Military World Games

{{short description|Multi-sport event for military sportspeople}}

{{Infobox sporting event organization

| name = Military World Games

| image = CISM flag.svg

| caption =

| abbreviation =

| motto =

| formation = 1995 Rome

| recurrence = 4 Years

| last = 2019 Wuhan

| next = 2025 Bern

| purpose = Military multi-sport event for nations of the world

| headquarters =

| leader_title = Organization

| leader_name = CISM

| website =

}}

The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A winter edition of the games was subsequently created; the first edition was organized by the Italian region of Aosta Valley from 20 to 25 of March 2010.{{cite web |title=Guidance for Submitting a Candidature to the Organization of the 1st CISM Winter Military Games |url=http://www.cismmilsport.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/guide-MilitaryWinterGames.pdf |work=CISM official website |publisher=CISM Winter Military Games Bidding Book |access-date=26 April 2020}}

Sports

= Summer Games =

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  • {{GamesSport|Archery}}
  • {{GamesSport|Artistic gymnastics}}
  • {{GamesSport|Athletics}}
  • {{GamesSport|Badminton}}
  • {{GamesSport|Basketball}}
  • {{GamesSport|Beach volleyball}}
  • {{GamesSport|Boxing}}
  • {{GamesSport|Cycling}}
  • {{GamesSport|Diving}}
  • {{GamesSport|Equestrian}}
  • {{GamesSport|Fencing}}
  • {{GamesSport|Football}}
  • {{GamesSport|Golf}}
  • {{GamesSport|Handball|Format=m}} ({{ill|Handball at the Military World Games|fr|Championnat du monde militaire de handball|lt=details}})
  • {{GamesSport|Judo}}
  • {{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon}}
  • {{GamesSport|Open water swimming}}
  • {{GamesSport|Orienteering}}
  • {{GamesSport|Parachuting}}
  • {{GamesSport|Sailing}}
  • {{GamesSport|Shooting}}
  • {{GamesSport|Swimming}}
  • {{GamesSport|Table tennis}}
  • {{GamesSport|Taekwondo}}
  • {{GamesSport|Tennis}}
  • {{GamesSport|Triathlon}}
  • {{GamesSport|Volleyball}}
  • {{GamesSport|Wrestling}}

}}

;Military sports

  • {{GamesSport|Aeronautical pentathlon|Image=No}}
  • {{GamesSport|Military pentathlon|Image=No}}
  • {{GamesSport|Naval pentathlon|Image=No}}

= Winter Games =

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  • {{GamesSport|Alpine skiing}}
  • {{GamesSport|Biathlon}}
  • {{GamesSport|Cross-country skiing}}
  • {{GamesSport|Military patrol}}
  • {{GamesSport|Short track speed skating}}
  • {{GamesSport|Ski mountaineering}}
  • {{GamesSport|Ski-orienteering}}
  • {{GamesSport|Sport climbing}}

}}

Editions

= Summer Games =

{{location map+|Earth|float=center|width=750|caption=Host cities of the Military Games|places=

{{Location map~|Earth|position=left|lat=41.9102415|long=12.3959146|label=1995}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=45.8403496|long=15.8242487|label=1999}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=37.5057934|long=14.5247364|label=2003}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=17.4126274|long=78.2679604|label=2007}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=-22.0597026|long=-44.0442635|label=2011}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=36.5946332|long=128.1768904|label=2015}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=30.5684073|long=114.0201983|label=2019}}

{{Location map~|Earth|position=|lat=35.22694|long=-80.84333|label=2027}}

}}

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rowspan=2| Year

!rowspan=2| Games

!rowspan=2| Host

!rowspan=2| Opened by

!rowspan=2| Dates

!rowspan=2| Nations

!colspan=3| Competitors

!rowspan=2| Sports

!rowspan=2| Events

!rowspan=2| Top Country
On Medal Table

Men

! Women

! Total

1995

|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome

|align=left|Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

|align=left|September 4 – 16

|93

|

|

|4017

|17

|179

|align=left|{{RUS}}

1999

|2

|align=left|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb

|align=left|Franjo Tuđman

|align=left|August 8 – 17

|80

|

|

|7825

|18

|199

|align=left|{{RUS}}

2003

|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} Catania

|align=left|Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

|align=left|December 4 – 11

|81

|

|

|3217

|11

|120

|align=left|{{CHN}}

2007

|4

|align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} Hyderabad

|align=left|Pratibha Patil

|align=left|October 14 – 21

|101

|

|

|4738

|15

|157

|align=left|{{RUS}}

2011

|5

|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro

|align=left|Dilma Rousseff

|align=left|July 15 – 24

|113

|

|

|4017

|20

|195

|align=left|{{BRA}}

2015

|6

|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Mungyeong

|align=left|Park Geun-hye

|align=left|October 2 – 11

|110

|

|

|8700

|24

|248

|align=left|{{RUS}}

2019

|7

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wuhan

|align=left|Xi Jinping

|align=left|October 18 – 27

|110

|

|

|9308

|27

|316

|align=left|{{CHN}}

2027

|2027 Military World Games|8

|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Charlotte

|align=left|TBA

|align=left|TBA

|

|

|

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|

|

|align=left|

= Winter Games =

{{location map+|Europe|float=center|width=750|caption=Host cities of the Military Games|places=

{{Location map~|Europe|position=|lat=45.734955|long=7.313076|label=2010}}

{{Location map~|Europe|position=left|lat=45.916000|long=6.133000|label=2013}}

{{Location map~|Europe|position=|lat=43.588348|long=39.729996|label=2017}}

{{Location map~|Europe|position=|lat=47.630180|long=13.000074|label=2022}}

{{Location map~|Europe|position=|lat=47.05|long=8.3|label=2025}}

}}

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rowspan=2| Year

!rowspan=2| Games

!rowspan=2| Host

!rowspan=2| Dates

!rowspan=2| Nations

!colspan=3| Competitors

!rowspan=2| Sports

!rowspan=2| Events

!rowspan=2| Top Country
On Medal Table

Men

! Women

! Total

2010

|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Aosta Valley

|align=left|March 20 – 25

|43

|

|

|800

|6

|28

|align=left|{{ITA}}

2013

|2

|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Annecy

|align=left|March 24 – 29

|40

|

|

|1000

|8

|36

|align=left|{{FRA}}

2017

|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi

|align=left|February 24 – 27

|25

|

|

|402

|7

|44

|align=left|{{RUS}}

2022

|4

|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Berchtesgaden

|colspan=8 {{n/a|Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite news|last=Iveson|first=Ali|date=31 December 2021|title=Military World Winter Games cancelled over COVID-19 concerns|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117301/military-world-winter-games-cancelled|access-date=15 January 2022}}}}

2025

|5

|align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} Lucerne

|align=left|March 24 – 29

|

|

|

|

|10

|50

|align=left|{{FRA}}

= Cadet Games =

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rowspan=2| Year

!rowspan=2| Games

!rowspan=2| Host

!rowspan=2| Dates

!rowspan=2| Nations

!colspan=3| Competitors

!rowspan=2| Sports

!rowspan=2| Events

!rowspan=2| Top Country
On Medal Table

Men

! Women

! Total

2010

|1

|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} Ankara

|align=left|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

2014

|2

|align=left|{{flagicon|ECU}} Quito

|align=left|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

2022{{cite web | url=https://cska.ru/cadetgames/en/ | title=The III CISM Military World Cadet – St. Petersburg, August 4 – 12, 2022 }}

|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} St. Petersburg

|align=left|4–12 August

|20

|

|

|

|7

|

|{{RUS}}

2024

|4

|{{flagicon|VEN}}

Source:{{Cite web|url=http://www.milsport.one/cism-events/cism-world-cadet-games|title = CISM - World Cadet Games}}

Medals

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= Summer Games =

As of 2019 Military World Games.

