Qualification for the Games depended upon the performance of the countries in other major multi-sport events.
This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event.
The 1998 World Youth Games was the first international multi-sport event of its kind.
Many regional multi-sport events have since been founded and modeled after the Olympics.
At the beginning of the 20th century, another multi-sport event, the Nordic Games were first held.
In the 1920s, all kinds of other multi-sport events were set up.
The Universiade is an international, multi-sport event for university students, generally held every other year since 1959.
It was the first and largest international multi-sport event ever held in the territory.
It was the largest multi-sport event of the year, with approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 nations participating in 36 sports.
The Games are an international multi-sport event for athletes with a physical disability.