Military World Games
Appearance
First event | 1995 Rome |
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Occur every | Four years |
Last event | 2013 Annecy |
Purpose | Military multi-sport event for nations of the World |
Organization | CISM |
The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The Games have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A winter edition of the games has been recently created. The first edition was organized by the Italian region of Aosta Valley from 20 to 25 of March 2010.
Editions
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Medal table
Sports
Summer editions
- Athletics ( )
- Basketball ( )
- Boxing ( )
- Cycling ( )
- Equestrian ( )
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- Modern pentathlon ( )
- Orienteering ( )
- Parachuting ( )
- Sailing ( )
- Shooting ( )
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- Swimming ( )
- Taekwondo ( )
- Triathlon ( )
- Volleyball ( )
- Wrestling ( )
- File:Aeronautical pentathlon pictogram.svg Aeronautical pentathlon ( )
- Military pentathlon ( )
- Naval pentathlon ( )
Winter editions
- Alpine skiing ( )
- Biathlon ( )
- Cross-country skiing ( )
- Military patrol ( )
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- Short track speed skating ( )
- Ski mountaineering ( )
- Ski-orienteering ( )
- Sport climbing ( )
Gallery
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A U.S. vs. Italy women's volleyball match at the 3rd Military World Games.
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Sailing at the 2003 Military World Games.
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U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team competes in the accuracy competition at the 2007 Military World Games, Hyderabad, India.
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U.S. Army Sgt. John Franklin fights Cadet Gao Linzhi from China for the gold medal in Hyderabad, India.
See also
External links
- International military sports council
- Athletics medalists
- Winter Military World Games 2010 - Aosta Valley (Italy)
- Media related to Military World Games at Wikimedia Commons