2005 World Games

Multi-sport event in Duisburg, Germany World Games VII 2005_World_Games_Logo.png 150 Duisburg, Germany 93 appr. 3,200 169 (31 sports) 14 July 2005 24 July 2005 Otto SchilyFederal Minister of the Interior of Germany MSV-Arena Akita 2001 Kaohsiung 2009 worldgames2005.de (archived) The 2005 World Games, the seventh World Games, also known as Duisburg 2005, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events.Duisburg, GER 2005 http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/editions/duisburg-germany-2005/overview theworldgames.org 13 February 2016 More than 3,000 athletes competed in 31 official sports and 6 invitational sports. Sports Official sports The 2005 World Games programme featured 31 official sports, and 6 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 6 d Bowling 6 d Canoe polo 2 d 20px Casting (6) 20px Cue sports (4) Dancesport 3 d 20px Field archery (6) Finswimming 10 d Fistball 1 d Flying disc 1 d Inline hockey 1 d Inline speed skating 12 d Ju-jitsu 10 d Karate 13 d Korfball 1 d Lifesaving 16 d Orienteering 3 d 20px Powerlifting (6) 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 8 d thumb|400px|Fiji's gold medal win in rugby Invitational sports Aikido was also one of the invitational sports, but it was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held. 20em American football 1 d Beach handball 2 d Dragon boat 4 d Indoor hockey 2 d 21pxIndoor motorcycle trials 1 d No thumb|300px|Athletes at the closing ceremony Medal table List of 2005 World Games medal winners Official sports The medal tally during the seventh World Games is as follows. Russia won the most gold medals and tied with Germany in overall medals won in this edition's official sports. There was a tie for second place in one sport climbing event (two silver and no bronze medals awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the two squash events.http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&category=0&country=0 Results of the World Games International World Games Association 2015-10-26 GER 27 19 11 19 18 20 yes 13 9 13 ITA 2003 12 12 11 7 9 4 7 7 9 7 6 8 6 6 3 5 8 4 5 1 0 4 8 6 4 5 3 4 3 1 4 1 3 3 5 10 3 4 4 3 2 6 3 2 1 2 4 5 2 4 0 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 1 3 KOR 1997 2 0 3 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 VEN 1954 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 BLR 1995 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 BHR BRN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Invitational sports GER 4 1 2 yes 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 BLR 1995 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 References External links Web Site of the 2005 World Games German web site on the 2005 World Games Russian web site on the 2005 World Games Complete Results 2005 World Games World Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany World Games, 2005 Category:Sport in Duisburg World Games Category:2000s in North Rhine-Westphalia