Worldwide games

The Worldwide games ( World Games in English), which was held for the 1st time in 1981, are an event multi-sport, gathering sports which are not registered with the Olympic Games. The Worldwide games are organized by the International association of the Worldwide games ( International World Games Association - IWGA), directed, it, by the International Olympic committee (CIO).

Some of these sports were present at the program of the Olympic Games in demonstration (like the Triathlon) or were even Olympic disciplines in the past (like the Tir with the cord). Since August 12th, 2004, to have taken part in the preceding worldwide games belongs to the criteria of evaluation used to select the new Olympic sports adoptee by the CIO.

Among the sports present at the worldwide games, let us quote, the Squash, the Bodybuilding, the Roller, the Rugby, the Course of orientation… The diciplines include with the worldwide games must adapt to the infrastructures present in the city host, no new infrastructure does not have to be built for the plays. In general, 25 to 35 sports are present by edition. A competition is organized for the sports classified like " démonstration" but no medal is given. Even if a sport is recognized by the IWGA, it can always be classified " démonstration" by the host city.

Sites

Precedents:

1981 : Santa Clara, California the United States
1985: London, England
1989: Karlsruhe, Germany
1993: The La Hague, Netherlands
1997: Lahti, Finland
2001: Akita, Japan
2005: Duisburg, Germany

To come:

2009 : Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sports

Official sports

Sports of demonstration

American football
Boat-dragon
Unihockey
Military Gateball
Pentathlon
Competition motorcylcist
Pesäpallo
Wushu

Old sports

Lacrosse
Sambo - present for the last time in 1989 (can return to the plays)

Sports noneligible with the worldwide games

Badminton - become Olympic sport in 1992
Baseball - become Olympic sport, removed plays of 2012, can return to the worldwide games in 2009.
Softball - become Olympic sport, removed plays of 2012, to the worldwide games in 2009.
Taekwondo can return - become Olympic sport in 2000
Trampoline - certain tests were included with the 2000
Triathlon - become Olympic sport in 2000
Haltérophilie (female) - become Olympic sport in 2000 (the male discipline was never with the program of the worldwide games, being Olympic discipline since 1920.)

See too

Worldwide games 2001 | Worldwide games 2005 | Worldwide games 2009

External bonds

Site of the IWGA

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