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	=== Cheating ===		=== Cheating ===
	China's ] teams originally captured a gold and a silver medal in women as well as a silver in men. They were all disqualified by the ] 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/24/chinese-orienteering-team-disqualified-cheating-military-world-games\|title=Chinese orienteering team disqualified for cheating at Military World Games\|website=www.theguardian.com\|date=October 24, 2019\|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/10/24/asia/china-military-world-games-cheating-intl-hnk-scli/index.html\|title=Chinese team disqualified for cheating\|date=October 25, 2019 \|publisher=CNN\|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>3		China's ] teams originally captured a gold and a silver medal in women as well as a silver in men. They were all disqualified by the ] 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/24/chinese-orienteering-team-disqualified-cheating-military-world-games\|title=Chinese orienteering team disqualified for cheating at Military World Games\|website=www.theguardian.com\|date=October 24, 2019\|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/10/24/asia/china-military-world-games-cheating-intl-hnk-scli/index.html\|title=Chinese team disqualified for cheating\|date=October 25, 2019 \|publisher=CNN\|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>

	=== COVID-19 claims ===		=== COVID-19 claims ===
	~~According~~ to a ~~report~~ ~~by ], a number of athletes reported experiencing~~ symptoms ~~reminiscent~~ of ] ~~around~~ ~~the time of the games.~~ ~~French~~ ~~modern pentathlon champion ] said~~ that ~~she,~~ ~~her~~ ~~boyfriend,~~ ~~and~~ ~~other~~ ~~French athletes were affected.~~ ] ~~and five roommates experienced breathing difficulties. ] and some Swedish athletes also reported illnesses~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-05-12\|title=Coronavirus may have been spreading since Wuhan Military Games last October \|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712\|url-status=live ~~\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=Taiwan News\|quote=~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517014401/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712 \|archive-date=May 17, 2020}}</ref> ~~Jacques Reis, et al. wrote that the games were possibly a superspreader event.~~<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Reis \|first1=Jacques \|title=Covid-19: Early Cases and Disease Spread\|journal=Annals of Global Health ~~\|date=2022~~ \|volume=88 \|issue=1 \|page=83 \|doi=10.5334/aogh.3776 \|doi-access=free\|~~pmid~~=~~36247198~~ \|pmc=~~9524236~~}}</ref>		Some world games participants developed symptoms of respiratory infections, which created rumors that the 2019 Military World Games spread ].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2020-05-12 \|title=Coronavirus may have been spreading since Wuhan Military Games last October \|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517014401/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712 \|archive-date=May 17, 2020 \|access-date=2021-06-21 \|website=Taiwan News \|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Reis \|first1=Jacques \|date=2022 \|title=Covid-19: Early Cases and Disease Spread \|journal=Annals of Global Health \|volume=88 \|issue=1 \|page=83 \|doi=10.5334/aogh.3776 \|pmc=9524236 \|pmid=36247198 \|doi-access=free}}</ref> However, this does not align with the timeline of the ]. The world games occurred in October 2019, and the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China did not occur until December 2019,<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Huang \|first1=Chaolin \|last2=Wang \|first2=Yeming \|last3=Li \|first3=Xingwang \|last4=Ren \|first4=Lili \|last5=Zhao \|first5=Jianping \|last6=Hu \|first6=Yi \|last7=Zhang \|first7=Li \|last8=Fan \|first8=Guohui \|last9=Xu \|first9=Jiuyang \|last10=Gu \|first10=Xiaoying \|last11=Cheng \|first11=Zhenshun \|date=15 February 2020 \|title=Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China \|url= \|journal=The Lancet \|volume=395 \|issue=10223 \|pages=497–506 \|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5 \|issn=0140-6736 \|pmc=7159299 \|pmid=31986264}}</ref> and the first confirmed cases outside of China did not occur until January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Archived: WHO Timeline - COVID-19 \|url=https://www.who.int/news/item/27-04-2020-who-timeline---covid-19 \|access-date=2025-01-05 \|website=www.who.int \|language=en}}</ref>

