World Games
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- This article is about the real-life event. There is also the World Games computer game.
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 10,500 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, finswimming, 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 35 sports are contested at any particular World Games.
Sites and years of the World Games
Arranged:- 1981: Santa Clara, California, United States
- 1985: London, England, United Kingdom
- 1989: Karlsruhe, West Germany
- 1993: The Hague, Netherlands
- 1997: Lahti, Finland
- 2001: Akita, Japan
- 2005: Duisburg, Germany
World Games sports
- Sports in the 2005 World Games
- Airsports
- *Gliding
- *Parachuting
- Archery
- *Field archery
- Billiards
- *Carom
- *Pool
- *Snooker
- Bodybuilding
- Boules
- *Bocce
- *Lyonnaise
- *Petanque
- *Bowls (Tir Progressif)
- Bowling
- *nine-pin bowling
- *Ten-pin bowling
- Canoe
- *Canoe polo
- Casting
- DanceSport
- Fistball
- Flying disc (Frisbee)
- *Disc golf
- *Ultimate
- Gymnastics
- *Individual rhythmic gymnastics
- *Sports acrobatics
- *Sport aerobics
- *Synchronized Trampoline
- *Tumbling
- Ju-jitsu
- Karate
- Korfball
- Lifesaving
- *Beach
- *Pool
- Mountaineering
- *Competion
- *Competitive climbing
- Orienteering
- Powerlifting
- Racquetball
- Roller Skating
- *Artistic roller skating
- * Free skating (inline)
- *Inline speed skating
- *Roller hockey
- ** Inline hockey
- ** Rink hockey
- Rugby
- *Rugby Sevens
- Squash
- Sumo
- Swimming
- *Fin Swimming
- Tug of war
- *Men's outdoor
- *Women's indoor
- Water skiing
- *Barefoot skiing
- *Trick water skiing
- *Wakeboarding
- *Cable wakeboarding
- Aikido
- *various
- *weightclasses
- American football
- Dragon boat race
- Beach handball
- Indoor field hockey
- Motorcycling
- *Indoor Trial
- World Games sports not included in 2005
- Cricket
- Croquet
- Flying disc (Frisbee)
- *Dodge Frisbee
- *Double Disc Court
- *Durango Boot
- *Flutterguts
- *Friskee
- *Freestyle frisbee
- *Goaltimate
- *Guts Frisbee
- *Hot Box
- *Schtick (Disc Game)
- Gateball
- Golf
- Lacrosse - Last contested in 1989
- Motorsport
- Netball - Last contested in 1993 (may return to World Games)
- Pelota
- *Basque Pelota
- Polo
- Powerboating
- Roller Skiing
- *Dry ski slope
- *Grass Skiing
- * Indoor ski slope
- Roque
- Sambo - Last contested in 1989 (may return to World Games)
- Skateboarding
- * Freestyle skateboarding
- * Skateboarding trick
- Surfing
- Wushu
- Badminton - Became an Olympic sport
- Baseball - Became an Olympic sport (removed from 2012 Summer Olympics program; could return to World Games in 2009)
- Softball - Became an Olympic sport (removed from 2012 Summer Olympics program; could return to World Games in 2009)
- Taekwondo - 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
- Weightlifting - Became an Olympic sport
External links
News
The letters of intent to bid for the 2013 World Games has begun this month of June. [The World Games Of The Future: 2009 And Beyond]
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