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| host =

| show_limit =

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| event =

| gold_RUS = 294 | silver_RUS = 227 | bronze_RUS = 190

| gold_CHN = 324 | silver_CHN = 247 | bronze_CHN = 168

| gold_ITA = 88 | silver_ITA = 94 | bronze_ITA = 115

| gold_BRA = 102 | silver_BRA = 104 | bronze_BRA = 107

| gold_KOR = 47 | silver_KOR = 48 | bronze_KOR = 57

| gold_POL = 49 | silver_POL = 61 | bronze_POL = 87

| gold_FRA = 51 | silver_FRA = 71 | bronze_FRA = 80

| gold_GER = 40 | silver_GER = 71 | bronze_GER = 80

| gold_PRK = 39 | silver_PRK = 34 | bronze_PRK = 45

| gold_UKR = 34 | silver_UKR = 63 | bronze_UKR = 73

| gold_KEN = 27 | silver_KEN = 26 | bronze_KEN = 25

| gold_USA = 20 | silver_USA = 30 | bronze_USA =30

| gold_BLR = 18 | silver_BLR = 25 | bronze_BLR = 58

| gold_SLO = 15 | silver_SLO = 17 | bronze_SLO = 22

| gold_IRI = 14 | silver_IRI = 22 | bronze_IRI = 27

| gold_TUR = 14 | silver_TUR = 10 | bronze_TUR = 16

| gold_NOR = 13 | silver_NOR = 21 | bronze_NOR = 15

| gold_CRO = 13 | silver_CRO = 12 | bronze_CRO = 21

| gold_UZB = 13 | silver_UZB = 9 | bronze_UZB = 12

| gold_ROM = 11 | silver_ROM = 23 | bronze_ROM = 29

| gold_AUT = 10 | silver_AUT = 15 | bronze_AUT = 21

| gold_MAR = 10 | silver_MAR = 11 | bronze_MAR = 11

| gold_KAZ = 10 | silver_KAZ = 9 | bronze_KAZ = 23

| gold_BEL = 10 | silver_BEL = 5 | bronze_BEL = 13

| gold_QAT = 9 | silver_QAT = 11 | bronze_QAT = 10

| gold_BRN = 9 | silver_BRN = 6 | bronze_BRN = 11

| gold_LAT = 9 | silver_LAT = 7 | bronze_LAT = 9

| gold_KSA = 8 | silver_KSA = 6 | bronze_KSA = 5

| gold_EGY = 8 | silver_EGY = 8 | bronze_EGY = 14

| gold_SUI = 8 | silver_SUI = 7 | bronze_SUI = 20

| gold_ALG = 7 | silver_ALG = 9 | bronze_ALG = 17

| gold_SVK = 7 | silver_SVK = 7 | bronze_SVK = 10

| gold_NED = 7 | silver_NED = 4 | bronze_NED = 9

| gold_SWE = 7 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 9

| gold_CZE = 6 | silver_CZE = 10 | bronze_CZE = 10

| gold_TUN = 6 | silver_TUN = 4 | bronze_TUN = 6

| gold_FIN = 5 | silver_FIN = 18 | bronze_FIN = 12

| gold_AZE = 5 | silver_AZE = 12 | bronze_AZE = 22

| gold_GRE = 4 | silver_GRE = 20 | bronze_GRE = 11

| gold_EST = 4 | silver_EST = 4 | bronze_EST = 6

| gold_ECU = 3 | silver_ECU = 1 | bronze_ECU = 0

| gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 10

| gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 10 | bronze_HUN = 6

| gold_LTU = 3 | silver_LTU = 4 | bronze_LTU = 16

| gold_CHI = 2 | silver_CHI = 4 | bronze_CHI = 2

| gold_IND = 3 | silver_IND = 4| bronze_IND = 19

| gold_BUL = 3 | silver_BUL = 3 | bronze_BUL = 6

| gold_SYR = 2 | silver_SYR = 4 | bronze_SYR = 2

| gold_SRI = 2 | silver_SRI = 2 | bronze_SRI = 8

| gold_IRL = 2 | silver_IRL = 1 | bronze_IRL = 4

| gold_VEN = 1 | silver_VEN = 4 | bronze_VEN = 10

| gold_ARM = 1 | silver_ARM = 1 | bronze_ARM = 5

| gold_SUD = 1 | silver_SUD = 1 | bronze_SUD = 2

| gold_VIE = 1 | silver_VIE = 2 | bronze_VIE = 3

| gold_OMA = 1 | silver_OMA = 2 | bronze_OMA = 2

| gold_TAN = 1 | silver_TAN = 2 | bronze_TAN = 0

| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 3

| gold_UAE = 1 | silver_UAE = 0 | bronze_UAE = 2

| gold_SCG = 1 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1

| gold_UGA = 1 | silver_UGA = 0 | bronze_UGA = 2

| gold_GAB = 1 | silver_GAB = 0 | bronze_GAB = 0

| gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 0

| gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 5 | bronze_THA = 10

| gold_LES = 0 | silver_LES = 3 | bronze_LES = 1

| gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 4 | bronze_DOM = 7

| gold_CYP = 0 | silver_CYP = 2 | bronze_CYP = 2

| gold_CMR = 0 | silver_CMR = 1 | bronze_CMR = 4

| gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 2

| gold_JOR = 0 | silver_JOR = 1 | bronze_JOR = 2

| gold_NAM = 1 | silver_NAM = 1 | bronze_NAM = 2

| gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 1 | bronze_INA = 3

| gold_MON = 0 | silver_MON = 1 | bronze_MON = 0

| gold_RWA = 0 | silver_RWA = 1 | bronze_RWA = 1

| gold_LUX = 0 | silver_LUX = 1 | bronze_LUX = 1

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 0 | bronze_RSA = 3

| gold_BAR = 0 | silver_BAR = 0 | bronze_BAR = 3

| gold_BOT = 0 | silver_BOT = 0 | bronze_BOT = 2

| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 3

| gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 2

| gold_AFG = 0 | silver_AFG = 0 | bronze_AFG = 1 | name_AFG = {{flagteam|AFG|2013}}

| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 1

| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1

| gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 1

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 0 | bronze_JAM = 1

| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 2

| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1

| gold_ALB = 0 | silver_ALB= 0 | bronze_ALB = 1

| gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 2

| gold_SUR = 0 | silver_SUR = 0 | bronze_SUR = 1

| gold_BHR = 17 | silver_BHR = 5 | bronze_BHR = 15

| gold_MGL = 1 | silver_MGL = 3 | bronze_MGL = 5

| gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 3

}}

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= Winter Games =

As of 2017 Winter Military World Games.

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| show_limit =

| remaining_text =

| flag_template =

| event =

| gold_RUS = 29 | silver_RUS = 16 | bronze_RUS = 14

| gold_ITA = 25 | silver_ITA = 19 | bronze_ITA = 18

| gold_FRA = 24 | silver_FRA = 21 | bronze_FRA = 20

| gold_CHN = 6 | silver_CHN = 11 | bronze_CHN = 8

| gold_AUT = 6 | silver_AUT = 11 | bronze_AUT = 6

| gold_SUI = 5 | silver_SUI = 6 | bronze_SUI = 5

| gold_SLO = 4 | silver_SLO = 4 | bronze_SLO = 5

| gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 2

| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 3 | bronze_GER = 7

| gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1

| gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 4 | bronze_BUL = 2

| gold_EST = 1 | silver_EST = 1 | bronze_EST = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 5

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2

| gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 4

| gold_ROM = 0 | silver_ROM = 1 | bronze_ROM = 1

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_IRN = 0 | silver_IRN = 0 | bronze_IRN = 1

| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 1

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See also

References

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