2011 Military World Games

The 2011 Military World Games, officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games, was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2011 Military World Games
Host cityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
MottoThe Peace Games!
(Os Jogos da Paz!)
Nations participating108
Athletes participating4,900
Events195 in 20 sports
Opening ceremony16 July 2011 (2011-07-16)
Closing ceremony24 July 2011 (2011-07-24)
Officially opened byPresident Dilma Rousseff
Athlete's OathSN Isabel Swan
Judge's OathSgt Marcelo de Lima Henrique
Main venueJoão Havelange Olympic Stadium

The 5th Military World Games was the largest military sports event ever held in Brazil, with approximately 4,900 athletes from 108 countries competing in 20 sports. The Games were organized by the Military Sports Commission of Brazil (CDMB) and the military commands (Army, Navy and Air Force), in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.

Organization

Bidding process

Brazil was chosen to host the 5th Military World Games during a meeting of the International Military Sports Council held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on May 25, 2007. Brazil won, by means of a ballot, the race against Turkey to host the 2011 games. Representatives from over 75 countries took part in the poll. Rio's existing sports infrastructure, the Brazilian expertise at hosting major events, and the support granted to the project by the local authorities were decisive for the Brazilian victory.[1]

Infrastructure and budget

The athletes participating in the 5th Military World Games were accommodated in three athlete's villages (Green, Blue and White), all located in Rio de Janeiro. The Green Village was located in the neighborhood of Deodoro, the Blue Village in Campo dos Afonsos and the White Village in the district of Campo Grande.[2] The villages were built to be a functional and diverse center, vital to the operations of the Military World Games. The three villages comprise 106 buildings, 1,206 apartments and 4,824 rooms, with capacity to accommodate about 6,000 athletes and 2,000 officials. The budget used for the construction of the three villages is of R$ 400 million.

Venues

Twenty-seven competition venues were used during the 5th Military World Games, the majority located within Rio de Janeiro.[3]

The venues located outside the city of Rio de Janeiro were the Resende Airport and the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras located in Resende, the Avelar Instruction Center located in Paty do Alferes, the Mario Xavier National Forest located in Seropédica, and the Giulite Coutinho Stadium belonging to America Football Club located in Mesquita.[4]

Media coverage

Participating nations
List of Participating Nations

Below is a list of the 108 participating nations (the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets)[5]

Sports

The competition comprised 20 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as beach volleyball.

Games schedule
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
July 15th
Fri		 16th
Sat		 17th
Sun		 18th
Mon		 19th
Tue		 20th
Wed		 21st
Thu		 22nd
Fri		 23rd
Sat		 24th
Sun		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Aeronautical pentathlon ● ● ● ● 2 2
Athletics 2 1 5 9 8 10 35
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● 10 10
Equestrian 1 1 ● 1 3 6
Fencing 2 2 2 2 3 1 12
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Judo 2 4 3 3 4 16
Military pentathlon ● ● ● ● 4 2 6
Modern pentathlon ● 2 2 1 5
Naval pentathlon ● ● ● 4 4
Orienteering ● 2 4 2 8
Parachuting ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 8 8
Sailing ● ● ● ● 3 3
Shooting ● ● 4 4 ● 4 4 16
Swimming 9 10 9 8 36
Taekwondo 4 4 4 4 16
Triathlon 5 5
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Daily medal events 11 12 19 31 31 28 52 11 195
Cumulative total 11 23 42 73 104 132 184 195
July15th
Fri		16th
Sat		17th
Sun		18th
Mon		19th
Tue		20th
Wed		21st
Thu		22nd
Fri		23rd
Sat		24th
Sun		Events

Medal table

The nations by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Brazil, is highlighted.[6]

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)*453336114
2 China (CHN)372934100
3 Italy (ITA)14132451
4 Poland (POL)13191143
5 France (FRA)113418
6 South Korea (KOR)86822
7 North Korea (PRK)72312
8 Germany (GER)6191136
9 Kenya (KEN)65516
10 Ukraine (UKR)54918
11 Iran (IRI)53412
12 Norway (NOR)45211
13 Qatar (QAT)3126
14 Chile (CHI)2428
15 Austria (AUT)2226
16 United States (USA)2136
17 Lithuania (LTU)2125
18 Belarus (BLR)2046
19 Latvia (LAT)2024
20 Sweden (SWE)2002
21 Morocco (MAR)1719
22 Turkey (TUR)15410
23 Kazakhstan (KAZ)13610
 Venezuela (VEN)13610
25  Switzerland (SUI)1359
26 Slovenia (SLO)1269
27 Bahrain (BHR)1247
 Finland (FIN)1247
29 Algeria (ALG)1236
30 Estonia (EST)1225
31 Netherlands (NED)1124
32 Syria (SYR)1102
33 Belgium (BEL)1023
 Romania (ROU)1023
35 Canada (CAN)1012
 Uganda (UGA)1012
37 Croatia (CRO)1001
 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Ecuador (ECU)1001
40 Greece (GRE)0538
41 Tunisia (TUN)0314
42 Dominican Republic (DOM)0123
43 Jordan (JOR)0112
44 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
47 India (IND)0033
48 Cameroon (CMR)0022
 Namibia (NAM)0022
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0022
 Uruguay (URU)0022
52 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Cyprus (CYP)0011
 Pakistan (PAK)0011
 Slovakia (SVK)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
 Suriname (SUR)0011
Totals (57 nations)197196241634
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See also

References
  1. Rio 2011: About the games Archived August 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Rio 2011 Official Website. Retrieved on 2011-07-16.
  2. Welcome to the Athletes Villages Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2011 Official Website. Retrieved on 2011-07-16.
  3. Competition Venues. Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2011 Official Website. Retrieved on 2011-07-17.
  4. Competition Venues Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2011 Official Website. Retrieved on 2011-07-16.
  5. CDM Related Information Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2011 Official Website. Retrieved on 2011-07-14.
  6. Detailed Medal Standings Rio 2011 Official Website. Archived from the original Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine on 2013-07-18. Retrieved on 2011-07-17.
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