2013 World Combat Games

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II World Combat Games
Host citySaint Petersburg, Russia
Nations97 + World Team
Events135 in 15 sports
OpeningOctober 18, 2013
ClosingOctober 26, 2013
Opened byVladimir Putin
Main venuePetrovsky Stadium

The 2013 World Combat Games were held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 18 to 26, 2013.

Venues[edit]

Venue Name Sports
SCC Peterburg (Hall ) Aikido,Judo,Wrestling
SCC Peterburg (Hall 2) Fencing,Kendo,Sumo,
Yubileiny (Arena 1) Jujitsu, Kickboxing, Savate
Yubileiny (Arena 2) Boxing, Kickboxing, Muaythai ,sanda
Spartak Karate, Sambo, Taekwondo, Wushu talou

Schedule[edit]

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions D Demo 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
October 18
Fri
19
Sat
20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
26
Sat

Gold Medal
Ceremonies OC CC
Aikido D D
Boxing 13 13
Fencing 2 2 2 6
Judo 1 1 2
Ju-jitsu 9 9 18
Karate 6 6 12
Kendo 4 2 6
Kickboxing 12 12
Muaythai 11 11
Sambo 3 3 6
Savate 3 8 11
Sumo 4 4 8
Taekwondo 2 2
Wrestling 5 5 5 15
Wushu 13 13
Total Gold Medal 7 8 10 10 10 16 31 28 15 135
Cumulative Total 7 15 25 35 45 61 92 120 135
October 18
Fri
19
Sat
20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
26
Sat

Gold Medal

Games[edit]

Opening ceremony[edit]

The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00 local time.

Sports[edit]

Compared to the 5 sports and 38 events in the Olympic Games, the 2013 Combat Games featured 15 sports and 135 events throughout the 9 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. The 2013 Combat Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as 12 sports and 136 events were in 2010. Fencing and Savate made their debut at these Games. Aikido, however, is the sole demonstration sport here.[1]

Participating nations[edit]

A total of 97 national teams came to compete in these Games. The number of athletes for each nation are in the brackets. However, a World Team was created for all three team wrestling events.

Reference: 2013 World Combat Games List of Participating Countries (Click the "Athletes" tab for the list)

Medal table[edit]

Key: Final medal tally below.[2]

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)*47202693
2 France (FRA)128929
3 Japan (JPN)115420
4 Iran (IRI)64717
5 China (CHN)56617
6 Ukraine (UKR)4161434
7 Italy (ITA)310417
8 Hungary (HUN)3418
9 South Korea (KOR)32510
10 Thailand (THA)3227
11 Azerbaijan (AZE)3126
12 Poland (POL)21811
13 Egypt (EGY)2147
14 Croatia (CRO)2125
 Great Britain (GBR)2125
16 Ireland (IRL)2114
17 Mexico (MEX)2013
18 Norway (NOR)2002
19 United States (USA)141015
20 Romania (ROU)1359
21 Germany (GER)1337
22 Mongolia (MGL)1326
23 Turkey (TUR)12710
24 Brazil (BRA)1269
25 Serbia (SRB)1247
26 Belarus (BLR)1236
 Sweden (SWE)1236
28 Israel (ISR)1124
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1124
30 Austria (AUT)1102
 Estonia (EST)1102
32 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)1056
 Venezuela (VEN)1056
34 Netherlands (NED)1023
35 Belgium (BEL)1012
 Lithuania (LTU)1012
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1001
 Indonesia (INA)1001
 Peru (PER)1001
40 Spain (ESP)0303
41 Bulgaria (BUL)0257
42 Canada (CAN)0246
43 Congo (CGO)0202
44 Hong Kong (HKG)0156
45 Australia (AUS)0123
 Colombia (COL)0123
 Jordan (JOR)0123
 Morocco (MAR)0123
 Slovenia (SLO)0123
50 Malaysia (MAS)0112
 Moldova (MDA)0112
 Vietnam (VIE)0112
53 Armenia (ARM)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
57 Finland (FIN)0033
 South Africa (RSA)0033
59 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0022
60 Algeria (ALG)0011
 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Cuba (CUB)0011
 Georgia (GEO)0011
 Greece (GRE)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Singapore (SIN)0011
 Tunisia (TUN)0011
Totals (68 entries)135132203470

References[edit]

  1. ^ Demonstration Sport of Aikido at the 2013 World Combat Games Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "2013 World Combat Games Medal Tally Information". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

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