2019 Military World Games

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VII Military World Games
File:Wuhan Military World Games logo.png
Host city Wuhan, Hubei, China
Motto Military Glory, World Peace (Chinese: {{{1}}})
Nations participating >140
Athletes participating 9,308
Events 316 events in 27 sports
Opening ceremony October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Closing ceremony October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)
Officially opened by CCP General Secretary and PRC President Xi Jinping[1]
Athlete's Oath Yuan Xinyue
Main venue Wuhan Sports Center
Website web.archive.org/web/20200126043946/https://en.wuhan2019mwg.cn/ (archived)
Summer:
<  Mungyeong 2015 Bogotá 2023  >
Winter:
<  Sochi 2017 Berchtesgaden 2021  >

The 2019 Military World Games (Chinese: {{{1}}}), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games, (Chinese: {{{1}}}) and commonly known as Wuhan 2019, was held from October 18–27, 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China.[2][3]

The 7th Military World Games was the first international military multisport event to be held in China. The event was also the nation’s largest military sports event ever with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events and 27 sporting disciplines.[4][5] The multisport event included 25 official and 2 demonstrative sports. Six sport disciplines such as badminton, tennis, table tennis, women's boxing, and men's gymnastics made their debuts in the event.[6]

The Military World Games was also the second biggest international sport event to be held in 2019. The Games were organized by the Military Sports Commission of China, Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, and the military commands (Army in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations[7] ). For the first time in the history of the Military World Games, an Olympic village was set up for the athletes prior to the commencement of the Games.[8] The village was officially opened for the athletes following the flag-raising ceremony.[9]

Host nation China sent a delegation consisting of 553 participants for the games, which marked the record number of participants to represent a nation at a single Military World Games.[10] Around 230,000 volunteers were recruited for the event.[11]

Bidding

Following the conclusion of the 2015 Military World Games, China won the bid to host the Games for the first time.[12]

Venues

The event was held in 35 venues.[12] The Wuhan Sports Center hosted a soccer competition for both men and women held from October 16-27.[13]

Houhu block

Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center

Venue Sport Capacity
Stadium Athletics (Track and field) 30,000
Gymnasium Table tennis 7,559
Natatorium Lifesaving 1,090

Others

Venue Sport Capacity
Aeronautical Pentathlon Flying Contest Venue Aeronautical Pentathlon (Flying Contest) n/a
Mulan Lake Campus of PLA Naval University of Engineering Naval Pentathlon (Lifesaving, Utility Swimming, Obstacle Race, Seamanship Race and Amphibious Cross-Country Race) 1,300
Air Force Early Warning Academy Venues Aeronautical Pentathlon (Air Pistol Shooting, Swimming, Fencing, Basketball and Obstacle Race) 1,000
Wuhan National Fitness Center Soccer 8,400
Hankou Culture and Sports Center Soccer 8,756
Wuhan Gymnasium Taekwondo 2,430

Zhuankou block

Wuhan Sports Center

Venue Sport Capacity
Stadium Opening and closing ceremonies 58,000
Gymnasium Women's Volleyball 12,000
Natatorium Swimming, Diving 3,500

Others

Venue Sport Capacity
Jianghan University Gymnasium Men's Volleyball 2,300
Hannan Municipal Airport Parachuting n/a
Tianwaitian Golf Course Men's golf n/a
Wuhan Business University Natatorium Modern Pentathlon (Swimming) 514
Wuhan Business University Gymnasium Modern Pentathlon (fencing) 2,185
Wuhan Business University Equestrian Venue Equestrian, Modern pentathlon (Riding and Laser-Run) 2,120
Hanyang District Beach Volleyball Center Women's Beach Volleyball 1,160
Caidian National Defense Park Archery 2,110
Shooting (25/ 50 m Pistol/ Rifle, Trap/ Skeet) 3,600
Main Media Center Broadcast, Press n/a

