World Games 1997
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Host city | Lahti |
Nations participating | 10 |
Athletes participating | 1,290 |
Events | --- (22 sports) |
Officially opened by | Martti Ahtisaari |
Main venue | Lahti Sport Centre |
The fifth World Games were held in 1997 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
● | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | ● | Closing ceremony |
August | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
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Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||||
Bodybuilding | ● | ● | |||||||||
Bowling | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
Casting | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
DanceSport | ● | ● | |||||||||
Fistball | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
Gymnastics | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
Korfball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
Squash | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
Tug of war | ● | ● | |||||||||
August | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
Medal count
World Games 1997 Medals statistics by nation | |||||||||
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Rank | Nation | Official sports | Demonstration sports | ||||||
Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
1 | United States | 17 | 18 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Germany | 16 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | China | 16 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Russia | 16 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Italy | 12 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Sweden | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | United Kingdom | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Japan | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Belgium | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | France | 5 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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 | Egypt Anwar el-Amawy | Egypt Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz | Brazil José Carlos Santos |
- 70 kg | Japan Toshiko Hirota | United States Chris Faildo | |
- 75 kg | South Korea Kim Jun-Ho | Finland Juha Hakala | Egypt Ahmed al-Sayed |
- 80 kg | Germany Kester Pasche | United States Johnny Steward | Finland Yrjö Jokela |
- 90 kg | United States Milton Holloway | Germany Ingo Fischer | Hungary Janos Lantos |
+ 90 kg | Austria Walter Lettner | Finland Peter Keränen | Lithuania Olegas Zuras |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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- 52 kg | Japan Utako Mizuma | Finland Katja Rydström | Germany Heike Jung |
- 57 kg | Switzerland Barbara Furer | Liechtenstein Rita Rinner | |
+ 57 kg | Germany Michaela Baumer | Finland Pauliina Kosola | Finland 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 | Netherlands Gery Verbruggen | United States Vernon Peterson | Philippines Rafael Nepomuceno |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ten-pin bowling - Singles | Germany Patricia Schwarz | France Isabelle Saldjian | South Korea Lee Mi-Young |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ten-pin bowling - Pairs | Malaysia Sharon Low Daniel Lim |
Australia Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley |
Japan 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 | Germany Thomas Maire | Austria Werner Gattermaier | Norway Frode Semb |
Fly Distance Single Handed | Canada Slaveyko Slaveykov | Slovakia Robert Meszaros | Czech Republic Patrik Lexa |
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target | Czech Republic Patrik Lexa | Sweden Henrik Harjanne | Czech Republic Josef Luxa |
Spinning Accuracy | Czech Republic Patrik Lexa | Germany Thomas Maire | Slovakia Jan Meszaros |
Spinning Distance Single Handed | Slovakia Jan Meszaros | Germany Thomas Maire | Czech Republic Patrik Lexa |
Multiplier Accuracy | United States Steve Rajeff | Canada Harvey Beck | Sweden 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 | Czech Republic Hana Tupa | Czech Republic Michaela Krizová | Germany Kathrin Ernst |
Fly Distance Single Handed | Czech Republic Michaela Krizová | Czech Republic Hana Tupa | Poland Ewa Borowska |
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target | Sweden Annika Janson | Czech Republic Michaela Krizová | Finland Marianne Kosonen |
Spinning Accuracy | Germany Kathrin Ernst | Czech Republic Michaela Krizová | Canada Brenda Banks |
Multiplier Accuracy | Canada Bernda Banks | Finland Marianne Kosonen | Sweden 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 | United Kingdom Hazel Newberry Christopher Hawkins |
Italy Alessandra Bucciarelli William Pino |
Germany Pia David Stefan Ossenkop |
Latin | Denmark Mie Bach Steen Lund |
Slovenia Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca |
Finland 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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pairs | China Song Min Li Renjie |
United Kingdom Martyn Smith Mark Flores |
Poland Dariusz Nowak Marcin Drabicki |
Groups | Russia Denys Pirogov Maksim Vlasov Aleksandr Maikrov Oleg Ivanov |
Ukraine Andrey Safonov Yuriy Zaveryukha Sergiy Pavlov Dmitriy Bain |
China Wu Weihuan Huang Linseng Chen Wuhua Jiang Jianfen |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pairs | Russia Anna Mokhova Yuliya Lopatkina |
Belarus Yekaterina Raktcheyeva Oksana Feoktistova |
Belgium Kaat Croubels Tine Dewaele |
Groups | Russia Yelvira Zaliayeva Svetlana Kushu Yelena Avakeliyan |
Ukraine Yelena Moyseychea Nadezhda Surina Viktoriya Zherdeva |
China Xu Yingxia Luo Xiajing Wang Ting |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pairs | Russia Sofiya Galiyulina Dmitriy Kukva |
China Lü Xiaojun Lu Yijie |
Poland Ewelina Fijolek Andrzej Sokołowski |
Sports aerobics
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Italy Vito Iaia | France Adrien Galo | Russia Sergey Konstantinov |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Australia Juanita Little | Russia Olga Rumyantseva | Slovakia Barbara Vadovicová |
Mixed
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pairs | Russia Tatyana Solovyova Vladislav Oksner |
Bulgaria Konstantza Popova Kalojan Kalojanov |
United Kingdom Helen Carpenter-Waters Alastair Rates |
Trios | Hungary Attila Katus Tamas Katus Romeo Szentgyörgyi |
Russia Denys Belikov Stanislav Marchenkov Vadim Michaylov |
France Grégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan |
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 | Belarus Nikolay Kazak | France Emmanuel Durand | Russia Aleksandr Danilchenko |
Synchro | Belarus Nikolay Kazak Vladimir Kakorko |
Germany Michael Serth Martin Kubicka |
Australia Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva | Ukraine Olena Movchan | Georgia Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey |
Synchro | Ukraine Oksana Tsiguleva Olena Movchan |
Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko |
Belarus Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova |
Tumbling
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Russia Vladimir Ignatenkov | United States Rayshine Harris | South Africa Tseko Mogotsi |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual | Belarus Olena Chabanenko | France Chrystel Robert | Russia Natalya Borisenko |
Korfball
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Korfball | Netherlands (NED) | Belgium (BEL) | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Squash
The competition took place at Suurhalli Exhibition.
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Egypt Ahmed Barada | Ireland Derek Ryan | Canada Graham Ryding |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald | Germany Sabine Schöne | New Zealand Leilani Joyce |
Tug of war
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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- 640 kg | Spain | Switzerland | Ireland |
- 720 kg | Netherlands | Sweden | Ireland |
Sources
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