The 2013
World Combat Games
The World Combat Games (GAISF World Combat Games / SportAccord World Combat Games) is an international multi-sport event featuring combat sports and martial arts. The games were founded by SportAccord (used to be known as the Global Association o ...
were held in
Saint Petersburg
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,
Russia
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, from October 18 to 26, 2013.
Venues
Games
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was officially opened on October 18, 2013 at 20:30-22:00
local time.
Sports
Compared to the 5 sports and 38 events in the Olympic Games, the 2013 Combat Games featured 15 sports and 135 events throughout the 9 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. The 2013 Combat Games comprised more sports and events than the last one, as 12 sports and 136 events were in
2010
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Fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
and
Savate
Savate (), also known as French Boxing (French language, French: ''Boxe Française'') or French Foot Fighting, is a French hybrid martial art and full-contact combat sport that combines principles of boxing, western boxing with a wide variety ...
made their debut at these Games.
Aikido
Aikido ( , , , ) is a gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art which is split into many different styles including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai, and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practic ...
, however, is the sole demonstration sport here.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
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Fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
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Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
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Ju-Jitsu
Jujutsu ( , or ), also known as jiu-jitsu and ju-jitsu (both ), is a Japanese martial art and a system of close combat that can be used in a defensive or offensive manner to kill or subdue one or more weaponless or armed and armored opponent ...
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Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
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Kendo
is a modern Japanese martial art, descended from kenjutsu (one of the old Japanese martial arts, swordsmanship), that uses bamboo swords ( shinai) as well as protective armor ( bōgu). It began as samurai warriors' customary swordsmanship ex ...
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Kickboxing
Kickboxing ( ) is a full-contact hybrid Martial arts, martial art and Boxing (disambiguation), boxing type based on punch (combat), punching and kicking. Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, norma ...
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Muaythai
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Sambo
Sambo may refer to:
Places
* Sambo, Angola, a commune in Tchicala Tcholohanga, Huambo Province, Angola
* Sambo Creek, a village in Honduras
People
* Ferdy Sambo (born 1973), former Indonesian police general
* Khem Sambo (1961–2011), Cambodi ...
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Savate
Savate (), also known as French Boxing (French language, French: ''Boxe Française'') or French Foot Fighting, is a French hybrid martial art and full-contact combat sport that combines principles of boxing, western boxing with a wide variety ...
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Sumo
is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by th ...
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Taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
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Wushu
Wushu may refer to:
Martial arts
* Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China
* Wushu (sport)
Wushu () (), or kung fu, is a competitive Chinese martial art. It integrates concepts and forms from various traditional and modern ...
Schedule
Participating nations
A total of 97 national teams came to compete in these Games. The number of athletes for each nation are in the brackets. However, a ''World Team'' was created for all three team wrestling events.
* (1)
* (3)
* (12)
* (1)
* (17)
* (5)
* (14)
* (17)
* (11)
* (1)
* (1)
* (36)
* (17)
* (22)
* (7)
* (7)
* (9)
* (2)
* (1)
* (14)
* (7)
* (1)
* (3)
* (8)
* (13)
* (2)
* (5)
* (9)
* (71)
* (9)
* (24)
* (14)
* (6)
* (2)
* (1)
* (12)
* (20)
* (6)
* (4)
* (5)
* (6)
* (35)
* (6)
* (46)
* (45)
* (4)
* (20)
* (13)
* (2)
* (4)
* (1)
* (3)
* (2)
* (6)
* (8)
* (2)
* (11)
* (19)
* (1)
* (20)
* (14)
* (15)
* (2)
* (4)
* (35)
* (1)
* (30)
* (4)
* (34)
* (4)
* (16)
* (172) Host
* (7)
* (16)
* (6)
* (4)
* (10)
* (8)
* (19)
* (1)
* (16)
* (6)
* (3)
* (9)
* (1)
* (1)
* (6)
* (17)
* (53)
* (48)
* (7)
* (20)
* (22)
* (9)
Reference
2013 World Combat Games List of Participating Countries (Click the "Athletes" tab for the list)
Medal table
Key:
Final medal tally below.
References
External links
Official Site
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World Combat Games
The World Combat Games (GAISF World Combat Games / SportAccord World Combat Games) is an international multi-sport event featuring combat sports and martial arts. The games were founded by SportAccord (used to be known as the Global Association o ...
World Combat Games
The World Combat Games (GAISF World Combat Games / SportAccord World Combat Games) is an international multi-sport event featuring combat sports and martial arts. The games were founded by SportAccord (used to be known as the Global Association o ...
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