World Masters Games

World Masters Games
Statusactive
Genre
Frequencyquadrennial
Inaugurated7 August 1985 (1985-08-07)
Most recent
17–30 May 2025
Next event
2027
Organised byInternational Masters Games Association
Websiteimga.ch
Masters Games

The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years which, in terms of competitor numbers, has developed into the largest of its kind. Governed by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), the World Masters Games is open to sports people of all abilities and most ages – the minimum age criteria ranges between 25 and 35 years depending on the sport. Participants compete for themselves – there are no country delegations. Beyond the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body, there are no competition qualification requirements.

History

Peter Wright - Three times World Masters Squash Champion

Toronto staged the first World Masters Games in 1985. Since then, World Masters Games has also taken place in Aalborg, Aarhus and Herning (1989), Brisbane (1994), Portland, Oregon (1998), Melbourne (2002), Edmonton (2005) and Sydney (2009). The Sydney 2009 World Masters Games attracted a record 28,676 competitors. This is more than double the number of competitors that took part in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

The Games have been popular with retired professional athletes and former Olympic competitors, with over 230 past Olympians taking part in the 2009 edition.

Summer Games

Edition Year Host Sports Countries Competitors Motto
11985Canada Toronto22618,305The Year of the Masters
21989Denmark Aalborg, Aarhus and Herning37765,500Sport for life
31994Australia Brisbane307424,500The challenge never ends
41998United States Portland2810211,400The global celebration of sport for life
52002Australia Melbourne269824,886The biggest multi-sport festival on Earth
62005Canada Edmonton258921,600A festival of sport in the city of festivals
72009Australia Sydney289528,676Fit, fun and forever young
82013Italy Turin309915,394Sport for life, Sport for all
92017New Zealand Auckland2810028,578For the Love of Sport
102025Taiwan Taipei and New Taipei City3510825,049Sports Beyond Age, Life Without Limits!
112027Japan Kansai region––
122029Australia Perth

2013 World Masters Games

Venues

2017 World Masters Games

Venues

Winter Games

Edition Year Host Sports Countries Competitors Motto
12010Slovenia Bled7423,000The Games for you
22015Canada Quebec City9201,600
32020Austria Innsbruck123,500Spirit Together
42024Italy Lombardy
52028Finland Lahti

Sports

2017 Summer Games Sports List (28) :

Americas Masters Games

The Americas Masters Games is a regional multi-sport event which involves participants from the Americas region. Governed by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), the Americas Masters Games is open to participants of all abilities and most ages – the minimum age criterion is 30 years. Participants compete for themselves, instead of their countries. There are no competition qualification requirements apart from the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body.

The event's first edition was hosted by Vancouver, Canada from 26 August to 4 September 2016. The second edition was scheduled for 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Masters Games". International Masters Games Association. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  2. ↑ Malkin, Bonnie (12 October 2009). World Masters Games: barefoot Santa Claus and 100-year-old shot putter compete. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. ↑ "International Masters Games Association". International Masters Games Association. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  4. ↑ 2009 Sydney World Masters Games Archived 13 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Melbourne 2002 World Masters Games Final Report" (PDF). International Masters Games Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  6. ↑ Jeffery, Nicole (10 October 2009). "Olympians back up for World Masters Games". The Australian. Retrieved 15 October 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Sport". Torino 2013 WMG. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Final Report WMG2013 by International Masters Games Association IMGA". Issuu. 2 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "CH4 Sporting Club - Torino" (in Italian). 23 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Sports Schedule". World Masters Games 2017. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Final report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Vancouver 2016". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Postponed: Pan-American Masters Games 2020".