World Games sports

The World Games sports are all of the sports that are played during The World Games.

Sports
Disciplines from the same sport have the same color.
Official sports Sport (Discipline) Body 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 Acrobatic gymnastics  17px FIG       15  15  5  5  5  5  5  5 Aerobic gymnastics  17px         4  4  5  5  7  5  4 Rhythmic gymnastics  17px           4  4  4  3  4  4 Trampoline and Tumbling  17px 8  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  4 Parkour  17px                     4   Artistic roller skating  17px FIRS 4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  4  3 Inline hockey  17px             1  1  1  1  1 Roller hockey  17px 1  1  1  1    1          Roller speed skating  17px 8  12  10  10  10  10  12  10  18  18  18   Air sports  17px FAI         5  4  5  5  3  3  2 Archery  17px WA   4  4  6  6  6  6  6  7  7  7 Beach handball  17px IHF          2 2  2  2  2  2 Billiards  17px WCBS           1  1  1  1  1  1 Boules sports  17px CMSB   1  2  2  2  4  6  8  8  12  4 Bowling  17px WB 3  5  3  3  3  3  6  3  3  4  4 Canoe marathon  17px ICF                6   4 Canoe polo  17px ICF             2  2  2  2  2 Dancesport  17px WDSF         2  2  3  3  3  4  5 Finswimming  17px CMAS 12  17  14  14  16  10  10  10  10  14  16 Fistball  17px IFA   1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2 Floorball  17px IFF        1         1  1 Flying disc  17px WFDF    •      3  1  1  1  1  1 Ju-jitsu  17px JJIF         10  9  10  10  13  22  18 Karate  17px WKF 9  12  12  12  12  12  13  13  12  12  12 Kickboxing  17px WAKO                 7  6 Korfball  17px IKF   1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 Lacrosse (women's)  17px FIL                  1  1 Lifesaving  17px ILS   10  16  16 16  16  16  16  16  16  16 Muay Thai  17px IFMA                  11  12 Orienteering  17px IOF           3  3  5  5  5  5 Pool  17pxWCBS      2  2  2  2  2  2 Powerlifting  17px IPF 9  3  6  6 6  6  6  8  8  8  8 Racquetball  17px IRF 4  2    2        2  2   2Snooker  17px WCBS      1  1  1  1  1  1 Softball  17px WBSC 2  1     1996-2008 1  1   1 Sport climbing  17px IFSC             4  4  4  6  6 Squash  17px WSF         2    2  2  2  2  2 Sumo  17px IFS          8  8  8  8  8  8 Tug of war  17px TWIF 2  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  3  3 Water skiing  17px IWWF 8  6  6  6  12  6  8  6  8  8  8  Previous official sports Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22 Badminton  17px BWF 5   since 1992 Baseball  17px WBSC 1     1992-2008    2020 Beach volleyball  17px FIVB          2 since 1996 Bodybuilding  17px IFBB 6  6  6  7  9  7  7  7     Casting  17px ICSF 11  12    13  12  6  6       Indoor cycling  17px UCI     5               Netball  17px INF   1  1  1             Rugby sevens  17px WR           1  1  1  1 since 2016 Sambo  17px FIAS   17    9              Taekwondo  17px WTF 10  8  12  12   since 2000 Triathlon  17px ITU    •  4   since 2000 Weightlifting (women)  17px IWF         9 since 2000  Invitational sports Sport (Discipline) Body 81 85 89 93 97 01 05 09 13 17 22 Water polo (women)   17px FINA1         since 2000 Motocross  17pxFIM   •                        Speedway  17px   •                     1   Indoor motorcycle trials  17px           1       Aikido  17px IAF    • • • • •       Bahn golf  17px WMSF    •               Boomerang  17px     •                Baton twirling  17px       •             Equestrian vaulting  17px FEI    •               Boule Lyonnaise  17px CMSB        2             Military pentathlon  17px CISM        2           Pesäpallo  17px         1           Tug of war (women)  17px TWIF        2 1         Gateball  17px WGU          1         American football  17px IFAF            1     1 2 Indoor hockey  17px FIH            2       Dragon boat  17px ICF            4 4     Tchoukball  17px FITB              2     Wushu  17px IWUF              13 16  10 Duathlon  17px ITU                2  3 Indoor rowing  17px FISA                 7   Lacrosse (men's)  17px FIL                  1 Wheelchair rugby  17px                     1  Medal Events 104  125  112  155  165  140 169 164 199 201  223  Official sports 15 20 19 21 23 27 31 31 32 27  30Invitational sports 1 4 5 3 6 5 6 5 4 4  5

Past TWG sports and disciplines
These sports were played at previous World Games, but are not played anymore.

Bodybuilding (Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last played in 2009After 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. 
Bowling (Nine-pin bowling) – Only played in 2005 officially
Cable wakeboard - Only played in 2005 officially
Casting – Last played in 2005
Flying Disc (Disc golf) – Only played in 2001 officially
Indoor cycling (Artistic cycling, Cycle ball) – Only played in 1989 officially
Lifesaving (Beach) – Last played in 2009
Netball – Last played in 1993
Roller hockey (quad skate) - Last played in 2001
Sambo – Last played in 1993

The following sports were part of The World Games in the past. However, they are now official events at the Olympics.
Badminton – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Baseball and Softball – were Olympic sports from 1992 (baseball)/1996 (softball) to 2008. Returned to the Olympics in 2020. It is not known if they will be played at future Olympic Games.
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 – some 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

Other websites
The Sports of the World Games  at International World Games Association web site

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