2017 Winter Military World Games

2018 Winter Military World Games

Host city	Sochi, Russia
Nations participating	25
Events	44 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony	23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)
Closing ceremony	27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)
Officially opened by	Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Athlete's Oath	Natalya Korostelyova (sportsmen) Mikhail Kazadoy (coaches)
Judge's Oath	Alexander Tomashchuk
Torch lighter	Svetlana Ishmuratova Anatoly Alyabyev
Main venue	see below
← 2013 Annecy  France

The 3rd Winter Military World Games (Russian: Зимние Всемирные военные игры 2017) were held in Sochi, Russia from 23 to 27 February 2017.

Host selection and venues[]

The sports complex of the Sochi Olympic Park

The multi-functional Ice Cube arena, where the opening and closing ceremonies were held

Sochi was chosen as the host city for the 3rd Winter Military Games at the 70th general assembly of the International Military Sports Council in Kuwait City, Kuwait in 2015. The Games were held in sports venues built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.^[1]

The sports complex is composed of two clusters: the Coastal Cluster, i.e. the Olympic Park, and the Mountain Cluster, i.e. the Krasnaya Polyana.

The following venues built for the Olympic Games were used for the Military Games:^[2]

Mascots and brand style[]

The official mascot for the 3rd Winter Games was the Leopard. According to the official website of the Games, it was chosen "due to the fact that the endurance of this animal and his fighting spirit characterize the spirit of war games. The leopard symbolizes the swiftness of the attack and the speed of decision-making, as well as power and strength [...] In the heraldic traditions, a leopard is a symbol of bravery and courage – the qualities traditionally characterizing soldiers." Other mascots include the Hare and the Little Fox.^[3]

The brand style for the Games is a blue-red star with a head of a leopard on it. The colour red symbolizes "sport passion and will to win" and blue "infinite opportunities and devotion to reach the goal". The colours of the star and the leopard forms the Russian flag. Also, ice patterns and mountains occur on the brand.^[3]

Schedule[]

February		24 Fri	25 Sat	26 Sun	27 Mon	Medals
Ceremonies		OC			CC
Biathlon		4	1		2	7
Alpine skiing			2	2		4
Cross-country skiing		4		2		6
Short track		2	2	1		5
Sport climbing		●	4	2	2	8
Ski orienteering			2	2	4	8
Ski mountaineering		2			4	6
Medals		12	11	9	12	44
February		24 Fri	25 Sat	26 Sun	27 Mon	Medals

Participating nations[]

Overall, athletes from 25 countries participated.

Medal winners[]

Alpine skiing[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Slalom	Stefano Gross  Italy	1:30.82	Manfred Moelgg  Italy	1:31.01	Cristian Deville  Italy	1:31.42
Team slalom	Italy Manfred Moelgg Stefano Gross Cristian Deville	4:33.25	Germany	4:47.50	Iran Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki	5:03.93

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Slalom	Irene Curtoni  Italy	1:38.51	Maria Shkanova  Belarus	1:38.93	Laurie Mougel  France	1:38.97
Team slalom	Italy		Russia		China

Biathlon[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km sprint	Maxim Tsvetkov  Russia	27:01.3 (0+1)	Vladimir Iliev  Bulgaria	27:15.2 (0+3)	Krasimir Anev  Bulgaria	27:16.2 (0+1)
10 km team sprint	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Matvey Eliseev	1:24:10.2	Austria David Komatz	1:24:55.4	Italy	1:27:30.4
20 km patrol race	Russia Matvey Eliseev Eduard Latypov	52:13.1 (0+0+0)	France Antonin Guigonnat	52:34.4 (1+1+1)	Austria David Komatz	52:39.8 (1+1+0)

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
7,5 km sprint	Teja Gregorin  Slovenia	22:19.5 (0+0)	Tatiana Akimova  Russia	23:03.3 (0+0)	Uliana Kaisheva  Russia	23:34.8 (1+0)
7,5 km team sprint	Russia Tatiana Akimova Uliana Kaisheva	1:10:38.2	France Enora Latuilliere Coline Varcin	1:14:25.1	China	1:18:49.3
15 km patrol race	France Coline Varcin Enora Latuilliere Coraline Thomas Hugue	45:23.0 (0+0+0)	Russia Anastasia Zagoruiko Uliana Kaisheva	47:14.3 (2+1+0)	China	51:51.5 (1+2+3)

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed relay	Austria Dunja Zdouc Katharina Innerhofer David Komatz	1:19:51.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) (0+0) (0+2)	France Coline Varcin Enora Latuilliere Antonin Guigonnat	1:19:54.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3)	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Matvey Eliseev Maxim Tsvetkov	1:22:51.1 (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (2+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3)

Cross-country skiing[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km free style	Aleksey Chervotkin  Russia	34:41.2	France	34:52.2	France	35:08.5
15 km free style team	France	1:45:39.1	Russia Aleksey Chervotkin Denis Spitsov Artem Maltsev	1:45:40.8	Finland Juho Mikkonen	1:48:12.5
Team sprint	Russia Artem Maltsev Nikolay Morilov	20:36:70	France	20:36:80	Finland Juho Mikkonen	20:37:02

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
10 km free style	Germany	27:28.8	Coraline Hugue  France	27:43.9	Francesca Baudin  Italy	27:46.0
10 km free style team	Russia Natalia Korosteleva	1:25:21.5	N/A
Team sprint	Russia Natalia Korosteleva	22:11:36	Switzerland	22:23:98	Italy Francesca Baudin	22:33:41

Short track[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Xu Hongzhi  China	42.065	Yang Shuai  China	42.075	Denis Ayrapetyan  Russia	42.368
1000 m	South Korea	1:25.574	Yuri Confortola  Italy	1:26.861	Xu Hongzhi  China	1:29.004

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 m	Arianna Fontana  Italy	43.989	China	44.061	Russia	44.139
1000 m	Arianna Fontana  Italy	1:31.884	China	1:31.943	China	1:32.234

Mixed[]

The teams in the mixed event were made up of sportsmen representing different countries, in accordance to the International Skating Union rules.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3000 m	Arianna Fontana Elena Viviani	4:05,281	Ekaterina Konstantinova Yuri Confortola Nicola Rodigari	4:05,913	Yang Shuai	4:06,570

Ski mountaineering[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Alexis Sevennec  France	0:53.38	Manfred Reichegger  Italy	0:55.23	Miguel Caballero Ortega  Spain	0:56.06
Team	Italy Manfred Reichegger	2:51:25	France Alexis Sevennec	2:53:26	Spain Miguel Caballero Ortega Luis Alberto Hernando Alzaga	2:57:23
Team race	Spain Miguel Caballero Ortega Luis Alberto Hernando Alzaga	1:56:09	France Alexis Sevennec	1:56:17	Italy Manfred Reichegger	1:57:24

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	France	1:09.01	Gloriana Pellissier  Italy	1:12.18	France	1:14.48
Team	Russia	4:11:44	N/A
Team race	France	2:28:09	Russia	2:53:29	N/A

Ski orienteering[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Middle	Eduard Khrennikov  Russia	00:39.22	Stanimir Belomazhev  Bulgaria	00:42.20	Russia	00:43.03
Sprint	Eduard Khrennikov  Russia	00:17.15	Stanimir Belomazhev  Bulgaria	00:17.57	Russia	00:19.29
Relay	Russia Andrei Lamov Eduard Khrennikov	1:05:52	France	1:12:30	Switzerland	1:14:27
Team sprint (middle+sprint)	Russia Eduard Khrennikov Eduard Khrennikov	1:59:09	Finland	2:14:06	France	2:20:38

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Middle	Maria Kechkina  Russia	00:35.33	Russia	00:38.44	Antoniya Grigorova  Bulgaria	00:39.28
Sprint	Russia	00:17.54	Maria Kechkina  Russia	00:18.11	Anastasia Kravchenko  Russia	00:18.55
Relay	Russia Anastasia Kravchenko Maria Kechkina	56:55	France Gaelle Barlet Elodie Bourgeois-Pin	1:09:51	Kazakhstan Elmira Moldasheva Olga Novikova	1:11:35
Team sprint (middle+sprint)	Russia Maria Kechkina Maria Kechkina	1:50:22	Kazakhstan Olga Novikova Olga Novikova	2:08:15	France Elodie Bourgeois-Pin Gaelle Barlet Gaelle Barlet	2:25:00

Sport climbing[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Lead	Jakob Schubert  Austria	TOP 1:09	Domen Škofic  Slovenia	TOP 1:21	Italy	TOP 1:13
Bouldering	Russia		France		Domen Škofic  Slovenia
Speed classic	Russia	0:31.22 (F)	Jakob Schubert  Austria	0:39.28 (F)	Russia	0:38.27 (F)
Speed record	Russia	0:06.36 (F)	Italy	0:06.37 (F)	Russia	0:06.53 (F)

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Lead	Jessica Pilz  Austria	TOP 1:41	Austria	TOP 1:44	Mina Markovič  Slovenia	TOP 2:22
Bouldering	Jessica Pilz  Austria		Russia		Mina Markovič  Slovenia
Speed classic	Russia	0:49.36 (F)	Jessica Pilz  Austria	0:52.35 (F)	Russia	0:53.49 (F)
Speed record	Russia	0:08.21 (F)	France	0:12.16 (F)	Russia	0:08.51 (F)

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	*	22	9	11	42
2		8	6	6	20
3		6	12	5	23
4		4	4	1	9
5		2	0	0	2
6		1	3	6	10
7		1	1	3	5
8		1	1	0	2
9		1	0	2	3
10		0	3	2	5
11		0	1	2	3
12		0	1	1	2
		0	1	1	2
14		0	1	0	1
15		0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		46	43	41	130

References[]

External links[]

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