2015 Military World Games

2015 Military World Games

Host city	Mungyeong, South Korea
Nations participating	110
Athletes participating	8,700
Events	248 in 24 sports
Opening ceremony	2 October 2015
Closing ceremony	11 October 2015
Officially opened by	President Park Geun-hye
Main venue	KAFAC Sports Complex
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The 2015 Military World Games, officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games, is hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.

The games is the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.^[1]

Sports

The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.^[2]

Aeronautical pentathlon (details) Archery () Basketball () Boxing () Cycling () Fencing () Football () Golf ()

Handball () Judo () Marathon () Military pentathlon () Modern pentathlon () Naval pentathlon () Orienteering () Parachuting ()

Sailing () Shooting () Swimming () Taekwondo () Track and field () Triathlon () Volleyball () Wrestling ()

Medal table

      Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	59	43	33	135
2	Brazil	34	26	24	84
3	China	32	31	35	98
4	South Korea	19	15	25	59
5	Poland	10	13	19	42
6	France	9	9	11	29
7	Germany	8	10	15	33
8	Bahrain	7	2	4	13
9	Italy	5	11	12	28
10	Ukraine	5	9	12	26
11	Egypt	4	4	6	14
12	Kazakhstan	4	3	6	13
13	Algeria	4	3	2	9
14	Norway	4	1	1	6
15	Iran	3	10	15	28
16	Mongolia	3	4	6	13
17	Czech Republic	3	2	1	6
18	Tunisia	3	0	1	4
19	Azerbaijan	2	4	6	12
20	Kenya	2	4	4	10
21	Finland	2	4	1	7
22	Austria	2	3	2	7
23	Switzerland	2	2	2	6
	United States	2	2	2	6
25	Belgium	2	1	2	5
26	Sweden	2	0	2	4
27	Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	2
28	Belarus	1	6	6	13
29	Qatar	1	5	2	8
30	Slovenia	1	1	3	5
31	Vietnam	1	1	2	4
32	Oman	1	1	1	3
33	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
34	Morocco	1	0	5	6
35	Estonia	1	0	2	3
	Turkey	1	0	2	3
37	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Syria	1	0	0	1
40	Romania	0	3	3	6
41	India	0	2	5	7
42	Latvia	0	2	2	4
43	Lithuania	0	1	3	4
44	Dominican Republic	0	1	2	3
	Indonesia	0	1	2	3
	Thailand	0	1	2	3
	Venezuela	0	1	2	3
48	Armenia	0	1	1	2
49	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
51	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	Canada	0	0	2	2
	Cameroon	0	0	2	2
	Denmark	0	0	2	2
55	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Mixed Teams	0	0	1	1
Total		246	246	307	799

Source: ^[3]

References

1. Lange, Katie (2015-10-05). 2015 CISM Military World Games Kick Off in South Korea Department of Defense Live. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
2. "Sports". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
3. "Medal Standings". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

External links

• Official website