2015 Military World Games

The 2015 Military World Games (Korean: 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '2015 World Military Sports Festival'), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games (Korean: 제6회 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Jeyukhoe segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '6th World Military Sports Festival') and also known as Mungyeong 2015 (Korean: 문경2015, romanized: Mungyeong Icheon sip-o), were hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.

VI Military World Games

Host city	Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Motto	Friendship Together, Peace Forever (Korean: 우정의 어울림, 평화의 두드림, romanized: Ujeong-ui Eoullim, Pyeonghwaui Dudeulim)
Nations	110
Athletes	8,700
Events	246 in 23 sports
Opening	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
Closing	11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
Opened by	President Park Geun-hye
Main venue	KAFAC Sports Complex
Summer
← Rio 2011 Wuhan 2019 →
Winter
← Annecy 2013 Sochi 2017 →

The games were the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.^[1]

Venues

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North Gyeongsang

Mungyeong

Venue	Sport
Mungyeong Indoor Stadium	Wrestling
KAFAC Sports Complex	Football, Athletics
KAFAC Indoor Sports Complex	Judo, Taekwondo
KAFAC Modern Pentathlon Stadium	Modern Pentathlon
KAFAC Shooting Range	Aeronautical Pentathlon
KAFAC Indoor Tennis Courts	Fencing
Mungyeong Civic Stadium	Football
Mungyeong Cycling Course	Cycling

Pohang

Venue	Sport
1st Marine Division, Pohang	Parachuting, Naval Pentathlon
Yeongildae Beach	Sailing, Triathlon

Gimcheon

Venue	Sport
Gimcheon Sports Complex	Football
Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool	Swimming
Gimcheon Sports Town Indoor Gymnasium	Volleyball
Gimcheon Sports Town Badminton Stadium	Volleyball

Andong

Venue	Sport
Top-Bliss CC	Golf
Andong Indoor Gymnasium	Basketball
Andong Civic Stadium	Football

Yeongcheon

Venue	Sport
Yeongcheon KAAY	Shooting, Military Pentathlon
Yeongcheon Indoor Swimming Pool	Military Pentathlon

Yeongju

Venue	Sport
Yeongju Indoor Gymnasium	Boxing
Yeongju Dongyang University	Orienteering
Yeongju Civic Stadium	Football

Sangju

Venue	Sport
Sangju Civic Stadium	Football
Sangju Indoor Gymnasium	Handball

Yecheon

Venue	Sport
Yecheon JinHo International Archery Field	Archery
Yecheon 16th Fighter Wing	Aeronautical Pentathlon

Daegu

Venue	Sport
Daegu Shooting Range	Shooting

Participating nations

• Algeria (56)
• Albania (5)
• Angola (2)
• Armenia (15)
• Argentina (2)
• Azerbaijan (20)
• Austria (37)
• Brazil (329)
• Bahrain (69)
• Barbados (2)
• Belarus (95)
• Benin
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
• Belgium (51)
• Bulgaria (21)
• Burkina Faso (3)
• Canada (104)
• Cameroon (55)
• Central African Republic
• Republic of the Congo (19)
• Chile (32)
• Colombia (31)
• China (553)
• Croatia (11)
• Cyprus (8)
• Czech Republic (27)
• Chad (11)
• Denmark (61)
• Dominican Republic (31)
• Ecuador (74)
• Egypt (83)
• Estonia (27)
• Swaziland (2)
• Finland (53)
• France (273)
• Germany (243)
• Gabon (9)
• Greece (46)
• Guinea (14)
• Hungary (56)
• India (54)
• Iran (90)
• Iraq
• Indonesia (46)
• Italy (139)
• Ivory Coast
• Jamaica
• Jordan (5)
• Kazakhstan (62)
• Kenya (14)
• Kuwait (35)
• Lesotho (3)
• Latvia (32)
• Lebanon (7)
• Lithuania (56)
• Luxembourg (18)
• Macedonia
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco (24)
• Monaco (2)
• Mongolia (75)
• Montenegro (2)
• Macedonia (4)
• Namibia (3)
• Netherlands (89)
• Niger (3)
• Nigeria (12)
• Norway (28)
• Oman (63)
• Pakistan (19)
• Palestine (9)
• Peru (15)
• Poland (193)
• Qatar (99)
• Romania (77)
• Russia (243)
• Saudi Arabia (41)
• Senegal (3)
• Serbia (41)
• Slovakia (14)
• Slovenia (32)
• South Korea (172)
• Spain (111)
• Sri Lanka (73)
• Suriname
• Sweden (72)
• Switzerland (67)
• Syria (15)
• Tanzania (22)
• Thailand (55)
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia (17)
• Turkey (20)
• United Arab Emirates (27)
• United States (172)
• Uganda (5)
• Uzbekistan (50)
• Ukraine (87)
• Uruguay (27)
• Venezuela (84)
• Vietnam (32)
• Zambia (13)
• Zimbabwe (28)

