World Games 2005

World Games VII

Host city	Duisburg, Germany
Nations participating	93
Athletes participating	appr. 3,200
Events	34 (Invitational: 6 sports)
Opening ceremony	14 July 2005
Closing ceremony	24 July 2005
Officially opened by	Otto Schily
Main venue	MSV-Arena

The World Games of 2005 took place in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three cities namely Bottrop, Mulheim, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 39 non-Olympic sports.

Sports

Official sports

• Air sports
  • Parachuting
• Archery
  • Field archery
• Billiards
  • Carrom
  • Pool
  • Snooker
• Bodybuilding
• Boules
  • Pétanque
  • Boule Lyonnaise
• Bowling
  • nine-pin bowling
  • Ten-pin bowling
• Canoe
  • Canoe polo
• Casting
• DanceSport
• Fistball
• Flying disc
  • Ultimate
• Gymnastics
  • Individual rhythmic gymnastics
  • Sports acrobatics
  • Sports aerobics
  • Tumbling/Synchronized Trampolining
• Ju-jitsu
• Karate
• Korfball
• Lifesaving
  • Beach
  • Pool
• Mountaineering
  • Competitive climbing
• Orienteering (Orienteering at the World Games)
• Powerlifting
• Roller sports
  • Artistic roller skating
  • Inline speed skating
  • Inline hockey
• Rugby
  • Rugby Sevens
• Squash
• Sumo
• Swimming
  • Fin swimming
• Tug of war
  • Men's outdoor
  • Women's indoor
• Water skiing
  • Barefoot skiing
  • Trick water skiing
  • Wakeboarding
  • Cable wakeboarding

File:Rugby Winner Fiji WG2005.jpg

Fiji's gold medal win in rugby

Invitational sports

• Aikido (No competitions were held. There was just a demonstration of the sport.)
• American football
• Dragon boat race
• Beach team handball
• Indoor hockey
• Indoor trial

File:World Games 2005 closing ceremony.jpg

Athletes at the closing ceremony

World Games sports not included in 2005

• Disc golf
• Surfing

Medal table

The medal tally during the seventh World Games is as follows. Russia won the most gold medals and tied with Germany in overall medals won in this edition's official sports.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	27	19	11	57
2	Germany	19	18	20	57
3	Italy	13	9	13	35
4	France	12	12	11	35
5	Australia	7	9	4	20
6	United States	7	7	9	23
7	Ukraine	7	6	8	21
8	Spain	6	6	3	15
9	Netherlands	5	8	4	17
10	Denmark	5	1	0	6
11	Japan	4	8	6	18
12	China	4	5	3	12
13	Austria	4	3	1	8
14	Switzerland	4	1	3	8
15	United Kingdom	3	5	10	18
16	Colombia	3	4	4	11
17	Poland	3	2	6	11
18	Sweden	3	2	1	6
19	Belgium	2	4	5	11
20	New Zealand	2	4	0	6
21	Canada	2	2	4	8
22	Chinese Taipei	2	2	2	6
23	South Korea	2	1	3	6
24	Egypt	2	0	3	5
25	Czech Republic	1	3	4	8
26	Romania	1	2	1	4
	Slovakia	1	2	1	4
28	Greece	1	2	0	3
29	Argentina	1	1	3	5
30	Brazil	1	1	2	4
	Croatia	1	1	2	4
	Venezuela	1	1	2	4
33	Luxembourg	1	1	1	3
34	Malaysia	1	1	0	2
	Qatar	1	1	0	2
36	Norway	1	0	2	3
	Turkey	1	0	2	3
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	1	2
	Finland	1	0	1	2
40	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Fiji	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
	Morocco	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
46	Slovenia	0	3	1	4
47	South Africa	0	2	3	5
48	Belarus	0	2	2	4
49	Portugal	0	1	2	3
50	Chile	0	1	1	2
	Estonia	0	1	1	2
	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
53	Brunei	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
58	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals		169	170	170	509

External links

• Web Site of the 2005 World Games
• Russian web site on the 2005 World Games

World Games 2005 at the World Games