1981 World Games

World Games I
Host citySanta Clara, California, US
Nations58
Athletes1,400 (est.)
Events104
OpeningJuly 24, 1981
Closingnone held
Opened byKim Un-yong
President of World Games I Executive Committee
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
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. Best estimates for attendance figures were that about 80,000 spectators witnessed the first World Games.

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