Encyclopedia of International Games

by Bell, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780786410262
• ISBN10: 0786410264
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing

Summary

The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well-known international multisport gathering of our times. Since 1896, hundreds of other multisport competitions based on the model of the Olympic Games have been established whose histories have not been as well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures the histories of these games, many of them for the very first time. Dozens of games are now held each year, and this work preserves the histories of both current games and many games that have come and gone. Included in the work are major regional games such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan-American Games, and lesser-known competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe. Games for specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games are featured. Dozens of entries cover the histories of games such as the Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games for disabled populations. Entries on each games are complemented by factual information (when available) including the host city, nation and dates of the games, the number of athletes, number and list of sports, number and list of nations, and medals tables.

Author Biography

Daniel Bell is a member of the International Society of Olympic Historians and North American Sports Library Network. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Preface	1	(8)
Introduction	9	(15)
The Games
Aalborg Youth Games	24	(1)
Academic Olympia	24	(1)
African Games	25	(12)
African Francophone Games for the Handicapped	37	(1)
All-Africa University Games	38	(1)
Alps-Adriatic Summer Youth Games	38	(1)
Alps-Adriatic Winter Youth Games	39	(1)
Arab Games	39	(9)
Arab Games for the Handicapped	48	(1)
Arab School Games	48	(1)
Arafura Games	49	(2)
Arctic Winter Games	51	(7)
Asia Pacific Games for the Deaf	58	(1)
Asia Pacific Masters Games	59	(1)
Asian Games	59	(14)
Asian Sports Festival	73	(1)
Asian Winter Games	74	(2)
Ataturk Dam International Sports Festival	76	(1)
Australasian Public Sector Games	76	(1)
Australian Masters Games	77	(1)
Australian Universities Games	77	(1)
Baltic Games	78	(1)
Baltic Sea Games	78	(2)
Bolivarian Games	80	(3)
Britain's Festival of Sport	83	(1)
British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games	84	(1)
Can-Am Police-Fire Games	85	(3)
Canterbury Centennial Games	88	(1)
CARIFTA Games	88	(2)
Centennial Youth Games	90	(1)
Central African Games	91	(1)
Central American and Caribbean Games	92	(13)
Central American and Caribbean University Games	105	(1)
Central American Games	105	(3)
Central Asian Games	108	(1)
Commonwealth Games	108	(18)
Commonwealth Youth Games	126	(1)
Community/Friendship Games	127	(1)
CUCSA Games	128	(1)
Defi Sportif	129	(1)
Dutch Commonwealth Games	130	(1)
East African Military Games	131	(1)
East African University Games	131	(1)
East Asian Games	132	(1)
Eastern European Transplant Games	133	(1)
Euro Games	133	(1)
European Heart/Lung Transplant Games	134	(1)
European Maccabi Games	135	(1)
European Special Olympics	136	(1)
European Youth Olympic Days	137	(3)
Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled	140	(2)
Far East Championships	142	(2)
Festival of the Empire Sports Meeting	144	(1)
Firefighters World Games	144	(6)
FISEC Games	150	(1)
Francophone Games	150	(4)
Friendship Games 84	154	(1)
Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO)	155	(2)
Games of the Small Countries of Europe	157	(5)
Gay Games	162	(2)
Goodwill Games	164	(8)
Gorge Games	172	(1)
Gravity Games	173	(1)
Hapoel Games	173	(3)
Honda Masters Games	176	(1)
