The 1997 World Games were held in Lahti, Finland, from August 7 to August 17, 1997.[1]
Acrobatic gymnastics edit
Aerobic gymnastics edit
Archery edit
| Event[2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's recurve |  Sven Giesa
|
 Andrea Parenti
|
Fulvio Verdecchia
|
| Men's compound |  Morgan Lundin
|
 Niels Baldur
|
Peter Penner
|
| Men's barebow | Mathias Larsson
|
 Rensco van Wees
|
Alessandro Gaudethi
|
| Women's recurve | Ingrid Kihlander
|
Liselotte Andersson
|
Hedi Mittermaier
|
| Women's compound | Petra Ericsson
|
Mari Henriksen
|
 Jožica Emeršič
|
| Women's barebow | Jutta Schneider
|
 Patricia Lovell
|
Cristina Pugnaghi
|
Artistic roller skating edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating |  Eric Anderson
|
 Clemente Cerezo
|
Lee Taylor
|
| Women's free skating |  Tammy Bryant
|
Jennifer Orcutt
|
 Laure Bourguignon
|
| Pairs |  United States
|
United States
|
Germany
|
| Dance | Germany
|
United States
|
United States
|
Bodybuilding edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 65 kg |  Anwar el-Amawy
|
Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz
|
 José Carlos Santos
|
| Men's 70 kg |  Toshiko Hirota
|
Chris Faildo
|
none awarded |
| Men's 75 kg |  Kim Jun-Ho
|
 Juha Hakala
|
Ahmed al-Sayed
|
| Men's 80 kg | Kester Pasche
|
Johnny Steward
|
Yrjö Jokela
|
| Men's 90 kg | Milton Holloway
|
Ingo Fischer
|
 Janos Lantos
|
| Men's +90 kg |  Walter Lettner
|
Peter Keränen
|
 Olegas Zuras
|
| Women's 52 kg | Utako Mizuma
|
Katja Rydström
|
Heike Jung
|
| Women's 57 kg |  Barbara Furer
|
 Rita Rinner
|
none awarded |
| Women's +57 kg | Michaela Baumer
|
Pauliina Kosola
|
Anne Oksanen
|
Boules sports edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pétanque triples | Spain Enrique Catalan Jose Hoyo Quilez Isidro Pomares Solsona |
Italy Stefano Bruno Gianni Laugueglia Massimiliano Tiboni |
France Michel Briand Michel Loy Zvonko Radic |
| Women's pétanque precision shooting doubles |  BelgiumFabienne Berodyes Linda Goblet |
France Angelique Colombet Christine Saunier |
Spain Catlina Gomez Mayo Rosario Ines Lizon |
Bowling edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Gery Verbruggen
|
Vernon Peterson
|
 Rafael Nepomuceno
|
| Women's singles | Patricia Schwarz
|
Isabelle Saldjian
|
Lee Mi-Young
|
| Mixed doubles |  MalaysiaSharon Low Daniel Lim |
Australia Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley |
 JapanTomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito |
Casting edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's fly accuracy | Thomas Maire
|
Werner Gattermaier
|
 Frode Semb
| |||
| Men's fly distance single handed |  Slaveyko Slaveykov
|
 Robert Meszaros
|
 Patrik Lexa
| |||
| Men's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Patrik Lexa
|
Henrik Harjanne
|
Josef Luxa
| |||
| Men's spinning accuracy | Patrik Lexa
|
Thomas Maire
|
Jan Meszaros
| |||
| Men's spinning distance single handed | Jan Meszaros
|
Thomas Maire
|
Patrik Lexa
| |||
| Men's multiplier accuracy | Steve Rajeff
|
Harvey Beck
|
Henrik Österberg
| |||
| Women's fly accuracy | Hana Tupa
|
Michaela Krizová
|
Kathrin Ernst
| |||
| Women's fly distance single handed | Michaela Krizová
|
Hana Tupa
|
 Ewa Borowska
| |||
| Women's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Annika Janson
|
Michaela Krizová
|
Marianne Kosonen
| |||
| Women's spinning accuracy | Kathrin Ernst
|
Michaela Krizová
|
Brenda Banks
| |||
| Women's multiplier accuracy | Bernda Banks
|
Marianne Kosonen
|
Annika Janson
