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Key facts
- First event
- 1981 – Santa Clara, California , US
- Occur every
- 4 years
- Last event
- 2025 – Chengdu , Sichuan, China
- Next event
- 2029 – Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Purpose
- To conduct multi-sport events for sports and disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games
- Headquarters
- Lausanne , Switzerland
- Website
- theworldgames.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 days. The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee.
In the most recent editions, between 25 and 34 sports have been included in the official programme. Several sports or disciplines that were on the programme of The World Games have been discontinued because they are now included in the programme of the Olympic Games. Around 3,500 participants from around 100 nations take part.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “World Games” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.