1997 World Games

World Games V
V Maailman Pelit
V Världsspelen
Host cityLahti, Finland
Nations73
Athletes1,379[1]
Events164 (22 sports)
Opening7 August 1997
Closing17 August 1997
Opened byPresident Martti Ahtisaari
Main venueLahti 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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The 1997 World Games programme featured 23 official sports and 5 invitational sports. (Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.) The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that were contested in each sports discipline.

Official sports
Invitational sports

Calendar

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       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

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Official sports

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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)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)17181045
2 China (CHN)1614535
3 Germany (GER)15161041
4 Russia (RUS)15101338
5 Italy (ITA)12121539
6 Sweden (SWE)851023
7 Great Britain (GBR)68923
8 Japan (JPN)63514
9 Belgium (BEL)63413
10 France (FRA)512724
11 Ukraine (UKR)57012
12 Australia (AUS)54514
13 Czech Republic (CZE)54413
14 Spain (ESP)52714
15 Netherlands (NED)46717
16 Chinese Taipei (TPE)43310
17 Belarus (BLR)3148
18 Canada (CAN)3126
19 Hungary (HUN)2237
20 Colombia (COL)2226
21 Egypt (EGY)2114
22 South Africa (RSA)2046
23 Austria (AUT)1315
24 Slovakia (SVK)1225
25 Denmark (DEN)1214
26 Norway (NOR)1146
27 Slovenia (SVN)1124
 South Korea (KOR)1124
29 Greece (GRE)1113
 Switzerland (SUI)1113
31 Bulgaria (BUL)1102
 Indonesia (INA)1102
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1102
34 Brazil (BRA)1023
35 Argentina (ARG)1012
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1012
37 Malaysia (MAS)1001
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1001
39 Finland (FIN)*09817
40 Poland (POL)0257
41 Ireland (IRL)0123
42 Liechtenstein (LIE)0101
 Mexico (MEX)0101
44 Georgia (GEO)0011
 Iran (IRI)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (48 entries)164163168495

Invitation sports

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  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)2103
2 Netherlands (NED)2002
 Sweden (SWE)2002
4 France (FRA)1102
 Italy (ITA)1102
6 Spain (ESP)0202
7 Brazil (BRA)0112
 Finland (FIN)*0112
9 Australia (AUS)0101
10 Japan (JPN)0022
11 Croatia (CRO)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 Slovenia (SVN)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (14 entries)88824

References

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  1. ^ "LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  2. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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