World School Sport Games

The Gymnasiade, or World Gymnasiade, or World School Sport Games, or ISF World School Sport Games 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. Aligned with the philosophy of the organisation, only individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to compete.[1]

Gymnasiade
First event1974
Occur every2 years
Last event2022
PurposeInternational Multisport event for youth
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Websitehttp://www.isfsports.org International School Sport Federation

The current regulations estipulate that the program of Gymnasiade is composed of twelve mandatory individual sports with five optional sports (three optional sports, along with two additional, chosen by the organizing committee) . The current obligatory sports are: archery, athletics, boxing, chess, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, and wrestling. At the last edition held in 2018, the organizing committee chose as optional sports: petanque, road cycling, surfing, and golf.

The first edition of the Gymnasiade was held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany and it featured solely gymnastics, athletics and swimming competitions. Since then, numerous editions of Gymnasiade had been held. In 2018, Morocco staged the event, receiving 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 2022 edition took place in May 2022 and was hosted in Normandy, France.[2][3]

Editions

ISF World School Summer Games

First held in 1974 the ISF World Gymnasiade is a multi-sport games organised by the International School Sport Federation for athletes in the under 18 age group. The 1974 athletics competition was not included as part of the main event held in Wiesbaden (FRG). The event was originally held every 2 years however after 1990 was only held every 4 years. From 1974 to 2009 only three compulsory sports made part of the event program: gymnastics, athletics, swimming.[3][4][5][6][7]

The 2020 Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Jinjiang, China during 17–24 October, but after several postpones due to COVID-19 pandemic, ISF decided to cancel this event.[8]

Edition Year Host City Host Country Dates Sports Nations
11974Wiesbaden West Germany23–28 September213
21976Orléans France21–27 June326
31978Izmir Turkey18–24 July317
41980Turin Italy1–7 June320
51982Lille France1–6 June324
61984Florence Italy5–9 June319
71986Nice France2–7 June322
81988Barcelona Spain3–9 June323
91990Bruges Flanders20–27 May330
101994Nicosia Cyprus14–21 May326
111998Shanghai China12–19 October333
122002Caen France27 May–3 June335
132006Athens/Thessaloniki Greece26 June–3 July336
142009Doha Qatar7–12 December339
152013Brasília Brazil28 November–4 December835
162016Trabzon Turkey11–18 July1228
172018Marrakech Morocco2–9 May1858
182022Normandy France14–22 May 20222069
192024Manama BahrainFuture eventTBD

ISF World School Summer Games U15

Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 2021 Belgrade  Serbia 11–19 September 14
2 2023 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 19-27 August 18

ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)
Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 future event

The 2023 Winter Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Erzurum, Turkey during 11–18 February, but after the earthquake near Syria–Turkey border regions, ISF decided to cancel the event.[9]

Sports

Summer sports

Winter sports

See also

References
  1. ISF World Gymnasiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 December 2009
  2. "Road to ISF Gymnasiade 2022. Normandie is ready". isfsports.org. 21 February 2022.
  3. "Gymnasiade School Summer Games". isfsports.org. 21 January 2017.
  4. Gymnasiade 2018
  5. Scribd
  6. ISF 40 Years
  7. ISF Sports
  8. "18TH ISF GYMNASIADE JINJIANG 2020 CANCELLED". International School Sport Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. "ISF OFFICIAL STATEMENT - ISF WINTER GYMNASIADE ERZURUM 2023 CANCELLED". 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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