The Gymnasiade, or World Gymnasiade, or World School Sport Games, or ISF World School Sport Games is an international multi-sport event which is organised by the International School Sport Federation (ISF). It is the largest event among many other sport events held by the ISF. Aligned with the philosophy of the organisation, only individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to compete.[1]
First event | 1974 |
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Occur every | 2 years |
Last event | 2022 |
Purpose | International Multisport event for youth |
Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Website | http://www.isfsports.org International School Sport Federation |
The current regulations estipulate that the program of Gymnasiade is composed of twelve mandatory individual sports with five optional sports (three optional sports, along with two additional, chosen by the organizing committee) . The current obligatory sports are: archery, athletics, boxing, chess, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, and wrestling. At the last edition held in 2018, the organizing committee chose as optional sports: petanque, road cycling, surfing, and golf.
The first edition of the Gymnasiade was held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany and it featured solely gymnastics, athletics and swimming competitions. Since then, numerous editions of Gymnasiade had been held. In 2018, Morocco staged the event, receiving more than 3000 young athletes representing 58 countries. It was the biggest edition so far and the first ever International Multisport event for youth held in Africa. The 2022 edition took place in May 2022 and was hosted in Normandy, France.[2][3]
Editions
editISF World School Summer Games
editFirst held in 1974 the ISF World Gymnasiade is a multi-sport games organised by the International School Sport Federation for athletes in the under 18 age group. The 1974 athletics competition was not included as part of the main event held in Wiesbaden (FRG). The event was originally held every 2 years however after 1990 was only held every 4 years. From 1974 to 2009 only three compulsory sports made part of the event program: gymnastics, athletics, swimming.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Edition | Year | Host city | Host country | Dates | Sports | Nations |
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1 | 1974 | Wiesbaden | West Germany | 23–28 September | 2 | 13 |
2 | 1976 | Orléans | France | 21–27 June | 3 | 26 |
3 | 1978 | İzmir | Turkey | 18–24 July | 3 | 17 |
4 | 1980 | Turin | Italy | 1–7 June | 3 | 20 |
5 | 1982 | Lille | France | 1–6 June | 3 | 24 |
6 | 1984 | Florence | Italy | 5–9 June | 3 | 19 |
7 | 1986 | Nice | France | 2–7 June | 3 | 22 |
8 | 1988 | Barcelona | Spain | 3–9 June | 3 | 23 |
9 | 1990 | Bruges | Belgium | 20–27 May | 3 | 30 |
10 | 1994 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 14–21 May | 3 | 26 |
11 | 1998 | Shanghai | China | 12–19 October | 3 | 33 |
12 | 2002 | Caen | France | 27 May–3 June | 3 | 35 |
13 | 2006 | Athens/Thessaloniki | Greece | 26 June–3 July | 3 | 36 |
14 | 2009 | Doha | Qatar | 7–12 December | 3 | 39 |
15 | 2013 | Brasília | Brazil | 28 November–4 December | 8 | 35 |
16 | 2016 | Trabzon | Turkey | 11–18 July | 12 | 28 |
17 | 2018 | Marrakech | Morocco | 2–9 May | 18 | 58 |
18 | 2022 | Normandy | France | 14–22 May 2022 | 20 | 69 |
19 | 2024 | Manama | Bahrain | 23 Oct - 31 Oct 2024 | TBD |
The 2020 Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Jinjiang, China during 17–24 October, but after several postpones due to COVID-19 pandemic, ISF decided to cancel this event.[9]
ISF World School Summer Games U15
editEdition | Year | City | Country | Dates | Sports |
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1 | 2021 | Belgrade | Serbia | 11–19 September | 14 |
2 | 2023 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 19-27 August | 18 |
ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)
editEdition | Year | City | Country | Dates | Sports |
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1 | 2025 | Lucerne | Switzerland | 11-19 Febabury |
The 2023 Winter Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Erzurum, Turkey during 11–18 February, but after the earthquake near Syria–Turkey border regions, ISF decided to cancel the event.[10]
Sports
editSummer sports
editWinter sports
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ ISF World Gymnasiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 December 2009
- ^ "Road to ISF Gymnasiade 2022. Normandie is ready". isfsports.org. 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Gymnasiade School Summer Games". isfsports.org. 21 January 2017.
- ^ Gymnasiade 2018
- ^ "BouncingBall8".
- ^ Scribd
- ^ ISF 40 Years
- ^ ISF Sports
- ^ "18TH ISF GYMNASIADE JINJIANG 2020 CANCELLED". International School Sport Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "ISF OFFICIAL STATEMENT - ISF WINTER GYMNASIADE ERZURUM 2023 CANCELLED". 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
External links
edit- International School Sport Federation Website
- 1974 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Results
- 1974 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Results
- 2002 Swimming Results
- 2006 - Bulletin 1
- 2006 - Bulletin 2
- 2006 Men's Artistic Gymnastics Results
- 2006 Women's Artistic Gymnastics Results
- 2009 Athletics results
- 2009 - Bulletin 1
- 2009 - Bulletin 2
- 2009 Artistic Gymnastics Results
- 2009 Swimming Results
- 2018 Summer Gymnasiade
- 2018 Summer Gymnasiade Medal Table
- 2018 Swimming Results
- 2018 Winter Gymnasiade Medal Table
- All-Time Athletics Results 1
- All-Time Athletics Results 2
- All-Time Athletics Results 3