From 65438 to 0948, the Soviet Union held the first rock climbing championship in China, which was also the first rock climbing competition in the world. Since then, rock climbing has become popular in Europe. In the 1960s and 1970s, many folk competitions were held in Europe.

1976 The Soviet Union held the first international rock climbing competition.

1980, France began to hold various forms of rock climbing competitions.

1985 and 1986 international competitions held in Italy were very successful because of the participation of climbers from many countries. Although rock climbing attracts many fans, people can only engage in this sport during their holidays because the natural rock walls are in the suburbs and the traffic and time problems have brought many changes to people. 1985, Frenchman Francis Shavigny invented an artificial rock wall that can be freely loaded and unloaded. He realized the idea that people should move natural rock walls to cities. Because the artificial rock wall is easier to operate and watch than the natural rock wall in terms of competition rules, the International Rock Climbing Committee approved the rock climbing competition on the artificial rock wall as an international official competition in 1987, and held the first rock climbing competition on the artificial rock wall in France that year.

1989 the first world cup rock climbing competition was held in stages in France, Britain, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet union. Athletes take part in competitions held in various places, and then make an annual overall ranking according to the results of each competition (see the table below for competition points). The winner with the best total score is the World Cup champion. Since then, the World Cup has been held every year.

The first World Climbing Championship was held in 199 1 year.

The first World Junior Rock Climbing Championship was held in 1992.

1992, Lian Deng International applied to the International Olympic Committee to include rock climbing in the official Olympic Games. 1993, the International Olympic Committee officially recognized rock climbing as an Olympic sport, and Lian Deng International is striving to include rock climbing as an official Olympic sport in the 2006 Winter Olympics. In Asia, the Asian Rock Climbing Competition Committee officially announced the establishment of 199 1 in Hong Kong in June, which marked a new stage of Asian rock climbing.

1September 1992, the first Asian climbing championship was held in Seoul, South Korea.

In China, from 65438 to 0987, chinese mountaineering association sent eight coaches and team members to learn rock climbing in Nagano. After returning to China, the first national rock climbing competition was held in the natural rock wall of Dashuiyu Reservoir in Huairou, Beijing.

1990, the first climbing competition was held on the artificial ground of Huairou National Mountaineering Team Training Base.

1993, the rock climbing competition was included in the official competition by the State Sports Commission, and a national championship was held every year thereafter. In September of the same year, the first national rock climbing championship was held in Changchun; The first domestic and international invitational tournament was held in Wuhan in June 5438+10. In February 65438, the second Asian Championship was successfully held in Changchun.

On 20 1 1 year, the first Shandong National Fitness Games Rock Climbing Competition and the eighth Rock Climbing Championship were held in the rock climbing field of Haiyang City, 3rd asian beach games.

20 1216, "Wujiang rural commercial bank cup" 2012 Wujiang Hu Fen international rock climbing masters competition was held in the beautiful southern water town of Hu Fen.