2009 World Games

Multi-sport event in Kaohsiung, Taiwan World Games VIII 第八屆世界運動會 2009 World Games Kaohsiung.svg 230 Motto Top Sports – High Spirits Top Sports – High Spirits Kaohsiung, Taiwanunder the IWGA Designation: Chinese Taipei 84 2908 (official number) 146 (in 26 sports) 16 July 2009 26 July 2009 President Ma Ying-jeou Kaohsiung National Stadium Duisburg 2005 Cali 2013 theworldgames.org The 2009 World Games (2009年世界運動會 no), also known as Kaohsiung 2009, the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. 2908 athletes and over 4400 volunteers and others from over 100 countries participated in the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games, setting a record high for the multi-sport competition. The International World Games Association (IWGA) President Ron Froehlich praised the July 16–26 games as the "best games ever."http://wg2009.pts.org.tw/detail.php?id=449 Best Games Ever end on a high note Taiwan Public Television Service Online July 26, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091008133024/http://wg2009.pts.org.tw/detail.php?id=449 2009-10-08 Emblem The design of the emblem for The World Games 2009 is based on the first Chinese character in the city's name. The character "gāo" (高) means high or superior in English. The toponym stylized as a multicolored ribbon aims to create an atmosphere of festivity and celebration. The warm colors, orange and magenta, at the top and green and blue at the bottom symbolize the sun rising over the ocean and mirror Kaohsiung well: a passionate city with plenty of sunshine – a vibrant metropolis by the sea. Mascots left|300px Gao Mei (高妹) and Syong Ge (雄哥) are named after the host city, Kaohsiung (according to Tongyong Pinyin). They are intended to personify it as "a city of the sea and the sun", to emphasize "ecology and environmental protection", and to symbolize the "friendliness and hospitality" of the city's residents.http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/koc_mascot.php The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Mascots Official website dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090925214257/http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/koc_mascot.php 2009-09-25 Opening ceremony thumb|World Games 2009 opening ceremony. The opening ceremony, on July 16, was held in the Main Stadium, and involved 4,000 performers. It was designed to provide "a platform for the world to understand Taiwan better", and focused on music, dancing and depictions of Taiwanese culture, including its aboriginal culture. The ceremony was watched by an estimated 100 million people worldwide.http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1005518&lang=eng_news A glittering opening ceremony unfolds in Kaohsiung Taiwan News July 17, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090718211613/http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1005518&lang=eng_news July 18, 2009 Among the foreign dignitaries in attendance was the President of Nauru, Marcus Stephen, one of Taiwan's diplomatic allies and himself a former athlete, having won seven gold medals in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games.http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1005497&lang=eng_news President declares Kaohsiung World Games open Taiwan News July 17, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090718211558/http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1005497&lang=eng_news July 18, 2009 Although China had sent athletes to compete, they were absent from the opening ceremony, reportedly due to Ma Ying-jeou inaugurating the Games in his capacity as the head of state.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8153144.stm China snubs World Games opening BBC News July 16, 2009 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090719080607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8153144.stm July 19, 2009 News Conference Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu said the city has shown "soft" power in staging The World Games that concluded and praised Kaohsiung residents for their passion in participating in the event. The mayor spoke at a news conference held after the closing ceremony during which International World Games Association (IWGA) President Ron Froehlich praised the July 16–26 games as the "best games ever." Chen noted that after the city was awarded the right to host the Games in 2005, it was determined to make it a success, and she said the city showed "confidence and competence" in staging the first international sports event held in Taiwan after "numerous daunting coordination challenges." She also praised the maturity of Kaohsiung residents, saying that their enthusiastic participation and passionate cheering for athletes from every country was "touching." Revenues from ticket sales at The World Games have been initially estimated at NT$65 million. Chen noted Froehlich's praise of Kaohsiung, which she said has displayed friendship, cooperation and community participation, and offered her best wishes to Cali, Colombia, which will host the next World Games in 2013. She said Kaohsiung is an open, rich and pluralistic city that respects human rights and tolerates different views and political stances as long as they are expressed in a peaceful manners. Concerning the absence of the athletes from China, which was reported to be a boycott, from the opening and closing ceremonies of The World Games, she said that as a big country, she expected it to show more grace and tolerance. Participants 20em Angola (1) Argentina (28) Armenia (1) Australia (168) Austria (51) Azerbaijan (11) Bahamas (1) Belarus 