# 2015 Military World Games

The 2015 Military World Games (Korean: 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '2015 World Military Sports Festival'), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games (Korean: 제6회 세계 군인 체육 대회, romanized: Jeyukhoe segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, lit. '6th World Military Sports Festival') and also known as Mungyeong 2015 (Korean: 문경2015, romanized: Mungyeong Icheon sip-o), were hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in Mungyeong, South Korea.
The games were the largest military sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the International Sports Federations.

## Venues
### North Gyeongsang
#### Mungyeong

| Venue | Sport |
| Mungyeong Indoor Stadium | Wrestling |
| KAFAC Sports Complex | Football, Athletics |
| KAFAC Indoor Sports Complex | Judo, Taekwondo |
| KAFAC Modern Pentathlon Stadium | Modern Pentathlon |
| KAFAC Shooting Range | Aeronautical Pentathlon |
| KAFAC Indoor Tennis Courts | Fencing |
| Mungyeong Civic Stadium | Football |
| Mungyeong Cycling Course | Cycling |

#### Pohang

| Venue | Sport |
| 1st Marine Division, Pohang | Parachuting, Naval Pentathlon |
| Yeongildae Beach | Sailing, Triathlon |

#### Gimcheon

| Venue | Sport |
| Gimcheon Sports Complex | Football |
| Gimcheon Indoor Swimming Pool | Swimming |
| Gimcheon Sports Town Indoor Gymnasium | Volleyball |
| Gimcheon Sports Town Badminton Stadium | Volleyball |

#### Andong

| Venue | Sport |
| Top-Bliss CC | Golf |
| Andong Indoor Gymnasium | Basketball |
| Andong Civic Stadium | Football |

#### Yeongcheon

| Venue | Sport |
| Yeongcheon KAAY | Shooting, Military Pentathlon |
| Yeongcheon Indoor Swimming Pool | Military Pentathlon |

#### Yeongju

| Venue | Sport |
| Yeongju Indoor Gymnasium | Boxing |
| Yeongju Dongyang University | Orienteering |
| Yeongju Civic Stadium | Football |

#### Sangju

| Venue | Sport |
| Sangju Civic Stadium | Football |
| Sangju Indoor Gymnasium | Handball |

#### Yecheon

| Venue | Sport |
| Yecheon JinHo International Archery Field | Archery |
| Yecheon 16th Fighter Wing | Aeronautical Pentathlon |

### Daegu

| Venue | Sport |
| Daegu Shooting Range | Shooting |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (56)
* Albania (5)
* Angola (2)
* Armenia (15)
* Argentina (2)
* Azerbaijan (20)
* Austria (37)
* Brazil (329)
* Bahrain (69)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (95)
* Benin
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
* Belgium (51)
* Bulgaria (21)
* Burkina Faso (3)
* Canada (104)
* Cameroon (55)
* Central African Republic
* Republic of the Congo (19)
* Chile (32)
* Colombia (31)
* China (553)
* Croatia (11)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czech Republic (27)
* Chad (11)
* Denmark (61)
* Dominican Republic (31)
* Ecuador (74)
* Egypt (83)
* Estonia (27)
* Swaziland (2)
* Finland (53)
* France (273)
* Germany (243)
* Gabon (9)
* Greece (46)
* Guinea (14)
* Hungary (56)
* India (54)
* Iran (90)
* Iraq
* Indonesia (46)
* Italy (139)
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Jordan (5)
* Kazakhstan (62)
* Kenya (14)
* Kuwait (35)
* Lesotho (3)
* Latvia (32)
* Lebanon (7)
* Lithuania (56)
* Luxembourg (18)
* Macedonia
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco (24)
* Monaco (2)
* Mongolia (75)
* Montenegro (2)
* Macedonia (4)
* Namibia (3)
* Netherlands (89)
* Niger (3)
* Nigeria (12)
* Norway (28)
* Oman (63)
* Pakistan (19)
* Palestine (9)
* Peru (15)
* Poland (193)
* Qatar (99)
* Romania (77)
* Russia (243)
* Saudi Arabia (41)
* Senegal (3)
* Serbia (41)
* Slovakia (14)
* Slovenia (32)
* South Korea (172)
* Spain (111)
* Sri Lanka (73)
* Suriname
* Sweden (72)
* Switzerland (67)
* Syria (15)
* Tanzania (22)
* Thailand (55)
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia (17)
* Turkey (20)
* United Arab Emirates (27)
* United States (172)
* Uganda (5)
* Uzbekistan (50)
* Ukraine (87)
* Uruguay (27)
* Venezuela (84)
* Vietnam (32)
* Zambia (13)
* Zimbabwe (28)

