World School Sport Games

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Gymnasiade
First event1974
Occur every2 years
Last event2024
PurposeInternational multisport event for youth
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Website http://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]

Contents

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

Source: [4]

ISF World School Summer Games U18

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] [5] [6] [7] [8]

YearHostDatesSportsNationsTop nation
1974 Flag of Germany.svg Wiesbaden 23–28 September213
1976 Flag of France.svg Orléans 21–27 June326
1978 Flag of Turkey.svg İzmir 18–24 July317
1979 Flag of Italy.svg Turin 1–7 June320
1982 Flag of France.svg Lille 1–6 June324
1984 Flag of Italy.svg Florence 5–9 June319
1986 Flag of France.svg Nice 2–7 June322
1988 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3–9 June323
1990 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruges 20–27 May330
1994 Flag of Cyprus.svg Nicosia 14–21 May326
1998 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai 12–19 October333
2002 Flag of France.svg Caen 27 May–3 June335
2006 Flag of Greece.svg Athens/Thessaloniki 26 June–3 July336
2009 Flag of Qatar.svg Doha 7–12 December339
2013 Flag of Brazil.svg Brasília 28 November–4 December835
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Trabzon 11–18 July1228
2018 Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakech 2–9 May1858
2022 Flag of France.svg Normandy 14–22 May2069
2024 [9] Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 23–31 October2671Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

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. [10]

ISF World School Summer Games U15

YearHostDatesSports
2021 [15] Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade 11–19 September14
2023 [16] Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 19–27 August18
2025 [17] Flag of Serbia.svg Zlatibor 4–14 April25

ISF World School Winter Games

Ages: TBD

Source: [18]

YearHostDates
2025 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lucerne 11-19 February (not held)[ citation needed ]

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. [19]

Countries: Germany, England, Argentina, France, Hungary, Russia, Republic of Belarus, Austria, Belgium, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Scotland, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Estonia and Ukraine.

Sports: alpine ski, freestyle ski, snowboard cross and freestyle, biathlon, cross country ski, ski jumping (all mentioned events were supported by FIS), curling, speed skating and hockey.

Main sports
Demonstration Sports

Recognized Sports

21 sports in 2015 [23] and 31 in 2017 [24] and 45 sports in 2025. [25]

Source: [26]

Team Sports [27]
  1. Basketball - 1973
  2. Basketball 3x3 - 2014
  3. Volleyball - 1972
  4. Beach Volleyball - 2011
  5. Football - 1972
  6. Futsal - 2007
  7. Handball - 1973
  8. Rugby Sevens - 2000
  9. Curling ‡
  10. Ice Hockey ‡
Individual Sports [28]
  1. Alpine Skiing ‡
  2. Biathlon ‡
  3. Cross Country Skiing ‡
  4. Figure Skating ‡
  5. Ski Orienteering ‡
  6. Snowboarding ‡
  7. Artistic Gymnastics - 1974
  8. Aerobic Gymnastics - 2013
  9. Rhythmic Gymnastics - 2006
  10. Athletics - 1973
  11. Cross Country - 1975
  12. Boxing - 2018
  13. Fencing - 2016
  14. Judo - 2013
  15. Karate - 2013
  16. Sambo - 2016
  17. Taekwondo - 2015
  18. Wrestling - 2015
  19. Wushu - 2016
  20. Para Athletics - 2022
  21. Para Badminton - 2024
  22. Para Judo - 2022
  23. Para Swimming - 2022
  24. Archery - 2016
  25. Chess - 2013
  26. Dance Sport - 2022
  27. Golf - 2018
  28. Jump Rope - 2022
  29. Orienteering - 1987
  30. Badminton - 1998
  31. Tennis - 2003
  32. Padel - 2024
  33. Table Tennis - 1991
  34. Surfing - 2018
  35. Swimming - 1974

‡ No event but recognized in 2017

Not Recognized: Cycling and Petanque in 2018 Games.

Past Sports: Floorball, Baseball, Cricket, Triathlon [23]

Results

2024 U18

Source: [29] [14] [30] [31] [32] [33]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 536150164
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 39262590
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 35212379
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 283643107
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2681347
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24173071
7Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 23263887
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 20162662
9Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 17151547
10Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 16121644
11Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 15142453
12Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 14122450
13Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 13213266
14Flag of France.svg  France 1211629
15Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 7101027
16Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 63514
17Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 561223
18Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4122238
19Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 351018
20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 34916
21Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3159
22Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3104
23Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 3036
24Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2327
25Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1111527
26Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14914
27Flag of India.svg  India 14510
28Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1258
29Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1203
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1203
31Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1135
32Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1113
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1113
34Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1012
35Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0213
36Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0202
37Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0134
38Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0123
39Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0112
40Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0101
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0101
42Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0011
Flag of England.svg  England 0011
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 0011
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0011
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0011
Totals (46 entries)3843784951,257

