The 2013 World Games (Spanish: Juegos Mundiales 2013), the ninth World Games, also known as Cali 2013, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4. It is the first edition of the World Games to be held in South America.

Host city allocation history

The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent Great Recession.

Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013.

Sports

Official sports

The 2013 World Games programme featured 32 official sports, and 4 invitational sports. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events, which were contested in each sports discipline.

Invitational sports

  • Canoe marathon (6)
  • Duathlon (2)
  • Softball (1)
  • Wushu (14)

Garden of Sport

The "Garden of Sport" events were held in the neighboring towns of Buga and Jamundí. These demonstration events served to showcase these disciplines for potential inclusion in future games.

Two of the competitions were held at Coliseo Mayor in Buga:

The other three disciplines took place in Jamundí:

  • Coliseo Alfaguara y Plaza Mayor - Wallball and Frontball
  • Estadio El Cacique - Hapkido

Calendar

  • Note: Due to concerns about temperature and air flow at the Del Pueblo Gymnasium, where the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics was taking place, the Ribbons event was cancelled at the last moment.

Key: Invitational sport

July/August 201325th Thu26th Fri27th Sat28th Sun29th Mon30th Tue31st Wed1st Thu2nd Fri3rd Sat4th SunGold medals
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony July/August 2013 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun Gold medals Ceremonies OC CC Acrobatic gymnastics ● 2 2 1 5 Aerobic gymnastics ● 3 4 7 Air sports ● ● ● ● ● 3 3 Artistic roller skating ● ● 4 4 Beach handball ● ● ● 2 2 Billiard sports ● ● ● ● ● 4 4 Boules sports ● ● ● 8 8 Bowling ● 1 ● ● 2 3 Canoe polo ● ● 2 2 Dancesport ● 1 2 3 Field archery ● ● 3 ● ● ● 4 7 Finswimming ● 5 5 10 Fistball ● ● ● ● 1 1 Flying disc ● ● ● 1 1 Ju-jitsu ● 7 6 13 Karate ● 6 6 12 Korfball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Lifesaving ● 8 8 16 Orienteering ● 2 2 1 5 Powerlifting ● 3 3 2 8 Racquetball ● ● 2 2 Road speed skating 4 4 8 Rhythmic gymnastics ● 2 1 3 Roller inline hockey ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Rugby sevens ● ● 1 1 Track speed skating ● 2 4 4 10 Sport climbing 2 2 4 Squash ● ● ● 2 2 Sumo ● 6 2 8 Trampoline gymnastics ● 1 3 4 Tug of war ● 1 2 3 Tumbling gymnastics ● 2 2 Waterskiing and Wakeboarding ● ● ● 4 4 8 Total gold medals 27 28 13 14 19 17 11 10 14 18 171 July/August 2013 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun Gold medals Canoe marathon 3 3 6 Duathlon ● 1 1 2 Softball ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 Wushu 6 2 6 14 Total gold medals 1 1 1 3 9 2 6 23 Grand total of gold medals 28 29 13 14 20 17 14 19 16 24 194
OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony
CeremoniesOCCC
Acrobatic gymnastics●2215
Aerobic gymnastics●347
Air sports●●●●●33
Artistic roller skating●●44
Beach handball●●●22
Billiard sports●●●●●44
Boules sports●●●88
Bowling●1●●23
Canoe polo●●22
Dancesport●123
Field archery●●3●●●47
Finswimming●5510
Fistball●●●●11
Flying disc●●●11
Ju-jitsu●7613
Karate●6612
Korfball●●●●●11
Lifesaving●8816
Orienteering●2215
Powerlifting●3328
Racquetball●●22
Road speed skating448
Rhythmic gymnastics●213
Roller inline hockey●●●●●11
Rugby sevens●●11
Track speed skating●24410
Sport climbing224
Squash●●●22
Sumo●628
Trampoline gymnastics●134
Tug of war●123
Tumbling gymnastics●22
Waterskiing and Wakeboarding●●●448
Total gold medals27281314191711101418171
July/August 201325th Thu26th Fri27th Sat28th Sun29th Mon30th Tue31st Wed1st Thu2nd Fri3rd Sat4th SunGold medals
Canoe marathon336
Duathlon●112
Softball●●●●●11
Wushu62614
Total gold medals111392623
Grand total of gold medals28291314201714191624194

Participant countries

  • 2013 World Games participant countries (with number of athletes):

