Governing bodies of individual sports

Federations whose sports are classed as individual sports; a federation governing several sports can appear under more than one type.

16federations

1905oldest founded

94national members recorded

16 federations

Federation	Sports	Founded	Based in	Members
FIDE	Chess	1924	Lausanne	15
World Aquatics FINA	Water polo, Diving	1908	Lausanne	12
International Weightlifting Federation	Weightlifting	1905	Lausanne	6
European Aquatics EA	Water polo, Competitive swimming	1927	Luxembourg	8
International Biathlon Union	Biathlon	1993	Anif	3
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation IBSF	Bobsleigh, Skeleton	1923	Maison du Sport International	2
World Triathlon	Triathlon, Off-road triathlon	1989	Lausanne	3
Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne	Modern pentathlon, Biathle	1948	Monte Carlo	1
European Chess Union	Chess	1985	Hünenberg	33
Asia Aquatics AA	Water polo, Diving	1978	Muscat	3
European Weightlifting Federation	Weightlifting	1969	Ankara	3
World Draughts Federation FMJD	Checkers	1947	—	—
International Chess Committee of the Deaf ICCD	Chess	1949	Kyiv	1
European Triathlon Union ETU	Triathlon	1984	—	2
Asian Weightlifting Federation	Weightlifting	1958	Doha	1
Asian Chess Federation	Chess	—	Al Ain	1

Members — national associations recorded as members in Wikidata; the official count can be higher.