World Games 1985

World Games II

Host city	London
Nations participating	33
Athletes participating	1,550
Events	114
Opening ceremony	25 July 1985
Closing ceremony	4 August 1985
Officially opened by	Un Yong Kim (Korea), President of World Games Association
Main venue	Wembley Conference Centre

The second World Games were held in 1985 in London, the capital city of England. Three venues were used, the main one being the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. Sports included taekwondo, karate, sambo, powerlifting, finswimming, roller sports, casting, korfball, water skiing and netball.^[1] The netball results reversed the results of its recent world cup, with New Zealand winning gold to Australia's silver. Similarly, 3rd and 4th places were reversed, with Jamaica winning bronze against England. The ground team at Crystal Palace was headed by football legend Roy Dwight with assistance from Tosh Chamberlain.

Titles

114 titles were awarded in 24 sports (4 invitational sports not including).^[2]

     As Invitational sport

Sport	Titles	Notes
Artistic roller skating	4
Roller speed skating	10
Roller hockey	1
Bodybuilding	6
Boules	1
Bowling	5
Casting	12
Field archery	4
Fistball	1
Finswimming	18
Karate	12
Korfball	1
Life saving	8
Netball	1
Raquetball	2
Sambo	17
Taekwondo	8
Trampoline	6
Tug of war	2
Water skiing	6
Powerlifting
Motocross
Softball
Speedway
Total	125

Medal Table

The medal tally during the second World Games is as follows. Italy was the over-all champion of this edition.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	27	29	22	78
2	United States	18	16	18	52
3	Spain	15	11	5	31
4	Germany	13	12	16	41
5	Sweden	12	8	5	25
6	United Kingdom	11	11	21	43
7	France	7	11	13	31
8	South Korea	7	0	1	8
9	Netherlands	5	1	3	9
10	Japan	5	1	2	8
11	Hungary	4	4	5	13
12	Norway	2	6	8	16
13	Ireland	2	0	0	2
14	Canada	1	5	5	11
15	Belgium	1	4	4	9
16	Switzerland	1	2	4	7
17	Austria	1	1	0	2
	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
19	Singapore	1	0	0	1
20	Australia	0	4	5	9
21	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4
22	Egypt	0	2	2	4
23	Philippines	0	2	1	3
24	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Monaco	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals		134	134	152	420

References

1. Media Release 1985 World Games
2. "The World Games London 1985" (PDF). westnally.com. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
3. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

External links

• Official Website of the IWGA
• Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)