2013 World Games

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World Games IX
IX Juegos Mundiales
World Games 2013 logo.png
Host city Cali, Colombia
MottoFair play to the planet
Nations103
Athletes2,982
Events171 in 31 official sports
Opening25 July 2013
Closing4 August 2013
Opened by Vice President Angelino Garzón [1]
Athlete's OathJorge Luis CiFuentes
Judge's OathMarta Luz Vega
Coach's OathHugo Cotuaz
Main venue Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

The 2013 World Games (Spanish : Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. [2]

Contents

Host city allocation history

The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.

Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.

Sports

Official sports

The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.

Invitational sports

Garden of Sport

The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.

Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:

The other three disciplines took place in Jamundí:

Calendar

Key:   Invitational sport

 OC Opening ceremony  Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
July/August 201325th
Thu
26th
Fri
27th
Sat
28th
Sun
29th
Mon
30th
Tue
31st
Wed
1st
Thu
2nd
Fri
3rd
Sat
4th
Sun
Gold
medals
CeremoniesOCCC
Acrobatic gymnastics 2215
Aerobic gymnastics 347
Air sports 33
Artistic roller skating 44
Beach handball 22
Billiard sports 44
Boules sports 88
Bowling 123
Canoe polo 22
Dancesport 123
Field archery 347
Finswimming 5510
Fistball 11
Flying disc 11
Ju-jitsu 7613
Karate 6612
Korfball 11
Lifesaving 8816
Orienteering 2215
Powerlifting 3328
Racquetball 22
Road speed skating 448
Rhythmic gymnastics 213
Roller inline hockey 11
Rugby sevens 11
Track speed skating 24410
Sport climbing 224
Squash 22
Sumo 628
Trampoline gymnastics 134
Tug of war 123
Tumbling gymnastics 22
Waterskiing and Wakeboarding 448
Total gold medals27281314191711101418171
July/August 201325th
Thu
26th
Fri
27th
Sat
28th
Sun
29th
Mon
30th
Tue
31st
Wed
1st
Thu
2nd
Fri
3rd
Sat
4th
Sun
Gold
medals
Canoe marathon 336
Duathlon 112
Softball 11
Wushu [lower-alpha 1] 62614
Total gold medals111392623
Grand total of gold medals28291314201714191624194
  1. Although originally scheduled, apparently no medals were awarded in wushu for the Men's Gunshu and Women's Qiangshu events.

Participant countries

Parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the World Games in Cali 2013

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. [7] This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. [8] [9] Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. [10] According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" [11] Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation." [12]

Medal results

Official sports

Key: Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating. [13] In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)18131849
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)17241253
3Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)16111340
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)157830
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)146222
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)114419
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)910928
8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)*8131031
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)66315
10Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)55818
11Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)5319
12Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)51410
13Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)4408
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)3227
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)3159
16Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)3137
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)3137
18Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)26513
19Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)24410
20Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2428
21Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)2305
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)2305
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)2305
24Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)2103
25Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2002
26Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1269
27Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)1236
28Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1203
29Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)1124
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)1124
31Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1102
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)1102
33Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)1034
34Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)1023
35Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)1012
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1012
37Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)1001
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)1001
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)1001
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1001
41Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0369
42Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)0347
43Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)0325
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)0325
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0325
46Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0213
47Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0134
48Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)0123
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0123
50Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)0112
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0112
52Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)0101
53Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador  (ESA)0011
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)0011
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0011
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)0011
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)0011
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)0011
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0011
Totals (59 entries)176169169514

    Invitational sports

    Key: As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally. [14]

      *   Host nation (Colombia)

    RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
    1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)5207
    2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)5117
    3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)4004
    4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1326
    5Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)1203
    6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1023
    7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1012
    Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1012
    9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
    Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)1001
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)1001
    Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)1001
    13Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0224
    14Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0202
    15Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0112
    Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0112
    Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0112
    Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0112
    19Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0101
    Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
    Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)0101
    Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0101
    Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)0101
    Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
    Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)0101
    26Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)0011
    Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)*0011
    Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)0011
    Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
    Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
    Totals (30 entries)23231864

    Changes in medal tally

    Key

      Disqualified athlete(s)

    Sport/EventAthlete (NOC)GoldSilverBronzeTotal
    Sumo
    Men's middleweight
    Flag of Hungary.svg István Kalmár (HUN)–1–1
    Flag of Russia.svg Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)+1–10
    Flag of Mongolia.svg Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)+1+1

    In the men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test. [15]

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    Host broadcaster

    International Broadcasters

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