The 1993 World Games (Dutch: 1993 Wereldspelen), the fourth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in The Hague, Netherlands.

World Games IV
IV Wereldspelen
Host cityThe Hague, Netherlands
Nations44
Athletes1,265
Events155 (23 sports)[1]
Opening22 July 1993
Closing2 August 1993
Opened byQueen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Main venueZuiderpark Stadion

Titles

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155 titles were awarded in 23 sports (not including invitational sports — aikido, equestrian vaulting, indoor tug of war, baton twirling and barefoot waterski).

Sport Titles Notes
Acrobatic gymnastics 15
Beach volleyball 2
Bodybuilding 7
Boules 2
Bowling 3
Casting 13
Field archery 6
Fistball 1
Finswimming 14
Karate 12
Korfball 1
Life saving 16
Netball 1
Powerlifting 6
Racquetball 2
Roller hockey 1
Roller skating, artistic 4
Roller speed skating 10
Sambo 9
Taekwondo 12
Trampoline 6
Triathlon 4
Tug of war 2
Water skiing 6
Total 155

Medal table

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The medal tally during the fourth World Games is as follows. Germany finished at the top of the final medal table.[2] There were two gold medals (and zero silver medals) awarded in five of the acrobatic gymnastics events because of ties for first place. There were two bronze medals awarded in the karate kumite (10) and taekwondo (12) events and one of the acrobatic gymnastics events.

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany (GER)21191555
2  Italy (ITA)1419639
3  Great Britain (GBR)125926
4  United States (USA)11111234
5  France (FRA)11101536
6  Bulgaria (BUL)101718
7  Netherlands (NED)*951630
8  Sweden (SWE)8101028
9  Russia (RUS)78217
10  China (CHN)5229
11  South Korea (KOR)4217
12  Belarus (BLR)41510
13  Japan (JPN)4015
14  Belgium (BEL)35412
15  Norway (NOR)34714
16  Czech Republic (CZE)3339
17  Spain (ESP)32611
18  Denmark (DEN)3058
19  Poland (POL)3003
20  Finland (FIN)26614
21  Australia (AUS)24511
22  Chinese Taipei (TPE)2316
23  Estonia (EST)2305
24  Mexico (MEX)2215
25  Switzerland (SUI)2114
26  Ukraine (UKR)1517
27  Ireland (IRL)1203
28  Canada (CAN)11810
29  Hungary (HUN)1157
30  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1113
  New Zealand (NZL)1113
32  Singapore (SIN)1102
33  Portugal (POR)1023
34  Brazil (BRA)1012
35  Mongolia (MGL)1001
36  Lithuania (LTU)0336
37  Egypt (EGY)0224
38  Turkey (TUR)0202
39  Argentina (ARG)0123
  Austria (AUT)0123
41  South Africa (RSA)0112
42  Latvia (LAT)0101
  Malaysia (MAS)0101
44  Morocco (MAR)0033
45  Iran (IRI)0011
  Jamaica (JAM)0011
  Jordan (JOR)0011
  Kuwait (KUW)0011
  Nigeria (NGR)0011
  Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (50 entries)160150178488

References

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  1. ^ "The World Games in the past". worldgames2009.tw. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
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