1997 World Games

World Games V
V Maailman Pelit
V Världsspelen
Host city	Lahti, Finland
Nations	73
Athletes	1,379
Events	164 (22 sports)
Opening	7 August 1997
Closing	17 August 1997
Opened by	President Martti Ahtisaari
Main venue	Lahti Sport Centre
	← The Hague 1993 Akita 2001 →

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 edit

Official sports

Gymnastics
- Sports aerobics
- Sports acrobatics
- Tumbling/Synchronized Trampolining
Roller sports
- Artistic roller skating
- Inline speed skating
Bodybuilding
Bowling
- Ten-pin bowling
Casting
DanceSport
Archery
- Field archery
Finswimming
Fistball
Ju-jitsu

Karate
Korfball
Lifesaving
- Beach
- Pool
Air sports
- Parachuting
Boules
- Pétanque
Powerlifting
Squash
Tug of war
- Men's outdoor
Water skiing
- Barefoot skiing
- Trick water skiing
Weightlifting
- Women's weightlifting

Invitational sports

Aikido
Boules
- Boule Lyonnaise
Floorball
Military pentathlon
Pesäpallo
Tug of war
- Women's indoor

Calendar edit

●	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	●	Event finals	●	Closing ceremony

August	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
Ceremonies	●										●
Bodybuilding		●	●
Bowling		●	●	●
Casting				●	●	●
DanceSport				●	●
Fistball			●	●	●
Gymnastics					●	●	●		●	●
Ju-jitsu									●	●	●
Korfball							●	●	●	●	●
Squash					●					●	●
Tug of war										●	●
August	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th

Medal table edit

Official sports edit

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
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
27	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	2	4
29	Greece (GRE)	1	1	1	3
29	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
35	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
37	Malaysia (MAS)	1	0	0	1
37	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
42	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 edit

* Host nation (Finland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	1	0	3
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
4	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
4	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
6	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
7	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
7	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 edit

Air sports edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skydiving - Accuracy Landing	Ivan Hovorka	Junbo Chen	Oleg Fomin
Skydiving - Freestyle Landing	Omar Alhegelan	Scott Smith	Nicolas Arnaud
Skydiving - Formation Skydiving	Daniel Brodsky-Chenfeld Jack Jefferies Mark Kirkby Kirk Verner	Thierry Boitieux Marin Ferre Martial Ferre Davide Moy	Gary Smith Robert Spencer Fred Whitsitt Solly Williams

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Skydiving - Accuracy Landing	Irena Avbelj	Xiaoli Lai	Monika Filipowska
Skydiving - Freestyle Landing	Dale Stuart	Chifumi Sakakibara	Lucrezia Manni-Hunold

Archery edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Recurve	Sven Giesa	Andrea Parenti	Fulvio Verdecchia
Compound	Morgan Lundin	Niels Baldur	Peter Penner
Barebow	Mathias Larsson	Rensco van Wees	Alessandro Gaudethi

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Recurve	Ingrid Kihlander	Lise-Lotte Andersson	Hedi Mittermaier
Compound	Petra-Sofie Ericsson	Mari Henriksen	Jozica Emersic
Barebow	Jutta Schneider	Particia Lovell	Cristina Pugnaghi

Bodybuilding edit

The venue was the Lahti City Theater. The competition took place on August 8 and 9.

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 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 edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 52 kg	Utako Mizuma	Katja Rydström	Heike Jung
- 57 kg	Barbara Furer	Rita Rinner
+ 57 kg	Michaela Baumer	Pauliina Kosola	Anne Oksanen

Boules sports edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pétanque - Triples Men	Enrique Catalan Jose Hoyo Quilez Isidro Pomares Solsona	Stefano Bruno Gianni Laugueglia Massimiliano Tiboni	Michel Briand Michel Loy Zvonko Radic

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pétanque - Precision Shooting - Doubles	Fabienne Berodyes Linda Goblet	Angelique Colombet Christine Saunier	Catlina Gomez Mayo Rosario Ines Lizon

Bowling edit

The venue was the Lahti Bowling Centre. The competition took place on August 8 to 10.

