World Games 2013

World Games IX
Host city Colombia Cali, Colombia
Motto Fair play to the planet
Nations participating 103
Athletes participating 2,982
Events 199 in 36 sports
Opening ceremony July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25)
Closing ceremony August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)
Officially opened by Vice President Angelino Garzón[1]
Athlete's Oath Jorge Luis CiFuentes
Main venue Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

The World Games of 2013 took place in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.[2]

Host city allocation history

Parade of the delegations at the inauguration ceremony of the World Games Cali 2013

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, Taiwan, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host the World Games in 2013.

Sports

There are 31 official sports and 5 invitational sports.[3]

Artistic and Dance Sports[4]
Ball Sports[5]
Martial Arts[6]
Precision Sports[7]
Strength Sports[8]
Trend Sports[9]
Invitational Sports[10]

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 two disciplines took place in Jamundí:

Calendar

Key:      Invitational sport

 OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
July/August 2013 25th
Thu		 26th
Fri		 27th
Sat		 28th
Sun		 29th
Mon		 30th
Tue		 31st
Wed		 1st
Thu		 2nd
Fri		 3rd
Sat		 4th
Sun		 Gold
medals
Ceremonies OC CC
Acrobatic gymnastics ● 2 2 1 5
Aerobic gymnastics ● 3 4 7
Air sports ● ● ● ● ● 3 3
Artistic roller skating ● ● 4 4
Beach handball ● ● ● 2 2
Billiard sports ● ● ● ● ● 4 4
Boules sports ● ● ● 8 8
Bowling ● 1 ● ● 2 3
Canoe polo ● ● 2 2
Dancesport ● 1 2 3
Field archery ● ● 3 ● ● ● 4 7
Finswimming ● 5 5 10
Fistball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Flying disc ● ● ● 1 1
Ju-jitsu ● 7 6 13
Karate ● 6 6 12
Korfball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Lifesaving ● 8 8 16
Orienteering ● 2 2 1 5
Powerlifting ● 3 3 2 8
Racquetball ● ● 2 2
Rhythmic gymnastics ● 2 1 3
Roller inline hockey ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Rugby sevens ● ● 1 1
Track speed skating ● 2 4 4 10
Sport climbing 2 2 4
Squash ● ● ● 2 2
Sumo ● 6 2 8
Trampoline gymnastics ● 1 3 4
Tug of war ● 1 2 3
Tumbling gymnastics ● 2 2
Waterskiing and Wakeboarding ● ● ● 4 4 8
Total gold medals 27 28 13 14 19 17 9 10 10 14 163
July/August 2013 25th
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 3 3 6
Duathlon ● 1 1 2
Softball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Road speed skating ● 4 4 8
Wushu 1 7 3 6 17
Total gold medals 1 1 1 6 10 7 10 34
Grand total of gold medals 28 29 13 14 20 17 15 20 17 24 197

Participant countries

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the laughable mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals.[12] This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno.[13][14] Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo.[15] 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" [16] Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, unabashedly 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" [17]

Medal results

Official sports

Key:

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating:[18]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Italy Italy 18 13 18 49
2 Russia Russia 17 24 12 53
3 France France 16 11 13 40
4 Germany Germany 15 7 8 30
5 China China 14 6 2 22
6 United States United States 11 4 4 19
7 Ukraine Ukraine 9 10 9 28
8 Colombia Colombia 8 13 10 31
9 United Kingdom Great Britain 6 6 3 15
10 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 5 8 18
11 Brazil Brazil 5 3 1 9
12 Japan Japan 5 1 4 10
13 Switzerland Switzerland 4 4 0 8
14 Denmark Denmark 3 2 2 7
15 Sweden Sweden 3 1 5 9
16 Belarus Belarus 3 1 3 7
16 Mexico Mexico 3 1 3 7
18 Netherlands Netherlands 2 6 5 13
19 Belgium Belgium 2 4 4 10
20 Spain Spain 2 4 2 8
21 Chile Chile 2 3 0 5
21 Poland Poland 2 3 0 5
21 Romania Romania 2 3 0 5
24 Slovenia Slovenia 2 1 0 3
25 Finland Finland 2 0 0 2
26 South Korea South Korea 1 2 6 9
27 Austria Austria 1 2 3 6
28 Hungary Hungary 1 1† 0 2
28 New Zealand New Zealand 1 2 0 3
30 Croatia Croatia 1 1 2 4
30 Venezuela Venezuela 1 1 2 4
32 Vietnam Vietnam 1 1 0 2
33 South Africa South Africa 1 0 3 4
34 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1 0 1 2
34 Lithuania Lithuania 1 0 1 2
34 Mongolia Mongolia 1 0 2 3
37 India India 1 0 0 1
37 Malaysia Malaysia 1 0 0 1
37 Moldova Moldova 1 0 0 1
37 Turkey Turkey 1 0 0 1
41 Canada Canada 0 3 6 9
42 Norway Norway 0 3 4 7
43 Argentina Argentina 0 3 2 5
43 Egypt Egypt 0 3 2 5
43 Thailand Thailand 0 3 2 5
46 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 2 1 3
47 Australia Australia 0 1 3 4
48 Ecuador Ecuador 0 1 2 3
48 Portugal Portugal 0 1 2 3
50 Greece Greece 0 1 1 2
50 Iran Iran 0 1 1 2
52 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0 1 0 1
53 El Salvador El Salvador 0 0 1 1
53 Republic of Ireland Ireland 0 0 1 1
53 Israel Israel 0 0 1 1
53 Morocco Morocco 0 0 1 1
53 Peru Peru 0 0 1 1
53 Philippines Philippines 0 0 1 1
53 Serbia Serbia 0 0 1 1
Total 176 169 169 514

† In the men's middleweight sumo event, Istvan Kalmar (HUN) was stripped of a silver medal because of a positive doping test.[19]

Invitational sports

Key:

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.[20]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Hungary 5 2 0 7
2  China 5 1 1 7
3  Iran 4 0 0 4
4  France 1 3 2 6
5  Vietnam 1 2 0 3
6  Germany 1 0 2 3
7  Japan 1 0 1 2
7  United States 1 0 1 2
9  Belgium 1 0 0 1
9  Cuba 1 0 0 1
9  Hong Kong 1 0 0 1
9  Indonesia 1 0 0 1
13  Malaysia 0 2 2 4
14  Russia 0 2 0 2
15  Italy 0 1 1 2
15  Portugal 0 1 1 2
15  Turkey 0 1 1 2
15  Ukraine 0 1 1 2
19  Brazil 0 1 0 1
19  Canada 0 1 0 1
19  Chile 0 1 0 1
19  Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
19  Spain 0 1 0 1
19  India 0 1 0 1
19  Venezuela 0 1 0 1
26  Argentina 0 0 1 1
26  Colombia 0 0 1 1
26  Mexico 0 0 1 1
26  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
26  Poland 0 0 1 1
Total 23 23 18 64

Host broadcaster

International Broadcasters

References

  1. ↑ The 2013 World Games Have Begun
  2. ↑ "Cali, Colombia announced as next World Games venue".
  3. ↑ "The World Games 2013 Calì - Sports". worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Artistic and Dance Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Ball Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Martial Arts worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Precision Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Strength Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Trend Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Invitational Sports worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Cancelled event at Cali 2013
  12. ↑ "Grave error ortográfico afecta a mil medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali (Grave mistake affects thousand medals from the World Games in Cali)". AFP. Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  13. ↑ http://noticiasunolaredindependiente.com/2013/07/28/noticias/nacional/el-juego-de-palabras/
  14. ↑ http://imgur.com/a/5NCS2
  15. ↑ ""Por error, medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen ‘Word’ en lugar de ‘World’ " (Due to Error, World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". NTN24. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  16. ↑ ""Todos vimos las medallas y ninguno notó el error" (We All Saw The Mistake in the Medals, but Nobody Said Anything About It)". Semana. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  17. ↑ ""Medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen 'Word' y no 'World'" (Cali's World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". El Espectador. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  18. ↑ 2013 World Games Official Sports Medal Tally Page
  19. ↑ "International Sumo Federation – World Games". Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  20. ↑ Cali 2013 World Games Invitational Sports Medal Tally

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