World Games 2013
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| Host city |
 Cali, Colombia
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| Motto | Fair play to the planet | ||
| Nations participating | 103 | ||
| Athletes participating | 2,982 | ||
| Events | 199 in 36 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | July 25, 2013 | ||
| Closing ceremony | August 4, 2013 | ||
| Officially opened by | Vice President Angelino Garzón | ||
| Athlete's Oath | Jorge Luis CiFuentes | ||
| Judge's Oath | Marta Luz Vega | ||
| Coach's Oath | Hugo Cotuaz | ||
| Main venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | ||
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The World Games of 2013 took place in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.
The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.
Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host the World Games in 2013.
There are 31 official sports and 5 invitational sports.
The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.
Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:
The other two disciplines took place in Jamundí:
Key: Invitational sport
This particular edition made the laughable mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, unabashedly stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation"
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