Sumo at the 2022 World Games

Sumo

at the 2022 World Games

Venue| Boutwell Auditorium
Birmingham, United States
Dates| 9–10 July
No. of events| 8

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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.

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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan| 4| 4| 1| 9
2|  Ukraine| 3| 3| 3| 9
3|  Egypt| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Mongolia| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Poland| 0| 0| 3| 3
6|  Brazil| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## Medalists

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Lightweight
details | Abdelrahman El-Sefy
Egypt | Demid Karachenko
Ukraine | Sviatoslav Semykras
Ukraine
Middleweight
details | Vazha Daiauri
Ukraine | Shion Fujisawa
Japan | Aron Rozum
Poland
Heavyweight
details | Hidetora Hanada
Japan | Daiki Nakamura
Japan | Rui Júnior
Brazil
Openweight
details | Daiki Nakamura
Japan | Baasandorjiin Badral
Mongolia | Oleksandr Veresiuk
Ukraine

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Lightweight
details | Yuka Okutomi
Japan | Miku Yamanaka
Japan | Magdalena Macios
Poland
Middleweight
details | Sakura Ishii
Japan | Karyna Kolesnik
Ukraine | Monika Skibra
Poland
Heavyweight
details | Svitlana Yaromka
Ukraine | Ivanna Berezovska
Ukraine | Airi Hisano
Japan
Openweight
details | Ivanna Berezovska
Ukraine | Hiyori Kon
Japan | Svitlana Yaromka
Ukraine

## See also

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* Sumo at the World Games

## References

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1. ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
2. ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
3. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
4. ^ "Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games". tachiai.org. July 16, 2023.
5. ^ Gunning, John (Oct 18, 2023). "Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach". The Japan Times.
6. ^ Gunning, John (Jul 13, 2022). "World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws". The Japan Times.

## External links

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* The World Games 2022
* International Sumo Federation
* Results book

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Events at the 2022 World Games

* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Air sports
* Archery
* Artistic roller skating
* Beach handball
* Boules sports
* Bowling
* Canoe polo
* Canoe marathon
* Cue sports
* Dancesport
* Duathlon*
* Finswimming
* Fistball
* Flag football*
* Floorball
* Flying disc
* Inline hockey
* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Kickboxing
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Lifesaving
* Muaythai
* Orienteering
* Parkour
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Road speed skating
* Softball
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* Sumo
* Track speed skating
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water skiing
* Wheelchair rugby*
* Wushu*

* Sports selected by the host city and added to the official programme (no longer separate)
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