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==Historic events==

===Olympic Games===
{{Main|Olympic Games}}

The first modern multi-sport [[Sports competition|event]] organised were the Olympic Games, organised by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) (est. 1894) for the first time in 1896 in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. After some celebrations (1900, 1904), the Olympics became very popular nowadays. The number of sports, initially only a few, is still growing.

===Paralympic Games===
{{Main|Paralympic Games}}

The Paralympic Games is the largest multi-sport event involving athletes with physical disabilities and is organized by the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC). Arranged for the first time in 1960 in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. The number of sports, initially only a few, is still growing.

===Special Olympics===
{{Main|Special Olympics World Games}}

The first Special Olympics International Summer Games were held in [[Chicago]], Illinois, in 1968. The most recent{{when|date=March 2022}} Special Olympics World Winter Games in Schladming, Austria involved 25 sports and approximately 2,277 athletes from 133 countries. {{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

===Others===
At the beginning of the 20th century, another multi-sport event, the [[Nordic Games]] were first held. These Games were held in [[Scandinavia]], and the sports conducted were winter sports such as [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skiing]] and [[speed skating]]. The Nordic Games were last held in 1926, after which the 1924 Winter Sports Week in [[Chamonix]] was declared the first [[Olympic Winter Games]].
In the 1920s, all kinds of other multi-sport events were set up. These were usually directed for a selected group of athletes, rather than everybody, which was the case with the Olympic Games. The Soviets organized the first [[Spartakiad]] in 1920, a communist alternative to the 'bourgeois' Olympic Games, and in 1922 the University Olympia was organizedor in [[Italy]], the forerunner of the [[World University Games]], meant for students only.
Regional games were another kind of multi-sport event that was established, such as the [[Far Eastern Championship Games]] (1913), the [[Central American and Caribbean Games]] (1926) or the [[Pan American Games]] (1951).