2013 World Games Explained

World Games IX IX Juegos Mundiales
Size:	200px
Motto:	Fair play to the planet
Host City:	Cali, Colombia
Nations:	103
Athletes:	2,982
Events:	171 in 31 official sports
Opening:	25 July 2013
Closing:	4 August 2013
Opened By:	Vice President Angelino Garzón^[1]
Athlete Oath:	Jorge Luis CiFuentes
Judge Oath:	Marta Luz Vega
Coach Oath:	Hugo Cotuaz
Stadium:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Previous:	Kaohsiung 2009
Next:	Wroclaw 2017

The 2013 World Games (Spanish; Castilian: Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.^[2]

Host city allocation history

The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession.

Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.

Sports

Official sports

The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.

Invitational sports

Garden of Sport

The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.

Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:

Futsal (AMF rules)
Kudo, men's and women's.

The other three disciplines took place in Jamundí:

Coliseo Alfaguara y Plaza Mayor - Wallball and Frontball^[3] ^[4]
Estadio El Cacique - Hapkido

Calendar

2013 World Games Event Schedule
Note: Due to concerns about temperature and air flow at the Del Pueblo Gymnasium, where the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics was taking place, the Ribbons event was cancelled at the last moment.^[5]

Key: Invitational sport

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

Total gold medals		27	28	13	14	19	17	11	10	14	18	171
width=200	July/August 2013	width=32	25th Thu	width=32	26th Fri	width=32	27th Sat	width=32	28th Sun	width=32	29th Mon	width=32	30th Tue	width=32	31st Wed	width=32	1st Thu	width=32	2nd Fri	width=32	3rd Sat	width=32	4th Sun	width=55	Gold medals
Ceremonies	bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center	OC										bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center	CC
Acrobatic gymnastics<	-- 25 -->				●<	-- 29 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1					5
Aerobic gymnastics<	-- 25 -->								●<	-- 2 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4		7
Air sports<	-- 25 -->						●<	-- 31 -->	●<	-- 1 -->	●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	3
Artistic roller skating<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	●<	-- 27 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4									4
Beach handball<	-- 25 -->								●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	2
Billiard sports<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	●<	-- 29 -->	●<	-- 30 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4						4
Boules sports<	-- 25 -->				●<	-- 29 -->	●<	-- 30 -->	●<	-- 31 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	8					8
Bowling<	-- 25 -->							●<	-- 1 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	3
Canoe polo<	-- 25 -->								●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2		2
Dancesport<	-- 25 -->		●<	-- 27 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2								3
Field archery<	-- 25 -->		●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	●<	-- 30 -->	●<	-- 31 -->	●<	-- 1 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4				7
Finswimming<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	5	bgcolor=#ffcc00	5									10
Fistball<	-- 25 -->							●<	-- 1 -->	●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	1
Flying disc<	-- 25 -->			●<	-- 28 -->	●<	-- 29 -->	●<	-- 30 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1						1
Ju-jitsu<	-- 25 -->				●<	-- 29 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	7	bgcolor=#ffcc00	6						13
Karate<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	6	bgcolor=#ffcc00	6									12
Korfball<	-- 25 -->						●<	-- 31 -->	●<	-- 1 -->	●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	1
Lifesaving<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	8	bgcolor=#ffcc00	8									16
Orienteering<	-- 25 -->								●<	-- 2 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	5
Powerlifting<	-- 25 -->					●<	-- 30 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2				8
Racquetball<	-- 25 -->		●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2								2
Road speed skating<	-- 25 -->										bgcolor=#ffcc00	4	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4	8
Rhythmic gymnastics<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1									3
Roller inline hockey<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	●<	-- 29 -->	●<	-- 30 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1						1
Rugby sevens<	-- 25 -->							●<	-- 1 -->	●<	-- 2 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1			1
Track speed skating<	-- 25 -->						●<	-- 31 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4			10
Sport climbing<	-- 25 -->										bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	4
Squash<	-- 25 -->								●<	-- 2 -->	●<	-- 3 -->	●<	-- 4 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	2
Sumo<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	6	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2									8
Trampoline gymnastics<	-- 25 -->				●<	-- 29 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1		bgcolor=#ffcc00	3					4
Tug of war<	-- 25 -->		●<	-- 27 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2								3
Tumbling gymnastics<	-- 25 -->				●<	-- 29 -->		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2						2
Waterskiing and Wakeboarding<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4	bgcolor=#ffcc00	4							8
width=200	July/August 2013	width=32	25th Thu	width=32	26th Fri	width=32	27th Sat	width=32	28th Sun	width=32	29th Mon	width=32	30th Tue	width=32	31st Wed	width=32	1st Thu	width=32	2nd Fri	width=32	3rd Sat	width=32	4th Sun	width=55	Gold medals
Canoe marathon<	-- 25 -->								bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3			bgcolor=palegreen	6
Duathlon<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1									bgcolor=palegreen	2
Softball<	-- 25 -->	●<	-- 26 -->	●<	-- 27 -->	●<	-- 28 -->	●<	-- 29 -->	●<	-- 30 -->	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1						bgcolor=palegreen	1
Wushu<	-- 25 -->									bgcolor=#ffcc00	6	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	6	bgcolor=palegreen	14
Total gold medals		1	1			1		3	9	2	6	23
Grand total of gold medals		28	29	13	14	20	17	14	19	16	24	194

Participant countries

2013 World Games participant countries^[6] (with number of athletes):

(1)
(2)
(65)
(15)
- (44)
- (15)
(59)
(1)
(4)
(74)
(6)
(90)
(42)
(105)
Host
(8)
(18)
(19)
(71)
(16)
(7)
- (17)
- (7)
(1)
(10)
- - - (4)
(1)
(13)
(53)
- (8)
(17)
(26)
(11)
- (1)
- (1)
(2)
(45)
(1)
(35)
(8)
(2)
(1)
(1)
- (3)
(1)
(37)
(2)
(3)
(18)
(3)
- (1)
(78)
(24)
(2)
(28)
(1)
- - (33)
(36)
(3)
(10)
(12)
- (1)
- (2)
(17)
(10)
(41)
(37)
(52)
(77)
(1)
(51)
(11)
(6)
(10)
- (90)
(2)
(102)
- (24)

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals.^[7] This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno.^[8] ^[9] Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo.^[10] According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" ^[11] Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation."^[12]

Medal results

Official sports

Key:Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating.^[13] In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.

Invitational sports

Key:As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.^[14]

Changes in medal tally

Key Disqualified athlete(s)

Sport/Event	Athlete (NOC)	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sumo Men's middleweight	align=left style="background-color: #F7D9D3;"	István Kalmár (HUN)		–1		–1
	Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)		+1	–1	0
	Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)			+1	+1