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The World Games of 2009 took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games.

The games were the first Olympic-related event to be hosted by Taiwan since the start of their participation as Chinese Taipei in the events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]

Over 3,000 athletes werre competing, from 91 countries.[1]

Emblem

The design of the emblem for the World Games 2009 is based on the first Chinese character in the city’s name. The character " kao" (高) means high or superior in English. The toponym stylized as a multicolored ribbon aims to create an atmosphere of festivity and celebration. The warm colors, orange and magenta, at the top and green and blue at the bottom symbolize the sun rising over the ocean and mirror Kaohsiung well: a passionate city with plenty of sunshine – a vibrant metropolis by the sea!

Mascots

Gao Mei (高妹) and Syong Ge (雄哥) are named after the host city, Kaohsiung (高雄 "Gao Syong"). They are intended to personify it as "a city of the sea and the sun", to emphasise "ecology and environmental protection", and to symbolise the "friendliness and hospitality" of the city's residents.[2]


Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony, on July 16, was held in the Main Stadium, and involved 4,000 performers. It was designed to provide "a platform for the world to understand Taiwan better", and focused on music, dancing and depictions of Taiwanese culture, including its aboriginal culture. The ceremony was watched by an estimated 100 million people worldwide.[3]

Among the foreign dignitaries in attendence was the President of Nauru, Marcus Stephen, one of Taiwan's diplomatic allies and himself a former athlete, having won seven gold medals in weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games.[4]

Although the People's Republic of China has sent athletes to compete, they were absent from the opening ceremony, reportedly due to Ma Ying-jeou inaugurating the Games is his capacity as the head of country.[5]

Sports

Medal table

[6]

1  Russia (RUS) 18 14 15 47
2  Italy (ITA) 16 12 13 41
3  China (CHN) 14 10 5 29
4  United States of America (USA) 13 8 5 26
5  France (FRA) 11 14 13 38
6  Ukraine (UKR) 11 12 10 33
7  Chinese Taipei (TPE/Taiwan) 8 9 7 24
8  Germany (GER) 6 6 10 22
9  South Korea (KOR) 6 3 5 14
10  Australia (AUS) 5 10 5 20
11  Netherlands (NED) 5 4 2 11
12  Great Britain (GBR) 4 6 9 19
13  Japan (JPN) 4 5 6 15
14  Colombia (COL) 4 5 3 12
15   Switzerland (SUI) 3 4 0 7
16  Brazil (BRA) 3 3 3 9
17  New Zealand (NZL) 2 4 5 11
18  Belgium (BEL) 2 4 1 7
19  Slovakia (SVK) 2 3 3 8
20  Finland (FIN) 2 3 1 6
21  Spain (ESP) 2 3 0 5
22  Slovenia (SLOV) 2 2 0 4
23  Croatia (CRO) 2 0 3 5
24  Hungary (HUN) 2 0 1 3
25  Austria (AUT) 1 2 2 5
26  Mongolia (MGL) 1 2 1 4
27  Canada (CAN) 1 1 2 4
27  Poland (POL) 1 1 2 4
29  Greece (GRE) 1 1 1 3
30  Romania (ROU) 1 1 0 2
31  Malaysia (MAS) 1 0 3 4
32  Thailand (THA) 1 0 2 3
32  Venezuela (VEN) 1 0 2 3
34  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 0 1 2
34  Chile (CHI) 1 0 1 2
34  Indonesia (INA) 1 0 1 2
34  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 0 1 2
38  Estonia (EST) 1 0 0 1
38  Fiji (FIJI) 1 0 0 1
38  Mexico (MEX) 1 0 0 1
38  Vietnam (VIE) 1 0 0 1
42  Portugal (POR) 0 2 0 2
43  Egypt (EGY) 0 1 3 4
44  Norway (NOR) 0 1 2 3
44  South Africa (RSA) 0 1 2 3
46  Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 1 1 2
46  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 2
48  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
48  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
48  Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 1 0 1
48  Hong Kong (HKG) 0 1 0 1
48  Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 0 1
48  Qatar (QAT) 0 1 0 1
54  Turkey (TUR) 0 0 3 3
55  Montenegro (MNE) 0 0 2 2
56  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
56  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1 1
56  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1
56  Israel (ISR) 0 0 1 1
56  Luxembourg (LUX) 0 0 1 1
56  Philippines (PHI) 0 0 1 1
56  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 0 0 1 1

Invitational sports not included.

