Women's World Games

Women's World Games
First event1922
Occur every4 years
Last event1934
Purposeinclusion of women's sports at the Olympic Games
HeadquartersFédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI), Paris, France

The Women's World Games were the first international women's sports events in track and field. The games were held four times between 1922 and 1934. They were established by Alice Milliat and the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI)[1][2] to compensate for the lack of women's sports at the Olympic Games.[3][4] The games were an important step towards women's equality in sports. A forerunner tournament was held in Monte Carlo in March 1921.

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