World Games 1985

The second World Games were held in 1985 in London, the capital city of England. Three venues were used, the main one being the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Sports included Taekwondo, Karate, Sambo, Powerlifting, Flipper/Snorkel swimming, roller skate sports, casting, korfball, waterskiing and netball. The netball results reversed the results of the recent world cup, with New Zealand winning gold to Australia's silver. Similarly, 3rd and 4th places were reversed, Jamaica winning bronze against Britain. The ground team at Crystal Palace was headed by football legend Roy Dwight with assistance from Tosh Chamberlain.

Titles

114 titles were awarded in 24 sports (4 invitational sports not including).^[1]

     As Invitational sport

Medal Table

The following were the medal tally during the 2nd World Games, Italy is the over-all champion of this edition.^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	26	29	22	77
2	United States	18	14	14	46
3	West Germany	13	11	15	39
4	Sweden	12	8	5	25
5	United Kingdom	9	18	14	31
6	France	7	5	9	21
7	South Korea	7	0	1	8
8	Hungary	4	5	5	14
9	Japan	4	1	2	7
10	Netherlands	3	1	3	7
11	Norway	2	6	8	16
12	Ireland	2	0	0	2
13	Canada	1	5	5	11
14	Belgium	1	3	4	8
15	Spain	1	3	3	7
16	Switzerland	1	2	3	6
17	Australia	1	1	0	2
	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
19	Singapore	1	0	0	1
20	Austria	0	4	4	8
21	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4
22	Egypt	0	2	2	4
23	Philippines	0	2	1	3
24	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Monaco	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totale		114	114	131	359

References

External links

• Official Website of the IWGA
• Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)