The 2013 World Games were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4, 2013. [1] [2]
| Event [5] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's paragliding accuracy | Matjaž Ferarič  Slovenia | Tomáš Lednik  Czech Republic | Tanapat Luangiam  Thailand |
| Women's paragliding accuracy | Jolanta Romanenko  Lithuania | Nunnapat Phuchong Thailand | Milica Marinković  Serbia |
| Open parachuting canopy piloting | Curt Bartholomew  United States | Tommy Dellibac United States | Pablo Hernández  Spain |
| Event [6] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's compound | Reo Wilde United States | Pierre-Julien Deloche  France | Roberto Hernández  El Salvador |
| Men's field recurve | Jean-Charles Valladont France | Brady Ellison United States | Alan Wills  Great Britain |
| Men's field barebow | Giuseppe Seimandi  Italy | David García Spain | Bobby Larsson  Sweden |
| Women's compound | Erika Jones United States | Camilla Sømod  Denmark | Sara López  Colombia |
| Women's field recurve | Naomi Folkard Great Britain | Elena Richter  Germany | Jessica Tomasi Italy |
| Women's field barebow | Lina Björklund Sweden | Andrea Raigel  Austria | Eleonora Strobbe Italy |
| Mixed team compound |  United States Reo Wilde Erika Jones |  Italy Sergio Pagni Marcella Tonioli |  Germany Paul Titscher Kristina Berger |
| Event [7] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating | Marcel Stürmer  Brazil | Markus Lell Germany | Andrea Aracu Italy |
| Women's free skating | Debora Sbei Italy | Lucija Mlinarič Slovenia | Nataly Otálora Colombia |
| Pairs | Italy Danilo Decembrini Sara Venerucci |  Argentina Javier Anzil Florencia Moyano | Italy Daniele Ragazzi Giulia Merli |
| Dance | Italy Alessandro Spigai Anna Remondini | Italy Filippo Lodi Forni Elena Leoni |  Colombia Leonardo Parrado Marcela Cruz |
| Event [9] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lyonnaise precision | Luigi Grattapaglia Italy | Zhang Yixin  China | Thomas Allier France |
| Men's lyonnaise progressive | Mauro Roggero Italy | Guillaume Abelfo France | Tomislav Kolobarić  Croatia |
| Men's pétanque doubles |  France Henri Lacroix Dylan Rocher |  Thailand Thaloengkiat Phusa-at Suksan Piachan |  Belgium Jean-François Hemon Steven Ielegems |
| Men's raffa doubles | Italy Andrea Cappellacci Giuliano Di Nicola |  Chile Aldo Bavestrello Rodolfo Gálvez | Argentina Raúl Basualdo Francisco Spessot |
| Women's lyonnaise precision | Iva Vlahek Croatia | Gaëlle Millet France | Romina Bolatti  Argentina |
| Women's lyonnaise progressive | Cheng Xiping China | Barbara Barthet France | Giorgia Rebora Italy |
| Women's pétanque doubles | France Ludivine D'Isidoro Marie-Christine Virebayre | Thailand Thongsri Thamakord Phantipha Wongchuvej |  Canada Maryse Bergeron Marieke Rolland |
| Women's raffa doubles |  China Cen Weifei Zhang Wei | Argentina Natalia Limardo María Maíz | Brazil Noeli Dalla Corte Ingrid Schulz |
| Event [10] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Osku Palermaa  Finland | Mads Sandbækken  Norway | Hwang Dong-jun  South Korea |
| Women's singles | Daria Kovalova  Ukraine | Kelly Kulick United States | Karen Marcano  Venezuela |
| Mixed doubles | United States Mike Fagan Kelly Kulick | Canada Dan MacLelland Lynne Gauthier |  Mexico Alejandro Cruz Sandra Góngora |
| Event [12] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's three-cushion carom | Marco Zanetti Italy | Eddy Merckx  Belgium | Glenn Hofman  Netherlands |
| Men's nine-ball pool | Darren Appleton Great Britain | Chang Jung-lin  Chinese Taipei | Dennis Orcollo  Philippines |
| Men's snooker | Aditya Mehta  India | Liang Wenbo China | Dechawat Poomjaeng Thailand |
