1995 Military World Games

The First Summer Military World Games (official 1st CISM Military World Games ) was held from 4 to 16 September in 1995 in Rome, Italy. The matches were played on the model of the Olympic Games through the World Military Sports Association ( Conseil International du Sport Militaire ).

Participant

A total of 4017 athletes from 93 nations took part in competitions in 17 sports.

Sports

There were competitions in the disciplines of track and field, basketball, fencing, boxing, judo, wrestling, swimming (swimming, water polo, diving, lifesaving ), horseback riding, triathlon, shooting, cycling, volleyball, football, skydiving and Modern Pentathlon, Military Pentathlon and Marine Pentathlon discharged.

Athlete

In part Nahmer field included the long-distance runner Paul Tergat and Joseph Keter, the walkers Michele Didoni and Robert Korzeniowski, high jumper Tatyana Babashkina, pole vaulter Jean Galfione, javelin thrower Konstantinos Gatsioudis, shot putter Aleksandr Bagach, Mehrkämpfer Gianluca Tiberti, Thomas Hellriegel and Dmitry Gaag, Ringer Mehmet Akif Pirim, judoka Rafał Kubacki, boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko and Wladimir Sidorenko, fencer Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Pavel Kolobkov and Francesca Bortolozzi, swimmer Vladimir Selkow, Nina Schiwanewskaja, Jani Sievinen and Antti Kasvio, basketball player Sergei Karasev and footballer Vikash Dhorasoo, Alessandro del Piero and Márcio Amoroso, among others.

To the best athlete of the Games of the Russian swimmer Denis Pankratov was chosen.

Sponsors

Official Sponsors of the games were Coca -Cola, Fiat, Iveco, Arena, IF Ferrovie and Telecom Italia.

Media

The opening ceremony was broadcast live on Rai 3. The press was at the Foro Italico. The infrastructure options were used, which were already set up for the World Swimming Championships in 1994. A total of 20 hours and 25 minutes were the competitions on television broadcast. The organizers registered more than 8.5 million viewers.

Medal Tally

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