Huntsman World Senior Games	177	(2)
IBSA World Championships for the Blind	179	(1)
Indian Ocean Island Games	180	(1)
Inter-Allied Games	181	(2)
International Electrical Engineering Students Sports Games	183	(1)
International Firefighters Winter Games	183	(1)
International Law Enforcement Games	184	(1)
International Police Winter Games	185	(1)
International School Children's Games	186	(4)
International Senior Games	190	(1)
International Women's Games	191	(1)
Irelands' Scholar Athlete Games	192	(1)
ISF Gymnasiade	192	(1)
Island Games	193	(7)
Islands Corporate Games	200	(1)
JCC Maccabi Games	200	(2)
Journalists World Games	202	(1)
Latin American Games	202	(1)
Maccabiade Winter Games	202	(1)
Maccabiah Games	203	(7)
Mediterranean Games	210	(9)
Micronesian Games	219	(3)
Middle East/Mediterranean Scholar Athlete Games	222	(1)
Military World Games	222	(2)
Muslim Student Games	224	(1)
Muslim Women's Games	225	(2)
New Zealand Games	227	(1)
Nordic Games	227	(2)
North American Indigenous Games	229	(1)
Olympic Games	230	(46)
Olympic Winter Games	276	(15)
Pacific Ocean Games	291	(1)
Pacific School Games	292	(1)
Pan-American Games	293	(17)
Pan-American Games for Patients with Asthma	310	(1)
Pan-American Games for the Blind	310	(1)
Pan-American Games for the Deaf	311	(1)
Pan-American Maccabi Games	311	(2)
Pan-American Medical Games	313	(1)
Pan-American Wheelchair Games	314	(1)
Pan-American Games	314	(1)
Paralympic Games	314	(17)
Peace Arch Games	331	(2)
Renaissance Games	333	(1)
Robin Hood Games	334	(1)
SCFA Summer Spartakiade	335	(1)
SCFA Winter Spartakiade	336	(1)
SELL Games (Summer)	337	(1)
SELL Games (Winter)	338	(1)
Socialist Olympics	339	(1)
South American Games	340	(3)
South Asian Federation Games	343	(4)
South East Asian Games	347	(7)
South Pacific Games	354	(8)
South Pacific Mini Games	362	(2)
Special Olympics	364	(3)
Special Olympics Asia-Pacific Games	367	(1)
Special Olympics Gulf Games	367	(1)
Special Olympics Mediterranean Games	367	(1)
Special Olympics Small Nations Games	367	(1)
Special Olympics West African Games	367	(1)
Special Olympics Winter World Games	368	(1)
Stockholm Summer Games	369	(1)
Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games	370	(3)
Tailteann Games	373	(3)
UK & Ireland Corporate Games	376	(1)
Victorian Corporate Games	376	(1)
West African University Games	376	(1)
West Asian Games	376	(1)
Western Asiatic Games	377	(1)
Windsor Classic Indoor Games	378	(1)
Winter Australian Corporate Games	379	(1)
Winter Games for the Disabled	379	(1)
Winter International School Children's Games	379	(1)
Winter Pan-American Games	380	(1)
Winter Paralympic Games	381	(3)
Winter World Corporate Games	384	(1)
Winter World Games for the Deaf	385	(4)
Winter World Transplant Games	389	(1)
Winter World University Games	390	(8)
Winter X Games	398	(1)
World Air Games	399	(1)
World Corporate Games	400	(1)
World Dwarf Games	401	(1)
World Equestrian Games	402	(3)
World Ex-Service Wheelchair and Amputee Games	405	(1)
World Games	406	(4)
World Games for the Deaf	410	(11)
World Masters Games	421	(3)
World Medical Games	424	(2)
World Nature Games	426	(1)
World Peace Games/Jeux Mondiaux de le Paix	427	(1)
World Police and Fire Games	427	(5)
World Scholar Athlete Games	432	(1)
World Transplant Games	433	(4)
World University Games	437	(29)
World Youth Games	466	(3)
X Games	469	(4)
Appendix 1. Games by Year	473	(18)
Appendix 2. Games by Nation	491	(16)
Appendix 3. Games by Host City	507	(22)
Appendix 4. Largest Games by Number of Participants (Top 100)	529	(4)
Appendix 5. Largest Games by Number of Nations (Top 100)	533	(3)
Appendix 6. Largest Games by Number of Sports (Top 54)	536	(2)
Appendix 7. Other Games	538	(2)
Appendix 8. Olympic Games Participants: Information Sources Compared	540	(3)
Notes	543	(8)
Bibliography	551	(30)
Index	581