2019 Military World Games
2019 Military World Games
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2019 Military World Games
Wuhan Military World Games logo.png
Host city Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Motto Military Glory, World Peace (创军人荣耀 筑世界和平)
Nations participating >140
Athletes participating 9,308
Events 316 events in 27 sports
Opening ceremony 18 October 2019
Closing ceremony 27 October 2019
Officially opened by General Secretary and President Xi Jinping[1]
Athlete's Oath Yuan Xinyue
Judge's Oath Wen Keming
Main venue Wuhan Sports Center
Website en.wuhan2019mwg.cn
< 2015 Mungyeong 2023 >
The 2019 Military World Games, officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games 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 multi-sport event to be held in China and also it was the largest military sports event ever to be held in China, with nearly 10,000 athletes from over 100 countries competing in 27 sports.[4][5] The multi-sport 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]
This was also the second biggest international sport event to be held in the year 2019 in China after hosting the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. 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 to be staged in China.[11]
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2019 Military World Games
Wuhan Military World Games logo.png
Host city Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Motto Military Glory, World Peace (创军人荣耀 筑世界和平)
Nations participating >140
Athletes participating 9,308
Events 316 events in 27 sports
Opening ceremony 18 October 2019
Closing ceremony 27 October 2019
Officially opened by General Secretary and President Xi Jinping[1]
Athlete's Oath Yuan Xinyue
Judge's Oath Wen Keming
Main venue Wuhan Sports Center
Website en.wuhan2019mwg.cn
< 2015 Mungyeong 2023 >
The 2019 Military World Games, officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games 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 multi-sport event to be held in China and also it was the largest military sports event ever to be held in China, with nearly 10,000 athletes from over 100 countries competing in 27 sports.[4][5] The multi-sport 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]
This was also the second biggest international sport event to be held in the year 2019 in China after hosting the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. 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 to be staged in China.[11]
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