1993 World Games
{{Short description|Multi-sport event in The Hague, Netherlands}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2022}}{{Infobox games
| name = World Games IV
IV Wereldspelen
| logo = World Games 1993 logo.png
| size = 200
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| host_city = The Hague, Netherlands
| nations = 44
| athletes = 1,265
| opening = 22 July 1993
| Countdown =
| closing = 2 August 1993
| opened_by = Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
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| stadium = Zuiderpark Stadion
| previous = Karlsruhe 1989
| next = Lahti 1997
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The 1993 World Games ({{langx|nl|1993 Wereldspelen}}), the fourth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in The Hague, Netherlands.
Titles
155 titles were awarded in 23 sports (not including invitational sports — aikido, equestrian vaulting, indoor tug of war, baton twirling and barefoot waterski).
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Sport | Titles | Notes |
---|---|---|
align=left|Acrobatic gymnastics | 15 | |
align=left|Beach volleyball | 2 | |
align=left|Bodybuilding | 7 | |
align=left|Boules | 2 | |
align=left|Bowling | 3 | |
align=left|Casting | 13 | |
align=left|Field archery | 6 | |
align=left|Fistball | 1 | |
align=left|Finswimming | 14 | |
align=left|Karate | 12 | |
align=left|Korfball | 1 | |
align=left|Life saving | 16 | |
align=left|Netball | 1 | |
align=left|Powerlifting | 6 | |
align=left|Racquetball | 2 | |
align=left|Roller hockey | 1 | |
align=left|Roller skating, artistic | 4 | |
align=left|Roller speed skating | 10 | |
align=left|Sambo | 9 | |
align=left|Taekwondo | 12 | |
align=left|Trampoline | 6 | |
align=left|Triathlon | 4 | |
align=left|Tug of war | 2 | |
align=left|Water skiing | 6 | |
Total | 155 |
Medal table
{{Further|List of 1993 World Games medal winners}}
The medal tally during the fourth World Games is as follows. Germany finished at the top of the final medal table.{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&category=0&country=0 | title= Results of the World Games |publisher=International World Games Association|accessdate=2015-10-26}} There were two gold medals (and zero silver medals) awarded in five of the acrobatic gymnastics events because of ties for first place. There were two bronze medals awarded in the karate kumite (10) and taekwondo (12) events and one of the acrobatic gymnastics events.
{{Medals table
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| gold_GER = 21 | silver_GER = 19 | bronze_GER = 15
| gold_ITA = 14 | silver_ITA = 19 | bronze_ITA = 6
| gold_GBR = 12 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 9
| gold_FRA = 11 | silver_FRA = 10 | bronze_FRA = 15
| gold_USA = 11 | silver_USA = 11 | bronze_USA = 12
| gold_BUL = 10 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 7
| gold_NED = 9 | silver_NED = 5 | bronze_NED = 16 | host_NED = yes
| gold_SWE = 8 | silver_SWE = 10 | bronze_SWE = 10
| gold_RUS = 7 | silver_RUS = 8 | bronze_RUS = 2 | name_RUS = {{flagteam|RUS|1991}}
| gold_CHN = 5 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 2
| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 1 | name_KOR = {{flagteam|KOR|1984}}
| gold_BLR = 4 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 5 | name_BLR = {{flagteam|BLR|1991}}
| gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1 | name_JPN = {{flagteam|JPN|1947}}
| gold_BEL = 3 | silver_BEL = 5 | bronze_BEL = 4
| gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 4 | bronze_NOR = 7
| gold_CZE = 3 | silver_CZE = 3 | bronze_CZE = 3
| gold_ESP = 3 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 6
| gold_DEN = 3 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 5
| gold_POL = 3 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0
| gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 6 | bronze_FIN = 6
| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 4 | bronze_AUS = 5
| gold_TPE = 2 | silver_TPE = 3 | bronze_TPE = 1
| gold_EST = 2 | silver_EST = 3 | bronze_EST = 0
| gold_MEX = 2 | silver_MEX = 2 | bronze_MEX = 1
| gold_SUI = 2 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1
| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 5 | bronze_UKR = 1
| gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 2 | bronze_IRL = 0
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 8
| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 5
| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 1
| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 1 | bronze_NZL = 1
| gold_SIN = 1 | silver_SIN = 1 | bronze_SIN = 0
| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 2
| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1
| gold_MGL = 1 | silver_MGL = 0 | bronze_MGL = 0
| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 3 | bronze_LTU = 3 | name_LTU = {{flagteam|LTU|1988}}
| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 2 | bronze_EGY = 2
| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 2
| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 2
| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 1 | name_RSA = {{flagteam|RSA|1928}}
| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
| gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 0
| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 3
| gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1
| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 0 | bronze_JAM = 1
| gold_JOR = 0 | silver_JOR = 0 | bronze_JOR = 1
| gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 1
| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1
| gold_PHI = 0 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1 | name_PHI = {{flagteam|PHI|1936}}
}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.theworldgames.org/ Official Website of the IWGA]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071121231319/http://sports123.com/mt/wg-1993.html Medal table] at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)
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