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:

  Gymnastics
  Roller sports
  Included in the Olympic program
  As invitational sport
Official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022
Acrobatic gymnastics FIG 1515555555
Aerobic gymnastics 4455754
Rhythmic gymnastics 444344
Trampoline and Tumbling 86666666664
Parkour 4
 
Artistic roller skating FIRS 44444444443
Inline hockey 11111
Roller hockey 11111
Roller speed skating 812101010101210181818
 
Air sports FAI 5455332
Archery WA 4466666777
Beach handball IHF 222222
Billiards WCBS 111111
Boules sports CMSB 12224688124
Bowling WB[s 1] 35333363344
Canoe marathon ICF 64
Canoe polo ICF 22222
Dancesport WDSF 2233345
Finswimming CMAS 1217141416101010101416
Fistball IFA 1111111112
Floorball IFF 111
Flying disc WFDF •[2]311111
Ju-jitsu JJIF 1091010132218
Karate WKF 912121212121313121212
Kickboxing WAKO 76
Korfball IKF 1111111111
Lacrosse (women's) FIL 11
Lifesaving ILS 10161616161616161616
Muaythai IFMA 1112
Orienteering IOF 335555
Pool WCBS 222222
Powerlifting IPF 93666668888
Racquetball IRF 422222
Snooker WCBS 111111
Softball WBSC[s 2] 211996-2008111
Sport climbing IFSC 44466
Squash WSF 222222
Sumo IFS 888888
Tug of war TWIF 22222233333
Water skiing IWWF 866612686888
 
Previous official sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22
Badminton BWF 5since 1992
Baseball WBSC[s 2] 11992-20082020
Beach volleyball FIVB 2since 1996
Bodybuilding IFBB 66679777
Casting ICSF 1112131266
Indoor cycling UCI 5
Netball INF 111
Rugby sevens WR[s 3] 1111since 2016
Sambo FIAS 179
Taekwondo WTF 1081212since 2000
Triathlon ITU •[2]4since 2000
Weightlifting (women) IWF 9since 2000
 
Invitational sports
Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22
Water polo (women)[s 4] FINA 1since 2000
Motocross FIM •
Speedway •1
Indoor motorcycle trials 1
Aikido IAF •••••
Bahn golf WMSF •
Boomerang •[2]
Baton twirling •[4]
Equestrian vaulting FEI •
Boule Lyonnaise[s 5] CMSB 2
Military pentathlon CISM 2
Pesäpallo 1
Tug of war (women) TWIF 21
Gateball WGU 1
American football IFAF 112
Indoor hockey FIH 2
Dragon boat ICF 44
Tchoukball FITB 2
Wushu IWUF 131610
Duathlon ITU 23
Indoor rowing FISA 7
Lacrosse (men's) WL 1
Wheelchair rugby [s 6] WWR1
 
Medal Events 104125112155165140169164199201223
 
Official sports1520192123273131322730
Invitational sports14536565445
  1. The world governing body for nine-pin and ten-pin bowling changed its name from Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs to World Bowling in 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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]
  5. From 2001 Boule Lyonnaise has been part of the Boules Sports program.
  6. Paralympic Sport since 2000

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.

  • Badminton – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Baseball and Softball – were Olympic sports from 1992 (baseball)/1996 (softball) to 2008; returned at the Olympics in 2020 as optional sports.
  • 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
  1. "World Games". sports123.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. "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.
  3. Berkow, Ira (July 28, 1981). "Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. "History | World Baton Twirling Federation". www.wbtf.org. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  5. 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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