	Alleged ] emerged in China that the ] virus originated in the United States and was brought to China by American participants in the Military World Games, amongst them the version which suspects that the virus was created and introduced into China through nefarious activities of the ].<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.economist.com/china/2020/02/08/chinas-rulers-see-the-coronavirus-as-a-chance-to-tighten-their-grip \|title=China's rulers see the coronavirus as a chance to tighten their grip \|date=8 February 2020 \|newspaper=] \|access-date=9 February 2020 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209140212/https://www.economist.com/china/2020/02/08/chinas-rulers-see-the-coronavirus-as-a-chance-to-tighten-their-grip \|archive-date=9 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|last=Myers\|first=Steven Lee\|date=2020-03-13 \|title=China Spins Tale That the U.S. Army Started the Coronavirus Epidemic\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-china-conspiracy-theory.html\|access-date=2021-06-21\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Amidst the ], Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for ], claimed the virus originated in the United States in reference to U.S. Army personnel present at the Wuhan games; his boss in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ] added that "''some cases that were previously diagnosed as (the) flu in the US were actually COVID-19... it's absolutely wrong and inappropriate to call this the Chinese coronavirus.''".<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-13/coronavirus-originated-in-united-states-china-official-says/12055278\|last=Walden \|first=Max\|title=Coronavirus began in US, not China, Chinese official suggests\|date=March 13, 2020\|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Henry Austin \|first=Alexander Smith \|date=2020-03-13 \|title=Chinese official suggests U.S. Army to blame for outbreak \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/coronavirus-chinese-official-suggests-u-s-army-blame-outbreak-n1157826 \|access-date=2024-08-13 \|website=NBC News \|language=en \|quote="When did patient zero begin in U.S.? How many people are infected? What are the names of the hospitals? It might be U.S. army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan... Be transparent! Make public your data! U.S. owe us an explanation!" Zhao Lijian tweeted in both Chinese and English - FM Geng Shuang stated that: "“The international community, including the U.S., have different opinions about the origin of the virus," he told the Reuters press agency, adding that the origin of the virus was a scientific matter and as such, scientific views should be listened to.}}</ref> Among the conspiracy theories was the calling-out of one of the U.S. Army athletes who participated the games and whom worked as a military driver in assignment to different Army bases including ], MD, where the ] biowarfare research laboratory is based, and had been shutdown by the ] due to ] safety violations back in July-August of 2019,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Williams \|first=Shawna \|date=2019-08-06 \|title=CDC Shuts Down Army Lab's Disease Research \|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/cdc-shuts-down-army-labs-disease-research-66235 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240417200939/https://www.the-scientist.com/cdc-shuts-down-army-labs-disease-research-66235 \|archive-date=2024-04-17 \|access-date=2024-11-12 \|website=The Scientist Magazine® \|language=en \|quote=Research on dangerous pathogens has been suspended at an Army lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found biosafety lapses there... USAMRIID has been the US Department of Defense’s lead laboratory for medical biological defense research since 1969... the facility has both level 3 and level 4 biosafety labs and has worked on pathogens such as Ebola, Yersinia pestis (plague), and Francisella tularensis (tularemia).}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author1=Drew Altman \|author2=Olympia Snowe \|date=2019-08-09 \|title=U.S. Government Suspends Operations At Army Medical Research Institute Of Infectious Diseases After Failed Inspection \|url=https://www.kff.org/news-summary/u-s-government-suspends-operations-at-army-medical-research-institute-of-infectious-diseases-after-failed-inspection/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220809133556/https://www.kff.org/news-summary/u-s-government-suspends-operations-at-army-medical-research-institute-of-infectious-diseases-after-failed-inspection/ \|archive-date=2022-08-09 \|access-date=2024-11-12 \|url-status=live \|website=KFF \|language=en-US \|quote=Fox News: Military lab, which handles Ebola and other dangerous pathogens, suspended after failing CDC inspection<br />New York Times: Deadly Germ Research Is Shut Down at Army Lab Over Safety Concerns<br/>The Telegraph: Germ lab creating vaccines for deadly microbes shut down over safety concerns... "The (USAMRIID) institute studies germs and toxins that could pose a threat to public health and could even be used as weapons. It also studies disease outbreaks... "}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kime \|first=Patricia \|date=2020-04-01 \|title=CDC Lifts Shutdown Order on Army Biolabs at Fort Detrick \|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/01/cdc-lifts-shutdown-order-army-biolabs-fort-detrick.html \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20200401233955/https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/01/cdc-lifts-shutdown-order-army-biolabs-fort-detrick.html \|archive-date=2020-04-01 \|access-date=2024-11-12 \|website=Military.com \|language=en \|quote=The (USAMRIID) labs had been operating under partial capacity since last November, following a cease-and-desist order issued last July by the CDC over lapses in biosafety standards... Army officials said April 1 that the shutdown did not have any impact on the institute's research on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 illness.}}</ref> and accusing her of being "patient zero" of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, after which she faced harassment on social media, despite never having symptoms or testing positive herself.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Exclusive: She's been falsely accused of starting the pandemic. Her life has been turned upside down \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/tech/coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/index.html \|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=CNN \|date=April 27, 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> Five athletes from the United States became seriously ill in Wuhan and were returned home early, albeit with the diagnosis of ]; no laboratory tests had been performed on the sickened athletes in Wuhan.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Platto \|first1=Sarah \|last2=Wang \|first2=Yangqing \|last3=Zhou \|first3=Jinfeng \|title=History of the COVID-19 pandemic: Origin, explosion, worldwide spreading \|journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications \|date=2021 \|volume=538 \|pages=14–23 \|doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.10.087 \|doi-access=free \|pmid=33199023 \|pmc=7834510}}</ref>

