2013 World Games

The 2013 World Games (Spanish: Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.^[2]

World Games IX
IX Juegos Mundiales

Host city	Cali, Colombia
Motto	Fair play to the planet
Nations	103
Athletes	2,982
Events	171 in 31 official sports
Opening	25 July 2013
Closing	4 August 2013
Opened by	Vice President Angelino Garzón[1]
Athlete's Oath	Jorge Luis CiFuentes
Judge's Oath	Marta Luz Vega
Coach's Oath	Hugo Cotuaz
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
← Kaohsiung 2009 Wroclaw 2017 →

Host city allocation history

The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.

Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.

Sports

Official sports

The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.

•  Acrobatic gymnastics (5)
•  Aerobic gymnastics (7)
•  Air sports (3)
•  Archery (7)
•  Artistic roller skating (4)
•  Beach handball (2)
•  Boules sports (8)
•  Bowling (3)
•  Canoe polo (2)
•  Cue sports (4)
•  Dancesport (3)
•  Finswimming (10)
•  Fistball (1)
•  Flying disc (1)
•  Inline hockey (1)
•  Inline speed skating (10)
•  Ju-jitsu (13)
•  Karate (12)
•  Korfball (1)
•  Lifesaving (16)
•  Orienteering (5)
•  Powerlifting (8)
•  Racquetball (2)
•  Rhythmic gymnastics (3)
•  Road speed skating (8)
•  Rugby sevens (1)
•  Sport climbing (4)
•  Squash (2)
•  Sumo (8)
•  Trampoline gymnastics (6)
•  Tug of war (3)
•  Water skiing (8)

Invitational sports

• Canoe marathon (6)
•  Duathlon (2)
•  Softball (1)
•  Wushu (14)

Garden of Sport

The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.

Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:

• Futsal (AMF rules)
• Kudo, men's and women's.

The other three disciplines took place in Jamundí:

• Coliseo Alfaguara y Plaza Mayor - Wallball and Frontball^[3][4]
• Estadio El Cacique - Hapkido

Calendar

• 2013 World Games Event Schedule
• Note: Due to concerns about temperature and air flow at the Del Pueblo Gymnasium, where the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics was taking place, the Ribbons event was cancelled at the last moment.^[5]

Key:   Invitational sport

OC  Opening ceremony  ●   Event competitions  1  Event finals  CC  Closing ceremony July/August 2013 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun Gold medals Ceremonies OC CC Acrobatic gymnastics ● 2 2 1 5 Aerobic gymnastics ● 3 4 7 Air sports ● ● ● ● ● 3 3 Artistic roller skating ● ● 4 4 Beach handball ● ● ● 2 2 Billiard sports ● ● ● ● ● 4 4 Boules sports ● ● ● 8 8 Bowling ● 1 ● ● 2 3 Canoe polo ● ● 2 2 Dancesport ● 1 2 3 Field archery ● ● 3 ● ● ● 4 7 Finswimming ● 5 5 10 Fistball ● ● ● ● 1 1 Flying disc ● ● ● 1 1 Ju-jitsu ● 7 6 13 Karate ● 6 6 12 Korfball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Lifesaving ● 8 8 16 Orienteering ● 2 2 1 5 Powerlifting ● 3 3 2 8 Racquetball ● ● 2 2 Road speed skating 4 4 8 Rhythmic gymnastics ● 2 1 3 Roller inline hockey ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Rugby sevens ● ● 1 1 Track speed skating ● 2 4 4 10 Sport climbing 2 2 4 Squash ● ● ● 2 2 Sumo ● 6 2 8 Trampoline gymnastics ● 1 3 4 Tug of war ● 1 2 3 Tumbling gymnastics ● 2 2 Waterskiing and Wakeboarding ● ● ● 4 4 8 Total gold medals 27 28 13 14 19 17 11 10 14 18 171 July/August 2013 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun Gold medals Canoe marathon 3 3 6 Duathlon ● 1 1 2 Softball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Wushu[lower-alpha 1] 6 2 6 14 Total gold medals 1 1 1 3 9 2 6 23 Grand total of gold medals 28 29 13 14 20 17 14 19 16 24 194

1. Although originally scheduled, apparently no medals were awarded in wushu for the Men's Gunshu and Women's Qiangshu events.

Participant countries

Parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the World Games in Cali 2013

• 2013 World Games participant countries^[6] (with number of athletes):

•  Afghanistan (1)
•  Algeria (2)
•  Argentina (65)
•  Aruba (15)
•  Australia (87)
•  Austria (44)
•  Azerbaijan (5)
•  Belarus (15)
•  Belgium (59)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bolivia (4)
•  Brazil (74)
•  Bulgaria (6)
•  Canada (90)
•  Chile (42)
•  China (105)
•  Colombia (204) Host
•  Costa Rica (8)
•  Croatia (18)
•  Cuba (19)
•  Czech Republic (71)
•  Denmark (16)
•  Dominican Republic (7)
•  Ecuador (16)
•  Egypt (17)
•  El Salvador (2)
•  Estonia (7)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  Finland (10)
•  France (157)
•  Germany (146)
•  Greece (2)
•  Guatemala (4)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Hong Kong (13)
•  Hungary (53)
•  India (12)
•  Indonesia (8)
•  Iran (17)
•  Ireland (26)
•  Israel (11)
•  Italy (102)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Japan (76)
•  Jordan (1)
•  Kazakhstan (2)
•  South Korea (45)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Latvia (35)
•  Lithuania (8)
•  Luxembourg (2)
•  Macau (1)
•  Macedonia (1)
•  Malaysia (13)
•  Malta (3)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (37)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Monaco (3)
•  Mongolia (18)
•  Montenegro (3)
•  Morocco (3)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Netherlands (78)
•  New Zealand (24)
•  Nicaragua (2)
•  Norway (28)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Peru (3)
•  Philippines (5)
•  Poland (33)
•  Portugal (36)
•  Puerto Rico (3)
•  Qatar (10)
•  Romania (12)
•  Russia (149)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Serbia (4)
•  Singapore (2)
•  Slovakia (17)
•  Slovenia (10)
•  South Africa (41)
•  Spain (37)
•  Sweden (52)
•  Switzerland (77)
•  Syria (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (51)
•  Thailand (11)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (6)
•  Tunisia (10)
•  Turkey (8)
•  Ukraine (90)
•  United Arab Emirates (2)
•  United Kingdom (102)
•  United States (137)
•  Uruguay (24)
•  Venezuela (88)
•  Vietnam (9)

