GGVI bid comparisons: Sports

Projected numbers of participants by sport,
Gay Games VI

• Includes all estimated figures, whether for required or optional sports.
• "Nope" signifies that the sport is not listed in that city’s plans.
• The letter t means "teams." All other figures represent individuals.
• Montreal figures are given, as per the original information, as estimate/maximum.

Sport	Toronto	Sydney	Montreal	Dallas	Long Beach
Aerobics	50	150	200/300	120	Nope
Archery	Nope	Nope	Nope	400	Nope
Badminton	400	200	500/600	300	Nope
Ballroom dancing	Nope	300	300/600	200	Nope
Basketball	50t	200	325/600	400	1500
Beach volleyball	50t	Nope	Nope	200	500
Billiards	200	100	250/350	Nope	350
Bowling	750	600	560/1200	1000	1200
Boxing	50	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope
Cheerleading	Nope	Nope	Nope	120	Nope
Curling	100	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope
Cycling	250	200	340/700	350	1500 (300 extra for MTB)
Darts	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	500
Diving	100	50	70/150	[Swimming]	120
Equestrian	Nope	Nope	Nope	100	Nope
Fencing	Nope	Nope	Nope	100	Nope
Figure skating	150	75	125/250	200	150
Golf	200	150	175/700	400	400
Gymnastics	Nope	Nope	Nope	100	200
Field hockey	No	150	Nope	Nope	Nope
Ice hockey	50t	150	350/450	400	400
Inline skating	Nope	Nope	100/200	250	450
Jetskiing	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	120
Marathon	1000	400	800/2000	1050	2500
Martial Arts	250	250	275/400	300	300
Physique	350	200	325/500	400	600
Powerlifting	50	130	100/200	150	100
Racquetball	50	No	180/400	250	300
Rodeo	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	300
Rowing	400	Nope	100/150	200	200
Sailboarding	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	120
Sport climbing	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	250
Soccer	100t	900	1100/1500	1200	1200
Softball	250t	800	1300/1400	1500	3600
Squash	250	150	150/300	200	175
Swimming	1500	1200	2000/3500	1600 (includes diving)	1500
Surfing	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	150
Synchronized swimming	Nope	Nope	100/200	100	Nope
Table tennis	200	150	200/300	100	Nope
Tennis	1000	900	1000/1200	1000	1200
Touch football	50t	200	Nope	280	1200
Toughest Competitor Alive®	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	250
Track	750	1000	1500/1700	1500	3500
Triathlon	500	450	600/750	500	800
Volleyball	350	1400	1700/1800	2280	2000
Waterpolo	25	100	260/400	250	200
Waterskiing	Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope	250
Wrestling	100	100	250/400	300	300

Posted: Circa December 1997 ¶ Updated: 2009.03.01

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