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The Women's World Games were held four times between 1922 and 1934. They were established by Alice Milliat and the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) to compensate for the lack of women's sports at the Olympic Games. The games were an important step towards women's equality in sports. A forerunner tournament was held in Monte Carlo in March 1921. ==Background== Women were allowed to take part in the Olympic games since 1900〔 (II Olympiad in golf and tennis, III Olympiad in archery, IV Olympiad in archery, figure skating and tennis, at the V Olympiad swimming was added as well). In 1919 Milliat started discussions with the IOC and the IAAF to also include women's track and field athletics events in the 1924 Olympic Games. On refusal Milliat hosted the first Women's World Games〔〔 1921 in Monte Carlo. On 31 October 1921, Milliat then formed La Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) with the purpose to oversight international women's sporting events and the inclusion of women's events in the Olympics.〔〔〔(gbrathletics - Women's World Games ) Retrieved 10 December 2013〕 A European version of the women's games was hosted in 1931 in Florence and was known as the Olimpiadi della Grazia (Olympics of Grace).〔(Olympiad of Grace ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Women's World Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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