102 countries
The largest number of delegations in the history of the Games.
IV · 29 September — 2 October 2022
The first away Games
For the first time the Games were held outside Kyrgyzstan, in İznik, Türkiye. One hundred and two countries — a record for geography.
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Handing the Games to another country was a stress test: would the format survive the move, would it still be itself without Issyk-Kul and Kyrchyn? Türkiye hosted them on Lake İznik.
The programme was cut to thirteen sports — a deliberate choice: fewer events, but with full fields of competitors. In exchange the geography set a record: 102 countries.
The fourth Games proved the main point: the platform is not tied to a place. The landscape changes; the sports, the rules and the meaning remain.
The Games turned out not to be about the place. They are about what people bring with them.
What stayed
A compact programme
Thirteen sports with full draws instead of a long list.
A new landscape
Lake İznik instead of Issyk-Kul — the format survived the move.