The 2005 World Games were held in Duisburg, Germany, from July 14 to July 24, 2005. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating | François Cattoire  France | Albert Trilla  Spain | Neil Emms  Great Britain |
| Women's free skating | Laura Sánchez Spain | Lucija Mlinarič  Slovenia | Diana Ribeiro  Portugal |
| Pairs |  Italy Federico Degli Esposti Marika Zanforlin |  Germany Patrick Friede Tanja Baensch |  United States Robert Hines Audrey Orcutt |
| Dance | Italy Marco Bornati Monica Coffele | Italy Gabriele Gasparini Enrica Gasparini | United States Logan Boggs Julie Locke |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 70 kg | José Carlos Santos  Brazil | Kamil Majek  Poland | Anwar El-Amawy  Egypt |
| Men's 75 kg | Werner Zenk  Germany | Igor Kočiš  Slovakia | Corrado Maggiore  Italy |
| Men's 80 kg | Juraj Vrábel Slovakia | Andreas Becker Germany | Luiz Carlos Sarmento Brazil |
| Men's 85 kg | Kamal El-Gargni  Qatar | Tareq Al-Farsani  Bahrain | Frank Schramm Germany |
| Men's +85 kg | El-Shahat Mabrouk Egypt | Ali Tabrizi Qatar | Thomas Scheu Germany |
| Women's 52 kg | Iryna Petrenko  Ukraine | Lo Kit Ming  Hong Kong | Cao Xinli  China |
| Women's +52 kg | Agnieszka Ryk Poland | Aurélia Grožajová Slovakia | Simone Linay Germany |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lyonnaise precision | Markica Dodig  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sandro Gulja  Croatia | Frédéric Ascensi France |
| Men's lyonnaise progressive | Mauro Bunino Italy | Fabien Jarnet France | Jasmin Čaušević Slovenia |
| Men's pétanque triples |  France Simon Cortès Sylvain Dubreuil Sylvain Pilewski |  Madagascar Sylvain Rakotoarivelo Michel Rakotomalala Jean Randrianandrasana |  Belgium André Lozano Michel Van Campenhout Claudy Weibel |
| Women's lyonnaise precision | Fatiha Targhaoui  Morocco | Corine Maugiron France | Tanja Gobo Croatia |
| Women's lyonnaise progressive | Ilenia Pasin Italy | Wang Mei China | Magali Billeaud France |
| Women's pétanque triples | France Ingrid D'Introno Cynthia Quennehen Chantal Solaris |  Thailand Thongsri Thamakord Phantipha Wongchuvej Noknoi Youngcham | Germany Gudrun Deterding Lara Eble Daniela Thelen |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nine-pin singles | Steve Blasen  Luxembourg | Guus Maes  Netherlands | Bernardo Ramalho Brazil |
| Men's ten-pin singles | Kai Virtanen  Finland | Gery Verbruggen  Belgium | Andrew Cain  United States |
| Women's nine-pin singles | Elgin Justen Germany | Petra Comoth Belgium | Marceline Della Modesta Luxembourg |
| Women's ten-pin singles | Kim Soo-kyung  South Korea | Zara Glover Great Britain | Caroline Lagrange  Canada |
| Mixed nine-pin doubles | Germany Holger Mayer Elgin Justen |  Luxembourg Steve Blasen Marceline Della Modesta |  Netherlands Guus Maes Marjon Berends |
| Mixed ten-pin doubles | France François Sacco Isabelle Saldjian |  Malaysia Zulmazran Zulkifli Shalin Zulkifli |  South Korea Kang Hee-won Kim Soo-kyung |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's fly accuracy | Patrik Lexa  Czech Republic | Iwana Inukai  Japan | Janusz Paprzycki Poland | |||
| Men's fly distance single handed | Włodzimierz Targosz Poland | Steve Rajeff United States | Henry Mittel Germany | |||
| Men's spinning accuracy arenberg target | Marko Popović Croatia | Klaus-Jürgen Bruder Germany | Jan Luxa Czech Republic | |||
| Women's fly accuracy | Jana Maisel Germany | Alena Zinner  Austria | Monika Talar Poland | |||
| Women's fly distance single handed | Alena Zinner Austria | Zuzana Kočířová Czech Republic | Kathrin Ernst Germany | |||
