Summer and winter sports alternate years and the event is open to anyone who has received a solid organ transplant including liver, heart, lung, kidney, pancreas or bone marrow.
The idea is that people who receive these organs need to take immunosuppressants for the rest of their lives and since such drugs affect athletic performance, the games were started to give donors a level playing field.
[1] The games started in 1978 in Portsmouth, England with about 100 athletes from the UK, France, Germany, Greece and the United States.
[2] There are ceremonies during each of the games to honor the families of the deceased and living donors.
(including deceased donor families and living donors) • Road Race • 50m Freestyle • Athletics: 100m sprint, ball throw, long jump worldtransplantgames.org/sports/ worldtransplantgames.org/sports-rules/ Seniors age groups: Juniors age groups: wtgf.org/results/ wtgf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WTWG-Medals-03-10-2020.pdf