Calendar

In the following calendar for the World Games 2009, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the left the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader. [7]

 ●  Opening ceremony     Event competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony
July 2009 16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		23
Thu 		24
Fri 		25
Sat 		26
Sun 		Gold
medals
Ceremonies and etc. ● ● —
Air Sports Parachuting         ●●●●● 5
Archery Field     ●●●●
●● 		6
Beach Handball     ●● 2
Billiards         ●●●● 4
Bodybuilding   ●●●●
●●● 		7
Boules Sports Lyonnaise     ●●●● 4
Boules Sports Petangue     ●● 2
Boules Sports Raffa     ●● 2
Bowling Ten Pin ●   ●● 3
Canoe Polo   ●● 2
Dance Sport ● ●● 3
Dragon Boat ●● ●● 4
Fin Swimming ●●●●
● 		●●●●
● 		10
Fistball       ● 1
Flying Disc     ● 1
Gymnastics Acrobatic ●● ●● ● 5
Gymnastics Aerobic ●● ●●● 5
Gymnastics Rhythmic ●● ●● 4
Gymnastics Trampoline ● ●● ●●● 6
Ju-Jitsu ●●●●
● 		●●●●
● 		10
Karate ●●●●
●● 		●●●●
●●● 		13
Korfball         ● 1
Life Saving ●●●● ●●●● ●●●●
●● 		14
Orienteering ●● ●● ● 5
Powerlifting ●●●●
● 		●●● 8
Racquetball     ●● 2
Roller Sports Artistic   ●●●● 4
Roller Sports Inline Hockey       ● 1
Roller Sports Speed ●●●● ●●●● ●● 10
Rugby 7s   ● 1
Softball       ● 1
Sport Climbing ●● ●● 4
Squash       ●● 2
Sumo ●●●●
●● 		●● 8
Tchoukball     ●● 2
Tug of War Indoor ● 1
Tug of War Outdoor ● ● 2
Water Ski     ●● ●●●● 6
Wushu ●● ●●●●
●●●●
●●● 		13
July 2009 16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		23
Thu 		24
Fri 		25
Sat 		26
Sun 		Gold
medals

Venues

Venue Sports
Chengcing Lake Archery, Orienteering
Jhongjheng Martial Arts Stadium Billiards, Racquetball, Squash
Jhongjheng Stadium Fistball
Cultural Center Jhihde Hall Bodybuilding, Aerobic gymnastics
Gymnasium of the National Sun Yat-sen University Ju-jitsu, Karate
Gymnasium of the Guo-Guang Laboratory School, National Sun Yat-sen University Tug of war
Gymnasium of the Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School Sumo
Gymnasium of the National Kaohsiung Normal University Korfball, Tchoukball
Happy Bowling Center Bowling
I-Shou University Roller sports
Ren-ai Park Boules
Kaohsiung Arena Acrobatic gymnastics, DanceSport, Rhythmic gymnastics, Trampoline, Tumbling
Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium Softball
Kaohsiung County Stadium Wushu
Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park Parachuting
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Orienteering
Kaohsiung Swimming Pool Fin swimming, Lifesaving
Lotus Lake Canoe polo, Water skiing, Dragon Boat race
Shou-shan Junior High School Climbing
Sizihwan Bay Lifesaving, Beach handball
Sun Yat-sen Hall of the National Sun Yat-sen University Powerlifting
World Games Stadium Flying disc, Rugby 7s
Yangming Skating Rink Roller sports

References

  1. ^ "China snubs World Games opening", BBC, July 16, 2009
  2. ^ "The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Mascots", official website
  3. ^ "A glittering opening ceremony unfolds in Kaohsiung", Taiwan News, July 17, 2009
  4. ^ "President declares Kaohsiung World Games open", Taiwan News, July 17, 2009
  5. ^ "China snubs World Games opening", BBC, July 16, 2009
  6. ^ World Games 2009: Medals
  7. ^ World Games 2009: Main Schedule

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