Editing Multi-sport event (section)

=== Worldwide events ===
==== Multi-sport events for non-Olympic sports ====
*[[World Games]], held first in 1981, stage many sports (though not all) that are not Olympic sports.
*[[Mind Sports Olympiad]], first held in 1997 for [[mind sport]]s<ref name="MSO">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130731220353/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/24/mind.olympiad/ Mental muscles flexed at Mind Sports Olympiad] [[CNN]], 24 August 1997, , retrieved 13 July 2012</ref>
*[[World Mind Sports Games]], first held in 2008 for games of skill (e.g. chess, go, etc.)
*The [[X Games]] and [[X Games#Winter X Games|Winter X Games]], which highlight extreme action sports.
*The FAI [[World Air Games]], first held in 1997, is the premier international multi-discipline air sports event. 
==== By occupation ====
*[[Universiade]], held first in 1959, for students at [[University|universities]] worldwide
*[[Military World Games]], held first in 1995, for military athletes from over 100 countries
*[[World Police and Fire Games]], began in 1985, for law enforcement officers and firefighters worldwide; third only to the World Masters Games and Summer Olympics in number of participants.
==== By organisation and language ====
*[[Commonwealth Games]], held first in 1930 (although a similar event was held in 1911) for all member states of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
**[[Commonwealth Youth Games]], began in 2000.
*[[Jeux de la Francophonie|Francophone Games]], held first in 1989, for [[French language|French]]-speaking nations and communities.
*[[Lusophony Games]], began in 2006, for [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-speaking nations and communities.
*[[Pan Arab Games]], held first in 1953, for Arabic-speaking nations.
*[[Islamic Solidarity Games]], first held in 2005, for all member states of the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]].
*[[Women's Islamic Games]], began in 1993.
===== By political and historical allegiance =====
*[[Bolivarian Games]], began in 1938, for countries liberated by [[Simón Bolívar]]
*[[Games of the Small States of Europe]], first held in 1985, for small states of [[Europe]]
*[[Island Games]], first held in 1985, for teams from several islands and other small territories
*[[Goodwill Games]], first held in 1986, originally held as an alternative after the boycotted Olympics of 1980 and 1984 (The last edition was held in 2001)
*[[Spartakiad]], a defunct event involving athletes from the [[Soviet Union]]
*[[Games of the New Emerging Forces]], a defunct event first held in 1963, for the so-called "Emerging Nations" (mainly newly independent [[socialism|socialist]] states)
==== By national origin/descent or ethnicity ====
*[[Maccabiah Games]], first held in 1932, for [[Jews|Jewish]] athletes worldwide.
*[[Pan-Armenian Games]], began in 1999.
*[[Croatian World Games]], began in 2006.
==== Other ====
*[[Gay Games]] and [[World OutGames]], first held in 1982 and 2006, for the worldwide [[gay community]].
*[[World Masters Games]], first held in 1985, for mature athletes. Most participants of any multi-sport event, with approximately twice as many competitors as the Summer Olympics.
*[[European Masters Games]], first held in 2008, for mature athletes (generally for 30–35 years or older, dependent on the sport).