	A coronavirus public health exercise in the United States called ] started at the same time as the Wuhan games, and is cited by conspiracy theorists as further evidence of misconduct.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Neuwirth \|first=Rostam J.\|date=2021-04-13\|title=The Global Regulation of "Fake News" in the Time of Oxymora: Facts and Fictions about the Covid-19 Pandemic as Coincidences or Predictive Programming?\|journal=International Journal for the Semiotics of Law\|volume=35 \|issue=3 \|pages=831–857 \|doi=10.1007/s11196-021-09840-y\|issn=0952-8059\|pmc=8043095\|pmid=33867694}}</ref> The ] (NCMI - a branch of the ] within the '']'') based in Fort Detrick, MD, provided an intelligence report soon after the end of the Military World Games that indicated a contagion had begun spreading in the Wuhan region; this intelligence report was shared only with NATO member states and the state of Israel.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/intelligence-report-warned-coronavirus-crisis-early-november-sources/story?id=70031273 \|access-date=2024-07-31 \|website=ABC News \|language=en \|quote=U.S. intelligence officials (NCMI) were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region... NCMI is a component of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency. Together, the agencies’ core responsibilities are to ensure U.S. military forces have the information they need to carry out their missions -- both offensively and defensively.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title='The US Knew': Report Says American Intel on Threat of Coronavirus Was Shared With Israel and NATO in November, Dismissed by Trump {{!}} Common Dreams \|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/17/us-knew-report-says-american-intel-threat-coronavirus-was-shared-israel-and-nato \|access-date=2024-07-31 \|website=www.commondreams.org \|language=en \|quote=An Israeli news report on Thursday revealed that the country was told in November by U.S. intelligence about the potential threat of the coronavirus--warnings that were also made to NATO and to the White House--a clear contradiction of Pentagon claims last week that no such report existed. Reporting on April 8 from ABC News revealed the existence of a November (2019) report by the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) on the potential of a pandemic from the Wuhan outbreak.}}</ref>

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7th CISM Military World Games

