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:

  Included in the Olympic program
Official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17
Acrobatic gymnastics FIG 151555555
Aerobic gymnastics 445575
Rhythmic gymnastics 44434
Trampoline and Tumbling 8666666666
 
Artistic roller skating FIRS 4444444444
Inline hockey 1111
Roller hockey 11111
Roller speed skating 8121010101012101818
 
Air sports FAI 545533
Archery WA 446666677
Beach handball IHF 22222
Billiards WCBS 44444
Boules sports CMSB 1222468812
Bowling WB[s 1] 3533336334
Canoe polo ICF 2222
Dancesport WDSF 223334
Finswimming CMAS 12171414161010101014
Fistball IFA 111111111
Floorball IFF 11
Flying disc WFDF 31111
Ju-jitsu JJIF 10910101322
Karate WKF 9121212121213131212
Korfball IKF 111111111
Lacrosse FIL 1
Lifesaving ILS 101616161616161616
Muay Thai IFMA 11
Orienteering IOF 33555
Powerlifting IPF 9366666888
Sport climbing IFSC 4446
Squash WSF 22222
Sumo IFS 88888
Tug of war TWIF 2222223333
Water skiing IWWF 86661268688
 
Previous official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17
Badminton BWF 5since 1992
Baseball WBSC[s 2] 11992-2008
Beach volleyball FIVB 2since 1996
Bodybuilding IFBB 66679777
Casting ICSF 1112131266
Indoor cycling UCI 5
Netball INF 111
Racquetball IRF 42222
Rugby sevens WR[s 3] 1111since 2016
Sambo FIAS 179
Softball WBSC[s 2] 211996-200811
Taekwondo WTF 1081212since 2000
Triathlon ITU 4since 2000
Weightlifting (women) IWF 9since 2000
 
Invitational sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17
Water polo (women)[s 4] FINA 1since 2000
Motocross FIM
Speedway 1
Indoor motorcycle trials 1
Aikido IAF
Bahn golf WMSF
Boomerang
Baton twirling
Boule Lyonnaise[s 5] CMSB 2
Military pentathlon CISM 2
Pesäpallo 1
Tug of war (women) TWIF 21
Gateball WGU 1
American football IFAF 11
Indoor hockey FIH 2
Dragon boat ICF 44
Tchoukball FITB 2
Wushu IWUF 1316
Canoe marathon ICF 6
Duathlon ITU 2
Indoor rowing FISA 7
Kickboxing WAKO 7
 
Medal Events 104125112155165140169164199201
 
Official sports15201921232731313227
Invitational sports1453656544
  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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. A structured invitational sport program did not exist for the 1981 World Games. Press coverage did not refer to water polo as an invitational sport. An agreement was reached with FINA in the lead-up to the games not to allow women's water polo athletes to march in the opening ceremony, to assuage the displeasure of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its being included in the program.[2]
  5. From 2001 Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.

Past TWG sports and disciplines

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 and Softball – were Olympic sports from 1992 (baseball)/1996 (softball) to 2008; will return to the Olympics in 2020, though their status for subsequent Olympics is unknown at present
  • 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 – 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.)
  • 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.)

References

  1. "World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. Berkow, Ira (July 28, 1981). "Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. 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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