The 1997 World Games (Finnish: 1997 Maailman Pelit, Swedish: 1997 Världsspelen), the fifth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Lahti, Finland on August 7–17, 1997. The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Lahti Sport Centre.

World Games V
V Maailman Pelit
V Världsspelen
Host cityLahti, Finland
Nations73
Athletes1,379[1]
Events164 (22 sports)
Opening7 August 1997
Closing17 August 1997
Opened byPresident Martti Ahtisaari
Main venueLahti Sport Centre

Sports

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The 1997 World Games programme featured 23 official sports and 5 invitational sports. (Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.) The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that were contested in each sports discipline.

Official sports
Invitational sports

Calendar

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       Opening ceremony        Event competitions        Event finals        Closing ceremony
August  7th  8th  9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th
Ceremonies
Bodybuilding
Bowling
Casting
DanceSport
Fistball
Gymnastics
Ju-jitsu
Korfball
Squash
Tug of war
August  7th  8th  9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th

Medal table

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Official sports

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The medal tally during the fifth World Games is as follows. United States finished at the top of the final medal table.[2] Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the nine karate kumite events. No bronze medals were awarded in two bodybuilding and three weightlifting events. No silver medal was awarded in one weightlifting event.

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)17181045
2  China (CHN)1614535
3  Germany (GER)15161041
4  Russia (RUS)15101338
5  Italy (ITA)12121539
6  Sweden (SWE)851023
7  Great Britain (GBR)68923
8  Japan (JPN)63514
9  Belgium (BEL)63413
10  France (FRA)512724
11  Ukraine (UKR)57012
12  Australia (AUS)54514
13  Czech Republic (CZE)54413
14  Spain (ESP)52714
15  Netherlands (NED)46717
16  Chinese Taipei (TPE)43310
17  Belarus (BLR)3148
18  Canada (CAN)3126
19  Hungary (HUN)2237
20  Colombia (COL)2226
21  Egypt (EGY)2114
22  South Africa (RSA)2046
23  Austria (AUT)1315
24  Slovakia (SVK)1225
25  Denmark (DEN)1214
26  Norway (NOR)1146
27  Slovenia (SVN)1124
  South Korea (KOR)1124
29  Greece (GRE)1113
  Switzerland (SUI)1113
31  Bulgaria (BUL)1102
  Indonesia (INA)1102
  Uzbekistan (UZB)1102
34  Brazil (BRA)1023
35  Argentina (ARG)1012
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1012
37  Malaysia (MAS)1001
  Saudi Arabia (KSA)1001
39  Finland (FIN)*09817
40  Poland (POL)0257
41  Ireland (IRL)0123
42  Liechtenstein (LIE)0101
  Mexico (MEX)0101
44  Georgia (GEO)0011
  Iran (IRI)0011
  Lithuania (LTU)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (48 entries)164163168495

Invitation sports

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  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)2103
2  Netherlands (NED)2002
  Sweden (SWE)2002
4  France (FRA)1102
  Italy (ITA)1102
6  Spain (ESP)0202
7  Brazil (BRA)0112
  Finland (FIN)*0112
9  Australia (AUS)0101
10  Japan (JPN)0022
11  Croatia (CRO)0011
  Russia (RUS)0011
  Slovenia (SVN)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (14 entries)88824

References

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  1. ^ "LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  2. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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