| |||
Dancesport edit
Finswimming edit
Fistball edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Germany
|
Austria
|
Brazil
|
Inline speed skating edit
Ju-jitsu edit
Karate edit
Korfball edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed | Netherlands
|
Belgium
|
 Chinese Taipei
|
Lifesaving edit
Parachuting edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's skydiving accuracy landing | Ivan Hovorka
|
 Junbo Chen
|
 Oleg Fomin
|
| Men's skydiving freestyle landing |  Omar Alhegelan
|
Scott Smith
|
Nicolas Arnaud
|
| Women's skydiving accuracy landing | Irena Avbelj
|
Xiaoli Lai
|
Monika Filipowska
|
| Women's skydiving freestyle landing | Dale Stuart
|
Chifumi Sakakibara
|
Lucrezia Manni-Hunold
|
| Skydiving - formation skydiving | United States Daniel Brodsky-Chenfeld Jack Jefferies Mark Kirkby Kirk Verner |
France Thierry Boitieux Marin Ferre Martial Ferre Davide Moy |
 South AfricaGary Smith Robert Spencer Fred Whitsitt Solly Williams |
Powerlifting edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight |  Alexey Sivokon (KAZ)
|
 Sutrisno Bin Darimin (INA)
|
Hu Chun-hsiung (TPE)
| |||
| Men's middleweight | Triharyanto (INA)
|
 Dmitriy Soloviov (UKR)
|
Jan Wilczyński (POL)
| |||
| Men's heavyweight | Sturla Davidsen (NOR)
|
Carl Christoffersen (NOR)
|
Janne Toivanen (FIN)
| |||
| Women's lightweight | Lin Li-min (TPE)
|
Raija Koskinen (FIN)
|
Nadezhda Mir (KAZ)
| |||
| Women's middleweight | Carrie Boudreau (USA)
|
Ingeborg Marx (BEL)
|
 Irene Frangi (ARG)
| |||
| Women's heavyweight | Lisa Sjöstrand (SWE)
|
Lee Chia-sui (TPE)
|
Chao Chen-yeh (TPE)
| |||
Squash edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Ahmed Barada
|
 Derek Ryan
|
Graham Ryding
| |||
| Women's singles | Sarah Fitz-Gerald
|
Sabine Schöne
|
 Leilani Joyce
| |||
Trampoline gymnastics edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |  Nikolay Kazak
|
Emmanuel Durand
|
 Aleksandr Danilchenko
|
| Men's synchro | Belarus Mikalai Kazak Vladimir Kakorko |
Germany Michael Serth Martin Kubicka |
Australia Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace |
| Men's tumbling | Vladimir Ignatenkov
|
Rayshine Harris
|
Tseko Mogotsi
|
| Women's individual |  Yelena Savaleva
|
Olena Movchan
|
 Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey
|
| Women's synchro | Ukraine Oxana Tsyhuleva Olena Movchan |
Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko |
Belarus Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova |
| Women's tumbling | Olena Chabanenko
|
Chrystel Robert
|
Natalya Borisenko
|
Tug of war edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 640 kg | Spain
|
Switzerland
|
Ireland
|
| Men's 720 kg | Netherlands
|
Sweden
|
Ireland
|
Water skiing edit
Weightlifting edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 46 kg | Estefanía Juan
|
Lorean Briner
|
none awarded |
| Women's 50 kg | Shao Yongxia
|
none awarded | |
| Women's 54 kg | Maryse Turcotte
|
Chu Nan-mei
|
Maria Bohm
|
| Women's 59 kg | Wu Mei-yi
|
Josefa Pérez
|
Christina Mard
|
| Women's 64 kg | Shi Lihua
|
Chen Jui-lien
|
 Chei Eun-ja
|
| Women's 70 kg | Yu Wenyu
|
 Ioanna Chatziioannou
|
Outi Päiväniemi
|
| Women's 76 kg | Kuo Su-fen
|
Kim Dong-hee
|
Mónica Carrió
|
| Women's 83 kg |  María Isabel Urrutia
|
Elena Tkachuk
|
none awarded |
| Women's +83 kg | Chen Hsiao-lien
|
Carmenza Delgado
|
Katarina Sederholm
|
References edit
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.
- ^ "World Games Medallists" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.