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This article includes a television-related list of lists.
Lists of Gladiators events cover sporting game events from the Gladiators TV franchise, which has had local versions broadcast in several countries since the 1990s.
Lists of Gladiators events cover sporting game events from the Gladiators TV franchise, which has had local versions broadcast in several countries since the 1990s.
There have been 35 events involving The Gladiators (as well as the Eliminator) across the incarnations. Four of the events have an alternate name in certain territories. A different selection of the events will be played in each episode. No single territory has had all thirty-five events on its roster. The UK had the largest number of events during its initial run with twenty-three events.
All events were created by either the American or UK series with the exception of Soccer Shootout in the South African version and Spidercage in the Swedish version. The UK notably adapted some of the American events, with the adaptations becoming the standard design for the concept. For example the UK version of Skytrack would later be adopted by the Australian and American revival series whereas the UK concept of the American event Tug-o-War, known as Tilt, eventually superseded Tug-o-War for the 2008 American revival.
Over the course of the original UK and American series, several events were dropped, often due to safety reasons. The Eliminator was the only event which was played in every episode across every territory.
The following events made appearances during the three revival series aired since 2024. All the new events, highlighted below, originated in the United Kingdom; the majority of which are based on or inspired by classic events from the original ITV series.
| Event | United Kingdom | Australia | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlaspheres |  [a] | ||
| Collision | | | |
| Crash Course | | ||
| Duel | | | |
| Earthquake | | ||
| Eliminator | | | |
| Gauntlet | | | |
| Hang Tough | | | |
| Powerball | | | |
| Pyramid | | ||
| Suspension Bridge | — [b] | [c] | |
| The Edge | | | |
| The Ring | | | |
| The Wall | | | |
| Tilt | | [d] | |
| Unleash | | ||
| Whiplash | | |
The various revivals in the 2000s and 2010s mostly used events previously seen during the show's original airing in that country.
Australia introduced UK events Pendulum, Sumo Ball and Vertigo for the first time and the United States introduced Hit & Run, Tilt and Vertigo. Snapback, whilst re-introduced to the US, had a completely different gameplay to previously and Skytrack would adopt the gameplay from the original UK and Australian series.
All the brand new events, highlighted below, for the revivals originated in the United States. Whilst Sideswipe only aired in the US, Rocketball would be used in the UK revival and Earthquake amongst almost all revivals.
| Event | Arab League | Australia | Finland | Sweden | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault/Danger Zone | | | ||||
| Atlaspheres | | | | |||
| Breakthrough | | |||||
| Duel/Joust | | | | | | |
| Earthquake | | | | | | |
| Eliminator | | | | | | |
| Gauntlet | | | | | | |
| Hang Tough | | | | | | |
| Hit & Run | | | | | | |
| Pendulum | | |||||
| Powerball | | | | | | |
| Pursuit | | |||||
| Pyramid | | | | | | |
| Rocketball | | | ||||
| Sideswipe | | |||||
| Skytrack | | |||||
| Snapback | | | ||||
| Sumo Ball | | |||||
| Suspension Bridge | | | | | ||
| Swingshot | | |||||
| Tilt | | |||||
| The Wall | | | | | | |
| Vertigo | | | ||||
| Whiplash | |
| Event | Australia | Denmark | Finland | Nigeria | South Africa | Sweden | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault/Danger Zone | X | X [a] | X [b] | |||||
| Atlaspheres | X | X | X | X | X [a] | X | ||
| Breakthrough & Conquer | X | — [c] | X | |||||
| Catapult | X | |||||||
| Cyclotron | — [d] | |||||||
| Dogfight | X | |||||||
| Duel/Joust | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Eliminator | X | X | X | X | X | X | X [a] | X [b] |
| Gauntlet | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Hang Tough | X | X | X | X | X [a] | X | ||
| Hit & Run | X | X | X | x | X [a] | |||
| Human Cannonball | X [e] | |||||||
| Joust | X [f] | X [g] | ||||||
| Pendulum/Rat Race | — [h] | X | X | |||||
| Pole-Axe | X [i] | |||||||
| Powerball | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pursuit | X | X [j] | ||||||
| Pyramid | X | X | X | X [k] [a] | X [b] | |||
| Skytrack | X | X [a] | X | |||||
| Soccer Shootout | X | X | ||||||
| Snapback | X | X [l] | X [b] | |||||
| Spidercage | X | |||||||
| Sumo Ball | X | X | X | |||||
| Suspension Bridge | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Swingshot | X | X | X | X | ||||
| The Maze | X [m] | |||||||
| The Wall | X | X | X | X | X | X | X [a] | X [b] |
| Tightrope | X | X | ||||||
| Tilt | X | X | X [n] | |||||
| Tug O War | X | |||||||
| Vertigo | X | X | ||||||
| Whiplash | X | X | X | X |
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