The World Games sports comprise all the

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s contested in

The World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 ...

Sports

Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

Past TWG sports and disciplines

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(Bodybuilding, Fitness) – Last contested in 2009After violations against the Anti-Doping Rules at the

2009 World Games The 2009 World Games () the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not conteste ...

, IWGA decided to suspend the sport from participating in the

2013 World Games The 2013 World Games ( es, Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. Host city allocation history The 2013 World Games were initially all ...

in Cali. *

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(Nine-pin bowling) – Contested only in 2005 as official *Cable skiing, Cable wakeboard - Contested only in 2005 as official *Casting (fishing), Casting – Last contested in 2005 *Flying disc, Flying Disc (Disc golf) – Contested only in 2001 as official *Indoor cycling (Artistic cycling, Cycle ball) – Contested only in 1989 as official *Lifesaving (Beach) – Last contested in 2009 *Netball – Last contested in 1993 *Roller hockey (quad skate) - Last contested in 2001 *Sambo (martial art), Sambo – Last contested in 1993 The following sports were part of past editions of The World Games, but have since been adopted by the Olympics as official events. *Badminton – became an Olympic sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics *Baseball and Softball – were Olympic sports from 1992 (baseball)/1996 (softball) to 2008; returned at the Olympics in 2020 as optional sports. *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 – certain 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.) *Olympic weightlifting, 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

External links

The Sports of the World Games
at International World Games Association web site {{World Games Sports World Games, sports Sports at the World Games, Sports at multi-sport events by competition