1997 World Games
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Host city | Lahti, Finland |
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Nations participating | 73 |
Athletes participating | 1,379[1] |
Events | 164 (22 sports) |
Opening ceremony | 7 August 1997 |
Closing ceremony | 17 August 1997 |
Officially opened by | President Martti Ahtisaari |
Main venue | Lahti Sport Centre |
The 1997 World Games (Finnish: 1997 Maailman Pelit, Swedish: 1997 Världsspelen), the fifth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Lahti, Finland on August 7–17, 1997. The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Lahti Sport Centre.
Sports
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Calendar
Medal table
Official sports
The medal tally during the fifth World Games is as follows. United States finished at the top of the final medal table.[2] Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the nine karate kumite events. No bronze medals were awarded in two bodybuilding and three weightlifting events. No silver medal was awarded in one weightlifting event.
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 17 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
2 | China (CHN) | 16 | 14 | 5 | 35 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 15 | 16 | 10 | 41 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 15 | 10 | 13 | 38 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
10 | France (FRA) | 5 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
12 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
14 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
15 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
16 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
17 | Belarus (BLR) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
18 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
19 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
20 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
21 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
22 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
23 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
24 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
25 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
26 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
27 | Slovenia (SVN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
29 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
31 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
34 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
35 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
37 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
39 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
40 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
41 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
42 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
44 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (48 entries) | 164 | 163 | 168 | 495 |
Invitation sports
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SVN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medalists
Bodybuilding
The venue was the Lahti City Theater. The competition took place on August 8 and 9.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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- 65 kg | Anwar el-Amawy | Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz | José Carlos Santos |
- 70 kg | Toshiko Hirota | Chris Faildo | |
- 75 kg | Kim Jun-Ho | Juha Hakala | Ahmed al-Sayed |
- 80 kg | Kester Pasche | Johnny Steward | Yrjö Jokela |
- 90 kg | Milton Holloway | Ingo Fischer | Janos Lantos |
+ 90 kg | Walter Lettner | Peter Keränen | Olegas Zuras |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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- 52 kg | Utako Mizuma | Katja Rydström | Heike Jung |
- 57 kg | Barbara Furer | Rita Rinner | |
+ 57 kg | Michaela Baumer | Pauliina Kosola | Anne Oksanen |
Bowling
The venue was the Lahti Bowling Centre. The competition took place on August 8 to 10.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ten-pin bowling - Singles | Gery Verbruggen | Vernon Peterson | Rafael Nepomuceno |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ten-pin bowling - Singles | Patricia Schwarz | Isabelle Saldjian | Lee Mi-Young |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ten-pin bowling - Pairs | Sharon Low Daniel Lim |
Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley |
Tomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito |
Casting
The venue was the Kisapuisto Sports Park. The competition took place on August 10 to 12.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Fly Accuracy | Thomas Maire | Werner Gattermaier | Frode Semb |
Fly Distance Single Handed | Slaveyko Slaveykov | Robert Meszaros | Patrik Lexa |
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target | Patrik Lexa | Henrik Harjanne | Josef Luxa |
Spinning Accuracy | Patrik Lexa | Thomas Maire | Jan Meszaros |
Spinning Distance Single Handed | Jan Meszaros | Thomas Maire | Patrik Lexa |
Multiplier Accuracy | Steve Rajeff | Harvey Beck | Henrik Österberg |
The source available does not say whether or not there was a Men's Multiplier Distance Single Handed event.
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Fly Accuracy | Hana Tupa | Michaela Krizová | Kathrin Ernst |
Fly Distance Single Handed | Michaela Krizová | Hana Tupa | Ewa Borowska |
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target | Annika Janson | Michaela Krizová | Marianne Kosonen |
Spinning Accuracy | Kathrin Ernst | Michaela Krizová | Brenda Banks |
Multiplier Accuracy | Bernda Banks | Marianne Kosonen | Annika Janson |
DanceSport
The venue was the Urheilutalo. The competition took place on August 10 and 11.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Standard | Hazel Newberry Christopher Hawkins |
Alessandra Bucciarelli William Pino |
Pia David Stefan Ossenkop |
Latin | Mie Bach Steen Lund |
Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca |
Katja Koukkula Jussi Väänänen |
Fistball
The venue was the Lahti Sport Centre. The competition took place on August 9 to 11.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Germany | Austria | Brazil |
Gymnastics
Sports acrobatics
Men
Women
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pairs | Sofiya Galiyulina Dmitriy Kukva |
Lü Xiaojun Lu Yijie |
Ewelina Fijolek Andrzej Sokołowski |
Sports aerobics
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Kalojan Kalojanov | Stanislav Marchenkov | Patrick Nahafahik |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Women | Juanita Little | Olga Rumyantseva | Barbara Vadovicová |
Mixed
Trampoline
These were the final individual events of trampoline at the World Games. The individual trampoline has been part of the program of the Olympic Games from 2000.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Nikolay Kazak | Emmanuel Durand | Aleksandr Danilchenko |
Synchro | Nikolay Kazak Vladimir Kakorko |
Michael Serth Martin Kubicka |
Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Yelena Savaleva | Olena Movchan | Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey |
Synchro | Oksana Tsiguleva Olena Movchan |
Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko |
Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova |
Tumbling
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Vladimir Ignatenkov | Rayshine Harris | Tseko Mogotsi |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Olena Chabanenko | Chrystel Robert | Natalya Borisenko |
Korfball
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Korfball | Netherlands | Belgium | Chinese Taipei |
Squash
The competition took place at Suurhalli Exhibition.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Ahmed Barada | Derek Ryan | Graham Ryding |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Women | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | Sabine Schöne | Leilani Joyce |
Tug of war
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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- 640 kg | Spain | Switzerland | Ireland |
- 720 kg | Netherlands | Sweden | Ireland |
Women (invitational)
References
- ^ "LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
Sources
External links
- Articles with short description
- Articles containing Finnish-language text
- Articles containing Swedish-language text
- 1997 World Games
- World Games by year
- 1997 in multi-sport events
- International sports competitions hosted by Finland
- 1997 in Finnish sport
- Multi-sport events in Finland
- Sports competitions in Lahti
- August 1997 sports events in Europe