Guanggu block

Venue Sport Capacity
Wuhan Sports University Gymnasium Boxing 3,800
Hongshan Gymnasium Men's Basketball 8,000
Optics Valley International Tennis Center Tennis (demonstration) 13,722
East Lake Greenway Marathon and Road Cycling Venues Athletics (marathon) and Cycling (road) n/a
Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering Gymnasium Wrestling 1,353
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Optics Valley Gymnasium Women's Basketball 6,316
Yishan Golf Course Women's Golf n/a
Wuhan University of Technology Gymnasium Judo 5,212
Ordnance NCO Academy, Army Engineering University of PLA Venues Cross-Country and Military Pentathlon (Obstacle swimming) 2,280
East Lake Sailing and Open Water Swimming Venues Sailing and Open Water Swimming n/a
East Lake Hi-Tech Development Zone Shooting (300 m Rifle), Military Pentathlon (Shooting, Throwing, Obstacle Run) n/a
Hubei Olympic Center Gymnasium Men's Gymnastics (demonstration) 5,294
Wuhan University Student Sports Center Badminton 8,031
Qingshan District Beach Volleyball Center Men's Beach Volleyball 1,116

Huangjiahu block

Venue Sport Capacity
Jiangxia District Liangzihu Lake Triathlon Venue Triathlon n/a
Jiangxia District Orienteering Venues:
Bafenshan
Dahuashan
Qinglongshan
Tianzishan		 Orienteering, Aeronautical Pentathlon (Orienteering) n/a
Wuhan City Polytechnic Gymnasium Fencing 2,433
Athletes Village Athletes Village n/a

Opening ceremony

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General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony
File:Military World Games 2019 opening.jpg
Opening ceremony of the 2019 Military World Games

The opening ceremony was held on 18 October 2019 and the event was officially opened by the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping.[14][15] An extravaganza titled "Torch of Peace" was performed during the opening ceremony highlighting the main motto of the event.[16]

Prior to the opening ceremony, a light show was set to be staged in the Yangtze River in Wuhan. It featured a screen made up of millions of small LED lights installed on bridges and buildings along the bank of the Yangtze River.[17] The torch relay for the event was held on 16 October 2019 with the participation of 100 torchbearers. Liao Hui, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting, began the torch rally while hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu concluded the torch relay.[18] Flag raising ceremony was also held on 16 October 2019.[19]

Mascot

The emblem and mascot along with the website were unveiled on 24 November 2017 by Ministry of National Defense of China. The mascot, named Bingbing, was designed based on the Chinese sturgeon.[7]

Marketing

An online store and 21 franchised retail stores were newly opened in order to promote the sales of licensed items.[20]

Sports

The competition involved 28 sports.[21]

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Demonstration sports

Records

On 20 October 2019, China's Lu Pinpin broke the world record in the women's 500 m obstacle swimming course classified under the military pentathlon with a record timing of 2 minutes and 10.9 seconds.[22][23]

Overall, 82 records were broken during the nine day multisport event.[24]

Controversies

Cheating

China's orienteering teams originally captured a gold and a silver medal in women as well as a silver in men. They were all disqualified by the International Orienteering Federation after it was found out that they had been cheating through access to secretly marked paths, and received external assistance thus gaining major unfair advantage over other competitors.[25] A common protest was also held by the competitors from Russia, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Poland, and Austria accusing the Chinese team for gaining major unfair advantage in the competition.[26]

COVID-19 conspiracy theories

During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories emerged in China that the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in the United States and was brought to China by an American participant in the Military World Games. One version of the conspiracy theory states that the virus was created by the CIA.[27][28] A Chinese government official supported and helped spread one of the conspiracy theories.[29] Athletes Élodie Clouvel and Matteo Tagliariol stated they developed a severe illness around the time they attended the games.[30] A U.S. Army athlete who attended the games was accused of being "patient zero" of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, and was harassed on social media, despite never having symptoms or testing positive.[31] A coronavirus public health exercise in the United States called Event 201 was held at the same time as the games, and this is sometimes cited by conspiracy theorists as further evidence of misconduct.[32]

