# 2003 Military World Games

The 2003 Military World Games was an international multi-sport event for military personnel which was held in Catania, Italy from 4–11 December 2003. It was the third edition of the Military World Games, 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 Stadio Angelo Massimino in front of 5000 spectators.

## Sports

A total of thirteen sports were contested at the 2003 Games.
* Basketball (details)
* Boxing (details)
* Cycling (details)
* Diving (details)
* Fencing (details)
* Football (details)
* Judo (details)
* Lifesaving (details)
* Modern pentathlon (details)
* Sailing (details)
* Swimming (details)
* Track and field (details)
* Volleyball (details)

## Games schedule

| - | Ceremony | C | Competition | F | Finals |
Competition schedule :
| December → | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Opening ceremony | | | | | | | | |
| Basketball | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | |
| Boxing | C | C | C | C | C | C | | F |
| Cycling | | F | | | F | | | |
| Diving | | C | C | | C | C | | |
| Fencing | | | C | F | F | F | | |
| Football | | C | | C | C | C | C | F |
| Judo | | F | | F | F | | | |
| Lifesaving | | | C | C | C | | | |
| Modern pentathlon | | C | C | C | | C | F | |
| Swimming | | C | C | C | C | | | |
| Sailing | | | C | C | C | C | | |
| Track and field | | | F | F | F | | | |
| Volleyball | C | C | C | C | C | F | F | |
| Closing ceremony | | | | | | | | |
* Note: The football tournament began before the Games opening ceremony, with the first matches taking place on 2 and 3 December.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 31 | 15 | 12 | 58 |
| 2 | Russia | 25 | 34 | 33 | 92 |
| 3 | Italy* | 20 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 6 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Belarus | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Morocco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Latvia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Romania | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 13 | Brazil | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Estonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Hungary | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 26 | Austria | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (41 entries) | Totals (41 entries) | 120 | 119 | 135 | 374 |
* All information taken from Armed Forces Sports.

## Participation

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Angola
* Argentina
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Republic of the Congo
* Ivory Coast
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Greece
* Guinea
* Hungary
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Mali
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Netherlands
* Niger
* North Korea
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Serbia and Montenegro
* South Africa
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United States
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen