IWAS World Games
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports World Games - IWAS World Games for short - are the largest international sports event in disabled sports organized by the IWAS Federation . The IWAS World Games and the Paralympic Games have the same sport-historical roots.
The idea
The IWAS World Games are under the motto unity, friendship and sporting fairness . The competitions held in the pre-Olympic years serve today at the same time to qualify for the Paralympics and - in the country of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games - to raise people's awareness of the Paralympic movement and the interests of disabled sports.
history
The forerunner of the IWAS World Games - like that of the Paralympic Games - took place from 1948 to 1995 under the name International Stoke Mandeville Games , from 1997 under the name World Wheelchair Games and from 2003 as World Wheelchair and Amputee Games . Previously held annually, they have been held every two years since 2008.
The founder is considered to be the German-British neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann , who, parallel to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, organized sports competitions for war invalids in the rehabilitation clinic in Stoke Mandeville , Great Britain , which he directed. In 1952, disabled athletes from the Netherlands also took part - the first step towards an international sporting event had been taken.
The 9th Stoke Mandeville Games were held for the first time in 1960 at the same location as the Summer Olympic Games that were held in Rome that year . In retrospect, they are counted as the first Paralympic Games.
While the Paralympic Games have increasingly included groups of disabled people over the years, the Stoke Mandeville Games have continued to be a sporting event for wheelchair users. For many years, Stoke Mandeville remained the venue for the competitions organized by the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation (ISMWSF) .
In 2003, the Stoke Mandeville Games were held for the first time together with competitions of the International Sports Organization for the Disabled (ISO) . The venue was Christchurch in New Zealand . In 2004 the ISMWSF and the ISO merged to form the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS). The first joint games for the most diverse kinds of physically handicapped people took place in 2005 in Rio de Janeiro under the name IWAS World Wheelchair and Amputee Sports World Game .
sports
In 1948 initially limited to archery for paraplegics , the range of sports expanded over the years to include athletics, weightlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair races, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair volleyball, or amputee bike races and amputee soccer, as well as competition classes for the visually impaired. The competitions are held in various handicap classes in accordance with international regulations.
Games, years, venues
| year | name of the event | host |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralyzed |
 Stoke Mandeville
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| 1949 | Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1950 | Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
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| 1951 | Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
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| 1952 | 1st International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
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| 1953 | 2nd International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1954 | 3rd International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1955 | 4th International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1956 | 5th International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1957 | 6th International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
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| 1958 | 7th International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1959 | 8th International Stoke Mandeville Games |
Stoke Mandeville
|
| 1960 | 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games. Now referred to as the 1st 1960 Summer Paralympic Games . |
 Rome
|
| 1961 | 10th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1962 | 11th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1963 | 12th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1964 | 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games. Today referred to as the 2nd 1964 Summer Paralympics . |
 Tokyo
|
| 1965 | 14th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1966 | 15th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1967 | 16th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1968 | 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games. Now referred to as the 3rd 1968 Summer Paralympics . |
 Tel Aviv
|
| 1969 | 18th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1970 | 19th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1971 | 20th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1972 | 21st International Stoke Mandeville Games. Now referred to as the 4th 1972 Summer Paralympics . |
 Heidelberg
|
| 1973 | 22nd International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1974 | 23rd International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1975 | 24th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1976 | 5th 1976 Summer Paralympics |
 Toronto
|
| 1977 | 25th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1978 | 26th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1979 | 27th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1980 | 6th Summer Paralympics 1980 |
 Arnhem
|
| 1981 | 28th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1982 | 29th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1983 | 30th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1984 | 7th Summer Paralympics 1984 |
 Hempstead, New York Stoke Mandeville
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| 1985 | 31st International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1986 | 32nd International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1987 | 33rd International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1988 | 8th Summer Paralympics 1988 |
 Seoul
|
| 1989 | 34th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1990 | 35th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1991 | 36th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1992 | 9th Summer Paralympics 1992 |
 Barcelona
|
| 1993 | 37th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1994 | 38th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1995 | 39th International Stoke Mandeville Games | |
| 1996 | 10th Summer Paralympics 1996 |
Atlanta
|
From 1997 the IWAS event was renamed the World Wheelchair Games.
| year | date | name of the event | host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | World Wheelchair Games | ||
| 1998 | World Wheelchair Games | ||
| 1999 | World Wheelchair Games |
 Christchurch
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| 2000 | 11th Summer Paralympics 2000 |
 Sydney
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| 2001 | World Wheelchair Games | ||
| 2002 | World Wheelchair Games | ||
| 2003 | World Wheelchair Games |
Christchurch
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| 2004 | 12th Summer Paralympics 2004 |
 Athens
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| 2005 | World Wheelchair and Amputee Games |
 Rio de Janeiro
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| 2006 | World Wheelchair and Amputee Games |
 Bangalore
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| 2007 | 9-19 September | World Wheelchair and Amputee Games |
 Taipei
|
| 2008 | 6-17 September | 13th Summer Paralympics 2008 |
Beijing
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| 2009 | November 24th - December 1st | IWAS World Games |
Bangalore
|
| 2011 | 1-6 December | IWAS World Games |
 Sharjah
|
| 2012 | August 29th - September 9th | 14th Summer Paralympics 2012 |
London
|
| 2013 | 14-22 September | IWAS World Games |
Stadskanaal
|
| 2015 | September 26th - October 3rd | IWAS World Games |
 Sochi
|
| 2016 | 7-18 September | 15th Summer Paralympics 2016 |
Rio de Janeiro
|
| 2017 | November 30th - December 6th | IWAS World Games |
 Vila Real de Santo Antonio
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| 2018 | - | IWAS World Games | not forgiven |
| 2019 | 10-16 February | IWAS World Games |
Sharjah
|
| 2020 | August 25th - September 6th | 16th Summer Paralympics 2020 |
Tokyo
|
IWAS World Junior Games / IWAS U23 World Games / IWAS Youth World Games
For some years now, the IWAS Federation has also been hosting junior competitions, which were called IWAS World Junior Games until 2015 . Since 2016 they have been called IWAS Under 23 World Games and are only played in years with even numbers.
| No. | year | date | place | Venue | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2005 | 6./7. July | Stoke Mandeville | Stadion | Result list |
| 2. | 2006 | 14.-16. July | Dublin | Stadion | Result list |
| 3. | 2007 | 4th-6th April | Ekurhuleni | Germiston Sports Precinct | Result list |
| 4th | 2008 | 18.-27. July | Piscataway | Results | |
| 5. | 2009 | 16. – 19. July | Nottwil | SPZ Nottwil | Results and World Records , Medal Table |
| 6th | 2010 | 19.-26. August | Olomouc | Athletics Results , Swimming Results , Medal Standings | |
| 7th | 2011 | 14.-21. April | Dubai | Result List (Athletics), Powerlifting Results , Medal Overview | |
| 8th. | 2012 | 19. – 21. July | Olomouc | Results , World Records (Athletics) | |
| 9. | 2013 | 6-14 August | Mayaguez | Central American Stadium | Result list (athletics), swimming , archery, paratriathlon, records set |
| 10. | 2014 | 3rd-7th August | Stoke Mandeville | Results | |
| 11. | 2015 | July 2-8 | Stadskanaal | Stadskanaal sports park | Result list (athletics), Swimming Day 1 , Swimming Day 2 |
| 12. | 2016 | June 29th - July 3rd | Prague | Results (athletics), swimming: day 1, session 1 , day 1, session 2 , day 2, session 1 , day 2, session 2 , table tennis: session 1 , session 2 , final , wheelchair fencing: session 1 , session 2 | |
| 13. | 2018 | July 2-5 | Athlone | Results (athletics), Results (swimming), table tennis: individual , open , team |
Web links
- Website of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS )
- IWAS World Games - Past Games
- IWAS World Youth Games - Past Games
Individual evidence
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2007 , from: iwasf.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2009 , from: iwasf.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ Official website of the IWAS World Games 2009 ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2011 , from: iwasf.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2013 , from: iwasf.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2015 , from: iwasf.com, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ IWAS World Games 2017 , on: iwasf.com, July 2017, accessed December 4, 2018
- ↑ IWAS announces a new look for their IWAS Games program , at: iwasf.com, accessed June 12, 2019
