2003 Military World Games
Appearance
Host city | Catania |
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Country | ![]() |
Nations | 87 |
Athletes | 2800 |
Events | 13 |
Opening | December 4, 2003 |
Closing | December 11, 2003 |
Opened by | President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Main venue | Cibali |
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The 2003 Military World Games was an international multi-sport event for military personnel which was held in Catania, Italy from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the Military World Games, competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire.[1] A total of 84 nations were represented at the event, with some 2800 military servicemen and women competing in the tournament. The games opening ceremony took place at the Stadio Angelo Massimino in front of 5000 spectators.[2]
Sports
[edit]A total of thirteen sports were contested at the 2003 Games.[3]
Basketball ( )
Boxing ( )
Cycling ( )
Diving ( )
Fencing ( )
Football ( )
Judo ( )
Lifesaving ( )
Modern pentathlon ( )
Sailing ( )
Swimming ( )
Track and field ( )
Volleyball ( )
Games schedule
[edit]- | Ceremony | C | Competition | F | Finals |
December → | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Opening ceremony | ||||||||
Basketball | C | F | ||||||
Boxing | C | F | ||||||
Cycling | F | F | ||||||
Diving | C | C | ||||||
Fencing | C | F | ||||||
Football | C | C | F | |||||
Judo | F | F | ||||||
Lifesaving | C | |||||||
Modern pentathlon | C | C | F | |||||
Swimming | C | |||||||
Sailing | C | |||||||
Track and field | F | |||||||
Volleyball | C | F | ||||||
Closing ceremony |
- Note: The football tournament began before the Games opening ceremony, with the first matches taking place on 2 and 3 December.
Medal table
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Basketball_at_the_Military_World_Games.jpg/220px-Basketball_at_the_Military_World_Games.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Competitive_riding_at_the_Military_World_Games.jpg/220px-Competitive_riding_at_the_Military_World_Games.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Volleyball_game.jpg/220px-Volleyball_game.jpg)
* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 31 | 15 | 12 | 58 |
2 | ![]() | 25 | 34 | 33 | 92 |
3 | ![]() | 20 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
21 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
28 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
32 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
34 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
37 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (41 entries) | 120 | 119 | 135 | 374 |
- All information taken from Armed Forces Sports.[4]
Participation
[edit]Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Republic of the Congo
Ivory Coast
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Gabon
Greece
Guinea
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mali
Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands
Niger
North Korea
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
References
[edit]- ^ The City of U Liotru and Pupi’s. CISM. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
- ^ Coleman, Craig (2003-12-04). Military World Games begin in Italy Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. Armed Forces Sports (USA). Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
- ^ a b Programme Handbook (archived). CISM/Archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
- ^ 3rd Military World Games. CISM. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
External links
[edit]- Archived official website
- CISM website
- Archived news of US performances
Media related to 2003 Military World Games at Wikimedia Commons