2003 Military World Games
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Military World Games
The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council . The Games have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A winter edition of the games has been recently created...
was an international multi-sport event
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for military personnel which was held in Catania
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, Italy
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from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire. A total of 84 nations were represented at the event, with some 2800 military servicemen and women competing in the tournament. The games opening ceremony took place at the Stadio Angelo Massimino
Stadio Angelo Massimino
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in front of 5000 spectators.
Sports
A total of thirteen sports were contested at the 2003 Games.Lifesaving
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Games schedule
| - | Ceremony | C | Competition | F | Finals |
| December → | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening ceremony | ||||||||
| Basketball | C | F | ||||||
| Boxing | C | F | ||||||
| Cycling | F | F | ||||||
| Diving | C | C | ||||||
| Fencing | C | F | ||||||
| Football | C | C | F | |||||
| Judo | F | F | ||||||
| Lifesaving | C | |||||||
| Marathon | F | |||||||
| Modern pentathlon | C | C | F | |||||
| Swimming | C | |||||||
| Sailing | C | |||||||
| Track and field | F | |||||||
| Volleyball | C | F | ||||||
| Closing ceremony | ||||||||
- Note: The football tournament began before the Games opening ceremony, with the first matches taking place on 2 and 3 December.
Medal table
| 1 |  People's Republic of China |
31 | 15 | 12 | 58 |
| 2 |  Russia |
25 | 34 | 33 | 92 |
| 3 |  Italy |
20 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 |  Ukraine |
6 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 |  Kenya |
4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 |  Belarus |
4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 |  Slovakia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 |  Morocco |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 |  Latvia |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Poland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Romania |
1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 13 |  Brazil |
1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 |  United Arab Emirates |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 |  Slovenia |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 |  United States |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Greece |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18= |  Bahrain |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18= |  Estonia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 |  Canada |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 21= |  Czech Republic |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21= |  Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21= |  Serbia and Montenegro |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 |  Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Hungary |
0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 26 |  Austria |
0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 |  France |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28= |  Rwanda |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28= |  Sri Lanka |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28= |  Tanzania |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28= |  Turkey |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32= |  Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32= |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34= |  Azerbaijan |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34= |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34= |  Finland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37= |  Algeria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37= |  Botswana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37= |  Colombia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37= |  Cyprus |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37= |  Qatar |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 122 | 108 | 135 | 365 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- All information taken from Armed Forces Sports.