World Games sports

sports contested in The World Games

The World Games sports are all of the sports that are played during The World Games.[1]

Sports

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Disciplines from the same sport have the same color.

  Included in the Olympic Games
Official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022
Acrobatic gymnastics   FIG 15 15 5 5 5 5 5 5
Aerobic gymnastics   4 4 5 5 7 5 4
Rhythmic gymnastics   4 4 4 3 4 4
Trampoline and Tumbling   8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4
Parkour   4
 
Artistic roller skating   FIRS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
Inline hockey   1 1 1 1 1
Roller hockey   1 1 1 1 1
Roller speed skating   8 12 10 10 10 10 12 10 18 18 18
 
Air sports   FAI 5 4 5 5 3 3 2
Archery   WA 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Beach handball   IHF 2 2 2 2 2 2
Billiards   WCBS 1 1 1 1 1 1
Boules sports   CMSB 1 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 12 4
Bowling   WB[s 1] 3 5 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 4 4
Canoe marathon   ICF 6 4
Canoe polo   ICF 2 2 2 2 2
Dancesport   WDSF 2 2 3 3 3 4 5
Finswimming   CMAS 12 17 14 14 16 10 10 10 10 14 16
Fistball   IFA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Floorball   IFF 1 1 1
Flying disc   WFDF [2] 3 1 1 1 1 1
Ju-jitsu   JJIF 10 9 10 10 13 22 18
Karate   WKF 9 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 12
Kickboxing   WAKO 7 6
Korfball   IKF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lacrosse (women's)   FIL 1 1
Lifesaving   ILS 10 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Muay Thai   IFMA 11 12
Orienteering   IOF 3 3 5 5 5 5
Pool   WCBS 2 2 2 2 2 2
Powerlifting   IPF 9 3 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8
Racquetball   IRF 4 2 2 2 2 2
Snooker   WCBS 1 1 1 1 1 1
Softball   WBSC[s 2] 2 1 1996-2008 1 1 1
Sport climbing   IFSC 4 4 4 6 6
Squash   WSF 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sumo   IFS 8 8 8 8 8 8
Tug of war   TWIF 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Water skiing   IWWF 8 6 6 6 12 6 8 6 8 8 8
 
Previous official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22
Badminton   BWF 5 since 1992
Baseball   WBSC[s 2] 1 1992-2008 2020
Beach volleyball   FIVB 2 since 1996
Bodybuilding   IFBB 6 6 6 7 9 7 7 7
Casting   ICSF 11 12 13 12 6 6
Indoor cycling   UCI 5
Netball   INF 1 1 1
Rugby sevens   WR[s 3] 1 1 1 1 since 2016
Sambo   FIAS 17 9
Taekwondo   WTF 10 8 12 12 since 2000
Triathlon   ITU [2] 4 since 2000
Weightlifting (women)   IWF 9 since 2000
 
Invitational sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22
Water polo (women)[s 4]   FINA 1 since 2000
Motocross   FIM
Speedway   1
Indoor motorcycle trials   1
Aikido   IAF
Bahn golf   WMSF
Boomerang   [2]
Baton twirling  
Equestrian vaulting   FEI
Boule Lyonnaise[s 5]   CMSB 2
Military pentathlon   CISM 2
Pesäpallo   1
Tug of war (women)   TWIF 2 1
Gateball   WGU 1
American football   IFAF 1 1 2
Indoor hockey   FIH 2
Dragon boat   ICF 4 4
Tchoukball   FITB 2
Wushu   IWUF 13 16 10
Duathlon   ITU 2 3
Indoor rowing   FISA 7
Lacrosse (men's)   FIL 1
Wheelchair rugby   1
 
Medal Events 104 125 112 155 165 140 169 164 199 201 223
 
Official sports 15 20 19 21 23 27 31 31 32 27 30
Invitational sports 1 4 5 3 6 5 6 5 4 4 5
  1. The world governing body for nine-pin and ten-pin bowling changed its name from Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs to World Bowling in 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The World Baseball Softball Confederation, which governs both baseball and softball, was created in 2013 when two other governing bodies, the International Baseball Federation and the International Softball Federation, merged (which means they became one governing body).
  3. When rugby sevens was played at the World Games, the world governing body was called the International Rugby Board. They changed their name to "World Rugby" in 2014.
  4. There was no program for invitational sports at the 1981 World Games. News did not call water polo an invitational sport. An agreement was reached with FINA before the Games not to allow women's water polo athletes to march in the opening ceremony. This was done because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not like that water polo was included in the 1981 World Games.[3]
  5. From 2001, Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.

Past TWG sports and disciplines

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These sports were played at previous World Games, but are not played anymore.

The following sports were part of The World Games in the past. However, they are now official events at the Olympics.

  • Badminton – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Baseball and Softball – were Olympic sports from 1992 (baseball)/1996 (softball) to 2008. Returned to the Olympics in 2020. It is not known if they will be played at future Olympic Games.
  • Beach volleyball - became an Olympic sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Rugby sevens – became an Olympic sport at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Taekwondo – became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Trampoline – some individual events were introduced at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Triathlon – became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Water polo (women) - became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics. (Men never competed in water polo in The World Games because it has been in all Summer Olympics since 1900.)
  • Weightlifting (women) - became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics. (Men never competed in weightlifting in The World Games because it has been in all Summer Olympics since 1920.)

References

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  1. "World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "THE WORLD GAMES CONTINUE TO GROW!". TheWorldGames.org. IWGA. 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-14. (In 1989) Aikido and Minigolf were presented as invitational sports, and Triathlon, Boomerang and Flying Disc were among the demonstration sports. This was the first time there were sports demonstrations at The World Games.
  3. Berkow, Ira (July 28, 1981). "Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. After violations against the Anti-Doping Rules at the 2009 World Games, IWGA decided to suspend the sport from participating in the 2013 World Games in Cali. "IWGA - Body Building". theworldgames.org. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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