Individual Sports: A List of 112 Solo Sports and Games

Individual Sports: 112 Examples of Sports Played One Vs One

Examples of individual sports and variations of those games, from Archery to Tennis to Escrima.

Individual sports paint a diverse and captivating panorama, where participants tackle challenges and carve paths to success on their own terms, often with great sacrifice.

From the explosive speed of sprinters to the precision of archers, each sport has its own nuances and requisite abilities for competitors.

Martial arts, aquatic disciplines, racquet sports, and more showcase prowess and technique. Extreme sports test courage, while equestrian events reveal the bond between rider and horse.

These athletes compete on a global stage, chasing records, international acclaim and in some cases, the riches that come with global sporting success.

This is a list of individual sports and games, although not exhaustive, that contains all major sports as well as some more unknown and less-played games.

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Individual Athletics and Track Sports: Running, Jumping & Throwing

• Running

  • Sprints - 60m (indoor) 100m, 200m & 400m

  • Middle Distance - 800m, 1500m, The Mile & 3000m

  • Long Distance - 3000m steeplechase, 5000m, 10,000m & The Marathon

• Hurdles

  • 100m, 110m, 200m and 400m

• Jumping

  • Long jump

  • High jump

  • Triple jump - check out 10 of the greatest triple jumpers in history!

  • Pole vault

• Throwing

  • Shot put

  • Discus

  • Javelin

  • Hammer throw

• Heptathlon

• Pentathlon

• Decathlon

Individual Aquatic Sports: Swimming & Diving

• Swimming

  • Freestyle - 400m, 800m, 1500m

  • Breaststroke - 50m, 100m & 200m

  • Backstroke - 50m, 100m & 200m

  • Butterfly - 50m, 100m, & 200m

  • Individual medley - 100m, 200m & 400m

• Diving

  • Platform Diving - 5m, 7.5m & 10m

  • Springboard Diving - 1m & 3m

  • Natural/Cliff Diving

• Open Water Swimming

Combat Sports: Indside a Ring or Octagon

• Boxing

  • Minimumweight, 105 pounds (48 kg)

  • Light flyweight, 108 pounds (49 kg)

  • Flyweight, 112 pounds (51 kg)

  • Super flyweight, 115 pounds (52 kg)

  • Bantamweight, 118 pounds (53.5 kg)

  • Super bantamweight, 122 pounds (55 kg)

  • Featherweight, 126 pounds (57 kg)

  • Super featherweight, 130 pounds (59 kg)

  • Lightweight, 135 pounds (61 kg)

  • Super lightweight, 140 pounds (63.5 kg)

  • Welterweight, 147 pounds (67 kg)

  • Super welterweight, 154 pounds (70 kg)

  • Middleweight, 160 pounds (72.5 kg)

  • Super middleweight, 168 pounds (76 kg)

  • Light heavyweight, 175 pounds (79 kg)

  • Cruiserweight, 200 pounds (91 kg)

  • Heavyweight, unlimited

• Kickboxing

• MMA

• Wrestling

  • Greco-Roman

  • Freestyle

  • Sumo

  • Ssireum

Bowling: Games played with Heavy Balls

• 10 Pin Bowling

• Lawn Bowls

• Petanque

Martial Arts: Competetive Forms of Martial Arts

• Jiu-Jitsu

• Muay Thai

• Fencing

• Archery

• Kendo

• Escrima / Kali

• Taekwondo

• Karate

• Kung Fu

• Aikido

Racquet Sports: Sports with Rackets or Bats

• Lawn Tennis

• Badminton

• Squash

• Table Tennis

• Real Tennis

• Rackets

• Padel Tennis

• Pickleball

• Sticke

• Beach Tennis

Gymnastics: Individual Gymnastics Disciplines

• Artistic Gymnastics

  • Floor exercise,

  • Pommel horse

  • Still rings,

  • Vault,

  • Parallel bars and

  • Horizontal bar - sometimes called the High Bar

• Rhythmic Gymnastics

  • Rope

  • Hoop

  • Ball

  • Clubs

  • Ribbon

• Trampoline Gymnastics

Cycling: Individual sports with Bikes

• Road Cycling

• Track Cycling

  • Sprint Cycling

    • Sprint

    • Keirin

    • Time Trial

  • Endurance

    • Individual Pursuit

    • Points Race

    • Scratch Race

• Mountain Biking

• BMX

Individual Extreme and Adventure Sports

• Rock Climbing

• Abseiling

• Parkour

• Surfing

• Skateboarding

  • Freestyle

  • Vert

  • Street

  • Park

• Wake Boarding

• Kite Surfing

• Paddle Boarding

• Windsurfing

• Canoeing

Individual Winter Sports: Individual Sports Played on Snow & Ice

• Skiing

  • Alpine

  • Freestyle

  • Cross-country

• Snowboarding

• Ice Climbing

• Ice Skating

• Ski Jumping

• Luge

• Skeleton

• Speed Skating

• Nordic Combined

Equestrian Sports: Individual Sports with a Horse

• Show Jumping

• Dressage

• Eventing

• Horse Racing

  • Flat racing

  • Jump Racing - hurdles, fences and other obstacles

• Rodeo

Golf

Target Sports

• Archery

• Shooting

  • Rifle

  • Pistol

  • Shotgun - Clay pigeon

• Darts

Table Sports: Games and Sports Played on a Table!

• Snooker

• Pool

• Billiards

• Bar Billiards

• Table Football

Endurance Sports

• Biathlon

• Triathlon - there are some great triathletes in sporting history!

• Ironman

• Ultra Marathon

Motor Sports

• Formula 1 Racing

• Formula 2 Racing

• Formula 3 Racing

• MotoGP

• Motorcross

• Speedway

• Karting

• Rally

• Drag Racing

• NASCAR

• Stock Car Racing

Aerobatics

• Aerobatic Flying

Weightlifting & Strength Sports

• Olympic Weightlifting

• Powerlifting

• Strongman & Strongwoman

Paralympic Sports

• Para archery

• Para-athletics

• Para badminton

• Boccia

• Para canoe

• Para-cycling

• Para Equestrian

• Para judo

• Para powerlifting

• Shooting Para sport

• Para swimming

• Para table tennis

• Para taekwondo

• Para triathlon

• Wheelchair fencing

• Wheelchair tennis

Mind Sports:

• Chess

• eSports (individual competitive video gaming)

• Scrabble

Unusual Sports: You might never have heard of these

• Fierljeppen - Canal Jumping