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.
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.
Denys Belikov Stanislav Marchenkov Vadim Michaylov
Grégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan
Trampolineedit
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.
^"LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^"Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
Sourcesedit
World Games News - Number 11 - Dec.1996
World Games News - Number 13 - May 1997
External linksedit
The IWGA
December 15, 2023
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The 1997 World Games Finnish 1997 Maailman Pelit Swedish 1997 Varldsspelen 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 World Games V V Maailman Pelit V VarldsspelenHost cityLahti FinlandNations73Athletes1 379 1 Events164 22 sports Opening7 August 1997Closing17 August 1997Opened byPresident Martti AhtisaariMain venueLahti Sport Centre The Hague 1993Akita 2001 Contents 1 Sports 2 Calendar 3 Medal table 3 1 Official sports 3 2 Invitation sports 4 Medalists 4 1 Air sports 4 1 1 Men 4 1 2 Women 4 2 Archery 4 2 1 Men 4 2 2 Women 4 3 Bodybuilding 4 3 1 Men 4 3 2 Women 4 4 Boules sports 4 4 1 Men 4 4 2 Women 4 5 Bowling 4 5 1 Men 4 5 2 Women 4 5 3 Mixed 4 6 Casting 4 6 1 Men 4 6 2 Women 4 7 DanceSport 4 8 Fistball 4 9 Gymnastics 4 9 1 Sports acrobatics 4 9 1 1 Men 4 9 1 2 Women 4 9 1 3 Mixed 4 9 2 Sports aerobics 4 9 2 1 Men 4 9 2 2 Women 4 9 2 3 Mixed 4 9 3 Trampoline 4 9 3 1 Men 4 9 3 2 Women 4 9 4 Tumbling 4 9 4 1 Men 4 9 4 2 Women 4 10 Ju jitsu 4 11 Korfball 4 12 Powerlifting 4 12 1 Men 4 12 2 Women 4 13 Squash 4 13 1 Men 4 13 2 Women 4 14 Tug of war 4 14 1 Men 4 14 2 Women invitational 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksSports editOfficial sportsGymnastics 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 Petanque Powerlifting Squash Tug of war Men s outdoor Water skiing Barefoot skiing Trick water skiing Weightlifting Women s weightlifting Invitational sportsAikido Boules Boule Lyonnaise Floorball Military pentathlon Pesapallo Tug of war Women s indoorCalendar edit Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremonyAugust 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17thCeremonies Bodybuilding Bowling Casting DanceSport Fistball Gymnastics Ju jitsu Korfball Squash Tug of war August 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17thMedal table editOfficial 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 RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp United States USA 171810452 nbsp China CHN 16145353 nbsp Germany GER 151610414 nbsp Russia RUS 151013385 nbsp Italy ITA 121215396 nbsp Sweden SWE 8510237 nbsp Great Britain GBR 689238 nbsp Japan JPN 635149 nbsp Belgium BEL 6341310 nbsp France FRA 51272411 nbsp Ukraine UKR 5701212 nbsp Australia AUS 5451413 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 5441314 nbsp Spain ESP 5271415 nbsp Netherlands NED 4671716 nbsp Chinese Taipei TPE 4331017 nbsp Belarus BLR 314818 nbsp Canada CAN 312619 nbsp Hungary HUN 223720 nbsp Colombia COL 222621 nbsp Egypt EGY 211422 nbsp South Africa RSA 204623 nbsp Austria AUT 131524 nbsp Slovakia SVK 122525 nbsp Denmark DEN 121426 nbsp Norway NOR 114627 nbsp Slovenia SVN 1124 nbsp South Korea KOR 112429 nbsp Greece GRE 1113 nbsp Switzerland SUI 111331 nbsp Bulgaria BUL 1102 nbsp Indonesia INA 1102 nbsp Uzbekistan UZB 110234 nbsp Brazil BRA 102335 nbsp Argentina ARG 1012 nbsp Kazakhstan KAZ 101237 nbsp Malaysia MAS 1001 nbsp Saudi Arabia KSA 100139 nbsp Finland FIN 0981740 nbsp Poland POL 025741 nbsp Ireland IRL 012342 nbsp Liechtenstein LIE 0101 nbsp Mexico MEX 010144 nbsp Georgia GEO 0011 nbsp Iran IRI 0011 nbsp Lithuania LTU 0011 nbsp New Zealand NZL 0011 nbsp Philippines PHI 0011Totals 48 entries 164163168495Invitation sports edit Host nation Finland RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp China CHN 21032 nbsp Netherlands NED 2002 nbsp Sweden SWE 20024 nbsp France FRA 1102 nbsp Italy ITA 11026 nbsp Spain ESP 02027 nbsp Brazil BRA 0112 nbsp Finland FIN 01129 nbsp Australia AUS 010110 nbsp Japan JPN 002211 nbsp Croatia CRO 0011 nbsp Russia RUS 0011 nbsp