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals.^[7] This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno.^[8][9] Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo.^[10] According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" ^[11] Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation."^[12]

Medal results

Official sports

Further information: List of 2013 World Games medal winners

Key: Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating.^[13] In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	18	13	18	49
2	Russia (RUS)	17	24	12	53
3	France (FRA)	16	11	13	40
4	Germany (GER)	15	7	8	30
5	China (CHN)	14	6	2	22
6	United States (USA)	11	4	4	19
7	Ukraine (UKR)	9	10	9	28
8	Colombia (COL)*	8	13	10	31
9	Great Britain (GBR)	6	6	3	15
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	5	5	8	18
11	Brazil (BRA)	5	3	1	9
12	Japan (JPN)	5	1	4	10
13	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	0	8
14	Denmark (DEN)	3	2	2	7
15	Sweden (SWE)	3	1	5	9
16	Belarus (BLR)	3	1	3	7
	Mexico (MEX)	3	1	3	7
18	Netherlands (NED)	2	6	5	13
19	Belgium (BEL)	2	4	4	10
20	Spain (ESP)	2	4	2	8
21	Chile (CHI)	2	3	0	5
	Poland (POL)	2	3	0	5
	Romania (ROU)	2	3	0	5
24	Slovenia (SLO)	2	1	0	3
25	Finland (FIN)	2	0	0	2
26	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	6	9
27	Austria (AUT)	1	2	3	6
28	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	0	3
29	Croatia (CRO)	1	1	2	4
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	2	4
31	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	0	2
	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	0	2
33	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	3	4
34	Mongolia (MGL)	1	0	2	3
35	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	1	2
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	1	2
37	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	1	0	0	1
	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
41	Canada (CAN)	0	3	6	9
42	Norway (NOR)	0	3	4	7
43	Argentina (ARG)	0	3	2	5
	Egypt (EGY)	0	3	2	5
	Thailand (THA)	0	3	2	5
46	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
47	Australia (AUS)	0	1	3	4
48	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	2	3
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	2	3
50	Greece (GRE)	0	1	1	2
	Iran (IRI)	0	1	1	2
52	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
53	El Salvador (ESA)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (59 entries)		176	169	169	514

Invitational sports

Key: As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.^[14]

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary (HUN)	5	2	0	7
2	China (CHN)	5	1	1	7
3	Iran (IRI)	4	0	0	4
4	France (FRA)	1	3	2	6
5	Vietnam (VIE)	1	2	0	3
6	Germany (GER)	1	0	2	3
7	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
9	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	0	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	0	1
13	Malaysia (MAS)	0	2	2	4
14	Russia (RUS)	0	2	0	2
15	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	1	2
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
19	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
26	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)*	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		23	23	18	64

Changes in medal tally

Key

  Disqualified athlete(s)

Sport/Event	Athlete (NOC)	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sumo Men's middleweight	István Kalmár (HUN)		–1		–1
	Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)		+1	–1	0
	Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)			+1	+1

In the men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test.^[15]

Broadcasters

Host broadcaster

• Señal Colombia

International Broadcasters

• TV Esporte Interativo and ESPN Brasil
• VTV
• NHK
• Fox Sports (Australia)
• ESPN
• Czech Television
• CCTV
• STAR Sports Fox Sports Plus HD

References

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2. "Cali, Colombia announced as next World Games venue". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
3. "World Games, Colombia – Team GB Battle Hard". UK Wallball. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. dia, Noticias dia a (14 July 2016). "Así transcurre Campeonato Mundial de WallBall en Girardot". Noticias de Cundinamarca y Fusagasugá en Día a Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
5. "Cancelled event at Cali 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-18. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
6. "Classified Countries". Archived from the original on 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
7. "Grave error ortográfico afecta a mil medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali (Grave mistake affects thousand medals from the World Games in Cali)". AFP. Radio Bío-Bío. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
8. El juego de palabras 28 July 2013 Archived 1 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
9. "The "WORD" games..." Imgur.
10. ""Por error, medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen 'Word' en lugar de 'World' " (Due to Error, World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". NTN24. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
11. ""Todos vimos las medallas y ninguno notó el error" (We All Saw The Mistake in the Medals, but Nobody Said Anything About It)". Semana. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
12. ""Medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen 'Word' y no 'World'" (Cali's World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". El Espectador. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
13. "Info System: Medals / Medal Tally". worldgames2013.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
14. "Info System: Medals / Medal Tally". worldgames2013.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
15. "International Sumo Federation – World Games". Retrieved 2015-11-01.

External links

• Official website
• World Games 2013 - Olympicsuniverse.com
• International World Games Association
• Results book