| Women's spinning accuracy arenberg target | Jana Maisel Germany | Jana Brončková Czech Republic | Zuzana Kočířová Czech Republic | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's three-cushion carom | Dani Sánchez Spain | Dick Jaspers Netherlands | Semih Saygıner  Turkey |
| Men's nine-ball pool | Chang Pei-wei  Chinese Taipei | Thorsten Hohmann Germany | Rodney Morris United States |
| Men's snooker | Gerard Greene Great Britain | Ding Junhui China | Bjorn Haneveer Belgium |
| Women's nine-ball pool | Jasmin Ouschan Austria | Jennifer Chen Chinese Taipei | Line Kjørsvik  Norway |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's recurve | Michele Frangilli Italy | Alan Wills Great Britain | Alvise Bertolini Italy |
| Men's compound | Morgan Lundin  Sweden | Dejan Sitar Slovenia | Dave Cousins United States |
| Men's barebow | Erik Jonsson Sweden | Mario Orlandi Italy | Mattias Larsson Sweden |
| Women's recurve | Petra Ericsson Sweden | Laure Barczynski France | Laurence Pecqueux France |
| Women's compound | Martina Schacht Germany | Jamie Van Natta United States | Petra Friedl Austria |
| Women's barebow | Monika Jentges Germany | Reingild Linhart Austria | Luciana Pennacchi Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's middle distance | Thierry Gueorgiou France | Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland | Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Norway |
| Women's middle distance | Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland | Karin Schmalfeld Germany | Heather Monro Great Britain |
| Mixed relay |  Switzerland Matthias Merz Lea Müller Daniel Hubmann Simone Niggli-Luder |  Russia Sergey Detkov Aliya Sitdikova Maxim Davydov Tatiana Ryabkina |  Czech Republic Petr Losman Marta Štěrbová Tomáš Dlabaja Dana Brožková |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy landing | István Asztalos  Hungary | Stefan Wiesner Germany | Savaş Koçyiğit Turkey |
| Canopy piloting | Jay Moledzki Canada | Shannon Pilcher United States | Clint Clawson United States |
| Freestyle skydiving |  Denmark Nils Predstrup Martin Kristensen | France Robin Dubuisson Nicolas Arnaud |  Japan Yoko Okazaki Axel Zohmann |
| Freeflying | France Stéphane Fardel Frédéric Fugen Vincent Reffet | Germany Hartmut Neumann Michael Plünnecke Frank Täsler | United States Trent Alkek Stephen Boyd Jed Lloyd |
| Formation skydiving | United States Shannon Pilcher Doug Park Jonathan Tagle Solly Williams | Russia Vasily Korotkov Alexander Kvochur Alexey Minaev Vadim Niyazov Evgeny Stashchenko | Italy Marco Arrigo Arianna De Benedetti Luca Marchioro Livio Piccolo Luca Poretti |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight | Ravil Kazakov  Russia | Hsieh Tsung-ting Chinese Taipei | Dariusz Wszoła Poland | |||
| Men's middleweight | Andrey Tarasenko Russia | Viktor Furazhkin Russia | Jan Wegiera Poland | |||
| Men's heavyweight | Nikolay Suslov Russia | Brian Siders United States | Ivan Freydun Ukraine | |||
| Women's lightweight | Olesya Lafina Russia | Olena Dmytruk Ukraine | Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei | |||
| Women's middleweight | Larysa Vitsiyevska Ukraine | Priscilla Ribic United States | Nadezhda Malyugina  Uzbekistan | |||
| Women's heavyweight | Marina Kudinova Russia | Galina Karpova Russia | Iryna Yavorska Ukraine | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's rope | Anna Bessonova Ukraine | Vera Sessina Russia | Natalia Godunko Ukraine |
| Women's ball | Olga Kapranova Russia | Anna Bessonova Ukraine | Vera Sessina Russia |
| Women's clubs | Olga Kapranova Russia | Aliya Yussupova  Kazakhstan | Natalia Godunko Ukraine |
