World Games 2005

VII World Games
Host city	Duisburg,  Germany
Nations participating	93
Athletes participating	appr. 3200
Events	34 (Invitational: 6 sports)
Opening ceremony	14 July
Closing ceremony	24 July
Officially opened by	Otto Schily
Main venue	MSV-Arena

The World Games of 2005 took place in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. More than 3000 athletes competed in 39 non-Olympic sports:

Sports

Official sports

Cup Final Rugby Teams After Fiji's Gold Medal Win

Invitational sports

• Aikido (No competitions were held. There was just a demonstration of the sport.)
• American football
• Dragon boat race
• Beach team handball
• Indoor hockey
• Indoor trial

A Happy Crowd Of Sportspeople At The Closing Ceremony...

World Games sports not included in 2005

• Disc golf
• Surfing

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	27	19	11	57
2	Germany	23	20	23	66
3	Italy	13	12	16	41
4	France	12	12	11	35
5	Australia	9	10	5	24
6	Spain	8	7	5	20
7	Netherlands	7	11	5	23
8	United States	7	7	9	23
9	Ukraine	7	6	8	21
10	Denmark	5	1	0	6

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Games 2005.

• Web Site of the 2005 World Games
• Russian web site on the 2005 World Games