Gymnasiade

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Gymnasiade
First event1974
Occur every2 years
PurposeInternational Multisport event for youth
HeadquartersBrussels
Websitehttp://www.isfsports.org International School Sport Federation

The Gymnasiade, or World Gymnasiade, is an international multi-sport event which is organised by the International School Sport Federation (ISF). It is the largest event among many other sport events held by the ISF.

The first edition of the Gymnasiade was held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany and it featured solely gymnastics, athletics and swimming competitions. Since then, 17 editions of Gymnasiade had been held with the most recent in 2018 and hosted by Morocco with more than 3000 young athletes representing 58 countries. It was the biggest edition so far and the first ever International Multisport event for youth held in Africa.

The current regulations estipulate that the program of Gymnasiade have 12 mandatory individual sports with 5 optional sports (3 optional sports,along 2 additional choosen by the organizing committee) . The current obligatory sports are: archery, athletics, boxing, chess, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, and wrestling.On last edition held in 2018,the organizing committee chosed as optional sports: petanque, road cycling, surfing, and golf.

Aligned with the philosophy of the organisation, only pupils between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to compete.[1]

The next editions will be held in Normandy, France in May 2022. The 2020 edition is scheduled to be during the second semester of same year in Jingjiang, China after a postponed two-years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions[]

ISF World School Summer Games (Summer High School Games) U18[]

  • From 1974 to 2009 only three sports: gymnastics, athletics, swimming.
Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 Wiesbaden  West Germany 23–28 September 2
2 Orléans  France 21–27 June 3
3 Izmir  Turkey 18–24 July 3
4 Turin  Italy 1–7 June 3
5 Lille  France 1–6 June 3
6 Florence  Italy 5–9 June 3
7 Nice  France 2–7 June 3
8 Barcelona  Spain 3–9 June 3
9 Bruges  Belgium 20–27 May 3
10 Nicosia  Cyprus 14–21 May 3
11 Shanghai  China 12–19 October 3
12 Caen  France 27 May – 3 June 3
13 Athens/Thessaloniki  Greece 26 June – 3 July 3
14 Doha  Qatar 7–12 December 3
15 Brasília  Brazil 28 November – 4 December 8
16 Trabzon  Turkey 11–18 July 12
17 Marrakech  Morocco 2–9 May 18
18 Normandy  France
19 Jinjiang  China 16–23 October 18
20 Ekaterinburg  Russia

Source:[2]

ISF World School Summer Games (Summer High School Games) U15[]

Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 Belgrade  Serbia 11 – 19 September 14
2  Brazil

ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)[]

  • World School Winter Games consist of:
  1. World School Alpine Skiing Championship
  2. World School Biathlon Championship
  3. World School Curling Championship
  4. World School Figure Skating Championship
  5. World School Ski Freestyle Championship
  6. World School Ski Jumping Championship
  7. World School Snowboard Championship
  8. World School Cross Country Skiing Championship
  9. World School Freestyle Skiing Championship
  10. World School Ice Hockey Championship
  11. World School Short Track Skating Championship
Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 Grenoble  France 5–10 February 4+3
2  Ukraine

Source:[3]

1974 Summer Games[]

2002 Summer Games[]

2006 Summer Games[]

Sports[]

Sports:

  • artistic gymnastics
  • rhythmic gymnastics
  • athletics
  • swimming

Medal table[]

2009 Summer Games[]

Sports[]

All demonstration sports have been cancelled from the competition programme of the Gymnasiade 2009 because of the lack of entries from the registered countries. Because of did not obtain the minimum of ten (10) nations entries required to proceed with the organisation of the demonstration sports. This decision was taken in agreement with the ISF. This Games have only 4 sport.

Sports:

  • artistic gymnastics
  • rhythmic gymnastics
  • athletics
  • swimming

Medal table[]

2013 Summer Games[]

Sports[]

The 2013 Gymnasiade will bring together athletes that are from 14 to 17 years old and registered in an educational institution. These athletes will be representing 40 different countries and will be competing in 8 different sports:

  1. aerobic, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics
  2. athletics
  3. swimming
  4. judo
  5. karate
  6. chess

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia3716962
2 Italy20191655
3 Brazil19282269
4 Hungary127322
5 England11152046
6 France96419
7 Chinese Taipei45918
8 Cyprus3216
9 China28111
10 Finland23510
11 Turkey15511
12 Greece1236
13 Belarus1214
14 Armenia1034
15 Qatar1012
 Spain1012
17 Mexico0268
18 India0235
19 Luxembourg0112
20 Chile0101
21 Argentina0077
22 Suriname0066
23 Portugal0022
Totals (23 nations)125124129378