| Women's nine-ball pool | Chou Chieh-yu Chinese Taipei | Kim Ga-young South Korea | Kelly Fisher Great Britain |
| Event [23] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's sprint | Matthias Kyburz  Switzerland | Andrey Khramov  Russia | Jerker Lysell Sweden |
| Men's middle distance | Matthias Kyburz Switzerland | Daniel Hubmann Switzerland | Vilius Aleliūnas Lithuania |
| Women's sprint | Annika Billstam Sweden | Anne Margrethe Hausken Norway | Maja Alm Denmark |
| Women's middle distance | Minna Kauppi Finland | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | Nadiya Volynska Ukraine |
| Mixed relay |  Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Sara Lüscher Matthias Kyburz Judith Wyder |  Denmark Tue Lassen Ida Bobach Rasmus Thrane Hansen Maja Alm |  Austria Gernot Kerschbaumer Anna Nilsson Simkovics Robert Merl Ursula Kadan |
| Event [24] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight | Sergey Fedosienko Russia | Sergey Gladkikh Russia | Hsieh Tsung-ting Chinese Taipei | |||
| Men's middleweight | Jarosław Olech  Poland | Kjell Egil Bakkelund Norway | José Castillo  Ecuador | |||
| Men's heavyweight | Vadym Dovhanyuk Ukraine | Anibal Coimbra  Luxembourg | Konstantin Lebedko Russia | |||
| Men's super heavyweight | Andrey Konovalov Russia | Viktor Testsov Ukraine | Carl Yngvar Christensen Norway | |||
| Women's lightweight | Natalia Salnikova Russia | Chen Wei-ling Chinese Taipei | Yukako Fukushima  Japan | |||
| Women's middleweight | Larysa Soloviova Ukraine | Tetyana Akhmamyetyeva Ukraine | Wu Hui-chun Chinese Taipei | |||
| Women's heavyweight | Ana Castellain Brazil | Yulia Medvedeva Russia | Priscilla Ribic United States | |||
| Women's super heavyweight | Olena Kozlova Ukraine | Ielja Strik Netherlands | Svetlana Tsvetkova Russia | |||
| Event [25] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Polo Gutiérrez  Mexico | Gilberto Mejía Mexico | Rocky Carson United States |
| Women's singles | Paola Longoria Mexico | Cristina Amaya Colombia | Rhonda Rajsich United States |
| Event [26] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's hoop | Hanna Rizatdinova Ukraine | Melitina Staniouta  Belarus | Elizaveta Nazarenkova Russia |
| Women's ball | Melitina Staniouta Belarus | Hanna Rizatdinova Ukraine | Alina Maksymenko Ukraine |
| Women's clubs | Melitina Staniouta Belarus | Hanna Rizatdinova Ukraine | Alina Maksymenko Ukraine |
| Event [27] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m time trial | Emmanuelle Silva  Chile | Andrés Felipe Muñoz Colombia | Jorge Martínez Mexico |
| Men's 500 m sprint | Pedro Causil Colombia | Andrés Felipe Muñoz Colombia | Andrea Angeletti Italy |
| Men's 10000 m points | Liao Yen-sheng Chinese Taipei | Jorge Luis Cifuentes Colombia | Bart Swings Belgium |
| Men's 20000 m elimination | Bart Swings Belgium | Peter Michael  New Zealand | Jorge Bolaños Ecuador |
| Women's 200 m time trial | María José Moya Chile | Jercy Puello Colombia | Erika Zanetti Italy |
| Women's 500 m sprint | Erika Zanetti Italy | Pamela Verdugo Chile | Jana Gegner Germany |
| Women's 10000 m points | Yang Ho-chen Chinese Taipei | Rommy Muñoz Colombia | Huang Yu-ting Chinese Taipei |
| Women's 20000 m elimination | Guo Dan China | Yang Ho-chen Chinese Taipei | Rommy Muñoz Colombia |
| Event [29] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lead | Ramón Julián Spain | Jakob Schubert Austria | Magnus Midtbø Norway |
| Men's speed | Dmitri Timofeev Russia | Stanislav Kokorin Russia | Zhong Qixin China |
| Women's lead | Mina Markovič Slovenia | Kim Ja-in South Korea | Dinara Fakhritdinova Russia |
| Women's speed | Alina Gaidamakina Russia | Maria Krasavina Russia | Iuliia Kaplina Russia |
