2015 Military World Games

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VI Military World Games

Host city	Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
Motto	Friendship Together, Peace Forever (Korean: 우정의 어울림, 평화의 두드림, romanized: Ujeong-ui Eoullim, Pyeonghwaui Dudeulim)
Nations	110
Athletes	8,700
Events	246 in 23 sports
Opening	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
Closing	11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)
Opened by	President Park Geun-hye
Main venue	KAFAC Sports Complex
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The 2015 Military World Games (Korean: 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '2015 World Military Sports Festival'), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games (Korean: 제6회 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Jeyukhoe segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '6th World Military Sports Festival') and also known as Mungyeong 2015 (Korean: 문경2015, romanized: Mungyeong Icheon sip-o), were hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.

The games were the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.^[1]

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The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.^[3]

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OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Daily medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

September/October		30th Wed	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	Events
Ceremonies				OC									CC
Aeronautical pentathlon						1		●	●	●	4			5
Archery							●	●	1	2	2			5
Athletics						4	5	11	6	12			4	42
Basketball					●	●	●	●		●	●	1		1
Boxing						●	●	●	●	●		10		10
Cycling								2	2	2				6
Fencing						2	2	2	2	2	2			12
Football		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Golf								●	●	●	4			4
Handball						●	●	●		●	●	1		1
Judo					2		7	7						16
Military pentathlon					●	●	●	●	4		2			6
Modern pentathlon									●	2	2	1		5
Naval pentathlon								●	●	●	4			4
Orienteering									2	4		2		8
Parachuting					●	●	●	1	6	9				16
Sailing						●	●	●	2					2
Shooting							4	6	2	4	6	2		24
Swimming									10	8	9	11		38
Taekwondo										6	5	5		16
Triathlon												5		5
Volleyball					●	●	●	●	●		●	2		2
Wrestling								4	4		4	4		16
Daily medal events					2	7	18	33	41	51	44	46	4	246
Cumulative total					2	9	27	60	101	152	196	242	246
September/October		30th Wed	1st Thu	2nd Fri	3rd Sat	4th Sun	5th Mon	6th Tue	7th Wed	8th Thu	8th Fri	10th Sat	11th Sun	Events

  Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	59	43	33	135
2	Brazil (BRA)	34	26	24	84
3	China (CHN)	32	31	35	98
4	South Korea (KOR)*	19	15	25	59
5	Poland (POL)	10	13	19	42
6	France (FRA)	9	9	11	29
7	Germany (GER)	8	10	15	33
8	Bahrain (BHR)	7	2	4	13
9	Italy (ITA)	5	11	12	28
10	Ukraine (UKR)	5	9	12	26
11	Egypt (EGY)	4	4	6	14
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	3	6	13
13	Algeria (ALG)	4	3	2	9
14	Norway (NOR)	4	1	1	6
15	Iran (IRI)	3	10	15	28
16	Mongolia (MGL)	3	4	6	13
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	2	1	6
18	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	1	4
19	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	4	6	12
20	Kenya (KEN)	2	4	4	10
21	Finland (FIN)	2	4	1	7
22	Austria (AUT)	2	3	2	7
23	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	2	6
	United States (USA)	2	2	2	6
25	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	2	5
26	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	2	4
27	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	0	0	2
28	Belarus (BLR)	1	6	6	13
29	Qatar (QAT)	1	5	2	8
30	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	3	5
31	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	2	4
32	Oman (OMA)	1	1	1	3
33	Ecuador (ECU)	1	1	0	2
34	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	5	6
35	Estonia (EST)	1	0	2	3
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	2	3
37	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
40	Romania (ROU)	0	3	3	6
41	India (IND)	0	2	5	7
42	Latvia (LAT)	0	2	2	4
43	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	3	4
44	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	2	3
	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	2	3
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	2	3
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	2	3
48	Armenia (ARM)	0	1	1	2
49	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
51	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	0	2	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	2	2
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
55	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (58 entries)		246	246	306	798

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