2025 U15

Source: [17] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 61211698
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 434361147
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 384257137
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 33232884
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 324148121
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 29322586
7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 24262474
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16222664
9Flag of England.svg  England 11101132
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 10112849
11Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 9122344
12Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 851225
13Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 61411
14Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4419
15Flag of India.svg  India 26412
16Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 25411
17Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2417
18Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2338
19Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002
20Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 14510
21Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1449
22Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1236
23Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1214
24Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1113
25Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1023
26Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0213
27Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 01910
28Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 0044
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0044
30Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0033
31Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0022
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0022
33Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 0011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0011
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0011
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0011
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 0011
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0011
Totals (38 entries)3403274231,090

Sports

Summer sports

Winter sports

Events Games

Source: [24] [39]

#EventsFirst
1 ISF School U18 Summer Games 1974
2 ISF School U18 Winter Games 2018
3 ISF School U15 Summer Games 2021
4 ISF Combat Games 2017
5 ISF Inclusive Games 2019
6 ISF Educational Games 2014
7 ISF E-Sport Games 2019
8 ISF World Cool Games 2019
9 ISF Universal Teacher Games 2021
10 ISF Beach Games 2022
11 ISF She Runs 2019

ISF Combat Games

ISF Combat Games consist of the following sport disciplines:

EditionYearCityCountryDate
1 2017 Agra Flag of India.svg  India 7–14 July
2 2019 Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16–20 June

From August 22–26, 2018, the first ever World Schools Championships in sambo took place in Oryol, Russian Federation.

Exclude Sambo and Boxing.

Source : [40]

ISF Inclusive Games

[41]

First games in 2019.

ISF Educational Games

[42]

ISF E-Sport Games

First games in 2019.

ISF World Cool Games

First games in 2019.

ISF Universal Teacher Games

First games in 2021.

World Teacher Games 2025. May 05 - May 10. France.

ISF Beach Games

2020 Cancelled , 2022 Argentina. [43]

ISF She Runs

ISF Active Girls' Lead

1st - 2019 Paris France

2nd - 2021 Brussels Belgium

Regional

Pan American

3rd Pan American Schools Games - Aracaju - Brazil 2017

European

First European Schools Games Caen, France 2–8 July 1992. [44] [45]

Quadrennial event introduced in 1992 to fill the void created by the reduction in frequency of the ISF World Gymnasiade from every 2 to every 4 years.

Both the 1996 and 2000 events are believed to have been cancelled.

Venues: 1992 Caen (FRA), 2004 Milan (ITA)

World School Championship

ISF International School Sport Federation World School Championship. [46]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Road to ISF Gymnasiade 2022. Normandie is ready". isfsports.org. 21 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Gymnasiade School Summer Games". isfsports.org. 21 January 2017.
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  11. ↑ "GYMNASIADE 2016 TRABZON RESULTS BOOK". www.isfsports.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019.
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  13. ↑ "About Normandy 2022".
  14. 1 2 "Results – ISF Gymnasiade Bahrain".
  15. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ↑ "2nd ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2023".
  17. 1 2 "ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 – Results".
  18. 1 2 "Schools Winter Games | International School Sport Federation". International School Sport Federation. February 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "ISF OFFICIAL STATEMENT - ISF WINTER GYMNASIADE ERZURUM 2023 CANCELLED". 7 February 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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  22. ↑ "2025 CISM Military World Winter Games to take place in Switzerland". July 2021.
  23. 1 2 "ISF | We are school sport". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015.
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  30. ↑ "Participants – ISF Gymnasiade Bahrain".
  31. ↑ "ISF Gymnasiade 2024".
  32. ↑ "Events | International School Sport Federation".
  33. ↑ "ISF High school Bahrain 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2024.
  34. ↑ "World School Golf Championship 2025 - ISF Events". events.isfsports.org. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  35. ↑ "ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 - Sport".
  36. ↑ "Bulletin 2 for the ISF U15 Gymnasiade - Zlatibor, Serbia 2025 is now available! | International School Sport Federation".
  37. ↑ "ISF U15 high school - Zlatibor - Serbia 2025" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2025.
  38. ↑ "ISF U15 high school - Zlatibor - Serbia 2025 - Bulletin 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2025.
  39. ↑ "ISF | We are school sport". Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
  40. ↑ "Combat Sports | International School Sport Federation". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  41. ↑ "Inclusive Games | International School Sport Federation". Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  42. ↑ "Educational Games | International School Sport Federation". International School Sport Federation. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  43. ↑ "Calendar | International School Sport Federation".
  44. ↑ "ISF World Gymnasiade and European School Sport Games".
  45. ↑ "First European School Games (Caen, Normandy) reports and results, 2-8 July 1992 | University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections".
  46. ↑ "World School Championship | International School Sport Federation".
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