7th CISM Military World Games
The
2019 Military World Games
(
Chinese
:
2019年世界?人???
;
pinyin
:
nian shijie j?nren yundonghui
), officially known as the
7th CISM Military World Games
, (
Chinese
:
第七?世界?人???
;
pinyin
:
di q? jie shijie j?nren yundonghui
) and commonly known as
Wuhan 2019
, was held from October 18?27, 2019, in
Wuhan
,
Hubei
,
China
.
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[3]
The 7th
Military World Games
was the first international
military
multisport event to be held in China. The event was also the nation’s largest
military
sports event ever with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events and 27 sporting disciplines.
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The multisport event included 25 official and 2 demonstrative sports. Six sport disciplines such as badminton, tennis, table tennis, women's boxing, and men's gymnastics made their debuts in the event.
[6]
The Military World Games was also the second biggest international sport event to be held in 2019. The Games were organized by the Military Sports Commission of China,
Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
, and the military commands (
Army
in accordance with
CISM
regulations and the rules of the
International Sports Federations
[7]
). For the first time in the history of the Military World Games, an Olympic village was set up for the athletes prior to the commencement of the Games.
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The village was officially opened for the athletes following the flag-raising ceremony.
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Host nation China sent a delegation consisting of 553 participants for the games, which marked the record number of participants to represent a nation at a single Military World Games.
[10]
Around 230,000 volunteers were recruited for the event.
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Bidding
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Following the conclusion of the
2015 Military World Games
, China won the bid to host the Games for the first time.
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Venues
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The event was held in 35 venues.
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The
Wuhan Sports Center
hosted a
soccer competition
for both men and women held from October 16?27.
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Houhu block
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Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center
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Venue
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Sport
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Capacity
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Stadium
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Athletics (Track and field)
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30,000
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Gymnasium
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Table tennis
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7,559
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Natatorium
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Lifesaving
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1,090
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Others
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Venue
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Sport
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Capacity
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Aeronautical Pentathlon Flying Contest Venue
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Aeronautical Pentathlon (Flying Contest)
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n/a
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Mulan Lake Campus of
PLA Naval University of Engineering
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Naval Pentathlon (Lifesaving, Utility Swimming, Obstacle Race, Seamanship Race and Amphibious Cross-Country Race)
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1,300
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Air Force Early Warning Academy Venues
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Aeronautical Pentathlon (Air Pistol Shooting, Swimming, Fencing, Basketball and Obstacle Race)
|
1,000
|
Wuhan National Fitness Center
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Soccer
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8,400
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Hankou Culture and Sports Center
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Soccer
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8,756
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Wuhan Gymnasium
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Taekwondo
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2,430
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Zhuankou block
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Wuhan Sports Center
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Venue
|
Sport
|
Capacity
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Stadium
|
Opening and closing ceremonies
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58,000
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Gymnasium
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Women's Volleyball
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12,000
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Natatorium
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Swimming, Diving
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3,500
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Others
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Venue
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Sport
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Capacity
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Jianghan University Gymnasium
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Men's Volleyball
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2,300
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Hannan Municipal Airport
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Parachuting
|
n/a
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Tianwaitian Golf Course
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Men's golf
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n/a
|
Wuhan Business University Natatorium
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Modern Pentathlon (Swimming)
|
514
|
Wuhan Business University Gymnasium
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Modern Pentathlon (fencing)
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2,185
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Wuhan Business University Equestrian Venue
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Equestrian, Modern pentathlon (Riding and Laser-Run)
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2,120
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Hanyang District Beach Volleyball Center
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Women's Beach Volleyball
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1,160
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Caidian National Defense Park
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Archery
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2,110
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Shooting (25/ 50 m Pistol/ Rifle, Trap/ Skeet)
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3,600
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Main Media Center
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Broadcast, Press
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n/a
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Guanggu block
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Venue
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Sport
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Capacity
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Wuhan Sports University Gymnasium
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Boxing
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3,800
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Hongshan Gymnasium
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Men's Basketball
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8,000
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Optics Valley International Tennis Center
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Tennis (demonstration)
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13,722
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East Lake Greenway Marathon and Road Cycling Venues
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Athletics (marathon) and Cycling (road)
|
n/a
|
Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering
Gymnasium
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Wrestling
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1,353
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Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Optics Valley Gymnasium
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Women's Basketball
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6,316
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Yishan Golf Course
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Women's Golf
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n/a
|
Wuhan University of Technology
Gymnasium
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Judo
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5,212
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Ordnance NCO Academy, Army Engineering University of PLA Venues
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Cross-Country and Military Pentathlon (Obstacle swimming)
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2,280
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East Lake Sailing and Open Water Swimming Venues
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Sailing and Open Water Swimming
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n/a
|
East Lake Hi-Tech Development Zone
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Shooting (300 m Rifle), Military Pentathlon (Shooting, Throwing, Obstacle Run)
|
n/a
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Hubei Olympic Center Gymnasium
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Men's Gymnastics (demonstration)
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5,294
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Wuhan University
Student Sports Center
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Badminton
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8,031
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Qingshan District Beach Volleyball Center
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Men's Beach Volleyball
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1,116
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Huangjiahu block
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Venue
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Sport
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Capacity
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Jiangxia District Liangzihu Lake Triathlon Venue
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Triathlon
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n/a
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Jiangxia District Orienteering Venues:
Bafenshan
Dahuashan
Qinglongshan
Tianzishan
|
Orienteering, Aeronautical Pentathlon (Orienteering)
|
n/a
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Wuhan City Polytechnic Gymnasium
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Fencing
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2,433
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Athletes Village
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Athletes Village
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n/a
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Opening ceremony
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General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
, Chairman of the
Central Military Commission
(CMC),
President of the People's Republic of China
Xi Jinping
attends the opening ceremony
Opening ceremony of the 2019 Military World Games
The opening ceremony was held on 18 October 2019 and the event was officially opened by the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), President of the People's Republic of China
Xi Jinping
.
