List of world championships
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See also: World Cup, World cup competition, and List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
The following is a list of world championships, sporting events which use one of these two names, or one with a similar meaning. In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.
Tournaments which are formally defunct or where a further event is not currently planned are marked with a gray background.
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[edit] Mixed
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- ^ a b c d e f g Not held in Summer Olympic years.
- ^ a b Auto racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ The second Bandy World Championships were held in 1961. From that point, the championships were held every two years until 2003. Since then, the championships have been held every year.
- ^ a b Equestrian events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b Includes the Pairs and Ice Dance events, shared between male and female skaters.
- ^ a b There exist mixed and women's gliding championships. The most prominent female competitor in mixed world gliding championships was Hanna Reitsch.
- ^ a b Motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years.
- ^ a b In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
- ^ Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships.
- ^ Every year since 2006.
- ^ The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
- ^ a b The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
- ^ Changed from 2005.
- ^ World Champions in Individual Ice Racing
R. ^R - One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
D. ^D - Includes three Doubles events, one for men, one for women, and one for mixed doubles.