Slovenia SVN 0011 nbsp Switzerland SUI 0011Totals 14 entries 88824Medalists editAir sports edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeSkydiving Accuracy Landing nbsp Ivan Hovorka nbsp Junbo Chen nbsp Oleg FominSkydiving Freestyle Landing nbsp Omar Alhegelan nbsp Scott Smith nbsp Nicolas ArnaudSkydiving Formation Skydiving nbsp Daniel Brodsky ChenfeldJack JefferiesMark KirkbyKirk Verner nbsp Thierry BoitieuxMarin FerreMartial FerreDavide Moy nbsp Gary SmithRobert SpencerFred WhitsittSolly WilliamsWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeSkydiving Accuracy Landing nbsp Irena Avbelj nbsp Xiaoli Lai nbsp Monika FilipowskaSkydiving Freestyle Landing nbsp Dale Stuart nbsp Chifumi Sakakibara nbsp Lucrezia Manni HunoldArchery edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeRecurve nbsp Sven Giesa nbsp Andrea Parenti nbsp Fulvio VerdecchiaCompound nbsp Morgan Lundin nbsp Niels Baldur nbsp Peter PennerBarebow nbsp Mathias Larsson nbsp Rensco van Wees nbsp Alessandro GaudethiWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeRecurve nbsp Ingrid Kihlander nbsp Lise Lotte Andersson nbsp Hedi MittermaierCompound nbsp Petra Sofie Ericsson nbsp Mari Henriksen nbsp Jozica EmersicBarebow nbsp Jutta Schneider nbsp Particia Lovell nbsp Cristina PugnaghiBodybuilding 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 nbsp Anwar el Amawy nbsp Mohamed Abdel el Aziz nbsp Jose Carlos Santos 70 kg nbsp Toshiko Hirota nbsp Chris Faildo 75 kg nbsp Kim Jun Ho nbsp Juha Hakala nbsp Ahmed al Sayed 80 kg nbsp Kester Pasche nbsp Johnny Steward nbsp Yrjo Jokela 90 kg nbsp Milton Holloway nbsp Ingo Fischer nbsp Janos Lantos 90 kg nbsp Walter Lettner nbsp Peter Keranen nbsp Olegas ZurasWomen edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 52 kg nbsp Utako Mizuma nbsp Katja Rydstrom nbsp Heike Jung 57 kg nbsp Barbara Furer nbsp Rita Rinner 57 kg nbsp Michaela Baumer nbsp Pauliina Kosola nbsp Anne OksanenBoules sports edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzePetanque Triples Men nbsp Enrique CatalanJose Hoyo QuilezIsidro Pomares Solsona nbsp Stefano BrunoGianni LauguegliaMassimiliano Tiboni nbsp Michel BriandMichel LoyZvonko RadicWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzePetanque Precision Shooting Doubles nbsp Fabienne BerodyesLinda Goblet nbsp Angelique ColombetChristine Saunier nbsp Catlina Gomez MayoRosario Ines LizonBowling edit The venue was the Lahti Bowling Centre The competition took place on August 8 to 10 Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeTen pin bowling Singles nbsp Gery Verbruggen nbsp Vernon Peterson nbsp Rafael NepomucenoWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeTen pin bowling Singles nbsp Patricia Schwarz nbsp Isabelle Saldjian nbsp Lee Mi YoungMixed edit Event Gold Silver BronzeTen pin bowling Pairs nbsp Sharon LowDaniel Lim nbsp Cara HoneychurchAndrew Frawley nbsp Tomomi ShibataShigeo SaitoCasting edit The venue was the Kisapuisto Sports Park The competition took place on August 10 to 12 Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeFly Accuracy nbsp Thomas Maire nbsp Werner Gattermaier nbsp Frode SembFly Distance Single Handed nbsp Slaveyko Slaveykov nbsp Robert Meszaros nbsp Patrik LexaSpinning Accuracy Arenberg Target nbsp Patrik Lexa nbsp Henrik Harjanne nbsp Josef LuxaSpinning Accuracy nbsp Patrik Lexa nbsp Thomas Maire nbsp Jan MeszarosSpinning Distance Single Handed nbsp Jan Meszaros nbsp Thomas Maire nbsp Patrik LexaMultiplier Accuracy nbsp Steve Rajeff nbsp Harvey Beck nbsp Henrik OsterbergThe source available does not say whether or not there was a Men s Multiplier Distance Single Handed event Women edit Event Gold Silver BronzeFly Accuracy nbsp Hana Tupa nbsp Michaela Krizova nbsp Kathrin ErnstFly Distance Single Handed nbsp Michaela Krizova nbsp Hana Tupa nbsp Ewa BorowskaSpinning Accuracy Arenberg Target nbsp Annika Janson nbsp Michaela Krizova nbsp Marianne KosonenSpinning Accuracy nbsp Kathrin Ernst nbsp Michaela Krizova nbsp Brenda BanksMultiplier Accuracy nbsp Bernda Banks nbsp Marianne Kosonen nbsp Annika JansonDanceSport edit The venue was the Urheilutalo The competition took place