| Women's ribbon | Vera Sessina Russia | Natalia Godunko Ukraine | Anna Bessonova Ukraine |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lead | Patxi Usobiaga Spain | Tomáš Mrázek Czech Republic | Shared silver |
| Alexandre Chabot France | |||
| Men's speed | Aleksandr Peshekhonov Russia | Sergey Sinitsyn Russia | Evgeny Vaytsekhovsky Russia |
| Women's lead | Angela Eiter Austria | Natalija Gros Slovenia | Marietta Uhden Germany |
| Women's speed | Anna Saulevich Russia | Olena Ryepko Ukraine | Tatiana Ruyga Russia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Peter Nicol Great Britain | Thierry Lincou France | Nick Matthew Great Britain |
| James Willstrop Great Britain | |||
| Women's singles | Nicol David  Malaysia | Rachael Grinham  Australia | Omneya Abdel Kawy Egypt |
| Linda Elriani Great Britain | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 85 kg | Vitaliy Tikhenko Ukraine | Igor Kurinnoy Russia | Yuya Hanada Japan |
| Men's 115 kg | Katsuo Yoshida Japan | Seietsu Hikage Japan | David Tsallagov Russia |
| Men's +115 kg | Keisho Shimoda Japan | Takayuki Ichihara Japan | Robert Paczków Poland |
| Men's openweight | Takayuki Ichihara Japan | Keisho Shimoda Japan | Seietsu Hikage Japan |
| Women's 65 kg | Alina Boykova Ukraine | Ekaterina Salakhova Russia | Tamami Iwai Japan |
| Women's 80 kg | Svetlana Panteleeva Russia | Satomi Ishigaya Japan | Nicole Hehemann Germany |
| Women's +80 kg | Sandra Köppen Germany | Olesya Kovalenko Russia | Edyta Witkowska Poland |
| Women's openweight | Olesya Kovalenko Russia | Edyta Witkowska Poland | Ekaterina Keyb Russia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's synchro | Germany Michael Serth Henrik Stehlik | Russia Alexander Leven Alexander Rusakov |  Belarus Mikalai Kazak Vladimir Kakorka |
| Men's double mini | Radostin Rachev  Bulgaria | Denis Vachon Canada | Nico Gärtner Germany |
| Men's tumbling | Józef Wadecki Poland | Andrei Kabishev  Belarus | Alexander Skorodumov Russia |
| Women's synchro | Germany Jessica Simon Anna Dogonadze | Russia Natalia Kolesnikova Irina Karavayeva | Japan Yoko Seto Hiromi Hammoto |
| Women's double mini | Sarah Charles Canada | Nicole Pacheco Portugal | Shelley Klochan United States |
| Women's tumbling | Olena Chabanenko Ukraine | Anna Korobeynikova Russia | Yuliya Hall United States |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski overall | Ryan Green Australia | Rodrigo Miranda  Chile | Oleg Deviatovski Belarus |
| Men's barefoot overall | David Small Great Britain | Patrick Wehner France | Evert Aartsen Finland |
| Men's wakeboarding | Phillip Soven United States | Matt Lammers  South Africa | Matthias Koban Switzerland |
| Men's cable wakeboarding | Josh Rice United States | Benjamin Süß Germany | Nick Davies Great Britain |
| Women's ski overall | Tarah Benzel United States | Megan Ross  New Zealand | Jenna Mielzynski Canada |
| Women's barefoot overall | Kirsten Grønvik Norway | Gizella Halasz Australia | Emily Goldie Great Britain |
| Women's wakeboarding | Chen Lili China | Megan McNeil United States | Roberta Rendo  Argentina |
| Women's cable wakeboarding | Denise de Haan Netherlands | Kirsten Leifels Germany | Pauline Dyrschka Germany |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 200 m | Russia | Switzerland | Germany |
| Mixed 500 m | Russia | Switzerland | Germany |
| Mixed 1000 m | Czech Republic | Germany | Russia |
| Mixed 2000 m | Germany | Russia |  Sweden |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  Spain Jeroni Fajardo Marc Freixa Adam Raga |  Great Britain Steve Colley Graham Jarvis Dougie Lampkin | Japan Takahisa Fujinami Kenichi Kuroyama Fumitaka Nozaki |
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