2007 Military World Games

2007 Military World Games

Host city	Hyderabad
Country	India
Nations participating	101
Athletes participating	5000+
Events	14
Opening ceremony	October 14, 2007 (2007-10-14)
Closing ceremony	October 21, 2007 (2007-10-21)
Officially opened by	Pratibha Patil
Main venue	Balayogi Athletic Stadium
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The 2007 Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from October 14–21, 2007. Some parts of games were also held in Mumbai.^[1]

According to press release by the organizers nearly 5000 athletes from 101 countries participated. The motto of the games was Friendship Through Sport. Russia emerged on top of the medal tally with 42 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze medals. The People's Republic of China, second with 38 gold, 22 silver and 13 bronze while Germany came a distant third with 7 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze.

Games

The Military Games torch began its journey from Leh to Kanya Kumari on August 4, 2007 and reached New Delhi on August 5, 2007.

Twin blasts in August 2007 at two locations in the venue city of the games created doubt as to whether the games would be held, but the organizers confirmed the event would be on schedule and as planned. It was later known that the terror cell that carried the blasts in the city also planned to attack the military games.

The opening ceremony of the games was held at the GMC Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad. President of India Pratibha Patil declared the games open.^[2] Games ended on 21 October. The Defence Minister of India, Shri A. K. Antony declared the games closed at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium

Sports

A total of fourteen sports were contested at the Games.^[3]

Medal table

U.S. Army Sgt. John Nunn speed walks during the Military World Games competition in Hyderabad, India

Key

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	42	29	29	100
2	China	38	22	13	73
3	Germany	7	10	13	30
4	Italy	7	8	14	29
5	Ukraine	5	6	15	26
6	Kenya	5	5	2	12
7	Uzbekistan	5	2	7	14
8	Poland	4	5	7	16
9	Slovenia	4	4	1	9
10	Saudi Arabia	4	0	1	5
11	North Korea	3	8	10	21
12	Greece	3	5	3	11
13	Turkey	3	2	4	9
14	Belarus	2	10	11	23
15	United States	2	6	2	10
16	South Korea	2	4	7	13
17	Norway	2	3	0	5
18	Romania	2	2	5	9
19	Austria	2	1	9	12
20	India (host)	2	1	7	10
21	Slovakia	2	1	1	4
22	Netherlands	2	0	2	4
23	Belgium	2	0	0	2
24	Qatar	1	2	2	5
25	Sudan	1	1	1	3
26	Morocco	1	1	0	2
27	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	2
28	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
28	Egypt	1	0	0	1
28	Estonia	1	0	0	1
31	Azerbaijan	0	3	1	4
32	Iran	0	2	2	4
33	Latvia	0	2	1	3
33	Brazil	0	2	1	3
33	Finland	0	2	1	3
36	France	0	1	5	6
37	Bahrain	0	1	3	4
38	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
39	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
39	Tunisia	0	1	1	2
41	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
41	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
41	Hungary	0	1	0	1
44	Lithuania	0	0	6	6
45	Algeria	0	0	4	4
46	United Arab Emirates	0	0	2	2
47	Spain	0	0	1	1
47	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
47	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Source[4]

References

External links

• Archived version of official website
• CISM website
• Media related to 2007 Military World Games at Wikimedia Commons