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1997 World Games

Multi-sport event in Lahti, Finland

Field	Value
name	World Games V
V Maailman Pelit
V Världsspelen
logo	World Games 1997 logo.png
size	175
host_city	Lahti, Finland
nations	73
athletes	1,379
events	164 (22 sports)
opening	7 August 1997
closing	17 August 1997
opened_by	President Martti Ahtisaari
stadium	Lahti Sport Centre
previous	[The Hague 1993](1993-world-games)
next	[Akita 2001](2001-world-games)

V Maailman Pelit V Världsspelen

The 1997 World Games (, ), the fifth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Lahti, Finland on August 7–17, 1997. The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Lahti Sport Centre.

Sports

The 1997 World Games programme featured 23 official sports and 5 invitational sports. (Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.) The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that were contested in each sports discipline.

;Official sports

;Invitational sports

Calendar

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! 9th
! 10th
! 11th
! 12th
! 13th
! 14th
! 15th
! 16th
! 17th
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Ceremonies
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Bodybuilding
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Bowling
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Casting
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DanceSport
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Fistball
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Gymnastics
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Ju-jitsu
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Korfball
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Squash
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Tug of war
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! August
! 7th
! 8th
! 9th
! 10th
! 11th
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! 13th
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! 17th

Medal table

Official sports

The medal tally during the fifth World Games is as follows. United States finished at the top of the final medal table. Two bronze medals were awarded in each of the nine karate kumite events. No bronze medals were awarded in two bodybuilding and three weightlifting events. No silver medal was awarded in one weightlifting event.

Invitation sports

References

Sources

References

"LAHTI, FIN 1997". International World Games Association.
"Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.

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