World Games sports

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

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport have the same color.

Roller sports

Included in the Olympic Games

As invitational sport

Sport (Discipline)	Body	1981	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2009	2013	2017	2022
Official sports
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

The world governing body for nine-pin and ten-pin bowling changed its name from Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs to World Bowling in 2014.
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).
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.
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]
From 2001, Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.

Past TWG sports and disciplines

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

Bodybuilding (Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last played in 2009[4]
Bowling (Nine-pin bowling) – Only played in 2005 officially
Cable wakeboard - Only played in 2005 officially
Casting – Last played in 2005
Flying Disc (Disc golf) – Only played in 2001 officially
Indoor cycling (Artistic cycling, Cycle ball) – Only played in 1989 officially
Lifesaving (Beach) – Last played in 2009
Netball – Last played in 1993
Roller hockey (quad skate) - Last played in 2001
Sambo – Last played in 1993

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

"World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
"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.
Berkow, Ira (July 28, 1981). "Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
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.

Other websites

The Sports of the World Games at International World Games Association web site

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[2] The world governing body for nine-pin and ten-pin bowling changed its name from Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs to World Bowling in 2014.

[WBSC-4] 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).

[5] 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.

[7] 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]

[8] From 2001, Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.

[1] "World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

[“hist”-3] "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.

[NYT-6] Berkow, Ira (July 28, 1981). "Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-25.

[9] 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.

Olympic Games

Main topics
Bids Boycotts Ceremonies Charter Host cities IFs IOC Medal Medal tables Medalists NOCs Olympism Pierre de Coubertin medal Scandals and controversies Sports Symbols Television Torch relays Venues Women participation Athletics (track and field)
Games
Summer Winter World Youth Universiade African Asian European Pacific Pan-American Commonwealth Ancient Intercalated Motorsport