The 2015 IBSA World Games was held from 8 to 18 June 2015, in Seoul, South Korea.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sports
editIt included competitions in ten sports:[8]
- athletics, at the Incheon Munhak Stadium
- chess, at the Olympic Parktel Hotel
- futsal B1, at the Songpa women's football field
- Futsal B2/B3, at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
- goalball, in the Jangchung Arena for the men's competition, and SK Handball Centre for the women's competition
- judo, at the Jamsil student gymnasium
- powerlifting, at the Woori Financial Art Hall
- showdown
- swimming, at the Tancheon swimming pool
- tandem cycling
- tenpin bowling, at the Tancheon bowling centre.
Venues were scattered around the city, including opening and closing ceremonies at the Jamsil Arena. About 1626 athletes competed from fifty-seven countries.[9] The event motto was 'See with Passion, Run with Hope'.[10] Mascots were Dari, Haechi and Suri.[11]
Medal table
edit* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 48 | 35 | 31 | 114 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 16 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 15 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 9 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR)* | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 |  Turkey (TUR) | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 10 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 |  Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 |  Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 13 |  Thailand (THA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 |  Mozambique (MOZ) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 |  Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 17 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 19 |  Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 |  Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 32 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 33 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 36 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 39 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 41 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (45 entries) | 155 | 154 | 164 | 473 | |
References
edit- ^ https://ibsasport.org/ibsa-world-games/past-games/seoul-2015-ibsa-world-games/
- ^ https://blindfootball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2015-IBSA-World-Games-blind-football-results.pdf
- ^ https://ibsasport.org/ibsa-world-games/past-games/
- ^ https://ibsajudo.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2015-IBSA-World-Games-judo-results.pdf
- ^ https://goalball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Results-Goalball-Seoul-2015-IBSA-World-Games.pdf
- ^ https://blindfootball.sport/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IBSA-Partially-Sighted-Football-World-Championships-Seoul-2015-results.pdf
- ^ https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/events/seoul-2015-ibsa-world-games-and-world-championships
- ^ "IBSA World Championships and Games Antalya 2011". IBSA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ KIM, EJ Monica (18 May 2015). "The 5th IBSA World Games ends in Seoul, Korea". ParaSport News. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games". IBSA. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ YOON, So-Jung (11 May 2015). "Seoul 2015 IBSA World Games open". Korea.net -- Gateway to Korea. Retrieved 25 April 2018.