2013 World Combat Games

The 2013 World Combat Games were held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from October 18 to 26, 2013.

II World Combat Games
Host citySaint Petersburg, Russia
Nations97 + World Team
Events135 in 15 sports
OpeningOctober 18, 2013
ClosingOctober 26, 2013
Opened byVladimir Putin
Main venuePetrovsky Stadium

Venues edit

Venue Name Sports
SCC Peterburg (Hall ) Aikido,Judo,Wrestling
SCC Peterburg (Hall 2) Fencing,Kendo,Sumo,
Yubileiny (Arena 1) Jujitsu, Kickboxing, Savate
Yubileiny (Arena 2) Boxing, Kickboxing, Muaythai ,sanda
Spartak Karate, Sambo, Taekwondo, Wushu talou

Schedule edit

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions D Demo 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
October 18
Fri
19
Sat
20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
26
Sat

Gold Medal
Ceremonies OC CC
  Aikido D D
  Boxing 13 13
  Fencing 2 2 2 6
  Judo 1 1 2
  Ju-jitsu 9 9 18
  Karate 6 6 12
  Kendo 4 2 6
  Kickboxing 12 12
  Muaythai 11 11
  Sambo 3 3 6
  Savate 3 8 11
  Sumo 4 4 8
  Taekwondo 2 2
  Wrestling 5 5 5 15
  Wushu 13 13
Total Gold Medal 7 8 10 10 10 16 31 28 15 135
Cumulative Total 7 15 25 35 45 61 92 120 135
October 18
Fri
19
Sat
20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
26
Sat

Gold Medal

Games edit

Opening ceremony edit

The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00 local time.

Sports edit

Compared to the 5 sports and 38 events in the Olympic Games, the 2013 Combat Games featured 15 sports and 135 events throughout the 9 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. The 2013 Combat Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as 12 sports and 136 events were in 2010. Fencing and Savate made their debut at these Games. Aikido, however, is the sole demonstration sport here.[1]

Participating nations edit

A total of 97 national teams came to compete in these Games. The number of athletes for each nation are in the brackets. However, a World Team was created for all three team wrestling events.

Reference: 2013 World Combat Games List of Participating Countries (Click the "Athletes" tab for the list)

Medal table edit

Key: Final medal tally below.[2]

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)*47202693
2  France (FRA)128929
3  Japan (JPN)115420
4  Iran (IRI)64717
5  China (CHN)56617
6  Ukraine (UKR)4161434
7  Italy (ITA)310417
8  Hungary (HUN)3418
9  South Korea (KOR)32510
10  Thailand (THA)3227
11  Azerbaijan (AZE)3126
12  Poland (POL)21811
13  Egypt (EGY)2147
14  Croatia (CRO)2125
  Great Britain (GBR)2125
16  Ireland (IRL)2114
17  Mexico (MEX)2013
18  Norway (NOR)2002
19  United States (USA)141015
20  Romania (ROU)1359
21  Germany (GER)1337
22  Mongolia (MGL)1326
23  Turkey (TUR)12710
24  Brazil (BRA)1269
25  Serbia (SRB)1247
26  Belarus (BLR)1236
  Sweden (SWE)1236
28  Israel (ISR)1124
  Uzbekistan (UZB)1124
30  Austria (AUT)1102
  Estonia (EST)1102
32  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)1056
  Venezuela (VEN)1056
34  Netherlands (NED)1023
35  Belgium (BEL)1012
  Lithuania (LTU)1012
37  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1001
  Indonesia (INA)1001
  Peru (PER)1001
40  Spain (ESP)0303
41  Bulgaria (BUL)0257
42  Canada (CAN)0246
43  Congo (CGO)0202
44  Hong Kong (HKG)0156
45  Australia (AUS)0123
  Colombia (COL)0123
  Jordan (JOR)0123
  Morocco (MAR)0123
  Slovenia (SLO)0123
50  Malaysia (MAS)0112
  Moldova (MDA)0112
  Vietnam (VIE)0112
53  Armenia (ARM)0101
  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Latvia (LAT)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
57  Finland (FIN)0033
  South Africa (RSA)0033
59  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0022
60  Algeria (ALG)0011
  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
  Cuba (CUB)0011
  Georgia (GEO)0011
  Greece (GRE)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Singapore (SIN)0011
  Tunisia (TUN)0011
Totals (68 entries)135132203470

References edit

  1. ^ Demonstration Sport of Aikido at the 2013 World Combat Games Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "2013 World Combat Games Medal Tally Information". Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

External links edit