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An extravaganza titled "Torch of Peace" was performed during the opening ceremony highlighting the main motto of the event.
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Prior to the opening ceremony, a light show was set to be staged in the
Yangtze River
in Wuhan. It featured a screen made up of millions of small
LED
lights installed on bridges and buildings along the bank of the Yangtze River.
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The torch relay for the event was held on 16 October 2019 with the participation of 100 torchbearers.
Liao Hui
, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting, began the torch rally while hammer thrower
Zhang Wenxiu
concluded the torch relay.
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Flag raising ceremony was also held on 16 October 2019.
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Mascot
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The emblem and mascot along with the website were unveiled on 24 November 2017 by Ministry of National Defense of China. The mascot, named Bingbing, was designed based on the Chinese sturgeon.
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Marketing
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An online store and 21 franchised retail stores were newly opened in order to promote the sales of licensed items.
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Sports
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The competition involved 28 sports.
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Records
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On 20 October 2019, China's
Lu Pinpin
broke the world record in the women's 500 m
obstacle swimming
course classified under the
military pentathlon
with a record timing of 2 minutes and 10.9 seconds.
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Overall, 82 records were broken during the nine day multisport event.
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Controversies
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Cheating
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China's
orienteering
teams originally captured a gold and a silver medal in women as well as a silver in men. They were all disqualified by the
International Orienteering Federation
after it was found out that they had been cheating through access to secretly marked paths, and received external assistance thus gaining major unfair advantage over other competitors.
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A common protest was also held by the competitors from Russia, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Poland, and Austria accusing the Chinese team for gaining major unfair advantage in the competition.
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COVID-19 claims
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According to a report by
Radio Free Asia
, a number of athletes reported experiencing symptoms reminiscent of
COVID-19
around the time of the games. French pentathlon champion
Elodie Clouvel
said that she, her boyfriend, and other French athletes were affected.
Matteo Tagliariol
and five roommates experienced breathing difficulties.
Raphael Stacchiotti
and some Swedish athletes also reported illnesses.
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Five athletes from the United States returned home early with a diagnosis of
Malaria
. No laboratory testing was performed on sick athletes in Wuhan.
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Jacques Reis, et al. wrote that the games were possibly a superspreader event.
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Conspiracy theories
emerged in China that the
SARS-CoV-2
virus originated in the United States and was brought to China by an American participant in the Military World Games. One version of the conspiracy theory states that the virus was created by the
CIA
.
[30]
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Lijian Zhao, a spokesman for
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
, claimed the virus originated in the United States.
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A U.S. Army athlete who attended the games was accused of being "patient zero" of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, and was harassed on social media, despite never having symptoms or testing positive.
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A coronavirus public health exercise in the United States called
Event 201
was held at the same time as the games, and this is sometimes cited by conspiracy theorists as further evidence of misconduct.
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Participating nations
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It was reported that 109 nations took part in the event, including athletes from Russia. In September 2019, the
International Association of Athletics Federation
approved athletes from Russia with the Authorized National Athlete (ANA) status to take part at the event.
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However, the All Russia Athletics Federation remained silent on the participation of its athletes. The State of Palestine participated in the event, but Israel did not.
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List of participating nations
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9,308 athletes from 110 countries participated in the games:
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List of Participating Nations
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Below is a list of the 110 participating nations (the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets)
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Calendar
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Opening ceremony
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Event competitions
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Gold medal events
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CC
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Closing ceremony
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Medal table
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*
Host nation (
China
)
Source:
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Note: Para Athletics, Para Archery, Gymnastics, Tennis and three Senior Triathlon events not counted in medal table.
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The United States won a gold medal in the women's senior division triathlon and a silver medal in the mixed senior team.
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Since the two triathlon medals were awarded in the over 40 division, they were not counted in the official medal tally.
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Results
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10月18日,新?社?者肖?九?:巴勒斯坦代表?在?幕式上入?。 ?日,第七?世界?人????幕式在武??育中心?行。"Photo of Team Palestine by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu:October 18th,the Palestinian delegation entering the venue at the opening ceremonies of the 7th Military World Games taking place in the Wuhan Sports Center."
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