1995 (25) Belgium (73) Bolivia (6) Bosnia and Herzegovina (5) Brazil (77) British Virgin Islands (2) Bulgaria (23) Canada (141) Chile (27) China (148) Colombia (30) Costa Rica (3) (45) (2) (1) (51) (25) (8) (10) EGY 2009 World Games (46) (4) (16) (16) (32) (220) (1) (230) (15) (7) (51) (92) IND 2009 World Games (10) (12) (11) (1) (17) (14) (189) (282) (19) (1) KOR 1997 (79) (6) (21) (11) (1) Macau (10) Macedonia (15) (3) (29) (15) (2) MGL 2009 World Games (8) (8) Myanmar 1974 (2) (1) (112) (1) (62) (35) (13) (16) (5) PHI 2009 World Games (16) POL 2009 World Games (24) (68) (3) (2) (13) (225) (2) (4) (64) (25) (24) (86) (52) (1) (87) (115) (459) – Host (1) (52) (6) TUR 2009 World Games (22) (155) (3) (204) (211) (1) (3) (7) (36) (23) Sports Official sports The 2009 World Games programme featured 31 official sports, and 5 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline. 20em Acrobatic gymnastics 5 d Aerobic gymnastics 5 d Air sports 5 d Artistic roller skating 4 d Bodybuilding 7 d Boules sports 8 d Bowling 3 d Canoe polo 2 d Cue sports 4 d Dancesport 3 d Field archery 6 d Finswimming 10 d Fistball 1 d Flying disc 1 d Inline hockey 1 d Inline speed skating 10 d Ju-jitsu 10 d Karate 13 d Korfball 1 d Lifesaving 16 d Orienteering 5 d Powerlifting 8 d Racquetball 2 d Rhythmic gymnastics 4 d Rugby sevens 1 d Sport climbing 4 d Squash 2 d Sumo 8 d Trampoline gymnastics 6 d Tug of war 3 d Water skiing 6 d Invitational sports 20em Beach handball 2 d Dragon boat 4 d Softball 1 d 21pxTchoukball 2 d No Wushu 13 d Doping On 16 September 2009, the IWGA announced that there had been several doping violations at the recently completed 2009 Games. On 26 October 2009, the IWGA Anti-Doping Panel decided on punitive measures against five medal-winners (four bodybuilders and a sumo athlete). The measures included the stripping of three gold and two silver medals, as well as lifetime bans from The World Games for three bodybuilders.https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518 2009 Kaohsiung: Doping Violations International World Games Association 2017-11-12 2017-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113527/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518 dead The IWGA has made no announcement of reallocation of the forfeited bodybuilding medals. The International Sumo Federation reallocated the medals for the affected sumo event.http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-w-games2009.html International Sumo Federation The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung 2017-11-12 In 2010, all medals in the sport of bodybuilding were removed from the medal table at the host organizer's website (worldgames2009.tw, "The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung"), which is now archived.http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Competition Information dead 2010-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100112211222/http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals 2019-10-04 http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Competition Information dead 2010-08-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100816065922/http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals 2019-10-04 However, all medals as first bestowed still appear at The World Games website (theworldgames.org) in both look-up and full result reports.https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Kaohsiung-TPE-2009-12/infosystem FULL RESULTS FROM THE OFFICIAL RESULTS PROVIDER Bodybuilding 2019-10-04https://www.theworldgames.org/results#edition=12&sport=45&discipline=186&category=&country= Results of The World Games (Bodybuilding) International World Games Association 2019-10-04 The sport of bodybuilding has not appeared at a subsequent edition of The World Games. Medal table List of 2009 World Games medal winners Official sports The medal tally during the eighth World Games is as follows. Russia finished at the top of the final medal table.https://www.theworldgames.org/results#edition=12&sport=0&discipline=&category=&country=0 Results of the World Games International World Games Association 2015-10-26 Excluded are four bodybuilding medals forfeited for doping and not reallocated. In two events there were two bronze medals awarded because of ties for third-place: women's 100m finswimming and women's life saving combined relay. TPE 19 13 15 16 12 13 14 10 5 13 8 5 11 14 13 9 12 10 fn1 In 2009, Ukraine was stripped of two gold medals in bodybuilding for doping, and Qatar and Brazil were each stripped of a silver medal. This table does not include those stripped medals, and neither does it include possible reallocation of those medals, as the results at the World Games website do not reflect a reallocation. 8 9 7 yes 6 6 10 6 3 5 KOR 1997 5 10 5 4 6 9 4 5 6 4 5 3 4 5 2 3 4 0 3 2 3 fn1 2 4 5 2 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 fn2 Hungary was stripped of a gold medal in sumo for doping. This table reflects the reallocation of medals specified by the International Sumo Federation. 