2015 Military World Games

2015 Military World Games
Host city Mungyeong, South Korea
Nations participating 110
Athletes participating 8,700
Events 248 in 24 sports
Opening ceremony 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
Closing ceremony 11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
Officially opened by President Park Geun-hye
Main venue KAFAC Sports Complex
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The 2015 Military World Games, officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games, is hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.

The games is the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.[1]

Sports

The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.[2]

Medal table

  Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)594333135
2 Brazil (BRA)34262484
3 China (CHN)32313598
4 South Korea (KOR)*19152559
5 Poland (POL)10131942
6 France (FRA)991129
7 Germany (GER)8101533
8 Bahrain (BHR)72413
9 Italy (ITA)5111228
10 Ukraine (UKR)591226
11 Egypt (EGY)44614
12 Kazakhstan (KAZ)43613
13 Algeria (ALG)4329
14 Norway (NOR)4116
15 Iran (IRI)3101528
16 Mongolia (MGL)34613
17 Czech Republic (CZE)3216
18 Tunisia (TUN)3014
19 Azerbaijan (AZE)24612
20 Kenya (KEN)24410
21 Finland (FIN)2417
22 Austria (AUT)2327
23  Switzerland (SUI)2226
 United States (USA)2226
25 Belgium (BEL)2125
26 Sweden (SWE)2024
27 Saudi Arabia (KSA)2002
28 Belarus (BLR)16613
29 Qatar (QAT)1528
30 Slovenia (SLO)1135
31 Vietnam (VIE)1124
32 Oman (OMA)1113
33 Ecuador (ECU)1102
34 Morocco (MAR)1056
35 Estonia (EST)1023
 Turkey (TUR)1023
37 Croatia (CRO)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Syria (SYR)1001
40 Romania (ROU)0336
41 India (IND)0257
42 Latvia (LAT)0224
43 Lithuania (LTU)0134
44 Dominican Republic (DOM)0123
 Indonesia (IDN)0123
 Thailand (THA)0123
 Venezuela (VEN)0123
48 Armenia (ARM)0112
49 Greece (GRE)0101
 Luxembourg (LUX)0101
51 Bulgaria (BUL)0022
 Cameroon (CMR)0022
 Canada (CAN)0022
 Denmark (DEN)0022
55 Kuwait (KUW)0011
 South Africa (RSA)0011
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0011
 Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (58 nations)246246306798

Source: [3]

References

  1. Lange, Katie (2015-10-05). 2015 CISM Military World Games Kick Off in South Korea Department of Defense Live. Retrieved on 2015-10-09.
  2. "Sports". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  3. "Medal Standings". korea2015mwg.org. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
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