1985 World Games

Multi-sport events in London, England World Games II World Games 1985 logo.png 170 Sport is a universal language, the world is one family, all mankind are brothers and sisters. London, United Kingdom 33 1,550 134 25 July 1985 4 August 1985 Charles PalmerChairman of British Olympic Association Wembley Stadium Santa Clara 1981 Karlsruhe 1989 The 1985 World Games were the second edition of the World Games, an international multi-sport event held in London. Three main venues were used, the main one being the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. The opening ceremony was held at the Wembley Conference Centre. The master of ceremonies was television commentator Ron Pickering. Competitors were addressed by World Games Association President Dr Un Yong Kim, who told competitors, "the World Games is an innovation that deserves a warm welcome." Games Patron Ryoichi Sasakawa underwrote the financial shortfall to enable the Games to take place. British Olympic Association Chairman Charles Palmer opened the Games on behalf of the British sports community. The song "World Game" by John Denver was adopted as the theme for the Games. Sports included field archery, taekwondo, karate, sambo, powerlifting, finswimming, roller sports, casting, korfball, water skiing, speedway, fistball, softball and netball.Media Release 1985 World Games The ground team at Crystal Palace was headed by former Nottingham Forest player Roy Dwight with assistance from Tosh Chamberlain. Television coverage was produced by Cheerleader productions. Commentators included Simon Reed, Martin Tyler, Gerald Sinstadt and Dave Lanning. Titles 134 titles were awarded in 22 sports (not including two invitational sports).http://westnally.com//wp-content/documents/World-Games-Promo-leaflet.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160503063718/http://westnally.com//wp-content/documents/World-Games-Promo-leaflet.pdf dead 2016-05-03 The World Games London 1985 westnally.com 2019-09-28 palegreen darkgray As Invitational sport Sport Titles NotesArtistic roller skating 4 Roller speed skating 12 Roller hockey 1 Bodybuilding 6 Boules 1 Bowling 5 Casting 12 Field archery 4 Fistball 1 Finswimming 17 Karate 12 Korfball 1 Life saving 12 Netball 1 Racquetball 2 Sambo 17 Taekwondo 8 Trampoline 6 Tug of war 2 Water skiing 6 Powerlifting 3 Softball 1 Motocross Speedway Total 134 Venues included Wembley Conference Centre, Princes Club (Bedfont), Copthall Stadium. Wimbledon Stadium, Crystal Palace, David Lloyd Club, Tolmers Scout Camp and Stevenage Bowling Center.Encyclopedia of International Games David Bell 408 2011 McFarland https://books.google.com/books?id=gjPECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA408& 2018-11-01 Medal table The medal tally during the second World Games is as follows. Italy finished at the top of the medal standings.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 Two bronze medals were awarded in fistball and in each karate-kumite (9) and taekwondo (8) event. GBR 27 29 22 ITA 1946 18 16 18 15 11 5 13 12 16 12 8 5 11 11 21 yes 7 11 13 7 0 1 KOR 1984 5 1 3 5 1 2 JPN 1870 4 4 5 2 6 8 2 0 0 1 5 5 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 PHI 1985 0 0 1 BRA 1968 0 0 1 BHR 1972 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 VEN 1954 References Channel Four broadcast of the Opening Ceremony. External links Official Website of the IWGA Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive) 1985 World Games World Games Category:International sports competitions in London Category:Multi-sport events in the United Kingdom World Games World Games