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 BLR 1995 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Invitational sports TPE 8 0 0 6 2 1 3 5 2 yes 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 KOR 1997 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Calendar In the following calendar for The World Games 2009, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the left the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.http://results.worldgames2009.tw/en/Root.mvc Main Schedule World Games 2009 2009-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090719065751/http://results.worldgames2009.tw/en/Root.mvc 2009-07-19 dead palegreen darkgray As Invitational sport  ●  Opening ceremony     Event competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony July 2009 16Thu 17Fri 18Sat 19Sun 20Mon 21Tue 22Wed 23Thu 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun Goldmedals Ceremonies | bgcolor="#00cc33" | ● | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ee3333" | ● | — Air sports parachuting | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | | | | | | 5 Field archery | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●● | 6 Beach handball | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | 2 Billiards | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | 4 Bodybuilding | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●●● | | | | | | | | 7 Boules sports Lyonnaise | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | | | | | 4 Boules sports Petangue | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | 2 Boules sports Raffa | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | 2 Bowling ten pin | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | 3 Canoe polo | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | | 2 Dance sport | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | 3 Dragon boat | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | | 4 Fin swimming | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | | | 10 Fistball | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | | 1 Flying disc | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | 1 Acrobatic gymnastics | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | 5 Aerobic gymnastics | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●● | | 5 Rhythmic gymnastics | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | | 4 Trampoline gymnastics | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●● | | | | | 6 Ju-Jitsu | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | | | | | 10 Karate | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●●● | 13 Korfball | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | 1 Life saving | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●● | | 14 Orienteering | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | | | 5 Powerlifting | | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●● | 8 Racquetball | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | 2 Roller sports–Artistic | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | | | | | 4 Roller sports–Inline Hockey | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | 1 Roller Sports–Speed | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | 10 Rugby sevens | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | 1 Softball | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | | 1 Sport climbing | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | 4 Squash | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | 2 Sumo | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | | | | | | | | | 8 Tchoukball | | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | 2 Tug of War Indoor | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | | | 1 Tug of War Outdoor | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ● | | | | | | | | 2 Water skiing | | | | | | | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#3399ff" |   | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●● | | 6 Wushu | | | | | | | | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●● | bgcolor="#ffcc00" | ●●●●●●●●●●● | | | 13 July 2009 16Thu 17Fri 18Sat 19Sun 20Mon 21Tue 22Wed 23Thu 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun Goldmedals Venues Venue Sports Chengcing Lake Archery, Orienteering Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium Billiards, Racquetball, Squash Chungcheng Stadium Fistball Cultural Center Jhihde Hall Bodybuilding, Aerobic gymnastics Gymnasium of the National Sun Yat-sen University Ju-jitsu, Karate Gymnasium of the Guo-Guang Laboratory School, National Sun Yat-sen University Tug of war Gymnasium of the Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School Sumo Gymnasium of the National Kaohsiung Normal University Korfball, Tchoukball Happy Bowling Center Bowling I-Shou University Roller sports Ren-ai Park Boules Kaohsiung Arena Acrobatic gymnastics, DanceSport, Rhythmic gymnastics, Trampoline, Tumbling Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium Softball Kaohsiung County Stadium Wushu Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park Parachuting Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Orienteering Kaohsiung Swimming Pool Finswimming, Lifesaving Lotus Lake Canoe polo, Water skiing, Dragon Boat race Shou-shan Junior High School Climbing Sizihwan Bay Lifesaving, Beach handball Sun Yat-sen Hall of the National Sun Yat-sen University Powerlifting World Games Stadium Flying disc, Rugby sevens Yangming Skating Rink Roller sports See also List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/index.php Official site November 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20091215100558/http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/index.php December 15, 2009 bot: unknown mdy-all http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals Medal table October 10, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091218045439/http://results.worldgames2009.tw/WG_Info/en/Root.mvc/Medals December 18, 2009 dead mdy-all 2009 Category:Multi-sport events in Taiwan Category:International sports competitions hosted by Taiwan World Games World Games Category:Sport in Kaohsiung Category:Foreign affairs in Kaohsiung Category:July 2009 sports events in Asia