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

Main article: Acrobatic gymnastics at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's pair  China
Song Min
Li Renjie 		 United Kingdom
Martyn Smith
Mark Flores 		 Poland
Dariusz Nowak
Marcin Drabicki
Men's group  Russia
Denys Pirogov
Maksim Vlasov
Aleksandr Maikrov
Oleg Ivanov 		 Ukraine
Andrey Safonov
Yuriy Zaveryukha
Sergiy Pavlov
Dmitriy Bain 		 China
Wu Weihuan
Huang Linseng
Chen Wuhua
Jiang Jianfen
Women's pair  Russia
Anna Mokhova
Yuliya Lopatkina 		 Belarus
Yekaterina Raktcheyeva
Oksana Feoktistova 		 Belgium
Kaat 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

Main article: Aerobic gymnastics at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Bulgaria Kalojan Kalojanov Russia Stanislav Marchenkov Netherlands Patrick Nahafahik
Women's individual Australia Juanita Little Russia Olga Rumyantseva Slovakia Barbara Vadovicová
Mixed pair  Russia
Tatyana Solovyova
Vladislav Oksner 		 Bulgaria
Konstantza Popova
Kalojan Kalojanov 		 United Kingdom
Helen Carpenter-Waters
Alastair Rates
Trio  Hungary
Attila Katus
Tamas Katus
Romeo Szentgyörgyi 		 Russia
Denys Belikov
Stanislav Marchenkov
Vadim Michaylov 		 France
Grégory Alcan
Xavier Julien
Olivier Salvan

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1997 World Games
Event[2] Gold Silver Bronze
Men's recurve Germany Sven Giesa Italy Andrea Parenti Italy Fulvio Verdecchia
Men's compound Sweden Morgan Lundin Denmark Niels Baldur Germany Peter Penner
Men's barebow Sweden Mathias Larsson Netherlands Rensco van Wees Italy Alessandro Gaudethi
Women's recurve Sweden Ingrid Kihlander Sweden Liselotte Andersson Germany Hedi Mittermaier
Women's compound Sweden Petra Ericsson Denmark Mari Henriksen Slovenia Jožica Emeršič
Women's barebow Germany Jutta Schneider United Kingdom Patricia Lovell Italy Cristina Pugnaghi

Artistic roller skating

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's free skating United States Eric Anderson Spain Clemente Cerezo United Kingdom Lee Taylor
Women's free skating Australia Tammy Bryant United States Jennifer Orcutt France Laure Bourguignon
Pairs  United States  United States  Germany
Dance  Germany  United States  United States

Bodybuilding

Main article: Bodybuilding at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 65 kg Egypt Anwar el-Amawy Egypt Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz Brazil José Carlos Santos
Men's 70 kg Japan Toshiko Hirota United States Chris Faildo none awarded
Men's 75 kg South Korea Kim Jun-Ho Finland Juha Hakala Egypt Ahmed al-Sayed
Men's 80 kg Germany Kester Pasche United States Johnny Steward Finland Yrjö Jokela
Men's 90 kg United States Milton Holloway Germany Ingo Fischer Hungary Janos Lantos
Men's +90 kg Austria Walter Lettner Finland Peter Keränen Lithuania Olegas Zuras
Women's 52 kg Japan Utako Mizuma Finland Katja Rydström Germany Heike Jung
Women's 57 kg Switzerland Barbara Furer Liechtenstein Rita Rinner none awarded
Women's +57 kg Germany Michaela Baumer Finland Pauliina Kosola Finland Anne Oksanen

Boules sports

Main article: Boules sports at the 1997 World Games
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

Main article: Bowling at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Belgium Gery Verbruggen United States Vernon Peterson Philippines Rafael Nepomuceno
Women's singles Germany Patricia Schwarz France Isabelle Saldjian South Korea Lee Mi-Young
Mixed doubles  Malaysia
Sharon Low
Daniel Lim 		 Australia
Cara Honeychurch
Andrew Frawley 		 Japan
Tomomi Shibata
Shigeo Saito