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Singles	Gery Verbruggen	Vernon Peterson	Rafael Nepomuceno

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Singles	Patricia Schwarz	Isabelle Saldjian	Lee Mi-Young

Mixed edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Pairs	Sharon Low Daniel Lim	Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley	Tomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito

Casting edit

The venue was the Kisapuisto Sports Park. The competition took place on August 10 to 12.

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 edit

The venue was the Urheilutalo. The competition took place on August 10 and 11.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 edit

The venue was the Lahti Sport Centre. The competition took place on August 9 to 11.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Germany	Austria	Brazil

Gymnastics edit

Sports acrobatics edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Song Min Li Renjie	Martyn Smith Mark Flores	Dariusz Nowak Marcin Drabicki
Groups	Denys Pirogov Maksim Vlasov Aleksandr Maikrov Oleg Ivanov	Andrey Safonov Yuriy Zaveryukha Sergiy Pavlov Dmitriy Bain	Wu Weihuan Huang Linseng Chen Wuhua Jiang Jianfen

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Anna Mokhova Yuliya Lopatkina	Yekaterina Raktcheyeva Oksana Feoktistova	Kaat Croubels Tine Dewaele
Groups	Yelvira Zaliayeva Svetlana Kushu Yelena Avakeliyan	Yelena Moyseychea Nadezhda Surina Viktoriya Zherdeva	Xu Yingxia Luo Xiajing Wang Ting

Mixed edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Sofiya Galiyulina Dmitriy Kukva	Lü Xiaojun Lu Yijie	Ewelina Fijolek Andrzej Sokołowski

Sports aerobics edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Kalojan Kalojanov	Stanislav Marchenkov	Patrick Nahafahik

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	Juanita Little	Olga Rumyantseva	Barbara Vadovicová

Mixed edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Tatyana Solovyova Vladislav Oksner	Konstantza Popova Kalojan Kalojanov	Helen Carpenter-Waters Alastair Rates
Trios	Attila Katus Tamas Katus Romeo Szentgyörgyi	Denys Belikov Stanislav Marchenkov Vadim Michaylov	Grégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan

Trampoline edit

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 edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Nikolay Kazak	Emmanuel Durand	Aleksandr Danilchenko
Synchro	Nikolay Kazak Vladimir Kakorko	Michael Serth Martin Kubicka	Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Yelena Savaleva	Olena Movchan	Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey
Synchro	Oxana Tsyhuleva Olena Movchan	Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko	Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova

Tumbling edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Vladimir Ignatenkov	Rayshine Harris	Tseko Mogotsi

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Olena Chabanenko	Chrystel Robert	Natalya Borisenko

Ju-jitsu edit

Korfball edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Korfball	Netherlands	Belgium	Chinese Taipei

Powerlifting edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Alexey Sivokon (KAZ)	Sutrisno Bin Darimin (INA)	Hu Chun-hsiung (TPE)
Middleweight	Triharyanto (INA)	Dmitriy Soloviov (UKR)	Jan Wilczynski (POL)
Heavyweight	Sturla Davidsen (NOR)	Carl Christoffersen (NOR)	Janne Toivanen (FIN)

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Lin Li-min (TPE)	Raija Koskinen (FIN)	Nadezhda Mir (KAZ)
Middleweight	Carrie Boudreau (USA)	Ingeborg Marx (BEL)	Irene Frangi (ARG)
Heavyweight	Lisa Sjöstrand (SWE)	Lee Chia-sui (TPE)	Chao Chen-yeh (TPE)

Squash edit

The competition took place at Suurhalli Exhibition.

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Ahmed Barada	Derek Ryan	Graham Ryding

Women edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sabine Schöne	Leilani Joyce

Tug of war edit

Men edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 640 kg	Spain	Switzerland	Ireland
- 720 kg	Netherlands	Sweden	Ireland

Women (invitational) edit

References edit

^ "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 edit

External links edit

The IWGA

[1] "LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2017-09-30.

[results-2] "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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