VII Military World Games
Summer

Host city	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Motto	Military Glory, World Peace (Chinese: 创军人荣耀筑世界和平; pinyin: Chuàng jūnrén róngyào zhù shìjiè hépíng)
Nations	>110
Athletes	9,308
Events	316 events in 27 sports
Opening	October 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Closing	October 27, 2019 (2019-10-27)
Opened by	CCP General Secretary and PRC President Xi Jinping
Athlete's Oath	Yuan Xinyue
Judge's Oath	Wen Keming
Main venue	Wuhan Sports Center
Website	web.archive.org/web/20200126043946/https://en.wuhan2019mwg.cn/ (archived)
← Mungyeong 2015 TBD 2027 →
Winter
← Sochi 2017 Bern 2025 →

The 2019 Military World Games (Chinese: 2019年世界军人运动会; pinyin: nián shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì), officially known as the 7th CISM Military World Games, (Chinese: 第七届世界军人运动会; pinyin: dì qī jiè shìjiè jūnrén yùndònghuì) and commonly known as Wuhan 2019, was held from October 18–27, 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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. The multisport event included 25 official and two demonstrative sports. Six sport disciplines such as badminton, tennis, table tennis, women's boxing, and men's gymnastics made their debuts in the event.

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). 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. The village was officially opened for the athletes following the flag-raising ceremony.

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. Around 230,000 volunteers were recruited for the event.

Bidding

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

Venues

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

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
Caidian National Defense Park	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

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. An extravaganza titled "Torch of Peace" was performed during the opening ceremony highlighting the main motto of the event.

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. 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. Flag raising ceremony was also held on 16 October 2019.

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.

Marketing

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

Sports

The competition involved 28 sports.

Pentathlon
- Aeronautical pentathlon (details) (5)
- Military pentathlon (details) (6)
- Modern pentathlon (details) (5)
- Naval pentathlon (details) (6)
Army Sports
- Orienteering (details) (8)
- Parachuting (details) (18)
- Sailing (details) (2)
Aquatics
- Diving (details) (12)
- Open water swimming (details) (5)
- Swimming (details) (42)
- Lifesaving (details) (18)
Main Sports
Athletics (details) (Athletics and Para Athletics) (45)+(29)
Cycling (details) (Road Cycling) (6)
Shooting (details) (25)
Martial Arts
- Boxing (details) (15)
- Fencing (details) (12)
- Judo (details) (16)
- Taekwondo (details) (16)
- Wrestling (details) (18)
Team Sports
- Basketball (details) (2)
- Football (details) (2)
- Volleyball (details) (Indoor and Beach Volleyball) (4)
Other Sports
- Archery (details) (Archery and Para Archery) (5)+(3)
- Badminton (details) (6)
- Equestrian (details) (2)
- Golf (details) (4)
- Table tennis (details) (6)
- Triathlon (details) (Triathlon and Senior triathlon) (5)+(3)

Demonstration sports

Tennis (details) (5)
Gymnastics
- Artistic gymnastics (details) (8)

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.

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

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. 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.

COVID-19 claims

Some world games participants developed symptoms of respiratory infections, which created rumors that the 2019 Military World Games spread COVID-19. However, this does not align with the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world games occurred in October 2019, and the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China did not occur until December 2019, and the first confirmed cases outside of China did not occur until January 2020.

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. 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.

List of participating nations

As many as 9,308 athletes from 110 countries participated in the games:

List of Participating Nations
Below is a list of the 110 participating nations (the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets) Albania (5) Algeria (56) Angola (2) Argentina (2) Armenia (15) Austria (37) Azerbaijan (20) Bahrain (69) Barbados (2) Belarus (95) Belgium (51) Bosnia and Herzegovina (11) Botswana (15) Brazil (329) Bulgaria (21) Burkina Faso (3) Cameroon (55) Canada (104) Cape Verde (4) Chad (11) Chile (32) China (553) Colombia (31) Republic of the Congo (19) Croatia (11) Cyprus (8) Czech Republic (27) Democratic Republic of the Congo (26) Denmark (61) Djibouti (3) Dominican Republic (31) Ecuador (57) Egypt (83) Eritrea (3) Estonia (27) Eswatini (27) Finland (53) France (273) Gabon (9) Gambia (3) Germany (167) Greece (43) Guatemala (13) Guinea (4) Guyana (4) Hungary (56) India (54) Indonesia (27) Iran (90) Ireland (32) Italy (139) Jordan (5) Kazakhstan (62) Kenya (14) Kuwait (35) Latvia (32) Lebanon (7) Lithuania (56) Luxembourg (18) Mongolia (75) Malta (3) Monaco (2) Montenegro (2) Morocco (24) Myanmar (44) Namibia (3) Netherlands (89) North Korea (156) North Macedonia (4) Nepal (40) Niger (3) Nigeria (12) 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) South Korea (172) Spain (111) Sri Lanka (73) Sweden (72) Switzerland (67) Syria (15) Tanzania (22) Thailand (55) Togo (3) Turkmenistan (4) Tunisia (22) Turkey (20) Uganda (5) Ukraine (87) United Arab Emirates (29) United States (59) Uruguay (36) Uzbekistan (17) Venezuela (84) Vietnam (32) Zambia (13) Zimbabwe (28)

List of Participating Nations

Below is a list of the 110 participating nations (the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets)

Albania (5)
Algeria (56)
Angola (2)
Argentina (2)
Armenia (15)
Austria (37)
Azerbaijan (20)
Bahrain (69)
Barbados (2)
Belarus (95)
Belgium (51)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
Botswana (15)
Brazil (329)
Bulgaria (21)
Burkina Faso (3)
Cameroon (55)
Canada (104)
Cape Verde (4)
Chad (11)
Chile (32)
China (553)
Colombia (31)
Republic of the Congo (19)
Croatia (11)
Cyprus (8)
Czech Republic (27)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (26)
Denmark (61)
Djibouti (3)
Dominican Republic (31)
Ecuador (57)
Egypt (83)
Eritrea (3)
Estonia (27)
Eswatini (27)
Finland (53)
France (273)
Gabon (9)
Gambia (3)
Germany (167)
Greece (43)
Guatemala (13)
Guinea (4)
Guyana (4)
Hungary (56)
India (54)
Indonesia (27)
Iran (90)
Ireland (32)
Italy (139)
Jordan (5)
Kazakhstan (62)
Kenya (14)
Kuwait (35)
Latvia (32)
Lebanon (7)
Lithuania (56)
Luxembourg (18)
Mongolia (75)
Malta (3)
Monaco (2)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (24)
Myanmar (44)
Namibia (3)
Netherlands (89)
North Korea (156)
North Macedonia (4)
Nepal (40)
Niger (3)
Nigeria (12)
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)
South Korea (172)
Spain (111)
Sri Lanka (73)
Sweden (72)
Switzerland (67)
Syria (15)
Tanzania (22)
Thailand (55)
Togo (3)
Turkmenistan (4)
Tunisia (22)
Turkey (20)
Uganda (5)
Ukraine (87)
United Arab Emirates (29)
United States (59)
Uruguay (36)
Uzbekistan (17)
Venezuela (84)
Vietnam (32)
Zambia (13)
Zimbabwe (28)

