A bit of of the sports that were on the program of the Globe Games one of these days processed it when Olympic sports (like triathlon) or keep around been Olympic sports it used to be that (prefer tug of war). Participatiin around preceding Globe Games is involved in the evaluation criteria utilized to choose fresh Olympic sports adopted per IOC on August 12, 2004. Still, sustaining a todays position of a IOC to restrict the Olympic Games to 10,000 participants, these are improbable than numerous of the Globe Games sports is elevated to the Olympic sports.

Occasionally of the sports that come presently held at the World Games come orienteering, body building, powerlifting, fin swimming, squash, netball, water skiing, and casting. A sports that come involved in a Globe Games come according to the facilities available in the unsuspecting hosts city, there is no recently facilities can be constructed for the games. Generally, between 25 & 32 sports come contested at any particular Globe 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, Republic of China)

World Games sports
;Sports in the 2005 Globe Games Official sports Airsports Parachuting Archery Field archery Billiards Carom Pool Snooker Bodybuilding Boules Petanque Boules Lyonnaise Bowling nine-pin bowling Ten-pin bowling Canoe Canoe polo Casting DanceSport Fist ball Flying disc Ultimate Gymnastics Individual rhythmic gymnastics Sports acrobatics Sports aerobics Tumbling/Synchronized Trampoline Ju-jitsu Karate Korfball Lifesaving Beach Pool Mountaineering Competitive climbing Orienteering Powerlifting Racquetball Roller sports Artistic roller skating Inline speed skating Roller hockey Rugby Rugby Sevens Squash Sumo Swimming Fin swimming Tug of war Men's outdoor Women's indoor Water skiing Barefoot skiing Trick a water system skiing Wakeboarding Cable wakeboarding

Invitational sports Aikido American football Dragon boat race Beach handball Indoor hockey Motorcycling

;Globe Games sports non involved around 2005 Flying disc Disc golf Surfing

;Previous Globe Games sports Badminton - Became an Olympic sport Baseball - Became an Olympic sport (removed from either 2012 Summer Olympics program; could go to to Globe Games around 2009) Netball - Last contested inside 1993 Softball - Became an Olympic sport (removed from either 2012 Summer Olympics program; could link to to Globe Games within 2009) Taekwondo - Became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics Trampoline - Individual cases became Olympic sports Triathlon - Became an Olympic Sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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