1981 World Games

World Games I
Host citySanta Clara, California, US
Nations58
Athletes1,400 (est.)[1]
Events104
OpeningJuly 24, 1981
Closingnone held[2]
Opened byKim Un-yong
President of World Games I Executive Committee[3]
Main venueToso Pavilion (19 events)
Cover of the World Games I brochure produced for Santa Clara in 1981.
Buck Shaw Stadium, site of the opening ceremonies and tug of war matches
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Location of Santa Clara, the host city, in California on the west coast of the United States.
World Games I souvenir button

The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California, United States. The games featured sports that were not included in the Olympics, including tug-of-war, racquetball, baseball and softball, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, roller speed skating, finswimming, karate, women's water polo, bowling, bodybuilding, waterskiing, casting, badminton, trampoline, powerlifting and taekwondo.[3] Best estimates for attendance figures were that about 80,000 spectators witnessed the first World Games.[4]

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