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World Games V
Host city	; Lahti, Finland;
Nations participating	73
Athletes participating	1,379;
Events	164 (22 sports)
Opening ceremony	7 August
Closing ceremony	17 August
Officially opened by	President Martti Ahtisaari
Main venue	Lahti Sport Centre

The 1997 World Games, 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.

4 Medalists
- 4.1 Bodybuilding
  - 4.1.1 Men
  - 4.1.2 Women
- 4.2 Bowling
  - 4.2.1 Men
  - 4.2.2 Women
  - 4.2.3 Mixed
- 4.3 Casting
  - 4.3.1 Men
  - 4.3.2 Women
- 4.4 DanceSport
- 4.5 Fistball
- 4.6 Gymnastics
  - 4.6.1 Sports acrobatics
    - 4.6.1.1 Men
    - 4.6.1.2 Women
    - 4.6.1.3 Mixed
  - 4.6.2 Sports aerobics
    - 4.6.2.1 Men
    - 4.6.2.2 Women
    - 4.6.2.3 Mixed
  - 4.6.3 Trampoline
    - 4.6.3.1 Men
    - 4.6.3.2 Women
  - 4.6.4 Tumbling
    - 4.6.4.1 Men
    - 4.6.4.2 Women
- 4.7 Korfball
- 4.8 Squash
  - 4.8.1 Men
  - 4.8.2 Women
- 4.9 Tug of war
  - 4.9.1 Men
  - 4.9.2 Women (demonstration)

5 References

6 Sources

7 External links

Sports

Official sports

Gymnastics
- Sports aerobics
- Sports acrobatics
- Tumbling/Synchronized Trampolining

Roller sports
- Artistic roller skating
- Inline speed skating

Bodybuilding

Bowling
- Ten-pin bowling

Casting

DanceSport

Archery
- Field archery

Finswimming

Fistball

Ju-jitsu

Karate

Korfball

Lifesaving
- Beach
- Pool

Air sports
- Parachuting

Boules
- Pétanque

Powerlifting

Squash

Tug of war
- Men's outdoor

Water skiing
- Barefoot skiing
- Trick water skiing
- Wakeboarding
- Cable wakeboarding

Weightlifting
- Women's weightlifting

Invitational sports

Boules
- Boule Lyonnaise

Floorball

Military pentathlon

Pesäpallo

Tug of war
- Women's indoor

Calendar

●	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	●	Event finals	●	Closing ceremony

August	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th
Ceremonies	●										●
Bodybuilding		●	●
Bowling		●	●	●
Casting				●	●	●
DanceSport				●	●
Fistball			●	●	●
Gymnastics					●	●	●		●	●
Korfball							●	●	●	●	●
Squash					●					●	●
Tug of war										●	●
August	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th

Medal count

The medal tally during the fifth World Games is as follows. United States finished at the top of the final medal table.^[2]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	17	18	11	46
2	China	16	14	5	35
3	Germany	15	16	11	42
4	Russia	15	10	13	38
5	Italy	12	12	15	39
6	Sweden	8	5	10	23
7	Great Britain	6	8	8	22
8	Japan	6	3	5	14
9	Belgium	6	3	4	13
10	France	5	12	7	24
11	Ukraine	5	7	0	12
12	Australia	5	4	5	14
13	Czech Republic	5	4	4	13
14	Spain	5	2	7	14
15	Netherlands	4	6	7	17
16	Chinese Taipei	4	3	3	10
17	Belarus	3	1	4	8
18	Canada	3	1	2	6
19	Hungary	2	2	3	7
20	Colombia	2	2	2	6
21	Egypt	2	1	1	4
22	South Africa	2	0	4	6
23	Austria	1	3	1	5
24	Slovakia	1	2	2	5
25	Denmark	1	2	1	4
26	Norway	1	1	4	6
27	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
27	South Korea	1	1	2	4
29	Greece	1	1	1	3
29	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
31	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Indonesia	1	1	0	2
	Uzbekistan	1	1	0	2
34	Brazil	1	0	2	3
35	Argentina	1	0	1	2
35	Kazakhstan	1	0	1	2
37	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
37	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
39	Finland	0	9	8	17
40	Poland	0	2	5	7
41	Ireland	0	1	2	3
42	Liechtenstein	0	1	0	1
42	Mexico	0	1	0	1
44	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Philippines	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 nations)		164	163	168	495

This is the breakdown between official sports and demonstration sports (only applied to top 10).

