The sumo competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Boutwell Auditorium; the lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight events were held on July 9 and the openweight events were held on July 10.
| Sumo at the 2022 World Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, United States |
| Dates | 9–10 July |
| No. of events | 8 |
Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The Egyptian sumo team was banned from competing in the remaining sumo events after "poor sportsmanship".[3] The poor organization and sportsmanship displayed during this year's competition led to sumo being dropped from the program ahead of the 2025 World Games.[4][5][6]
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Medalists
editMen
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
Abdelrahman El-Sefy |
Demid Karachenko |
Sviatoslav Semykras |
| Middleweight |
Vazha Daiauri |
Shion Fujisawa |
Aron Rozum |
| Heavyweight |
Hidetora Hanada |
Daiki Nakamura |
Rui Júnior |
| Openweight |
Daiki Nakamura |
Baasandorjiin Badral |
Oleksandr Veresiuk |
Women
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
Yuka Okutomi |
Miku Yamanaka |
Magdalena Macios |
| Middleweight |
Sakura Ishii |
Karyna Kolesnik |
Monika Skibra |
| Heavyweight |
Svitlana Yaromka |
Ivanna Berezovska |
Airi Hisano |
| Openweight |
Ivanna Berezovska |
Hiyori Kon |
Svitlana Yaromka |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games". tachiai.org. July 16, 2023.
- ^ Gunning, John (Oct 18, 2023). "Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach". The Japan Times.
- ^ Gunning, John (Jul 13, 2022). "World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws". The Japan Times.