World Games / inline speed skating

The World Games are every four years the most important event for the non-Olympic sport inline speed skating . The games are hosted by the International World Games Association - IWGA. Roller speed skating ( roller skates ) as well as the inline speed skating practiced today has been part of the competition program since it was first held in 1981.

World Games 1981

The 1st World Games were held from July 25 to August 3, 1981 in Santa Clara , USA .

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
05000 m	Monica Lucchese	Paola Sometti	Annie Lambrechts
10,000 m	Paola Cristofori	Darlene Kissinger	Annie Lambrechts
Long haul
21097.5 m half marathon	Annie Lambrechts	Mary barrier	Sue Dooley

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
10,000 m	Tom Peterson	Hermes Fossi	Moreno Bagnolini
20000 m	Scott Constantine	Giuseppe Cruciani	Moreno Bagnolini
Long haul
42195 m marathon	Tom Peterson	Hermes Fossi	Danny van de Perre

World Games 1985

The 2nd World Games were held from August 3rd to 4th, 1985 in London , UK .

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Stefania Ghermandi	Darlene Kissinger	Beth Tucker
01500 m sprint	Laura Perinti	Monica Lucchese	Annie Lambrechts
Street
03000 m	Stefania Ghermandi	Laura Perinti	Ann Bloomfield
05000 m	Marisa Canafoglia	Stefania Ghermandi	Ann van Hoornweder
10,000 m	Monica Lucchese	Marisa Canafoglia	Stefania Ghermandi

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Patrizio Sarto	Scott Constantine	Donald van Patten
01500 m sprint	Giuseppe de Persio	Massimo Muzzi	Kevin Webb
Street
05000 m	Donald van Patten	Robert Kaiser	Anthony Keefe
10,000 m	Robert Kaiser	Massimo Muzzi	Danny van de Perre
20000 m	Donald van Patten	Jean van Hoornweder	Danny van de Perre

World Games 1989

The 3rd World Games were from 20 to 30 July 1989, on the German Karlsruhe held.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Barbara Fischer	Anne Titze	Nadja Meerkens
01500 m sprint	Francesca Monteverde	Antonella Mauri	Loana Pilia
03000 m mass start	Loana Pilia	Antonella Mauri	Francesca Monteverde
05000 m mass start	Antonella Mauri	Francesca Monteverde	Loana Pilia
Street
10000 m mass start	Antonella Mauri	Francesca Monteverde	Loana Pilia

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Luca Antoniel	Oscar Galliazzo	Douglas Glass
01500 m sprint	Dante Muse	Giuseppe de Persio	Anthony Hanley
05000 m mass start	Tony Muse	Dante Muse	Anthony Keefe
10000 m mass start	Dante Muse	Anthony Hanley	Giuseppe de Persio
Street
20000 m mass start	Dante Muse	Olivier Babonneau	Pascal Gravouil

World Games 1993

The 4th World Games were held from July 22nd to August 1st, 1993 in The Hague , the Netherlands .

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Desley Hill	Anne Titze	Heather Laufer
00500 m sprint	Hilde Goovaerts	Luana Pilia	Eva Maria Richardson
05000 m points	Caroline Lagrée	Araceli Larrea	Heather Laufer
10,000 m elimination	Anne Titze	Antonella Mauri	Hilde Goovaerts
Street
03000 m mass start	Anne Titze	Desley Hill	Caroline Lagrée

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Tony Muse	Luca Antoniel	Derek Parra
00500 m sprint	Tony Muse	Luca Antoniel	Derek Parra
10000 m points	Derek Parra	Arnaud Gicquel	Christoph Luxton
20000 m elimination	Armando Capannolo	Arnaud Gicquel	John Dyett-Carthew
Street
05000 m mass start	Arnaud Gicquel	Derek Parra	Christoph Luxton

World Games 1997

The 5th World Games were from 5 to 15 August 1997 in the Finnish Lahti played.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Julie Brandt	Cheryl Ezzell	Theresa Cliff
00500 m sprint	Cheryl Ezzell	Theresa Cliff	Julie Brandt
05000 m points	Julie Brandt	Cheryl Ezzell	Theresa Cliff
10,000 m elimination	Theresa Cliff	Cheryl Ezzell	Julie Brandt
Street
03000 m mass start	Theresa Cliff	Julie Brandt	Cheryl Ezzell

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Keith Turner	Carlos Alberto Penagos	Chad Hedrick
00500 m sprint	Keith Turner	Chad Hedrick	Arnaud Gicquel
10000 m points	Jorge Botero	Arnaud Gicquel	Christopher Luxton
20000 m elimination	Chad Hedrick	Arnaud Gicquel	Juan-Carlos Betancur
Street
05000 m mass start	Chad Hedrick	Christopher Luxton	Scott Hiatt

World Games 2001

The 6th World Games were held from August 16 to 26, 2001 in Akita , Japan . 41 inline speed skaters from 11 countries took part.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Li-Ling Pan	Valentina Belloni	Yi-Chin Pan
00500 m sprint	Li-Ling Pan	Yi-Chin Pan	Berenice Moreno
05000 m points	Silvia Niño	Alexandra Vivas	Berenice Moreno
10000 m points out.	Alexandra Vivas	Yi-Chin Pan	Silvia Niño
15,000 m elimination	Berenice Moreno	Silvia Niño	Yi-Chin Pan

