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The first modern multi-sport Event organised were the Olympic Games , organised by the International Olympic Committee (est. 1894 ) for the first time in 1896 in Athens , Greece . After some badly organised celebrations ( 1900 , 1904 ), the Olympics became very popular. The number of sports, initially only a few, is still growing. At the beginning of the 20th Century , another multi-sport event, the Nordic Games were first held. These Games were held in Scandinavia , and the sports conducted were winter sports such as Cross Country Skiing and Speed Skating . The Nordic Games were last held in 1926 , after which the 1924 Winter Sports Week in Chamonix was declared the first Olympic Winter Games . In the 1920s , all kinds of other multi-sport events were set up. These were usually directed for a selected group of athletes, rather than everybody, which was - basically - the case with the Olympic Games. The Soviets organised the first Spartakiade in 1920 , a communist alternative to the 'bourgeois' Olympic Games, and in 1922 the University Olympia was organised in Italy , the forerunner of the World University Games , meant for students only. Regional Games were another kind of multi-sport event that was established, such as the Far East Championships or the Central American Games . The Olympic Games are still the largest multi-sport event in the world, but several others also have significance. These are:
Other Games are intended for handicapped or disabled athletes. The Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games , incepted in 1948 in England , were the first such Games. In 1960 , the first Paralympic Games were held, connected with the Olympic Games. EXTERNAL LINKS
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