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Multi-sport event in Lahti, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Host city | Lahti, Finland |
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Nations | 73 |
Athletes | 1,379[1] |
Events | 164 (22 sports) |
Opening | 7 August 1997 |
Closing | 17 August 1997 |
Opened by | President Martti Ahtisaari |
Main venue | Lahti Sport Centre |
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.
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 |
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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 |
South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
29 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
37 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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 |
* Host nation (Finland)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 |
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