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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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