Calendar

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

Gold medal events

Closing ceremony

October		16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	27th Sun	Events
Ceremonies				OC									CC	—
Aeronautical pentathlon					1		●	●	●	4				5
Archery						●	●	●	3	2				5
Athletics								8	8	12	7	6	4	45
Badminton							●	●	1	●	●	5		6
Basketball					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Boxing					●	●	●	●	●		5	10		15
Cycling					2	2	2							6
Diving										3	3	4	2	12
Equestrian					●	●	2							2
Fencing					2	2	2	2	2	2				12
Football		●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	1	1	2
Golf					●	●	●	2	2					4
Judo					7	7		2						16
Lifesaving						6	6	6						18
Military pentathlon					●	●	●	●	4	2				6
Modern pentathlon								●	●	2	2	1		5
Naval pentathlon									●	●	4	2		6
Open water swimming									2		2		1	5
Orienteering						2	2		4					8
Parachuting				●	●	●	1	2	6	5	4			18
Sailing						●	●	2						2
Shooting					1	2	7	3	2	4	6			25
Swimming					9	8	9	9	7					42
Table tennis					●	●	1	●	1	2	●	2		6
Taekwondo									4	4	4	4		16
Triathlon													5	5
Volleyball	Beach volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		4
Volleyball	Indoor volleyball	●	●			●	●	1	●	●	●	1		4
Wrestling							4	5	5	4				18
Daily medal events					22	29	36	42	51	46	37	40	13	316
Cumulative total					22	51	87	129	180	226	263	303	316	316
Para archery						●	●		1	2				3
Para athletics								10	6	8	5			29
Gymnastics							1		1		3	3		8
Tennis								●	●	●	1	4		5
Senior triathlon													3	3
October		16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	27th Sun	Events

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)*	133	64	42	239
2	Russia (RUS)	51	53	57	161
3	Brazil (BRA)	21	31	36	88
4	France (FRA)	13	20	24	57
5	Poland (POL)	11	15	34	60
6	Germany (GER)	10	15	20	45
7	North Korea (PRK)	9	8	15	32
8	Bahrain (BHR)	9	1	7	17
9	Uzbekistan (UZB)	8	7	5	20
10	Ukraine (UKR)	5	13	15	33
11	Italy (ITA)	4	12	12	28
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	3	5	12
13	Belarus (BLR)	4	2	8	14
14	Iran (IRI)	4	2	5	11
15	Switzerland (SUI)	4	1	8	13
16	South Korea (KOR)	3	10	11	24
17	Norway (NOR)	2	4	2	8
17	Slovenia (SLO)	2	4	2	8
19	Egypt (EGY)	2	2	5	9
20	Kenya (KEN)	2	1	2	5
20	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	2	5
22	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	3	5
23	Romania (ROU)	1	4	3	8
24	Mongolia (MGL)	1	3	5	9
25	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	1	5
26	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	5	8
27	India (IND)	1	1	2	4
28	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
29	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	0	2
30	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	1	2
31	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Namibia (NAM)	1	0	0	1
	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	0	1
34	Finland (FIN)	0	4	2	6
35	United States (USA)	0	3	5	8
36	Austria (AUT)	0	3	1	4
37	Algeria (ALG)	0	2	5	7
38	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	2	4	6
39	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	2	3	5
40	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	1	3
41	Qatar (QAT)	0	2	0	2
42	Thailand (THA)	0	1	5	6
43	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	2	3
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
46	Oman (OMA)	0	1	1	2
	Syria (SYR)	0	1	1	2
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	1	2
49	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	1	0	1
54	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	3	3
55	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	2	2
56	Albania (ALB)	0	0	1	1
	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (66 entries)		316	316	389	1,021

Source:

Note: Para Athletics, Para Archery, Gymnastics, Tennis and three Senior Triathlon events not counted in medal table.

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

Results

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External links

Results book

Opening ceremony of 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China

v t e Events at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan
Aeronautical pentathlon Archery Artistic gymnastics Athletics Badminton Basketball men women Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Football men women Fencing Golf Judo Lifesaving Military pentathlon Modern pentathlon Naval pentathlon Open water swimming Orienteering Parachuting Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball men indoor women indoor men beach women beach Wrestling

Events at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan

Aeronautical pentathlon
Archery
Artistic gymnastics
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
- men
- women
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Football
- men
- women
Fencing
Golf
Judo
Lifesaving
Military pentathlon
Modern pentathlon
Naval pentathlon
Open water swimming
Orienteering
Parachuting
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
- men indoor
- women indoor
- men beach
- women beach
Wrestling

v t e Military World Games
Summer Games	1995 Rome 1999 Zagreb 2003 Catania 2007 Hyderabad 2011 Rio de Janeiro 2015 Mungyeong 2019 Wuhan
Winter Games	2010 Aosta Valley 2013 Annecy 2017 Sochi 2021 Berchtesgaden

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