The 2003 Military World Games was an international

multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...

for military personnel which was held in

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from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the

Military World Games The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held for some years. A ...

, competition organised by the Conseil International du Sport Militaire. A total of 84 nations were represented at the event, with some 2800 military servicemen and women competing in the tournament. The games opening ceremony took place at the

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in front of 5000 spectators.

Sports

A total of thirteen sports were contested at the 2003 Games.Programme Handbook (archived)
CISM/Archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-07-25. * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Games schedule

*Note: The football tournament began before the Games opening ceremony, with the first matches taking place on 2 and 3 December.

Medal table

Competitive riding at the Military World Games

*All information taken from Armed Forces Sports.3rd Military World Games
CISM. Archived fro
the original
on 2012-10-17. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.

Participation

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References

External links

CISM website
* {{Military World Games

International sports competitions hosted by Italy Military World Games

Military World Games, 2003 Multi-sport events in Italy