team events
Collaborative athletic contests
Team events are competitive activities in which groups rather than individuals compete against each other.
The term appears most often in sports contexts—swimming, gymnastics, and track and field all feature team events alongside individual competitions: She won gold in the team event but missed the podium individually.
In corporate settings, team events are organized activities meant to build camaraderie among coworkers.
- relay raceSequential team sprint
- three-legged racePaired bound running contest
- hackathonTimed team programming event
- trust fallDeliberate backward collapse into waiting arms
- rugby sevensSeven-player team variant
company retreat · duplicate bridge · scavenger hunt · potluck · spirit week · synchronized swimming · CrossFit · camaraderie · scoring system · regionals · ultimate frisbee · finals · awards ceremony · escape room · icebreaker · tug of war · morale · capture the flag
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- youth sportsyouth soccer, youth basketball, youth swimming, youth volleyball, youth wrestling
- bridgecontract bridge, duplicate bridge, rubber bridge, bridge table, trump
- ski racingslalom, gates, giant slalom, downhill, combined
- cross-countrytrails, terrain, distance, endurance, hills
- kart racingsprint races, time trials, qualifying rounds, finals, national championships