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:

Roller sports

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
	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
	WAKO										7	6
Korfball	IKF		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
(women's)	FIL										1	1
Lifesaving	ILS		10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
	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
	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
	WTF	10	8	12	12		since 2000
	ITU			•^[2]	4		since 2000
	IWF					9	since 2000

Invitational sports
Sport (Discipline)	Body	81	85	89	93	97	01	05	09	13	17	22
^{[s 4]}	FINA	1					since 2000
	FIM		•
			•								1
								1
	IAF			•	•	•	•	•
	WMSF			•
				•^[2]
					•
	FEI				•
Boule Lyonnaise^{[s 5]}	CMSB					2
	CISM					2
						1
Tug of war (women)	TWIF					2	1
							1
American football	IFAF							1			1	2
Indoor hockey	FIH							2
	ICF							4	4
Tchoukball	FITB								2
Wushu	IWUF								13	16		10
	ITU									2		3
Indoor rowing	FISA										7
(men's)	FIL											1
												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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.^[3]
^ From 2001 Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.

Past TWG sports and disciplines[]

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

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
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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

External links[]

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

[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 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.

[5] 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.

[7] 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.^[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. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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v t Sports of the World Games program
Artistic and dance sports	Artistic roller skating Dancesport Gymnastics Acrobatic gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics Parkour Rhythmic gymnastics Trampolining Tumbling
Ball sports	Beach handball Canoe polo Fistball Floorball Inline hockey Korfball Lacrosse (women) Racquetball Softball Squash
Martial arts	Ju-jitsu Karate Kickboxing Muaythai Sumo
Precision sports	Archery Billiards sports Boules sports Bowling
Strength sports	Powerlifting Tug of war
Trend sports	Air sports Canoe marathon Finswimming Flying disc Lifesaving Orienteering Speed roller skating Road Track Sport climbing Water skiing Wakeboarding
Past official sports	Badminton Baseball Beach volleyball Bodybuilding Casting Indoor cycling Netball Roller hockey Rugby sevens Sambo Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting (women)
Invitational sports	Duathlon Flag football Lacrosse (men) Wheelchair rugby Wushu
Sports at the World Games International World Games Association

v t Sports at the World Games
Official sports	Air sports Artistic roller skating Beach handball Bowling Boules Canoe polo Cue sports Dancesport Field archery Finswimming Fistball Flying disc Gymnastics Inline hockey Inline speed skating Ju-jitsu Karate Korfball Lifesaving Orienteering Powerlifting Racquetball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Tug of war Water skiing
Past sports	Badminton Baseball Bodybuilding Casting Indoor cycling Netball Roller hockey Rugby sevens Sambo Softball
Demonstration sports	American football Floorball Indoor hockey Wushu

v t World Games
Santa Clara 1981 London 1985 Karlsruhe 1989 The Hague 1993 Lahti 1997 Akita 2001 Duisburg 2005 Kaohsiung 2009 Cali 2013 Wrocław 2017 Birmingham 2022
International World Games Association World Games sports All-time World Games medal table