| Event [30] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Grégory Gaultier France | Simon Rösner Germany | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Colombia |
| Women's singles | Nicol David  Malaysia | Natalie Grinham Netherlands | Camille Serme France |
| Event [31] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 85 kg | Tatsuma Kawaguchi Japan | Batyr Altyev Russia | Rentsendorjiin Gantögs  Mongolia |
| Men's 115 kg | Oleksandr Gordienko Ukraine | Atsamaz Kaziev Russia | Ochirkhüügiin Ösökhbayar Mongolia |
| Men's +115 kg | Alan Karaev Russia | Vasily Margiev Russia | Mutoshi Matsunaga Japan |
| Men's openweight | Gankhuyagiin Naranbat Mongolia | Yevhen Kozliatin Ukraine | Vasily Margiev Russia |
| Women's 65 kg | Yukina Iwamoto Japan | Luciana Watanabe Brazil | Vera Koval Russia |
| Women's 80 kg | Maryna Pryshchepa Ukraine | Maryna Maksymenko Ukraine | Asano Matsuura Japan |
| Women's +80 kg | Anna Zhigalova Russia | Olesya Kovalenko Russia | María Cedeño Venezuela |
| Women's openweight | Anna Zhigalova Russia | Janaína Silva Brazil | Svitlana Iaromka Ukraine |
| Event [32] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's synchro | China Dong Dong Tu Xiao |  Russia Nikita Fedorenko Dmitry Ushakov | Denmark Peter Jensen Christian Andersen |
| Men's double mini | Bruno Martini Brazil | Mikhail Zalomin Russia | André Lico  Portugal |
| Men's tumbling | Zhang Luo China | Shared gold | Kristof Willerton Great Britain |
| Viktor Kyforenko Ukraine | |||
| Women's synchro |  Great Britain Amanda Parker Kat Driscoll | Shared gold |  Ukraine Maryna Kyiko Nataliia Moskvina |
| China Zhong Xingping Li Dan | |||
| Women's double mini | Svetlana Balandina Russia | Corissa Boychuk  Canada | Sílvia Saiote Portugal |
| Women's tumbling | Jia Fangfang China | Rachael Letsche Great Britain | Emily Smith Canada |
| Event [34] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's jump | Damien Sharman Great Britain | Rodrigo Miranda Chile | Igor Morozov Russia |
| Men's slalom | Thomas Degasperi Italy | Aaron Larkin New Zealand | Johan Efverström Sweden |
| Men's tricks | Aliaksei Zharnasek Belarus | Nicholas Benatti Italy | Jason McClintock Canada |
| Men's wakeboarding | Andrew Adkison United States | Toshiki Yasui Japan | David O'Caoimh  Ireland |
| Women's jump | Regina Jaquess United States | Marie Vympranietsova  Greece | Whitney McClintock Canada |
| Women's slalom | Regina Jaquess United States | Whitney McClintock Canada | Claire-Lise Welter France |
| Women's tricks | Clémentine Lucine France | Erika Lang United States | Michale Briant  Australia |
| Women's wakeboarding | Han Qiu China | Charlotte Bryant Great Britain | Larisa Morales Mexico |
| Event [35] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's C-1 | Yul Oeltze Germany | Tamás Kiss  Hungary | Bartosz Dubiak Poland |
| Men's C-2 |  Hungary Márton Kövér Attila Györe | Ukraine Eduard Shemetylo Oleksii Shpak |  Portugal Samuel Amorim Rui Lacerda |
| Men's K-1 | Máté Petrovics Hungary | Alfredo Faria Portugal | Joep van Bakel Netherlands |
| Men's K-2 | Hungary Milán Noé Bálint Noé |  Czech Republic Jiří Mládek Tomáš Ježek | Germany Maël Rengel Benno Berberich |
| Women's K-1 | Renáta Csay Hungary | Vanda Kiszli Hungary | Anna Alberti Italy |
| Women's K-2 | Hungary Alexandra Bara Renáta Csay | Italy Stefania Cicali Anna Alberti | France Gwendoline Morel Amélie Le Sclotour |
| Event [36] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Rob Woestenborghs Belgium | Emilio Martín Spain | Benoît Nicolas France |
| Women's individual | Ai Ueda Japan | Sandra Levenez France | Jenny Schulz Germany |
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