2016 Summer Games[]

16th Gymnasiade was held in Trabzon, Turkey, from 11–18 July 2016. It was held in 10 sports (12 disciplines) with school sport athletes from 25 countries with 2500 athletes (Armenia, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Latvia, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Chinese Taipei, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine). Present in the previous edition, five countries decided to boycott this edition due to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt (Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Croatia and the Islamic Republic of Iran).[4]

Sports[]

  • Athletics
  • Gymnastics
    • Articstic Gymnastics
    • Rhythmic Gymnastics
    • Aerobic Gymnastics
  • Swimming
  • Archery
  • Fencing
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Wrestling
  • Chess
  • Tennis

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil573239128
2 Turkey474527119
3 France15182356
4 Greece1217736
5 India10192655
6 Chinese Taipei9111333
7 Romania651930
8 Morocco65617
9 Belarus54211
10 Armenia52815
11 Cyprus44513
12 Hungary44412
13 Georgia26311
14 Russia14712
15 Bulgaria0314
16 England0022
17 Latvia0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 Tunisia0011
20 Azerbaijan0000
 Belgium0000
 Croatia0000
 Estonia0000
 Northern Ireland0000
 Qatar0000
Totals (25 nations)183179195557
Source: [5]

2018 Winter Games[]

From 5 to 10 February the city of Grenoble in France. During five days, 500 young athletes coming from 19 countries will participate in this multi winter sports event.

Countries: Germany, England, Argentina, France, Hungary, Russia, Republic of Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Scotland, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Estonia and Ukraine.

Sports[]

Sports: alpine ski, freestyle ski, snowboard cross and freestyle, biathlon, cross country ski, ski jumping (all mentioned events were supported by FIS), curling, speed skating and hockey.

Main sports:

  • Alpine Skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Cross Country
  • Snowboard

Demonstrations Sports:

  • Speed Skating
  • Ski Jumping
  • Ice Hockey

Medal table[]

From 19 nations, 13 countries gain at least one medal:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France55616
2 Germany3227
3 Austria3216
4 Hungary2002
5 Spain1001
 Ukraine1001
7 Belarus0314
8 Argentina0112
9 England0101
 Slovakia0101
11  Switzerland0022
12 Russia0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (13 nations)15151545

2018 Summer Games[]

18th Gymnasiade was held in Marrakech, Morocco, between 2–9 May 2018. It was held in 18 sports with 4000 school sport athletes.[6]

Sports[]

Sports:

  • Athletics
  • Gymnastics
    • Articstic Gymnastics (details)
    • Rhythmic Gymnastics
    • Aerobic Gymnastics
  • Swimming[7]
  • Archery
  • Fencing
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Taekwondo
  • Wrestling
  • Chess
  • Tennis
  • Golf
  • Petanque
  • Boxing
  • Surfing
  • Cycling

Medal table[]

30 countries gained at least one medal:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ukraine393934112
2 Morocco33233288
3 Brazil24243280
4 Chinese Taipei23152866
5 Greece1651334
6 France14271455
7 China13111842
8 Iran133117
9 Russia8111433
10 Ireland65213
11 Hungary512926
12 Belarus571224
13 Turkey561627
14 Algeria391325
15 Romania341421
16 England210921
17 Hong Kong2439
18 Armenia2158
 Spain2158
20 Cyprus2103
21 Tunisia2013
22 Portugal1236
23 Botswana1001
24 South Africa0246
25 Croatia0134
26 United States0123
27 United Arab Emirates0055
28 Azerbaijan0022
29 Niger0011
 Oman0011
Totals (30 nations)224224296744

Source : http://www.gymnasiade2018.ma/gymnasiade2018-result/

All Time Athletics Results[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ISF World Gymnasiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2009-12-28.
  2. ^ "Gymnasiade School Summer Games". 21 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Schools Winter Games". 1 February 2017.
  4. ^ "International School Sport Federation". International School Sport Federation.
  5. ^ "Gymnasiade 2016 Result Book". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ^ Kitsoft. "Міністерство освіти і науки України - Україна перемогла на Всесвітній літній Гімназіаді у Марокко - спортсмени виграли понад 100 медалей". mon.gov.ua.
  7. ^ Results

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