World Games
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| First event | 1981 - Santa Clara, California, |
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| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2009 - Kaohsiung, |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for sports and disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games |
| Website | IWGA Official Website |
The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Some of the sports that were on the program of the World Games eventually made it as Olympic sports (such as triathlon) or have been Olympic sports in the past (like tug of war). Participation in past World Games is included in the evaluation criteria used to select new Olympic sports adopted by the IOC on August 12, 2004. However, with the current position of the IOC to limit the Olympic Games to 10,500 participants, it is unlikely that many of the World Games sports will be elevated to the Olympic sports.
Some of the sports that are currently held at the World Games are ultimate, orienteering, body building, powerlifting, finswimming, squash, netball, water skiing, casting, etc. The sports that are included in the World Games are limited by the facilities available in the host city; no new facilities may be constructed for the games. Typically, between 25 and 35 sports are contested at any particular World Games. Sports that have been classified as "invitational" are still played, but no medals are awarded. Even if some sports are official sports of the IWGA, they can be classified as invitational by the hosting city.
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[edit] Editions
| Year | Location | Hosts | Athletes* / Countries | Sports (Off./Inv.) |
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| 1981 | Santa Clara, California | 1265 | 18/0 | |
| 1985 | London | 1550 | 19/4 | |
| 1989 | Karlsruhe | 1965 | 19/0 | |
| 1993 | The Hague | 2275/69 | 22/3 | |
| 1997 | Lahti | 2600/78 | 25/5 | |
| 2001 | Akita | 3200/93 | 26/5 | |
| 2005 | Duisburg | 3200/93 | 34/6 | |
| 2009 | Kaohsiung | 3235/90 | 26/5 | |
| 2013 | Santiago de Cali | |||
| 2017 | Wrocław |
( *without including the numbers of athletes and officials participating in the invitational sports (limited to 800 athletes and officials) )
[edit] Sports
Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:
Gymnastics
Roller sports
Boules sports
[edit] Official sports
| Sport (Discipline) | Body | 81 | 85 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 |
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| Acrobatic gymnastics | FIG | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | • | |||
| Aerobic gymnastics | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | • | |||||
| Rhythmic gymnastics | 4 | 4 | 4 | • | ||||||
| Trampoline | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | • | |
| Roller hockey | FIRS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Inline hockey | 1 | 1 | • | |||||||
| Inline speed skating | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | • | |
| Inline figure skating | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | • | |
| Boules Lyonnaise | CMSB | 2 | 4 | 4 | • | |||||
| Petanque | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | • | ||
| Raffa | 2 | • | ||||||||
| Air sports | FAI | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | • | ||||
| Beach handball | IHF | • | ||||||||
| Bodybuilding | IFBB | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| Ten pin bowling | FIQ | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | • |
| Canoe polo | ICF | 2 | 2 | • | ||||||
| Sport climbing | IFSC | 4 | 4 | • | ||||||
| Cue sports | WCBS | 4 | 4 | 4 | • | |||||
| Dance sports | IDSF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | • | ||||
| Field archery | FITA | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | • | |
| Finswimming | CMAS | 12 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | • |
| Fistball | IFA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | • | |
| Flying disc | WFDF | 3 | 1 | 1 | • | |||||
| Ju-Jitsu | JJIF | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | • | ||||
| Karate | WKF | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | • |
| Korfball | IKF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | • | |
| Life saving | ILS | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 16 | • | |
| Orientering | IOF | 3 | 3 | 5 | • | |||||
| Powerlifting | IPF | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | • |
| Racquetball | IRF | 2 | 2 | 2 | • | |||||
| Rugby sevens | IRB | 1 | 1 | 1 | • | |||||
| Squash | WSF | 2 | 2 | 2 | • | |||||
| Sumo | IFS | 8 | 8 | • | ||||||
| Tug of war | TWIF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | • |
| Water skiing | IWWF | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | • |
| Total events | 179 | 164 | ||||||||
[edit] Discontinued sports
Included in the Olympic program
| Sport (Discipline) | Body | 81 | 85 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 |
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| Badminton | BWF | 5 | ||||||||
| Baseball | IBAF | 1 | 1992-2008 | |||||||
| Casting | ICSF | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Indoor cycling | UCI | 5 | ||||||||
| Netball | IFNA | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Nine pin bowling | FIQ | 3 | ||||||||
| Racquetball | IRF | • | ||||||||
| Roller hockey | FIRS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sambo | FIAS | 17 | 9 | |||||||
| Softball | ISF | 2 | 1 | 1996-2008 | ||||||
| Taekwondo | WTF | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | since 2000 | ||||
| Triathlon | ITU | 2 | since 2000 | |||||||
| Weightlifting (women) | IWF | 9 | since 2000 | |||||||
[edit] Invitational sports
| Sport (Discipline) | Body | 81 | 85 | 89 | 93 | 97 | 01 | 05 | 09 | 13 |
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| American football | IFAF | 1 | ||||||||
| Baton twirling | • | |||||||||
| Aikido | IAF | • | • | 1 | * | |||||
| Bahn golf | • | |||||||||
| Beach handball | IHF | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Boules Lyonnaise | CMSB | 2 | ||||||||
| Dragon boat | IDBF | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Duathlon | ITU | • | ||||||||
| Floorball | IFF | 1 | ||||||||
| Gateball | WGU | 1 | ||||||||
| Indoor hockey | FIH | 2 | ||||||||
| Indoor trial | FIM | 1 | ||||||||
| Road roller speed skating | FIRS | • | ||||||||
| Marthon canoeing | ICF | • | ||||||||
| Military pentathlon | CISM | 2 | ||||||||
| Pesäpallo | 1 | |||||||||
| Softball | ISF | 1996-2008 | 1 | • | ||||||
| Sumo | IFS | 5 | ||||||||
| Tchoukball | FITB | 2 | ||||||||
| Tug of war | TWIF | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Water polo (women) | FINA | • | since 2000 | |||||||
| Water skiing | IWWF | • | ||||||||
| Wushu | IWUF | 13 | • | |||||||
[edit] Sports at TWG2009 in Kaohsiung
- Artistic and Dance Sports
- Ball Sports
- Beach Handball (Invitational Sport)
- Canoe Polo
- Fistball
- Tchoukball (Invitational Sport)
- Korfball
- Racquetball
- Rugby 7s
- Softball (Invitational Sport)
- Squash
- Martial Arts
- Precision Sports
- Billiards (Pool, Carom, Snooker)
- Boules Sports (Petanque, Lyonnaise, Raffa)
- Bowling
- Archery (Field)
- Strength Sports
- Bodybuilding
- Powerlifting
- Tug of War (Men Outdoor, Women Indoor)
- Trend Sports
- Air Sports
- Climbing (Lead, Speed)
- Dragon Boat (Invitational Sport)
- Fin Swimming
- Flying Disc
- Lifesaving (Pool, Beach)
- Orienteering (Sprint, Middle Distance, Team Relay)
- Roller Sports (Inline Hockey, Speed)
- Water Ski (Barefoot, Tournament, Wakeboard)
[edit] 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.
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[edit] All-time medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | 120 | 120 | 111 | 351 | |
| 2 | 114 | 106 | 91 | 311 | |
| 3 | 81 | 58 | 44 | 183 | |
| 4 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 222 | |
| 5 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 211 | |
| 6 | 47 | 49 | 66 | 162 | |
| 7 | 41 | 37 | 20 | 98 | |
| 8 | 37 | 29 | 43 | 109 | |
| 9 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 67 | |
| 10 | 35 | 50 | 36 | 121 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- IWGA Official Website
- The World Games 2013 Cali
- The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung
- The World Games 2005 Duisburg
- Results of TWG2009
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