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, it is intended for elite competition in disability sports for athletes with intellectual disability and, since 2017, autism and Down syndrome.History of INAS. INAS. Retrieved 2019-09-21. It is the largest sporting event of its type. Athletes must have received classification from INAS to compete.Etchells, Daniel (2019-06-25). in athletics, swimming and table tennis confirmed for 2019 INAS Global Games. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-21.

History A precursor event was the World Games for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability held in 1989.Butler, Nick (2015-09-29). Inas considering legal action after "collapse" of Global Games Organising Committee. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2019-09-21. 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.How the Paralympics checks intellectual disability. BBC (2012-08-30). Retrieved 2019-09-21. The first three INAS Global Games were hosted in Europe. The fourth edition in 2015 expanded to South America,The 4th Inas Global Games 2015. Sport and Dev. Retrieved 2019-09-21. though INAS were forced to take over organisational duties due to the collapse of the local organising committee. Australia won the hosting rights for the 2019 event, having led the medal rankings of the previous three.INAS Global Games 2019 . Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 2019-09-21. 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.INAS Global Games recognised by ITTF. Paralympic (2019-01-10). Retrieved 2019-09-21.

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

Editions No.YearDatesCityCountryTop NationSportsCountriesAthletes – 1989 Härnösand 12004JulyBollnäs 6401000+220097–11 JuneLiberec 934800+3201126 September – 4 OctoberLoano 930700+4201520–27 SeptemberVarious 835600+5201912–19 OctoberBrisbane 1150814620234–10 JuneVichy 13801000+7202722 November–5 DecemberCairo

Number of athletes at the 2019 Global Games (highest to lowest) INAS Country Athletes AUS 166 FRA 83 JPN 57 POL 36 ESP 34 RUS 33 POR 31 THA 26 ECU 25 GBR 24 HKG 23 USA 22 KOR 21 EGY 20 CHN 20 ITA 19 INA 18 CZE 16 MEX 15 BRA 14 MAC 13 MAS 12 ISR 11 NZL 8 KSA 8 IND 7 SIN 7 COL 5 EST 5 SRI 5 ISL 4 MRI 4 SWE 4 TPE 3 DEN 3 BEL 2 HUN 2 CAN 1 CPV 1 CHI 1 FRO 1 FIN 1 GER 1 NOR 1 TUR 1 Total 814

All-time medal table (2004 to 2023)

Regional events

Virtus Americas Regional Games

No.YearDatesCityCountryTop NationSportsCountriesAthletes – 2022 (cancelled) 18–23 September São Paulo – – ––120262–11 OctoberLima10

Virtus Oceania Asia Games

No.YearDatesCityCountryTop NationSportsCountriesAthletes1 2022 5–11 November Brisbane 11 24600+

Virtus European Games

No.YearDatesCityCountryTop NationSportsCountriesAthletes1 2018 14–22 July Paris 9 20 10002202216–23 JulyKraków918600

Sports

See also

Special Olympics IWAS World Games Deaflympics Invictus Games

Other INAS sporting championships INAS World Athletics Championships INAS World Swimming Championships

References