World Games 1997 Medals statistics by nation
Rank	Nation	Official sports				Demonstration sports
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	17	18	11	46	0	0	0	0
2	Germany	15	16	11	42	0	0	0	0
3	China	16	14	5	35	2	1	0	3
4	Russia	15	10	13	38	0	0	0	0
5	Italy	12	12	15	39	1	1	0	2
6	Sweden	8	5	10	23	2	0	0	2
7	United Kingdom	6	8	8	22	0	0	0	0
8	Japan	6	3	5	14	0	0	2	2
9	Belgium	6	3	4	13	0	0	0	0
10	France	5	12	7	24	1	1	0	2

Medalists

Bodybuilding

The venue was the Lahti City Theater. The competition took place on August 8 and 9.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 65 kg	Anwar el-Amawy	Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz	José Carlos Santos
- 70 kg	Toshiko Hirota	Chris Faildo
- 75 kg	Kim Jun-Ho	Juha Hakala	Ahmed al-Sayed
- 80 kg	Kester Pasche	Johnny Steward	Yrjö Jokela
- 90 kg	Milton Holloway	Ingo Fischer	Janos Lantos
+ 90 kg	Walter Lettner	Peter Keränen	Olegas Zuras

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 52 kg	Utako Mizuma	Katja Rydström	Heike Jung
- 57 kg	Barbara Furer	Rita Rinner
+ 57 kg	Michaela Baumer	Pauliina Kosola	Anne Oksanen

Bowling

The venue was the Lahti Bowling Centre. The competition took place on August 8 to 10.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Singles	Gery Verbruggen	Vernon Peterson	Rafael Nepomuceno

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Singles	Patricia Schwarz	Isabelle Saldjian	Lee Mi-Young

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ten-pin bowling - Pairs	Sharon Low Daniel Lim	Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley	Tomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito

Casting

The venue was the Kisapuisto Sports Park. The competition took place on August 10 to 12.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fly Accuracy	Thomas Maire	Werner Gattermaier	Frode Semb
Fly Distance Single Handed	Slaveyko Slaveykov	Robert Meszaros	Patrik Lexa
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target	Patrik Lexa	Henrik Harjanne	Josef Luxa
Spinning Accuracy	Patrik Lexa	Thomas Maire	Jan Meszaros
Spinning Distance Single Handed	Jan Meszaros	Thomas Maire	Patrik Lexa
Multiplier Accuracy	Steve Rajeff	Harvey Beck	Henrik Österberg

The source available does not say whether or not there was a Men's Multiplier Distance Single Handed event.

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fly Accuracy	Hana Tupa	Michaela Krizová	Kathrin Ernst
Fly Distance Single Handed	Michaela Krizová	Hana Tupa	Ewa Borowska
Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target	Annika Janson	Michaela Krizová	Marianne Kosonen
Spinning Accuracy	Kathrin Ernst	Michaela Krizová	Brenda Banks
Multiplier Accuracy	Bernda Banks	Marianne Kosonen	Annika Janson

DanceSport

The venue was the Urheilutalo. The competition took place on August 10 and 11.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Standard	Hazel Newberry Christopher Hawkins	Alessandra Bucciarelli William Pino	Pia David Stefan Ossenkop
Latin	Mie Bach Steen Lund	Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca	Katja Koukkula Jussi Väänänen

Fistball

The venue was the Lahti Sport Centre. The competition took place on August 9 to 11.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Germany	Austria	Brazil