Casting

Main article: Casting at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's fly accuracy Germany Thomas Maire Austria Werner Gattermaier Norway Frode Semb
Men's fly distance single handed Canada Slaveyko Slaveykov Slovakia Robert Meszaros Czech Republic Patrik Lexa
Men's spinning accuracy Arenberg target Czech Republic Patrik Lexa Sweden Henrik Harjanne Czech Republic Josef Luxa
Men's spinning accuracy Czech Republic Patrik Lexa Germany Thomas Maire Slovakia Jan Meszaros
Men's spinning distance single handed Slovakia Jan Meszaros Germany Thomas Maire Czech Republic Patrik Lexa
Men's multiplier accuracy United States Steve Rajeff Canada Harvey Beck Sweden Henrik Österberg
Women's fly accuracy Czech Republic Hana Tupa Czech Republic Michaela Krizová Germany Kathrin Ernst
Women's fly distance single handed Czech Republic Michaela Krizová Czech Republic Hana Tupa Poland Ewa Borowska
Women's spinning accuracy Arenberg target Sweden Annika Janson Czech Republic Michaela Krizová Finland Marianne Kosonen
Women's spinning accuracy Germany Kathrin Ernst Czech Republic Michaela Krizová Canada Brenda Banks
Women's multiplier accuracy Canada Bernda Banks Finland Marianne Kosonen Sweden Annika Janson

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 1997 World Games
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

Main article: Finswimming at the 1997 World Games

Fistball

Main article: Fistball at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men  Germany  Austria  Brazil

Inline speed skating

Main article: Inline speed skating at the 1997 World Games

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 1997 World Games

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 1997 World Games

Korfball

Main article: Korfball at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed  Netherlands  Belgium  Chinese Taipei

Lifesaving

Main article: Lifesaving at the 1997 World Games

Parachuting

Main article: Parachuting at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's skydiving accuracy landing Czech Republic Ivan Hovorka China Junbo Chen Belarus Oleg Fomin
Men's skydiving freestyle landing Saudi Arabia Omar Alhegelan United States Scott Smith France Nicolas Arnaud
Women's skydiving accuracy landing Slovenia Irena Avbelj China Xiaoli Lai Poland Monika Filipowska
Women's skydiving freestyle landing United States Dale Stuart Japan Chifumi Sakakibara Switzerland 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 Africa
Gary Smith
Robert Spencer
Fred Whitsitt
Solly Williams

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games
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

Main article: Squash at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Egypt Ahmed Barada Republic of Ireland Derek Ryan Canada Graham Ryding
Women's singles Australia Sarah Fitz-Gerald Germany Sabine Schöne New Zealand Leilani Joyce

Trampoline gymnastics

Main article: Trampoline gymnastics at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual Belarus Nikolay Kazak France Emmanuel Durand Russia Aleksandr Danilchenko
Men's synchro  Belarus
Mikalai Kazak
Vladimir Kakorko 		 Germany
Michael Serth
Martin Kubicka 		 Australia
Adrian Wareham
Ji Wallace
Men's tumbling Russia Vladimir Ignatenkov United States Rayshine Harris South Africa Tseko Mogotsi
Women's individual Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva Ukraine Olena Movchan Georgia (country) Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey
Women's synchro  Ukraine
Oxana Tsyhuleva
Olena Movchan 		 Uzbekistan
Yelena Savaleva
Yekaterina Khilko 		 Belarus
Galina Lebedeva
Natalya Karpenkova
Women's tumbling Ukraine Olena Chabanenko France Chrystel Robert Russia Natalya Borisenko

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 640 kg  Spain   Switzerland  Ireland
Men's 720 kg  Netherlands  Sweden  Ireland

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 1997 World Games

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1997 World Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 46 kg Spain Estefanía Juan United States Lorean Briner none awarded
Women's 50 kg China Shao Yongxia none awarded
Women's 54 kg Canada Maryse Turcotte Chinese Taipei Chu Nan-mei Sweden Maria Bohm
Women's 59 kg Chinese Taipei Wu Mei-yi Spain Josefa Pérez Sweden Christina Mard
Women's 64 kg China Shi Lihua Chinese Taipei Chen Jui-lien South Korea Chei Eun-ja
Women's 70 kg China Yu Wenyu Greece Ioanna Chatziioannou Finland Outi Päiväniemi
Women's 76 kg Chinese Taipei Kuo Su-fen South Korea Kim Dong-hee Spain Mónica Carrió
Women's 83 kg Colombia María Isabel Urrutia Ukraine Elena Tkachuk none awarded
Women's +83 kg Chinese Taipei Chen Hsiao-lien Colombia Carmenza Delgado Finland Katarina Sederholm

References

  1. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.
  2. ^ "World Games Medallists" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.