World Games sports

The World Games sports comprise all the sports contested in the World Games.[1]

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Gymnastics
  Roller sports
  Included in the Olympic program
  As Invitational sport
Official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13
Acrobatic gymnastics FIG 15 15 5 5 5 5
Aerobic gymnastics 4 4 5 5 7
Rhythmic gymnastics 4 4 4 3
Trampoline and Tumbling 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 •
 
Artistic roller skating FIRS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Inline hockey 1 1 1
Roller hockey 1 1 1 1 1
Roller speed skating 6 12 10 10 10 10 12 10 10
 
Air sports FAI 5 4 5 5 3
Archery WA 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7
Beach handball IHF 2 2 2 2
Billiards WCBS 4 4 4 4
Bodybuilding IFBB 6 6 6 7 9 7 7 7
Boules sports CMSB 1 2 2 2 4 6 8 8
Bowling WB[s 1] 3 5 3 3 3 3 6 3 3
Canoe polo ICF 2 2 2
Dancesport WDSF 2 2 3 3 3
Finswimming CMAS 12 17 14 14 16 10 10 10 10
Fistball IFA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Flying disc WFDF • 3 1 1 1
Ju-jitsu JJIF 10 9 10 10 13
Karate WKF 9 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12
Korfball IKF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lifesaving ILS 10 14 16 16 26 26 26 16
Muay Thai IFMA
Orienteering IOF 3 3 5 5
Powerlifting IPF 9 3 6 6 6 6 6 8 8
Racquetball IRF 4 2 2 2 2
Rugby sevens WR[s 2] 1 1 1 1
Softball WBSC[s 3] 2 1 1996-2008 1 1
Sport climbing IFSC 4 4 4
Squash WSF 2 2 2 2
Sumo IFS 5 8 8 8
Tug of war TWIF 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Waterskiing IWWF 8 6 6 6 12 12 8 6 8
Previous official sports
Badminton BWF 5 since 1992
Baseball WBSC[s 3] 1 1992-2008
Casting ICSF 11 12 13 12 6 6
Indoor cycling UCI 5
Netball INF 1 1 1
Sambo FIAS 17 9
Taekwondo WTF 10 8 12 12 since 2000
Triathlon ITU • 2 since 2000
Weightlifting (women) IWF 9 since 2000
 
Invitational sports
 
Water polo (women) FINA 1 since 2000
Motocross FIM •
Speedway •
Aikido IAF • • • • •
Bahn golf •
Boomerang •
Baton twirling •
Boule Lyonnaise[2] CMSB 2
Floorball IFF 1
Military pentathlon CISM 2
Pesäpallo 1
Tug of war (women) 2 1
Gateball WGU 1
American football IFAF 1
Indoor hockey FIH 2
Indoor trial FIM 1
Dragon boat ICF 4 4
Tchoukball FITB 2
Wushu IWUF 13 16
Canoe marathon ICF 6
Duathlon ITU 2
Roller speed skating (road) FIRS 8
 
Titles 102 125 103 126 165 142 170 165
 
Official sports 15 20 19 21 23 27 31 31 32
Invitational sports 1 4 5 3 6 5 6 5 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. ↑ During the period in which rugby sevens was contested at the World Games, the world governing body was known as the International Rugby Board. The current name of World Rugby was adopted in 2014.
  3. 1 2 The World Baseball Softball Confederation, which currently governs both baseball and softball, was created by a 2013 merger of two former governing bodies—the International Baseball Federation and the International Softball Federation.

Sports at The World Games 2013

The official sports of The World Games 2013 are of these six categories.[3]

Artistic & Dance Sports
Ball Sports
Martial Arts
Precision Sports
Strength Sports
Trend Sports
Invitational Sports

Sports at The World Games 2017

The official sports/disciplines of the World Games 2017 are of these six categories.[5]

Artistic & Dance Sports
Ball Sports
Martial Arts
Precision Sports
Strength Sports
Trend Sports
Invitational Sports

Past TWG sports and disciplines

  • Bodybuilding (Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last contested in 2009[6]
  • Dancesport (Rock'n'Roll) – Last contested in 2009
  • Bowling (Nine-pin bowling) – Contested only in 2005
  • Casting – Last contested in 2005
  • Lifesaving (Beach) – Last contested in 2005
  • Flying Disc (Disc golf) – Last contested in 2001
  • Netball – Last contested in 1993
  • Sambo – Last contested in 1993
  • Indoor Cycling (Artistic cycling, Cycle ball) – Last contested in 1989
  • Cable Wakeboard

The following sports were part of past editions of the World Games, but have since been adopted by the Olympics as official events.

  • Badminton – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Baseball – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics (until 2008)
  • Rugby sevens – will become an Olympic sport at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  • Taekwondo – became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Trampoline – certain individual events were introduced at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Triathlon – became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • 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

  1. ↑ "World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ↑ From 2001 is official as part of Boules Sports program.
  3. ↑ "TWG2013 Documents". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. 1 2 First time official sport.
  5. ↑ "TWG2017 Documents". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. ↑ 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. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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