ThisWorld Police and Fire Games (WPFG) are a biennial athletic event open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout the world. The WPFG Federation is an arm of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF), an American organisation.
Held every two years, the Games offer approximately 10,000 entrants, slightly fewer than the Summer Olympic Games, and exceeding the third position holder, the Commonwealth Games.
[edit] History
The California Police Olympics were first held in 1967. The concept evolved over the years and led to the creation of the World Police & Fire Games Federation—a non-profit organization, run by the Californian Police Athletics Federation—in 1983. Two years later, in 1985, the first World Police & Fire Games were held in San Jose, California, USA, with nearly 5,000 competitors.[1]
Until 1993, the first 3 places in Bench Press, Grand Masters-100 kilos, were won by Americans. But in 1995, in the 6th World Police & Fire Games in Melbourne, a 55-year old Cypriot policeman, Inspector Andreas Savvides, suffering from serious ankylosing spondylitis, won the bronze medal in Bench Press.
The largest WPFG games to date was held in Metro Vancouver, Canada, with 10,577 athletes in attendance, from 59 nations.[2]
French team in New York on a day a hurricane cancelled competition in 2011
[edit] Eligibility
- See footnote[3]
[edit] Sports
- See footnotes[4][5]
[edit] Results (1985–present)
- See footnote[6]
[edit] Records
- For current record holders (by sport), see footnote.[7]
[edit] Host cities
- 1985: San Jose, California, USA
- 1987: San Diego, California, USA
- 1989: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1991: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- 1993: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- 1995: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1997: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1999: Stockholm, Sweden
- 2001: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- 2003: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 2005: Québec City, Québec, Canada
- 2007: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia[8]
- 2009: Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[9]
- 2011: New York, New York, USA[10][11][12]
- 2013: Belfast, Northern Ireland[13]
- 2015: Fairfax County, Virginia, USA[2]
- 2017: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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