World Games sports

Disciplines from the same sport have the same color.

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

These sports were played at previous World Games, but are not played anymore.

• Bodybuilding (Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last played in 2009^[4]
• 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.)

• The Sports of the World Games at International World Games Association web site