List of 1997 World Games medal winners
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The 1997 World Games were held in Lahti, Finland, from August 7 to August 17, 1997.[1]
Aerobic gymnastics
Archery
| Event[2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's recurve |  Sven Giesa |
 Andrea Parenti |
Fulvio Verdecchia |
| Men's compound |  Morgan Lundin |
 Niels Baldur |
Peter Penner |
| Men's barebow | Mathias Larsson |
 Rensco van Wees |
Alessandro Gaudethi |
| Women's recurve | Ingrid Kihlander |
Liselotte Andersson |
Hedi Mittermaier |
| Women's compound | Petra Ericsson |
Mari Henriksen |
 Jožica Emeršič |
| Women's barebow | Jutta Schneider |
 Patricia Lovell |
Cristina Pugnaghi |
Artistic roller skating
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating |  Eric Anderson |
 Clemente Cerezo |
Lee Taylor |
| Women's free skating |  Tammy Bryant |
Jennifer Orcutt |
 Laure Bourguignon |
| Pairs |  United States |
United States |
Germany |
| Dance | Germany |
United States |
United States |
Bodybuilding
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 65 kg |  Anwar el-Amawy |
Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz |
 José Carlos Santos |
| Men's 70 kg |  Toshiko Hirota |
Chris Faildo |
none awarded |
| Men's 75 kg |  Kim Jun-Ho |
 Juha Hakala |
Ahmed al-Sayed |
| Men's 80 kg | Kester Pasche |
Johnny Steward |
Yrjö Jokela |
| Men's 90 kg | Milton Holloway |
Ingo Fischer |
 Janos Lantos |
| Men's +90 kg |  Walter Lettner |
Peter Keränen |
 Olegas Zuras |
| Women's 52 kg | Utako Mizuma |
Katja Rydström |
Heike Jung |
| Women's 57 kg |  Barbara Furer |
 Rita Rinner |
none awarded |
| Women's +57 kg | Michaela Baumer |
Pauliina Kosola |
Anne Oksanen |
Boules sports
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pétanque triples | Spain Enrique Catalan Jose Hoyo Quilez Isidro Pomares Solsona |
Italy Stefano Bruno Gianni Laugueglia Massimiliano Tiboni |
France Michel Briand Michel Loy Zvonko Radic |
| Women's pétanque precision shooting doubles |  BelgiumFabienne Berodyes Linda Goblet |
France Angelique Colombet Christine Saunier |
Spain Catlina Gomez Mayo Rosario Ines Lizon |
Bowling
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Gery Verbruggen |
Vernon Peterson |
 Rafael Nepomuceno |
| Women's singles | Patricia Schwarz |
Isabelle Saldjian |
Lee Mi-Young |
| Mixed doubles |  MalaysiaSharon Low Daniel Lim |
Australia Cara Honeychurch Andrew Frawley |
 JapanTomomi Shibata Shigeo Saito |
Casting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's fly accuracy | Thomas Maire |
Werner Gattermaier |
 Frode Semb | |||
| Men's fly distance single handed |  Slaveyko Slaveykov |
 Robert Meszaros |
 Patrik Lexa | |||
| Men's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Patrik Lexa |
Henrik Harjanne |
Josef Luxa | |||
| Men's spinning accuracy | Patrik Lexa |
Thomas Maire |
Jan Meszaros | |||
| Men's spinning distance single handed | Jan Meszaros |
Thomas Maire |
Patrik Lexa | |||
| Men's multiplier accuracy | Steve Rajeff |
Harvey Beck |
Henrik Österberg | |||
| Women's fly accuracy | Hana Tupa |
Michaela Krizová |
Kathrin Ernst | |||
| Women's fly distance single handed | Michaela Krizová |
Hana Tupa |
 Ewa Borowska | |||
| Women's spinning accuracy Arenberg target | Annika Janson |
Michaela Krizová |
Marianne Kosonen | |||
| Women's spinning accuracy | Kathrin Ernst |
Michaela Krizová |
Brenda Banks | |||
| Women's multiplier accuracy | Bernda Banks |
Marianne Kosonen |
Annika Janson | |||
Dancesport
Finswimming
Fistball
Inline speed skating
Ju-jitsu
Karate
Korfball
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed | Netherlands |
Belgium |
 Chinese Taipei |
Lifesaving
Parachuting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's skydiving accuracy landing | Ivan Hovorka |
 Junbo Chen |
 Oleg Fomin |
| Men's skydiving freestyle landing |  Omar Alhegelan |
Scott Smith |
Nicolas Arnaud |
| Women's skydiving accuracy landing | Irena Avbelj |
Xiaoli Lai |
Monika Filipowska |
| Women's skydiving freestyle landing | Dale Stuart |
Chifumi Sakakibara |
Lucrezia Manni-Hunold |
| Skydiving - formation skydiving | United States Daniel Brodsky-Chenfeld Jack Jefferies Mark Kirkby Kirk Verner |
France Thierry Boitieux Marin Ferre Martial Ferre Davide Moy |
 South AfricaGary Smith Robert Spencer Fred Whitsitt Solly Williams |
Powerlifting
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight |  Alexey Sivokon (KAZ) |
 Sutrisno Bin Darimin (INA) |
Hu Chun-hsiung (TPE) | |||
| Men's middleweight | Triharyanto (INA) |
 Dmitriy Soloviov (UKR) |
Jan Wilczyński (POL) | |||
| Men's heavyweight | Sturla Davidsen (NOR) |
Carl Christoffersen (NOR) |
Janne Toivanen (FIN) | |||
| Women's lightweight | Lin Li-min (TPE) |
Raija Koskinen (FIN) |
Nadezhda Mir (KAZ) | |||
| Women's middleweight | Carrie Boudreau (USA) |
Ingeborg Marx (BEL) |
 Irene Frangi (ARG) | |||
| Women's heavyweight | Lisa Sjöstrand (SWE) |
Lee Chia-sui (TPE) |
Chao Chen-yeh (TPE) | |||
Squash
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Ahmed Barada |
 Derek Ryan |
Graham Ryding | |||
| Women's singles | Sarah Fitz-Gerald |
Sabine Schöne |
 Leilani Joyce | |||
Trampoline gymnastics
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual |  Nikolay Kazak |
Emmanuel Durand |
 Aleksandr Danilchenko |
| Men's synchro | Belarus Mikalai Kazak Vladimir Kakorko |
Germany Michael Serth Martin Kubicka |
Australia Adrian Wareham Ji Wallace |
| Men's tumbling | Vladimir Ignatenkov |
Rayshine Harris |
Tseko Mogotsi |
| Women's individual |  Yelena Savaleva |
Olena Movchan |
 Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey |
| Women's synchro | Ukraine Oxana Tsyhuleva Olena Movchan |
Uzbekistan Yelena Savaleva Yekaterina Khilko |
Belarus Galina Lebedeva Natalya Karpenkova |
| Women's tumbling | Olena Chabanenko |
Chrystel Robert |
Natalya Borisenko |
Tug of war
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 640 kg | Spain |
Switzerland |
Ireland |
| Men's 720 kg | Netherlands |
Sweden |
Ireland |
