World Games
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The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports 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 10,000 participants, it is unlikely than 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 orienteering, body building, powerlifting, fin swimming, squash, netball, water skiing, and casting. The sports that are included in the World Games are based on the facilities available in the host city, no new facilities may be constructed for the games. Typically, between 25 and 32 sports are contested at any particular World Games.
Sites and years of the World Games
- 1981: Santa Clara, California, United States
- 1985: London, United Kingdom
- 1989: Karlsruhe, West Germany
- 1993: The Hague, Netherlands
- 1997: Lahti, Finland
- 2001: Akita, Japan
- 2005: Duisburg, Germany
- 2009: Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
World Games sports
- Sports in the 2005 World Games
Official sports
- Airsports
- Archery
- Billiards
- Bodybuilding
- Boules
- Bowling
- Canoe
- Casting
- DanceSport
- Fist ball
- Flying disc
- Gymnastics
- Individual rhythmic gymnastics
- Sports acrobatics
- Sports aerobics
- Tumbling/Sycronized Trampoline
- Ju-jitsu
- Karate
- Korfball
- Lifesaving
- Beach
- Pool
- Mountaineering
- Competitive climbing
- Orienteering
- Powerlifting
- Racquetball
- Roller sports
- Rugby
- Squash
- Sumo
- Swimming
- Tug of war
- Men's outdoor
- Women's indoor
- Water skiing
- Barefoot skiing
- Trick water skiing
- Wakeboarding
- Cable wakeboarding
Invitational sports
- World Games sports not included in 2005
- Former World Games sports
- Badminton - Became an Olympic sport
- Baseball - Became an Olympic sport
- Netball - Last contested in 1993
- Softball - Became an Olympic sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Taekwando - Became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Trampoline - Individual events became Olympic sports
- Triathlon - Became an Olympic Sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
External Links
- IWGA Official Website (http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/)