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2003 Military World Games

Field	Value
name	2003 Military World Games
2003 Giochi mondiali militari
size	200px
host_city	Catania
country
nations	87
athletes	2800
events	13
opening
closing
opened_by	President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
stadium	Cibali
website
previous	[1999 Zagreb](1999-military-world-games)
next	[2007 Hyderabad](2007-military-world-games)

2003 Giochi mondiali militari

The 2003 Military World Games was an international multi-sport event for military personnel which was held in Catania, Italy from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the Military World Games, competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire. A total of 84 nations were represented at the event, with some 2800 military servicemen and women competing in the tournament. The games opening ceremony took place at the Stadio Angelo Massimino in front of 5000 spectators.

Sports

A total of thirteen sports were contested at the 2003 Games.

Games schedule

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Opening ceremony
Basketball
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Fencing
Football
Judo
Lifesaving
Modern pentathlon
Swimming
Sailing
Track and field
Volleyball
Closing ceremony

Note: The football tournament began before the Games opening ceremony, with the first matches taking place on 2 and 3 December.

Medal table

The basketball competition underway in Catania

All information taken from Armed Forces Sports.

Participation

Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Libya
Lithuania
Syria

References

[http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/005_WORLD_GAMES/2003_catania/2003_catania.asp The City of U Liotru and Pupi’s]. CISM. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
Coleman, Craig (2003-12-04). [http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/archive/mwg03a.html Military World Games begin in Italy] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-06-07 . Armed Forces Sports (USA). Retrieved on 2010-07-25.)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20031204125116/http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/d_world_game/d3_pdf_files/new_Programme.pdf Programme Handbook (archived)]. CISM/Archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121017043302/http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/archive/catania.pdf 3rd Military World Games]. CISM. Archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20100607231537/http://armedforcessports.defense.gov/archive/catania.pdf the original] on 2012-10-17. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.

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