## Sports

The competition comprised 24 sports, some of them appearing for the first time in military world games, such as archery.
* Aeronautical pentathlon (details)
* Archery (details)
* Athletics (details) (and Para Athletics)
* Basketball (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Cycling (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Football (details)
* Golf (details)
* Handball (details)
* Judo (details)
* Military pentathlon (details)
* Modern pentathlon (details)
* Naval pentathlon (details)
* Orienteering (details)
* Parachuting (details)
* Sailing (details)
* Shooting (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Taekwondo (details)
* Triathlon (details)
* Volleyball (details)
* Wrestling (details)

## Games schedule

| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Daily medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| September/October | September/October | 30th Wed | 1st Thu | 2nd Fri | 3rd Sat | 4th Sun | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 9th Fri | 10th Sat | 11th Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | | | OC | | | | | | | | | CC | |
| Aeronautical pentathlon | Aeronautical pentathlon | | | | | 1 | | ● | ● | ● | 4 | | | 5 |
| Archery | Archery | | | | | | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | 5 |
| Athletics | Athletics | | | | | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 12 | | | 4 | 42 |
| Basketball | Basketball | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | | ● | ● | 1 | | 1 |
| Boxing | Boxing | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | 10 | | 10 |
| Cycling | Cycling | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | 6 |
| Fencing | Fencing | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | 12 |
| Football | Football | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | 2 |
| Golf | Golf | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 4 | | | 4 |
| Handball | Handball | | | | | ● | ● | ● | | ● | ● | 1 | | 1 |
| Judo | Judo | | | | 2 | | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 16 |
| Military pentathlon | Military pentathlon | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | | 2 | | | 6 |
| Modern pentathlon | Modern pentathlon | | | | | | | | ● | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 5 |
| Naval pentathlon | Naval pentathlon | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 4 | | | 4 |
| Orienteering | Orienteering | | | | | | | | 2 | 4 | | 2 | | 8 |
| Parachuting | Parachuting | | | | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 6 | 9 | | | | 16 |
| Sailing | Sailing | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| Shooting | Shooting | | | | | | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | 24 |
| Swimming | Swimming | | | | | | | | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | | 38 |
| Taekwondo | Taekwondo | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 5 | | 16 |
| Triathlon | Triathlon | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| Volleyball | Volleyball | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | ● | 2 | | 2 |
| Wrestling | Wrestling | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 4 | | 16 |
| Daily medal events | Daily medal events | | | | 2 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 44 | 46 | 4 | 246 |
| Cumulative total | Cumulative total | | | | 2 | 9 | 27 | 60 | 101 | 152 | 196 | 242 | 246 | 246 |
| September/October | September/October | 30th Wed | 1st Thu | 2nd Fri | 3rd Sat | 4th Sun | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 8th Fri | 10th Sat | 11th Sun | Events |

## Medal table

Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 59 | 43 | 33 | 135 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 34 | 26 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 32 | 31 | 35 | 98 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR)* | 19 | 15 | 25 | 59 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 10 | 13 | 19 | 42 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 8 | Bahrain (BHR) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 11 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 13 | Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 16 | Mongolia (MGL) | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 20 | Kenya (KEN) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 21 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 23 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 29 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 31 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | Oman (OMA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 35 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 41 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 42 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 44 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (58 entries) | Totals (58 entries) | 246 | 246 | 306 | 798 |
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