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1997 World Games

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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|- ! August ! 7th ! 8th ! 9th ! 10th ! 11th ! 12th ! 13th ! 14th ! 15th ! 16th ! 17th |- | Ceremonies||bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center|●|| || || || || || || || || ||bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center|● |- | Bodybuilding|| ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| || || || || || || || |- | Bowling|| ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| || || || || || || |- | Casting|| || || ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| || || || || |- | DanceSport|| || || ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| || || || || || |- | Fistball|| || ||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| || || || || || |- | Gymnastics|| || || || ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●|| |- | Ju-jitsu|| || || || || || || || ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|● |- | Korfball|| || || || || || ||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|● |- | Squash|| || || || ||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●|| || || || ||bgcolor=#3399ff align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|● |- | Tug of war|| || || || || || || || || ||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|●||bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center|● |- ! August ! 7th ! 8th ! 9th ! 10th ! 11th ! 12th ! 13th ! 14th ! 15th ! 16th ! 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

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