Medal mistake

This particular edition made the mistake of putting the words "word games" instead of "world games," on one thousand medals. This fact was reported by Colombian news organization Noticias Uno. Several athletes smiled and were surprised upon seeing the typo. According to the representative of the firm that engraved the medals, several authorities had seen and approved the medals' design without noticing the mistake, including Coldeportes director Andrés Botero, and the head of the Organizing Committee Rodrigo Otoya. The representative also stated that, according to a corporate policy, "... any mistake after the art has been approved (by the client) will not be responsibility of the Firm" Regarding the medals, Rodrigo Guerrero, Mayor of Cali, stated that "This mistake in no way undermines the value of the medals, and the spirit of the games. People are making a tempest in a tea cup out of this situation."

Medal results

Official sports

Key: Medal tally of the 2013 World Games' Official Results website, which includes road speed skating. In one aerobic gymnastics event there was a four-way tie for first place; four gold medals and no silver or bronze medals were awarded. In another aerobic gymnastics event there was a tie for second-place; two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded. In two trampoline/tumbing gymnastics events, there was tie for first-place; in each event, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded.

* Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Italy (ITA)18131849
2Russia (RUS)17241253
3France (FRA)16111340
4Germany (GER)157830
5China (CHN)146222
6United States (USA)114419
7Ukraine (UKR)910928
8Colombia (COL)*8131031
9Great Britain (GBR)66315
10Chinese Taipei (TPE)55818
11Brazil (BRA)5319
12Japan (JPN)51410
13Switzerland (SUI)4408
14Denmark (DEN)3227
15Sweden (SWE)3159
16Belarus (BLR)3137
Mexico (MEX)3137
18Netherlands (NED)26513
19Belgium (BEL)24410
20Spain (ESP)2428
21Chile (CHI)2305
Poland (POL)2305
Romania (ROU)2305
24Slovenia (SLO)2103
25Finland (FIN)2002
26South Korea (KOR)1269
27Austria (AUT)1236
28New Zealand (NZL)1203
29Croatia (CRO)1124
Venezuela (VEN)1124
31Hungary (HUN)1102
Vietnam (VIE)1102
33South Africa (RSA)1034
34Mongolia (MGL)1023
35Azerbaijan (AZE)1012
Lithuania (LTU)1012
37India (IND)1001
Malaysia (MAS)1001
Moldova (MDA)1001
Turkey (TUR)1001
41Canada (CAN)0369
42Norway (NOR)0347
43Argentina (ARG)0325
Egypt (EGY)0325
Thailand (THA)0325
46Czech Republic (CZE)0213
47Australia (AUS)0134
48Ecuador (ECU)0123
Portugal (POR)0123
50Greece (GRE)0112
Iran (IRI)0112
52Luxembourg (LUX)0101
53El Salvador (ESA)0011
Ireland (IRL)0011
Israel (ISR)0011
Morocco (MAR)0011
Peru (PER)0011
Philippines (PHI)0011
Serbia (SRB)0011
Totals (59 entries)176169169514

Invitational sports

Key: As of August 3, 2013, from the Games' official Invitational Sports Medal Tally.

* Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Hungary (HUN)5207
2China (CHN)5117
3Iran (IRI)4004
4France (FRA)1326
5Vietnam (VIE)1203
6Germany (GER)1023
7Japan (JPN)1012
United States (USA)1012
9Belgium (BEL)1001
Cuba (CUB)1001
Hong Kong (HKG)1001
Indonesia (INA)1001
13Malaysia (MAS)0224
14Russia (RUS)0202
15Italy (ITA)0112
Portugal (POR)0112
Turkey (TUR)0112
Ukraine (UKR)0112
19Brazil (BRA)0101
Canada (CAN)0101
Chile (CHI)0101
Czech Republic (CZE)0101
India (IND)0101
Spain (ESP)0101
Venezuela (VEN)0101
26Argentina (ARG)0011
Colombia (COL)*0011
Mexico (MEX)0011
Netherlands (NED)0011
Poland (POL)0011
Totals (30 entries)23231864

Changes in medal tally

Key

Disqualified athlete(s)

Sport/EventAthlete (NOC)GoldSilverBronzeTotal
Sumo Men's middleweightHungary István Kalmár (HUN)–1–1
Russia Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)+1–10
Mongolia Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)+1+1

In the men's middleweight sumo event, István Kalmár of Hungary was stripped of his silver medal due to a positive doping test.

Broadcasters

Host broadcaster

International Broadcasters

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