeps rising, so watch the gaps between hurdles.

After you collect the torch, the Down arrow makes the T-Rex jump just like Space or the Up arrow. It no longer ducks as it does in the desert run.

Final Thoughts

Collect the Olympic torch and take the T-Rex from the desert to a stadium track. The restored event keeps the hurdles coming as the pace rises, right up until a collision ends the run.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What’s special about Chrome Dino Game: Olympic Hurdling?

Collect the Olympic torch during the standard run to enter a stadium track with hurdles. Time each jump as the speed increases. A collision ends the run with a gold-medal animation.

Enable the optional AI/Bot Mode to observe the timing before taking over manually.

What is the Chrome Dinosaur Game?

The Chrome Dinosaur Game is Google’s official offline runner built into Chrome. It first appeared in 2014 on the No Internet page, where a small pixel T-Rex waited for players to press Space and run.

The game is also known as T-Rex Runner or the chrome://dino game. You jump over cacti, duck under pterodactyls, and keep going until one obstacle finally catches the dinosaur.

This website keeps the classic run playable and gives you a quick way into AI/Bot Mode, the Christmas mode, and the Birthday, Olympic, and 3D Dino editions.

How do I play the classic Chrome Dinosaur Game?

Start the run and keep your eyes on the next obstacle. The controls take seconds to learn, but the game keeps speeding up, so every run gets harder.

Press Space, the Up arrow, or tap to jump.
Press Down to duck when pterodactyls fly low.
Stay alive as the score climbs and the desert moves faster.
Try AI/Bot Mode, the Christmas mode, or the version menu when you want something different.

Is the original Chrome Dinosaur Game still available?

Yes. The classic Chrome Dinosaur Game remains part of Chrome and can still be opened from the No Internet page or from chrome://dino.

This website keeps the classic runner alongside the Birthday and Olympic editions, which were only available in Chrome for a limited time.