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Darts

Precision Sports

Darts is a precision sport in which players throw small pointed missiles at a circular, numbered target board, most commonly played to a standard format in which competitors race to reduce a starting score to exactly zero. The sport developed from informal pub and tavern games in England, with the standardized numbering layout of the modern board credited to Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin in the 1890s. Darts is governed internationally by the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation and is not part of the Olympic program.

Facts
Origin Year
1896 1
Originating Region
British Isles 1
International Governing Body
World Darts Federation 1
Classification
Olympic Programme Status
Not an Olympic Sport 1
Connections

Associated With

Baseball, Sports
Source Darts - Wikipedia
Golf, Sports
Source Darts - Wikipedia

Played By

Sources
1. Darts - Wikipedia
  • Darts organisations
    The World Darts Federation (WDF) (founded 1976), along with organisations in some 60 other countries worldwide.
  • History, Dartboard section
    The standard numbered point system is attributed to Lancashire carpenter Brian Gamlin, who devised it in 1896 to penalise inaccuracy
  • History section (overview)
    Darts is commonly played in the British Isles, and recreationally loved around the world.
  • entity record, description (olympic-status)
    Darts is governed internationally by the World Darts Federation and the Professional Darts Corporation and is not part of the Olympic program.
  • Associated With: Golf, Variants, Dart golf
    Dart golf is a darts game based on the sport of golf
  • Associated With: Baseball, Variants, Dartball
    Dartball is a darts game based on the sport of baseball
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