on August 10 and 11 Event Gold Silver BronzeStandard nbsp Hazel NewberryChristopher Hawkins nbsp Alessandra BucciarelliWilliam Pino nbsp Pia DavidStefan OssenkopLatin nbsp Mie BachSteen Lund nbsp Katerina VenturiniAndrej Skufca nbsp Katja KoukkulaJussi VaananenFistball edit The venue was the Lahti Sport Centre The competition took place on August 9 to 11 Event Gold Silver BronzeMen nbsp Germany nbsp Austria nbsp BrazilGymnastics edit Sports acrobatics edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzePairs nbsp Song MinLi Renjie nbsp Martyn SmithMark Flores nbsp Dariusz NowakMarcin DrabickiGroups nbsp Denys PirogovMaksim VlasovAleksandr MaikrovOleg Ivanov nbsp Andrey SafonovYuriy ZaveryukhaSergiy PavlovDmitriy Bain nbsp Wu WeihuanHuang LinsengChen WuhuaJiang JianfenWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzePairs nbsp Anna MokhovaYuliya Lopatkina nbsp Yekaterina RaktcheyevaOksana Feoktistova nbsp Kaat CroubelsTine DewaeleGroups nbsp Yelvira ZaliayevaSvetlana KushuYelena Avakeliyan nbsp Yelena MoyseycheaNadezhda SurinaViktoriya Zherdeva nbsp Xu YingxiaLuo XiajingWang TingMixed edit Event Gold Silver BronzePairs nbsp Sofiya GaliyulinaDmitriy Kukva nbsp Lu XiaojunLu Yijie nbsp Ewelina FijolekAndrzej SokolowskiSports aerobics edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeMen nbsp Kalojan Kalojanov nbsp Stanislav Marchenkov nbsp Patrick NahafahikWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeWomen nbsp Juanita Little nbsp Olga Rumyantseva nbsp Barbara VadovicovaMixed edit Event Gold Silver BronzePairs nbsp Tatyana SolovyovaVladislav Oksner nbsp Konstantza PopovaKalojan Kalojanov nbsp Helen Carpenter WatersAlastair RatesTrios nbsp Attila KatusTamas KatusRomeo Szentgyorgyi nbsp Denys BelikovStanislav MarchenkovVadim Michaylov nbsp Gregory AlcanXavier JulienOlivier SalvanTrampoline 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 BronzeIndividual nbsp Nikolay Kazak nbsp Emmanuel Durand nbsp Aleksandr DanilchenkoSynchro nbsp Nikolay KazakVladimir Kakorko nbsp Michael SerthMartin Kubicka nbsp Adrian WarehamJi WallaceWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeIndividual nbsp Yelena Savaleva nbsp Olena Movchan nbsp Anna Dogonadze LilkendeySynchro nbsp Oxana TsyhulevaOlena Movchan nbsp Yelena SavalevaYekaterina Khilko nbsp Galina LebedevaNatalya KarpenkovaTumbling edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeIndividual nbsp Vladimir Ignatenkov nbsp Rayshine Harris nbsp Tseko MogotsiWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeIndividual nbsp Olena Chabanenko nbsp Chrystel Robert nbsp Natalya BorisenkoJu jitsu edit Main article Ju jitsu at the 1997 World Games Korfball edit Event Gold Silver BronzeKorfball nbsp Netherlands nbsp Belgium nbsp Chinese TaipeiPowerlifting edit Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeLightweight nbsp Alexey Sivokon KAZ nbsp Sutrisno Bin Darimin INA nbsp Hu Chun hsiung TPE Middleweight nbsp Triharyanto INA nbsp Dmitriy Soloviov UKR nbsp Jan Wilczynski POL Heavyweight nbsp Sturla Davidsen NOR nbsp Carl Christoffersen NOR nbsp Janne Toivanen FIN Women edit Event Gold Silver BronzeLightweight nbsp Lin Li min TPE nbsp Raija Koskinen FIN nbsp Nadezhda Mir KAZ Middleweight nbsp Carrie Boudreau USA nbsp Ingeborg Marx BEL nbsp Irene Frangi ARG Heavyweight nbsp Lisa Sjostrand SWE nbsp Lee Chia sui TPE nbsp Chao Chen yeh TPE Squash edit Main article Squash at the 1997 World Games The competition took place at Suurhalli Exhibition Men edit Event Gold Silver BronzeMen nbsp Ahmed Barada nbsp Derek Ryan nbsp Graham RydingWomen edit Event Gold Silver BronzeWomen nbsp Sarah Fitz Gerald nbsp Sabine Schone nbsp Leilani JoyceTug of war edit Men edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 640 kg nbsp Spain nbsp Switzerland nbsp Ireland 720 kg nbsp Netherlands nbsp Sweden nbsp IrelandWomen invitational editReferences 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 editWorld Games News Number 11 Dec 1996 World Games News Number 13 May 1997External links editThe IWGA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 World Games amp oldid 1151836715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
