World Games / Rescue Sports

The World Games are every four years an important event for the non-Olympic sport Rescue Sport . The games are hosted by the International World Games Association - IWGA. Rescue sports have been represented since 1985.

World Games 2005

The 7th World Games were from 14 to 24 July 2005 in the German Duisburg played.

competition	gold	silver	bronze
Pool 100 m towing with flippers ladies	Katja Popke	Monique Driessen	Sandra Temmerman
Pool 100 m towing with men's flippers	Nicola Ferrua	Carsten Schlepphorst	Graeme Willcox
Pool 50 m towing ladies	Elena Maria Valentina Prelle	Monique Driessen	Jennifer Parry
Pool 50 m towing gentlemen	Hagen Leditschke	Mauro Locchi	Fernando Del Villar
Pool 100 m salvage various ladies	Jennifer Parry	Elena Maria Valentina Prelle	Alexandra Bannon
Pool 100 m salvage various men	Guillem Riand	Fernando Del Villar	Soeren Borch
Pool 200 m obstacle swim women	Erica Buratto	Sarah Windsor	Bieke Vandenabeele
Pool 200 m obstacle swimming men	Pierre-Yves Romanini	Lutz Heimann	Guillem Riand
Pool 4 × 50 m relay obstacle swim women	Team Netherlands	Team Germany	Team Italy
Pool 4 × 50 m relay obstacle swim men	Team Germany	Team Spain	Team Italy
Pool 4 × 50 m relay various women	Team Germany	Team Netherlands	Team Italy
Pool 4 × 50 m relay various men	Team Germany	Team Italy	Team Spain
Pool 4 × 25 m relay dragging women	Team Netherlands	Team Italy	Team Germany
Pool 4 × 25 m relay dragging men	Team Spain	Team Italy	Team Germany
Beach harness rescue competition women	Team Spain	Team Australia	Team Netherlands
Beach belt rescue competition men	Team Germany	Team Netherlands	Team Australia
Beach Surf Race Competition Ladies	Bieke Vandenabeele	Maartje van Keulen	Irene Zamora
Men's Beach Surf Race Competition	Nathan Smith	Massimiliano Eroli	Pierre-Yves Romanini
Beach Ironwoman	Naomi Flood	Emma Wynne	Kristy Munroe
Beach Ironman	Zane Holmes	Nathan Smith	Paul Dias
Beach Lifeboat Competition Ladies	Kristy Munroe	Naomi Flood	Anais Riand
Beach rescue board competition men	Nathan Smith	Zane Holmes	Ryan Brennan
Beach 2 rescue board competition women	Team Australia	Team Netherlands	Team Germany
Beach 2 rescue board competition men	Team Australia	Team Germany	Team Spain
Medals relay women (pool + beach)	Team Netherlands	Team Germany	Team Australia
Medals relay men (pool + beach)	Team Germany	Team Spain	Team Italy

World Games 2009

The 8th World Games were from 16 to 26 July 2009 at Taiwan's Kaohsiung discharged.

competition	gold	silver	bronze
200 m obstacle swim men	En-Jian Zhang	Federico Pinotti	Benjamin Bilski
50 m rescuing a doll men	Federico Pinotti	Florian Laclaustra	Giovanni Legnani
100 m combined rescue exercise men	Simone Procaccia	Jia-Wen Zhang	Nicola Ferrua
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers men	Simone Procaccia	Jia-Wen Zhang	Nicola Ferrua
Beach Surf Race Men	Christopher Allum	Glenn Anderson	Federico Pinotti
Beach Board Race men	Daniel Moodi	Hugh Dougherty	Shannon Eckstein
Beach Oceanman Gentlemen	Shannon Eckstein	Hugh Dougherty	Ryan Brennan
Team ranking men	Italy	New Zealand	Australia
200 m obstacle swim women	Ying Lu	Jie-Qiao Yang	Chin-Kuei Yang
50 m rescuing a doll ladies	Isabella Cerquozzi	Yu-Ting Gao	Qian He
100 m combined rescue exercise women	Yu-Ting Gao	Sarah Windsor	Qian He
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers ladies	Jian-Rong Song	Jie-Feng Huang	Marcella Prandi
Beach Surf Race women	Kristyl Smith	Naomi Flood	Ayla Dunlop-Barrett
Beach Board Race women	Nikki Cox	Naomi Flood	Madison Boon
Beach Oceanwoman ladies	Naomi Flood	Kristyl Smith	Nikki Cox
Team ranking women	Germany	Australia	Italy / China

World Games 2013

The 9th World Games were held from July 25th to August 4th 2013 in Cali , Colombia . With four gold and one silver medal, the German rescue athlete Marcel Hassemeier was the most successful athlete at the 2013 World Games and was also voted "Athlete of the Year".

competition	gold	silver	bronze
200 m obstacle swim men	Niccolo Maschi	Federico Pinotti	Thomas Vilaceca
50 m rescuing a doll men	Stefano Costamagna	Federico Pinotti	David Marais
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers men	Francesco Bonanni	Stefano Costamagna	Anil Sezin
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers and belt rescuer gentlemen	Marcel Hassemeier	Anil Sezen	Francesco Bonanni
200 m Super Lifesaver men	Marcel Hassemeier	Federico Pinotti	Thomas Vilaceca
4 × 25 m doll relay men	Germany	Italy	Republic of South Africa
4 × 50 m combined relay men	France	Germany	Italy
4 × 50 m obstacle swim men	Germany	Italy	France
200 m obstacle swim women	Silvia Meschiari	Rongrong Zheng	Magic Rousseau
50 m rescuing a doll ladies	Magic Rousseau	Federico Pinotti	Bieke Vandenabeele
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers ladies	Marta Mozzanica	Anneloes Peulen	Marcella Prandi
100 m swimming and rescue with flippers and belt rescuer ladies	Justine Weyders	Maria Luengas	Maike Op Het Veld
200 m Super Lifesaver women	Magic Rousseau	Chiara Pidello	Laura Pranzo
4 × 25 m doll relay women	Germany	Belgium	Netherlands
4 × 50 m combined relay women	France	Netherlands	Germany
4 × 50 m obstacle swim women	France	China	Italy

Web links

• World Games website: www.theworldgames.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official result list of rescue sports of the World Games 2013 , accessed on February 13, 2014
2. ↑ World Games website , accessed February 2, 2014