1985 World Games
Host city | London, United Kingdom |
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Motto | Sport is a universal language, the world is one family, all mankind are brothers and sisters. |
Nations participating | 33 |
Athletes participating | 1,550 |
Events | 134 |
Opening ceremony | 25 July |
Closing ceremony | 4 August |
Officially opened by | Charles Palmer Chairman of British Olympic Association |
Main venue | Wembley Stadium |
The 1985 World Games, the second World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in London, United Kingdom. Three main venues were used, the main one being the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. The opening ceremony was held at the Wembley Conference Centre. The master of ceremonies was television commentator Ron Pickering. Competitors were addressed by World Games Association President Dr Un Yong Kim,who told competitors, "the World Games is an innovation that deserves a warm welcome." Games Patron Ryoichi Sasakawa underwrote the financial shortfall to enable the Games to take place.British Olympic Association Chairman Charles Palmer opened the Games on behalf of the British sports community. The song "World Game" by John Denver was adopted as the theme for the Games. Sports included field archery, taekwondo, karate, sambo, powerlifting, finswimming, roller sports, casting, korfball, water skiing, speedway, fistball, softball and netball.[1] The ground team at Crystal Palace was headed by former Nottingham Forest player Roy Dwight with assistance from Tosh Chamberlain. Television coverage was produced by Cheerleader productions. Commentators included Simon Reed, Martin Tyler, Gerald Sinstadt and Dave Lanning.
Titles[]
134 titles were awarded in 22 sports (not including two invitational sports).[2]
As Invitational sport
Sport | Titles | Notes |
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Artistic roller skating | 4 | |
Roller speed skating | 12 | |
Roller hockey | 1 | |
Bodybuilding | 6 | |
Boules | 1 | |
Bowling | 5 | |
Casting | 12 | |
Field archery | 4 | |
Fistball | 1 | |
Finswimming | 17 | |
Karate | 12 | |
Korfball | 1 | |
Life saving | 12 | |
Netball | 1 | |
Racquetball | 2 | |
Sambo | 17 | |
Taekwondo | 8 | |
Trampoline | 6 | |
Tug of war | 2 | |
Water skiing | 6 | |
Powerlifting | 3 | |
Softball | 1 | |
Motocross | ||
Speedway | ||
Total | 134 |
Venues included Wembley Conference Centre, (Bedfont), . Wimbledon Stadium, Crystal Palace, , Tolmers Scout Camp and .[3]
Medal table[]
The medal tally during the second World Games is as follows. Italy finished at the top of the medal standings.[4] Two bronze medals were awarded in fistball and in each karate-kumite (9) and taekwondo (8) event.
* Host nation (Great Britain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 27 | 29 | 22 | 78 |
2 | United States (USA) | 18 | 16 | 18 | 52 |
3 | Spain (ESP) | 15 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 13 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
5 | Sweden (SWE) | 12 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR)* | 11 | 11 | 21 | 43 |
7 | France (FRA) | 7 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
8 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
9 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
10 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
11 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
12 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
13 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
15 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
17 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
21 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
22 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
23 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
24 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Monaco (MON) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (34 nations) | 134 | 134 | 152 | 420 |
References[]
- ^ Media Release 1985 World Games
- ^ "The World Games London 1985" (PDF). westnally.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Bell, David (2011). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 408. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
Channel Four broadcast of the Opening Ceremony.
External links[]
- Official Website of the IWGA
- Medal table at Sports123 (by Internet Archive)
- 1985 World Games
- World Games
- 1985 in multi-sport events
- 1985 sports events in London
- International sports competitions in London
- 1985 in English sport
- Multi-sport events in the United Kingdom
- July 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom
- August 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom