Editing Bouldering (section)

== Competition bouldering ==
{{See also|Competition bouldering}}
[[File:BW 2012-08-26 Dorothea Karalus GER 0541.JPG|right|thumb|150px|A competitor at a Boulder World Cup in 2012]]

The [[International Federation of Sport Climbing]] (IFSC) employs an indoor format (although competitions can also take place in an outdoor setting{{Sfn|Lourens|2005|p=18}}) that breaks the competition into three rounds: qualifications, semi-finals, and finals. The rounds feature different sets of four to six boulder problems, and each competitor has a fixed amount of time to attempt each problem. At the end of each round, competitors are ranked by the number of completed problems with ties settled by the total number of attempts taken to solve the problems.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hatch |first=Tim |last2=Leonardon |first2=François |date=January 2024 |title=Rules 2024 |url=https://images.ifsc-climbing.org/ifsc/image/private/t_q_good/prd/ugfyikqetemtjmujhwky.pdf |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=International Federation of Sport Climbing |pages=58-59}}</ref>

Some competitions only permit climbers a fixed number of attempts at each problem with a timed rest period in between.<ref name="Hague2011">{{cite book |author1=Hague |first=Dan |title=Redpoint: The Self-Coached Climber's Guide to Redpoint and On-Site Climbing |author2=Hunter, Douglas |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2011 |isbn=9780811745079 |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |pages=175 |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> In an open-format competition, all climbers compete simultaneously, and are given a fixed amount of time to complete as many problems as possible. More points are awarded for more difficult problems, while points are deducted for multiple attempts on the same problem.<ref name="Schmid2011">{{cite book |author=Schmid |first=Stephen E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ilq1usRiD2EC |title=Climbing – Philosophy for Everyone |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2011 |isbn=9781444341461 |location=West Sussex, U.K. |pages=201}}</ref>

In 2012, the IFSC submitted a proposal to the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) to include [[lead climbing]] in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. The proposal was later revised to an "overall" competition, which would feature bouldering, lead climbing, and [[speed climbing]].<ref>{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Dougald |date=20 March 2013 |title=New Olympic Plan: Climbers Must Compete in Bouldering, Lead, and Speed |url=http://www.climbing.com/news/new-olympic-plan-climbers-must-compete-in-bouldering-lead-and-speed/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |publisher=Climbing.com}}</ref> In 2016, the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) officially approved climbing, along with four other sports, as an Olympic sport, based on their "impact on gender equality, the youth appeal of the sports and the legacy value of adding them to the Tokyo Games".<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2016 |title=IOC Approves Five New Sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020 |access-date=4 January 2025 |work=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>