List of 1997 World Games medal winners
The 1997 World Games were held in Lahti, Finland, from August 7 to August 17, 1997.[1]
Acrobatic gymnastics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pair |  ChinaSong Min Li Renjie |  United KingdomMartyn Smith Mark Flores |  PolandDariusz Nowak Marcin Drabicki |
| Men's group |  RussiaDenys Pirogov Maksim Vlasov Aleksandr Maikrov Oleg Ivanov |  UkraineAndrey Safonov Yuriy Zaveryukha Sergiy Pavlov Dmitriy Bain | China Wu Weihuan Huang Linseng Chen Wuhua Jiang Jianfen |
| Women's pair | Russia Anna Mokhova Yuliya Lopatkina |  BelarusYekaterina Raktcheyeva Oksana Feoktistova | .svg.png){kind=small} BelgiumKaat Croubels Tine Dewaele |
| Women's group | Russia Yelvira Zaliayeva Svetlana Kushu Yelena Avakeliyan | Ukraine Yelena Moyseychea Nadezhda Surina Viktoriya Zherdeva | China Xu Yingxia Luo Xiajing Wang Ting |
| Mixed pair | Russia Sofiya Galiyulina Dmitriy Kukva | China Lü Xiaojun Lu Yijie | Poland Ewelina Fijolek Andrzej Sokołowski |
Aerobic gymnastics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |  Kalojan Kalojanov | Stanislav Marchenkov |  Patrick Nahafahik |
| Women's individual | .svg.png){kind=small} Juanita Little | Olga Rumyantseva |  Barbara Vadovicová |
| Mixed pair | Russia Tatyana Solovyova Vladislav Oksner | Bulgaria Konstantza Popova Kalojan Kalojanov | United Kingdom Helen Carpenter-Waters Alastair Rates |
| Trio |  HungaryAttila Katus Tamas Katus Romeo Szentgyörgyi | Russia Denys Belikov Stanislav Marchenkov Vadim Michaylov |  FranceGrégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan |
Archery
| Event[2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's recurve |  Sven Giesa |  Andrea Parenti | Fulvio Verdecchia |
| Men's compound |  Morgan Lundin |  Niels Baldur | Peter Penner |
| Men's barebow | Mathias Larsson | Rensco van Wees | Alessandro Gaudethi |
| Women's recurve | Ingrid Kihlander | Liselotte Andersson | Hedi Mittermaier |
| Women's compound | Petra Ericsson | Mari Henriksen |  Jožica Emeršič |
| Women's barebow | Jutta Schneider | Patricia Lovell | Cristina Pugnaghi |
Artistic roller skating
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating |  Eric Anderson |  Clemente Cerezo | Lee Taylor |
| Women's free skating | Tammy Bryant | Jennifer Orcutt | Laure Bourguignon |
| Pairs | .png){kind=small} United States | United States | Germany |
| Dance | Germany | United States | United States |
Bodybuilding
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 65 kg |  Anwar el-Amawy | Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz |  José Carlos Santos |
| Men's 70 kg | .svg.png){kind=small} Toshiko Hirota | Chris Faildo | none awarded |
| Men's 75 kg | .svg.png){kind=small} Kim Jun-Ho |  Juha Hakala | Ahmed al-Sayed |
| Men's 80 kg | Kester Pasche | Johnny Steward | Yrjö Jokela |
| Men's 90 kg | Milton Holloway | Ingo Fischer | Janos Lantos |
| Men's +90 kg |  Walter Lettner | Peter Keränen | .svg.png){kind=small} Olegas Zuras |
| Women's 52 kg | Utako Mizuma | Katja Rydström | Heike Jung |
| Women's 57 kg | .svg.png){kind=small} Barbara Furer |  Rita Rinner | none awarded |
| Women's +57 kg | Michaela Baumer | Pauliina Kosola | Anne Oksanen |
Boules sports
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pétanque triples | Spain Enrique Catalan Jose Hoyo Quilez Isidro Pomares Solsona | Italy Stefano Bruno Gianni Laugueglia Massimiliano Tiboni | France Michel Briand Michel Loy Zvonko Radic |
| Women's pétanque precision shooting doubles | Belgium Fabienne Berodyes Linda Goblet | France Angelique Colombet Christine Saunier | Spain Catlina Gomez Mayo Rosario Ines Lizon |
Bowling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Gery Verbruggen | Vernon Peterson | .svg.png){kind=small} Rafael Nepomuceno |
| Women's singles | Patricia Schwarz | Isabelle Saldjian | Lee Mi-Young |
| Mixed doubles |  MalaysiaSharon Low Daniel Lim | Australia Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley |  JapanTomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito |
Casting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's fly accuracy | Thomas Maire | Werner Gattermaier |  Frode Semb | |||
| Men's fly distance single handed | .svg.png){kind=small} Slaveyko Slaveykov | Robert Meszaros |  Patrik Lexa | |||
| Men's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Patrik Lexa | Henrik Harjanne | Josef Luxa | |||
| Men's spinning accuracy | Patrik Lexa | Thomas Maire | Jan Meszaros | |||
| Men's spinning distance single handed | Jan Meszaros | Thomas Maire | Patrik Lexa | |||
| Men's multiplier accuracy | Steve Rajeff | Harvey Beck | Henrik Österberg | |||
| Women's fly accuracy | Hana Tupa | Michaela Krizová | Kathrin Ernst | |||
| Women's fly distance single handed | Michaela Krizová | Hana Tupa | Ewa Borowska | |||
| Women's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Annika Janson | Michaela Krizová | Marianne Kosonen | |||
| Women's spinning accuracy | Kathrin Ernst | Michaela Krizová | Brenda Banks | |||
| Women's multiplier accuracy | Bernda Banks | Marianne Kosonen | Annika Janson | |||
Dancesport
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Great Britain Hazel Newberry Christopher Hawkins | Italy Alessandra Bucciarelli William Pino | Germany Pia David Stefan Ossenkop |
| Latin | Denmark Mie Bach Steen Lund | Slovenia Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca | Finland Katja Koukkula Jussi Väänänen |
Finswimming
Fistball
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Germany | Austria | Brazil |
Inline speed skating
Ju-jitsu
Karate
Korfball
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed | Netherlands | Belgium |  Chinese Taipei |
Lifesaving
Parachuting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's skydiving accuracy landing | Ivan Hovorka | Junbo Chen | Oleg Fomin |
| Men's skydiving freestyle landing |  Omar Alhegelan | Scott Smith | Nicolas Arnaud |
| Women's skydiving accuracy landing | Irena Avbelj | Xiaoli Lai | Monika Filipowska |
| Women's skydiving freestyle landing | Dale Stuart | Chifumi Sakakibara | Lucrezia Manni-Hunold |
| Skydiving - formation skydiving | United States Daniel Brodsky-Chenfeld Jack Jefferies Mark Kirkby Kirk Verner | France Thierry Boitieux Marin Ferre Martial Ferre Davide Moy |  South AfricaGary Smith Robert Spencer Fred Whitsitt Solly Williams |
Powerlifting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight |  Alexey Sivokon (KAZ) |  Sutrisno Bin Darimin (INA) | Hu Chun-hsiung (TPE) | |||
| Men's middleweight | Triharyanto (INA) | Dmitriy Soloviov (UKR) | Jan Wilczyński (POL) | |||
| Men's heavyweight | Sturla Davidsen (NOR) | Carl Christoffersen (NOR) | Janne Toivanen (FIN) | |||
| Women's lightweight | Lin Li-min (TPE) | Raija Koskinen (FIN) | Nadezhda Mir (KAZ) | |||
| Women's middleweight | Carrie Boudreau (USA) | Ingeborg Marx (BEL) |  Irene Frangi (ARG) | |||
| Women's heavyweight | Lisa Sjöstrand (SWE) | Lee Chia-sui (TPE) | Chao Chen-yeh (TPE) | |||
Squash
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Ahmed Barada |  Derek Ryan | Graham Ryding | |||
| Women's singles | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | Sabine Schöne |  Leilani Joyce | |||
Trampoline gymnastics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | .svg.png){kind=small} Nikolay Kazak | Emmanuel Durand | Aleksandr Danilchenko |
| Men's synchro | Belarus Mikalai Kazak Vladimir Kakorko | Germany Michael Serth Martin Kubicka | Australia Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace |
| Men's tumbling | Vladimir Ignatenkov | Rayshine Harris | Tseko Mogotsi |
| Women's individual |  Yelena Savaleva | Olena Movchan | .svg.png){kind=small} Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey |
| Women's synchro | Ukraine Oxana Tsyhuleva Olena Movchan | Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko | Belarus Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova |
| Women's tumbling | Olena Chabanenko | Chrystel Robert | Natalya Borisenko |
Tug of war
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 640 kg | Spain | Switzerland | Ireland |
| Men's 720 kg | Netherlands | Sweden | Ireland |
Water skiing
Weightlifting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 46 kg | Estefanía Juan | Lorean Briner | none awarded |
| Women's 50 kg | Shao Yongxia | none awarded | |
| Women's 54 kg | Maryse Turcotte | Chu Nan-mei | Maria Bohm |
| Women's 59 kg | Wu Mei-yi | Josefa Pérez | Christina Mard |
| Women's 64 kg | Shi Lihua | Chen Jui-lien |  Chei Eun-ja |
| Women's 70 kg | Yu Wenyu |  Ioanna Chatziioannou | Outi Päiväniemi |
| Women's 76 kg | Kuo Su-fen | Kim Dong-hee | Mónica Carrió |
| Women's 83 kg |  María Isabel Urrutia | Elena Tkachuk | none awarded |
| Women's +83 kg | Chen Hsiao-lien | Carmenza Delgado | Katarina Sederholm |
References
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.
- ^ "World Games Medallists" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.