Sports of the 2022 World Games
Here is a list of sports which were part of the World Games in 2022. There are official and invitational sports that can be included on the sports program, though only for events in sports not currently part of the Olympic Games.
For 2022, there were 30 official sports on the program (including 54 disciplines, 207 events), and five invitational sports.
Sports making their official debut were drone racing, canoe marathon, breaking, women's fistball, kickboxing, and parkour. Softball and racquetball returned to the official World Games program. The five invitational sports were wheelchair rugby, duathlon, men's lacrosse, wushu and flag football.
List of Sports (2022)
- Acrobatic gymnastics
- Aerobic gymnastics
- Air sports (canopy piloting & drone racing)
- Archery
- Artistic roller skating
- Beach handball
- Boules sports (Lyonnaise & Pétanque)
- Bowling
- Canoe polo
- Canoe marathon
- Cue sports (Three-cushion billiards, Nine-ball & Snooker)
- Dancesport (Standard, Latin, Rock'n'Roll, Breakdance)
- Duathlon
- Finswimming
- Fistball
- Flag football
- Floorball
- Flying disc
- Inline hockey
- Ju-jitsu
- Karate
- Kickboxing
- Korfball
- Lacrosse (six-a-side format)
- Lifesaving
- Muay Thai
- Orienteering
- Parkour
- Powerlifting
- Racquetball
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Road speed skating
- Softball
- Sport climbing
- Squash
- Sumo
- Track speed skating
- Trampoline gymnastics
- Tug of war
- Wakeboarding
- Water skiing
- Wheelchair rugby
- Wushu
Related Pages
- World Games Sports
- About the World Games and other International Multi-Events
- Multi-Sport Events (Games) Calendar
- About Sport in 2022
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