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World School Sport Games

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Gymnasiade
First event1974
Occur every2 years
Last event2024
PurposeInternational multisport event for youth
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Websitehttp://www.isfsports.org International School Sport Federation

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]

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 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

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ISF World School Summer Games

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First 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 but 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
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 postponements due to COVID-19 pandemic, ISF decided to cancel this event.[9]

ISF World School Summer Games U15

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Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 2021 Belgrade  Serbia 11–19 September 14
2 2023 Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 19-27 August 18
1 2025 Zlatibor  Serbia 4-14 April

ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)

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Edition Year City Country Dates Sports
1 2025 Lucerne Switzerland 11-19 February

The 2023 Winter Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Erzurum, Turkey during 11–18 February, but after the earthquake near the Syria–Turkey border regions, ISF decided to cancel the event.[10]

Sports

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Summer sports

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Winter sports

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ISF World Gymnasiade. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 28 December 2009
  2. ^ "Road to ISF Gymnasiade 2022. Normandie is ready". isfsports.org. 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Gymnasiade School Summer Games". isfsports.org. 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ Gymnasiade 2018
  5. ^ "BouncingBall8".
  6. ^ Scribd
  7. ^ ISF 40 Years
  8. ^ ISF Sports
  9. ^ "18TH ISF GYMNASIADE JINJIANG 2020 CANCELLED". International School Sport Federation. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ "ISF OFFICIAL STATEMENT - ISF WINTER GYMNASIADE ERZURUM 2023 CANCELLED". 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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