Gymnastics

Sports acrobatics

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Song Min Li Renjie	Martyn Smith Mark Flores	Dariusz Nowak Marcin Drabicki
Groups	Denys Pirogov Maksim Vlasov Aleksandr Maikrov Oleg Ivanov	Andrey Safonov Yuriy Zaveryukha Sergiy Pavlov Dmitriy Bain	Wu Weihuan Huang Linseng Chen Wuhua Jiang Jianfen

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Anna Mokhova Yuliya Lopatkina	Yekaterina Raktcheyeva Oksana Feoktistova	Kaat Croubels Tine Dewaele
Groups	Yelvira Zaliayeva Svetlana Kushu Yelena Avakeliyan	Yelena Moyseychea Nadezhda Surina Viktoriya Zherdeva	Xu Yingxia Luo Xiajing Wang Ting

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Sofiya Galiyulina Dmitriy Kukva	Lü Xiaojun Lu Yijie	Ewelina Fijolek Andrzej Sokołowski

Sports aerobics

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Kalojan Kalojanov	Stanislav Marchenkov	Patrick Nahafahik

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Juanita Little	Olga Rumyantseva	Barbara Vadovicová

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	Tatyana Solovyova Vladislav Oksner	Konstantza Popova Kalojan Kalojanov	Helen Carpenter-Waters Alastair Rates
Trios	Attila Katus Tamas Katus Romeo Szentgyörgyi	Denys Belikov Stanislav Marchenkov Vadim Michaylov	Grégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan

Trampoline

These were the final individual events of trampoline at the World Games. The individual trampoline has been part of the program of the Olympic Games from 2000.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Nikolay Kazak	Emmanuel Durand	Aleksandr Danilchenko
Synchro	Nikolay Kazak Vladimir Kakorko	Michael Serth Martin Kubicka	Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Yelena Savaleva	Olena Movchan	Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey
Synchro	Oksana Tsiguleva Olena Movchan	Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko	Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova

Tumbling

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Vladimir Ignatenkov	Rayshine Harris	Tseko Mogotsi

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Olena Chabanenko	Chrystel Robert	Natalya Borisenko

Korfball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Korfball	Netherlands	Belgium	Chinese Taipei

Squash

The competition took place at Suurhalli Exhibition.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Ahmed Barada	Derek Ryan	Graham Ryding

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	Sabine Schöne	Leilani Joyce

Tug of war

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 640 kg	Spain	Switzerland	Ireland
- 720 kg	Netherlands	Sweden	Ireland

Women (demonstration)

References

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^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

Sources

World Games News - Number 11 - Dec.1996

World Games News - Number 13 - May 1997

External links

The IWGA

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[results-2] "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

v t e World Games
Santa Clara 1981 London 1985 Karlsruhe 1989 The Hague 1993 Lahti 1997 Akita 2001 Duisburg 2005 Kaohsiung 2009 Cali 2013 Wrocław 2017 Birmingham 2021
International World Games Association World Games sports All-time World Games medal table

v t e Events at the 1997 World Games
Air sports Archery Bodybuilding Boules* Casting Dancesport Finswimming Fistball Floorball* Gymnastics Inline figure skating Inline speed skating Jujitsu Karate Korfball Life saving Military pentathlon* Pesapallo* Petanque Powerlifting Squash Tug of war Wakeboarding Water skiing Weightlifting
* Demonstration sports

1997 World Games

Contents

Sports

Calendar

Medal count

Medalists

Bodybuilding

Men

Women

Bowling

Men

Women

Mixed

Casting

Men

Women

DanceSport

Fistball

Gymnastics

Sports acrobatics

Men

Women

Mixed

Sports aerobics

Men

Women

Mixed

Trampoline

Men

Women

Tumbling

Men

Women

Korfball

Squash

Men

Women

Tug of war

Men

Women (demonstration)

References

Sources

External links

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