Sports

The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.^[3]

• Aeronautical pentathlon (details)
•  Archery (details)
•  Athletics (details) (and Para Athletics)
•  Basketball (details)
•  Boxing (details)
•  Cycling (details)
•  Fencing (details)
•  Football (details)
•  Golf (details)
•  Handball (details)
•  Judo (details)
•  Military pentathlon (details)
•  Modern pentathlon (details)
• Naval pentathlon (details)
•  Orienteering (details)
•  Parachuting (details)
•  Sailing (details)
•  Shooting (details)
•  Swimming (details)
•  Taekwondo (details)
•  Triathlon (details)
•  Volleyball (details)
•  Wrestling (details)

Games schedule

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OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Daily medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

September/October		30th Wed	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	Events
Ceremonies				OC									CC
Aeronautical pentathlon						1		●	●	●	4			5
Archery							●	●	1	2	2			5
Athletics						4	5	11	6	12			4	42
Basketball					●	●	●	●		●	●	1		1
Boxing						●	●	●	●	●		10		10
Cycling								2	2	2				6
Fencing						2	2	2	2	2	2			12
Football		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Golf								●	●	●	4			4
Handball						●	●	●		●	●	1		1
Judo					2		7	7						16
Military pentathlon					●	●	●	●	4		2			6
Modern pentathlon									●	2	2	1		5
Naval pentathlon								●	●	●	4			4
Orienteering									2	4		2		8
Parachuting					●	●	●	1	6	9				16
Sailing						●	●	●	2					2
Shooting							4	6	2	4	6	2		24
Swimming									10	8	9	11		38
Taekwondo										6	5	5		16
Triathlon												5		5
Volleyball					●	●	●	●	●		●	2		2
Wrestling								4	4		4	4		16
Daily medal events					2	7	18	33	41	51	44	46	4	246
Cumulative total					2	9	27	60	101	152	196	242	246
September/October		30th Wed	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	8th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	Events

Medal table

  Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	59	43	33	135
2	Brazil (BRA)	34	26	24	84
3	China (CHN)	32	31	35	98
4	South Korea (KOR)*	19	15	25	59
5	Poland (POL)	10	13	19	42
6	France (FRA)	9	9	11	29
7	Germany (GER)	8	10	15	33
8	Bahrain (BHR)	7	2	4	13
9	Italy (ITA)	5	11	12	28
10	Ukraine (UKR)	5	9	12	26
11	Egypt (EGY)	4	4	6	14
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	3	6	13
13	Algeria (ALG)	4	3	2	9
14	Norway (NOR)	4	1	1	6
15	Iran (IRI)	3	10	15	28
16	Mongolia (MGL)	3	4	6	13
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	2	1	6
18	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	1	4
19	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	4	6	12
20	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	4	10
21	Finland (FIN)	2	4	1	7
22	Austria (AUT)	2	3	2	7
23	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	2	6
	United States (USA)	2	2	2	6
25	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	2	5
26	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	2	4
27	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	0	0	2
28	Belarus (BLR)	1	6	6	13
29	Qatar (QAT)	1	5	2	8
30	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	3	5
31	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	2	4
32	Oman (OMA)	1	1	1	3
33	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	0	2
34	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	5	6
35	Estonia (EST)	1	0	2	3
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	2	3
37	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
40	Romania (ROU)	0	3	3	6
41	India (IND)	0	2	5	7
42	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	2	4
43	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	3	4
44	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	2	3
	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	2	3
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	2	3
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
48	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
49	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
51	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	0	2	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
55	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (58 entries)		246	246	306	798

Source:^[5]