Participating nations

It was reported that 109 nations took part in the event, including athletes from Russia. In September 2019, the International Association of Athletics Federation approved athletes from Russia with the Authorized National Athlete (ANA) status to take part at the event.[33] However, the All Russia Athletics Federation remained silent on the participation of its athletes. The State of Palestine participated in the event, but Israel did not.[34]

List of participating nations

9,308 athletes from 110 countries participated in the games:[35][36][37]

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  • Algeria (56)
  • Albania (5)
  • Angola (2)
  • Armenia (15)
  • Argentina (2)
  • Azerbaijan (20)
  • Austria (37)
  • Brazil (329)
  • Guatemala (13)
  • Bahrain (69)
  • Barbados (2)
  • Belarus (95)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
  • Belgium (51)
  • Botswana (15)
  • Bulgaria (21)
  • Burkina Faso (3)
  • Canada (104)
  • Cameroon (55)
  • Republic of the Congo (19)
  • Cape Verde (4)
  • Chile (32)
  • Colombia (31)
  • China (553)
  • Croatia (11)
  • Cyprus (8)
  • Czech Republic (27)
  • Chad (11)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (26)
  • Denmark (61)
  • Djibouti (3)
  • Dominican Republic (31)
  • Ecuador (74)
  • Egypt (83)
  • Eritrea (3)
  • Estonia (27)
  • Swaziland (2)
  • Finland (53)
  • France (273)
  • Germany (243)
  • Gabon (9)
  • Gambia (3)
  • Greece (46)
  • Guinea (14)
  • Guyana (4)
  • Hungary (56)
  • India (54)
  • Iran (90)
  • Indonesia (46)
  • Ireland (32)
  • Italy (139)
  • Jordan (5)
  • Kazakhstan (62)
  • Kenya (14)
  • Kuwait (35)
  • Lesotho (3)
  • Latvia (32)
  • Lebanon (7)
  • Lithuania (56)
  • Luxembourg (18)
  • Morocco (24)
  • Monaco (2)
  • Mongolia (75)
  • Montenegro (2)
  • Mozambique (3)
  • Myanmar (44)
  • Macedonia (4)
  • Namibia (3)
  • Netherlands (89)
  • Nepal (40)
  • Niger (3)
  • Nigeria (12)
  • North Korea (156)
  • Norway (28)
  • Oman (63)
  • Pakistan (19)
  • Palestine (9)
  • Peru (15)
  • Poland (193)
  • Portugal (9)
  • Qatar (99)
  • Romania (77)
  • Russia (243)
  • Rwanda (41)
  • Saudi Arabia (41)
  • Senegal (3)
  • Serbia (41)
  • Slovakia (14)
  • Slovenia (32)
  • Korea (172)
  • Spain (111)
  • Sri Lanka (73)
  • Sweden (72)
  • Switzerland (67)
  • Syria (15)
  • Tanzania (22)
  • Thailand (55)
  • Togo (3)
  • Tunisia (17)
  • Turkmenistan (4)
  • Turkey (20)
  • United Arab Emirates (27)
  • United States (172)
  • Uganda (5)
  • Uzbekistan (50)
  • Ukraine (87)
  • Uruguay (27)
  • Venezuela (84)
  • Vietnam (32)
  • Zambia (13)
  • Zimbabwe (28)

Calendar

Template:2019 Military World Games calendar

Medal table

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Note: Para Athletics, Para Archery, Gymnastics, Tennis and three Senior Triathlon events not counted in medal table.[lower-alpha 1]

  1. ↑ The United States won a gold medal in the women's senior division triathlon and a silver medal in the mixed senior team.[40] Since the two triathlon medals were awarded in the over 40 division, they were not counted in the official medal tally.[40]

Results

References

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