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2005 World Games

Multi-sport event in Duisburg, Germany

Field	Value
name	World Games VII
VII Weltspiele
logo	2005_World_Games_Logo.png
size	150
host_city	Duisburg, Germany
nations	93
athletes	appr. 3,200
events	169 (31 sports)
opening	14 July 2005
closing	24 July 2005
opened_by	Otto Schily
Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany
stadium	MSV-Arena
previous	Akita 2001
next	Kaohsiung 2009
website	worldgames2005.de (archived)

VII Weltspiele Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany

The 2005 World Games (), the seventh World Games, also known as Duisburg 2005, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhausen, also held some of the competition events. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 31 official sports and 6 invitational sports.

Sports

Official sports

The 2005 World Games programme featured 31 official sports, and 6 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.

[[File:Casting_pictogram.svg|20px]] Casting (6)
[[File:Billiards_pictogram.svg|20px]] Cue sports (4)
[[File:Archery_pictogram.svg|20px]] Field archery (6)
[[File:Weightlifting_pictogram.svg|20px]] Powerlifting (6)

Invitational sports

Aikido was also one of the invitational sports, but it was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.

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Medal table

Official sports

The medal tally during the seventh World Games is as follows. Russia won the most gold medals and tied with Germany in overall medals won in this edition's official sports. There was a tie for second place in one sport climbing event (two silver and no bronze medals awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the two squash events.

Invitational sports

References

"Duisburg, GER 2005".
"Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.

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