2013 World Games

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 2008 financial crisis 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

• [[Image:Paracanoe pictogram (Paralympics).svg|21px]]

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
• 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. Key: Invitational sport

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Participant countries

• 2013 World Games participant countries (with number of athletes):
• AFG (1)
• (2)
• (65)
• (15)
• AUS
• (44)
• AZE
• (15)
• (59)
• (1)
• (4)
• (74)
• (6)
• (90)
• (42)
• (105)
• COL Host
• (8)
• (18)
• (19)
• (71)
• (16)
• (7)
• ECU
• (17)
• ESA
• (7)
• (1)
• (10)
• FRA
• GER
• GRE
• (4)
• (1)
• (13)
• (53)
• IND
• (8)
• (17)
• (26)
• (11)
• ITA
• (1)
• JPN
• (1)
• (2)
• (45)
• (1)
• (35)
• (8)
• (2)
• (1)
• Macedonia (1)
• MAS
• (3)
• (1)
• (37)
• (2)
• (3)
• (18)
• (3)
• MAR
• (1)
• (78)
• (24)
• (2)
• (28)
• (1)
• PER
• PHI
• (33)
• (36)
• (3)
• (10)
• (12)
• RUS
• (1)
• SRB
• (2)
• (17)
• (10)
• (41)
• (37)
• (52)
• (77)
• (1)
• (51)
• (11)
• (6)
• (10)
• TUR
• (90)
• (2)
• (102)
• USA
• (24)
• VEN
• VIE

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. 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" 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."

Medal results

Official sports

Key: Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating. 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.

Changes in medal tally

;Key Disqualified athlete(s)

In the men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test.

Broadcasters

Host broadcaster

• COL Señal Colombia

International Broadcasters

• BRA TV Esporte Interativo and ESPN Brasil
• VIE VTV
• JPN NHK
• AUS Fox Sports (Australia)
• USA ESPN
• CZE Czech Television
• CHN China Central Television
• HKG SIN INA PHI MAS BRU KOR VIE THA TWN STAR Sports Fox Sports Plus HD

References

References

1. "The 2013 World Games Have Begun".
2. "Cali, Colombia announced as next World Games venue".
3. (15 August 2013). "World Games, Colombia – Team GB Battle Hard".
4. (14 July 2016). "Así transcurre Campeonato Mundial de WallBall en Girardot.".
5. "Cancelled event at Cali 2013".
6. "Classified Countries".
7. (29 July 2013). "Grave error ortográfico afecta a mil medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali (Grave mistake affects thousand medals from the World Games in Cali)". [[Radio Bío-Bío]].
8. [http://noticiasunolaredindependiente.com/2013/07/28/noticias/nacional/el-juego-de-palabras/ El juego de palabras] 28 July 2013 {{webarchive. link. (1 August 2013)
9. "The "WORD" games...".
10. ""Por error, medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen 'Word' en lugar de 'World' " (Due to Error, World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". [[NTN24]].
11. (3 August 2013). ""Todos vimos las medallas y ninguno notó el error" (We All Saw The Mistake in the Medals, but Nobody Said Anything About It)". [[Semana]].
12. ""Medallas de los Juegos Mundiales de Cali dicen 'Word' y no 'World'" (Cali's World Games' Medals put 'Word' instead of 'World')". [[El Espectador]].
13. "Info System: Medals / Medal Tally".
14. "Info System: Medals / Medal Tally".
15. "International Sumo Federation – World Games".