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 17 Acrobatic gymnastics FIG 15 15 5 5 5 5 5 Aerobic gymnastics 4 4 5 5 7 5 Rhythmic gymnastics 4 4 4 3 4 Trampoline and Tumbling 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6   Artistic roller skating FIRS 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Inline hockey 1 1 1 1 Roller hockey 1 1 1 1 1 Roller speed skating 8 12 10 10 10 10 12 10 18 18   Air sports FAI 5 4 5 5 3 3 Archery WA 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 Beach handball IHF 2 2 2 2 2 Billiards WCBS 4 4 4 4 4 Boules sports CMSB 1 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 12 Bowling WB[s 1] 3 5 3 3 3 3 6 3 3 4 Canoe polo ICF 2 2 2 2 Dancesport WDSF 2 2 3 3 3 4 Finswimming CMAS 12 17 14 14 16 10 10 10 10 14 Fistball IFA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Floorball IFF 1 1 Flying disc WFDF • 3 1 1 1 1 Ju-jitsu JJIF 10 9 10 10 13 22 Karate WKF 9 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 Korfball IKF 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lacrosse FIL 1 Lifesaving ILS 10 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 Muay Thai IFMA 11 Orienteering IOF 3 3 5 5 5 Powerlifting IPF 9 3 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 Sport climbing IFSC 4 4 4 6 Squash WSF 2 2 2 2 2 Sumo IFS 8 8 8 8 8 Tug of war TWIF 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Water skiing IWWF 8 6 6 6 12 6 8 6 8 8   Previous official sports Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 Badminton BWF 5 since 1992 Baseball WBSC[s 2] 1 1992-2008 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 Racquetball IRF 4 2 2 2 2 Rugby sevens WR[s 3] 1 1 1 1 since 2016 Sambo FIAS 17 9 Softball WBSC[s 2] 2 1 1996-2008 1 1 Taekwondo WTF 10 8 12 12 since 2000 Triathlon ITU • 4 since 2000 Weightlifting (women) IWF 9 since 2000   Invitational sports Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 Water polo (women)[s 4] FINA 1 since 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 2 1 Gateball WGU 1 American football IFAF 1 1 Indoor hockey FIH 2 Dragon boat ICF 4 4 Tchoukball FITB 2 Wushu IWUF 13 16 Canoe marathon ICF 6 Duathlon ITU 2 Indoor rowing FISA 7 Kickboxing WAKO 7   Medal Events 104 125 112 155 165 140 169 164 199 201   Official sports 15 20 19 21 23 27 31 31 32 27 Invitational sports 1 4 5 3 6 5 6 5 4 4

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

• Bodybuilding (Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last contested in 2009[3]
• Bowling (Nine-pin bowling) – Contested only in 2005 as official
• Casting – Last contested in 2005
• Lifesaving (Beach) – Last contested in 2009
• Flying Disc (Disc golf) – Contested only in 2001 as official
• Netball – Last contested in 1993
• Roller hockey (quad skate) - Last contested in 2001
• Sambo – Last contested in 1993
• Indoor cycling (Artistic cycling, Cycle ball) – Contested only in 1989 as official
• Cable Waterski - Contested only in 2005 as official

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.

External links

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