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The INAS Global Games is a quadrennial global, international multi-sport event organised by the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS). First organised in 2004,[1] it is intended for elite competition in disability sports for athletes with intellectual disability and, since 2017, autism and down syndrome.[2] It is the largest sporting event of its type. Athletes must have received classification from INAS to compete.[3]

History

A precursor event was the World Games for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability held in 1989.[4] The competition was discontinued following the integration of athletes with intellectual disabilities into the Paralympics programme in 1996, though renewed exclusion following disability fabrication at the 2000 Summer Paralympics led to the relaunch as the INAS Global Games.[5] The first three INAS Global Games were hosted in Europe. The fourth edition in 2015 expanded to South America,[6] though INAS were forced to take over organisational duties due to the collapse of the local organising committee.[4] Australia won the hosting rights for the 2019 event, having led the medal rankings of the previous three.[7] Initially the competition was seen as a specialist event by other sports governing bodies, but the INAS athletics, swimming and table tennis competitions are now recognised and sanctioned by the main global bodies for those disability sports.[8]

The games is separate from the INAS World Championships, which are a series of sport-specific championships.

Editions

No. Year Dates City Country Top Nation Sports Countries Athletes
– 1989 Härnösand  Sweden
1[9] 2004 July Bollnäs  Sweden  Poland 6 40 1000+
2[10] 2009 7 – 11 June Liberec  Czech Republic  Australia 9 34 800+
3[11] 2011 26 September – 4 October Loano  Italy  Australia 9 30 700+
4[12] 2015 20 – 27 September Various  Ecuador  Australia 8 35 600+[4]
5[13] 2019 12 – 19 October Brisbane  Australia  Australia 11 50 814
6[14] 2023 4 – 10 June Vichy  France  France 13 80 1000+

Number of athletes at the 2019 Global Games (highest to lowest)

All-time medal table (2004 to 2023)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)189134142465
2 France (FRA)1218983293
3 Poland (POL)715653180
4 Hong Kong (HKG)646457185
5 Portugal (POR)524145138
6 Spain (ESP)494135125
7 Brazil (BRA)463325104
8 Italy (ITA)383744119
9 Japan (JPN)356268165
10 Ukraine (UKR)35301984
11 Russia (RUS)3413956
12 Great Britain (GBR)31332488
13 South Korea (KOR)27162972
14 Ecuador (ECU)19161550
15 Egypt (EGY)1761437
16 Hungary (HUN)16292974
17 Mexico (MEX)1691439
18 Denmark (DEN)158528
19 South Africa (RSA)14183466
20 Estonia (EST)1310831
21 United States (USA)12252057
22 Netherlands (NED)11131438
23 Israel (ISR)116421
24 Sweden (SWE)109625
25 Czech Republic (CZE)9151640
26 Colombia (COL)92415
27 Belgium (BEL)76619
28 Chinese Taipei (TPE)75618
29 Tunisia (TUN)55818
30 Iceland (ISL)54615
31 Venezuela (VEN)46616
32 Turkey (TUR)34411
33 Puerto Rico (PUR)3328
34 Cape Verde (CPV)3025
35 Croatia (CRO)2619
36 Indonesia (INA)2215
37 Canada (CAN)2147
38 Thailand (THA)2103
39 Faroe Islands (FAR)1528
40 Germany (GER)1315
41 Greece (GRE)1214
42 Finland (FIN)1113
43 Iran (IRI)1034
44 Malaysia (MAS)1023
45 Chile (CHI)1001
 Peru (PER)1001
47 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0404
48 Macau (MAC)0347
49 Austria (AUT)0325
50 Singapore (SGP)0303
51 India (IND)0235
52 Argentina (ARG)0224
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0224
54 Bulgaria (BUL)0213
55 New Zealand (NZL)0112
56 China (CHN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (57 entries)10178918892797

Regional events

Virtus Americas Regional Games

No. Year Dates City Country Top Nation Sports Countries Athletes
–[15] 2022 (cancelled) 18 – 23 September Sao Paulo  Brazil – – – –
1[16] 2026 2 – 11 October Lima  Peru 10

Virtus Oceania Asia Games

No. Year Dates City Country Top Nation Sports Countries Athletes
1[17] 2022 5 – 11 November Brisbane  Australia  Australia 11 24 600+

Virtus European Games

No. Year Dates City Country Top Nation Sports Countries Athletes
1[18][19] 2018 14 – 22 July Paris  France  Russia 9 20 1000
2[20] 2022 16 – 23 July Kraków  Poland 9 18 600

Spors

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Global Games.

Other INAS sporting championships

References

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  2. ^ History of INAS. INAS. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  3. ^ Etchells, Daniel (2019-06-25). in athletics, swimming and table tennis confirmed for 2019 INAS Global Games. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ^ a b c Butler, Nick (2015-09-29). Inas considering legal action after "collapse" of Global Games Organising Committee. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. ^ How the Paralympics checks intellectual disability. BBC (2012-08-30). Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  6. ^ The 4th Inas Global Games 2015. Sport and Dev. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  7. ^ INAS Global Games 2019. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  8. ^ INAS Global Games recognised by ITTF. Paralympic (2019-01-10). Retrieved 2019-09-21.
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  10. ^ "2009 INAS Global Games Results Book" (PDF). VIRTUS Sport. 8 March 2020.
  11. ^ "2011 INAS Global Games Results Book" (PDF). VIRTUS Sport. 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ "2015 INAS Global Games Results Book" (PDF). VIRTUS Sport. 8 March 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 INAS Global Games Results Book" (PDF). VIRTUS Sport. 8 March 2020.
  14. ^ "2023 INAS Global Games Results Book" (PDF). VIRTUS Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  15. ^ "2022 Americas Regional Games - cancelled". VIRTUS.sport. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Peru to Host Inaugural 2026 Virtus Americas Regional Games". VIRTUS.sport. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ "The Virtus Oceania Asian Games 2022". oagames2022.org. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  18. ^ "2018 INAS Summer Games Paris". Archived from the original on 21 Aug 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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  20. ^ "2022 Virtus European Summer Games begin in Cracow, Poland". paralympic.org. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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