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Gregorio Duggento	Kalon Dobbin	Chad Hedrick
00500 m sprint	Chad Hedrick	Miguel Rueda	Gregorio Duggento Jorge Botero
10000 m points	Chad Hedrick	Shane Dobbin	Jorge Botero
15000 m points out.	Chad Hedrick	Diego Rosero	Jorge Botero
20000 m elimination 1	Kalon Dobbin	Jorge Botero	Christoph Zschätzsch

¹ Chad Hedrick, eliminated after a crash

World Games 2005

The 7th World Games were from 14 to 24 July 2005 in the German Duisburg played. For the inline speed skaters , the preliminary and final runs were held from July 19th to 21st. There were 48 starting places for the inline discipline. 24 inline speed skaters and 24 inline speed skaters from 16 countries took part. In the Duisburg sports park at the Duisburg regatta track , a 200 meter oval was built on the Dreieckswiese especially for the inline discipline.

See also: World Games 2005 / medal table , World Games 2005 / list of results

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Maria Laura Orru	Andrea González	Jennifer Caicedo
00500 m sprint	Jennifer Caicedo	Maria Laura Orru	Cecilia Baena
01000 m sprint	Andrea González	Jennifer Caicedo	Jana's opponent
03000 m mass start	Cecilia Baena	Jennifer Caicedo	Yi-Chin Pan
05000 m points	Hey-Mi Kim	Hyo-Sook Woo	Silvia Niño
10,000 m elimination	Silvia Niño	Cecilia Baena	Hey-Mi Kim

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Gregorio Duggento	Kalon Dobbin	Javier McCargo
00500 m sprint	Kalon Dobbin	Anderson Ariza	Camilo Orozco
01000 m sprint	Kalon Dobbin	Baptiste Grandgirard	Jose Guzman
03000 m mass start	Thomas Boucher	Alexis Contin	Fabio Francolini
05000 m points	Alexis Contin	Shane Dobbin	Matteo Amabili
10,000 m elimination	Baptiste Grandgirard	Kalon Dobbin	Fabio Francolini

World Games 2009

The 8th World Games will be from 16 to 26 July 2009 at Taiwan's Kaohsiung discharged. For the inline speed skaters , the preliminary and final runs are planned from July 17th to 19th. The venue is the Yangming Skating Rink, which has been given a new surface especially for the World Games. 30 inline speed skaters and 30 inline speed skaters from 19 countries are admitted.

Eligibility criteria

A calculation was carried out for the few starting places based on the results of the 2008 World Track Championships . The host country will be given a starting place for each route and the 2008 World Track Champions will also have a starting place. The remaining places will be awarded on the basis of a ranking that results from the sum of the three best placements in the 2008 World Track Championships.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Yu-Ting Huang	Jen-Hsu Chian	Jin-Seon Lim
00500 m sprint	Yu-Ting Huang	Jin-Seon Lim	Jercy Puello
01000 m sprint	Yu-Ting Huang	Jen-Hsu Chian	Nicole Begg
10000 m points out.	Hyo-Sook Woo	Marta Ramírez	Nicole Begg
15,000 m elimination	Hyo-Sook Woo	Marta Ramírez	Yi-Chin Pan

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Wei-Lin Lo	Andres Muñoz	Pedro Causil
00500 m sprint	Andres Muñoz	Wei-Lin Lo	Myung-Kyu Lee
01000 m sprint	Pedro Causil	Alexis Contin	Claudio Naselli
10000 m points out.	Yann Guyader	Nelson Garzon	Daniel Álvarez
15,000 m elimination	Jorge Cifuentes	Yann Guyader	Andres Muñoz

World Games 2013

The 9th World Games took place from July 25 to August 4, 2013 in Cali , Colombia . For the track competitions, decisions were made on the street as an invitation sport for the first time. For the inline speed skaters , the preliminary and final runs were scheduled from July 31st to August 2nd on the track and from August 3rd to 4th (preliminary runs on August 1st) on the street. The venue is the Patinódromo Mundialista in the western part of Santiago de Cali. 37 inline speed skaters and 41 inline speed skaters from 25 countries took part.

Women

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Erika Zanetti	Paola Segura	To Yi Seul
00500 m sprint	Yersi Puello Ortiz	Paola Segura	Huang Yu-Ting
01000 m sprint	Huang Yu-Ting	Mareike Thum	Li Meng-Chu
10000 m points out.	Guo Dan	Rommy Melisa Munoz Velez	Yang Ho-Chen
15,000 m elimination	Annette Heywood	Dan Guo	Rommy Melisa Munoz Velez
Street (invitation sport)
00200 m individual sprint	Maria Moya	Yersi Puello Ortiz	Erika Zanetti
00500 m sprint	Erika Zanetti	Pamela Verdugo	Jana's opponent
10000 m points	Yang Ho-Chen	Rommy Melisa Munoz Velez	Huang Yu-Ting
20000 m elimination	Dan Guo	Yang Ho-Chen	Rommy Melisa Munoz Velez

Men

distance	gold	silver	bronze
train
00300 m individual sprint	Pedro Causil	Andres Felipe Munoz	Jang Su Chul
00500 m sprint	Andrea Angeletti	Lo Wei-Lin	Jang Su Chul
01000 m sprint	Andres Felipe Munoz	Beard swings	Pedro Causil
10000 m points out.	Beard swings	Chen Yan-Cheng	Felix Rijhnen
15,000 m elimination	Peter Michael	Jorge Luis Cifuentes	Chen Yan-Cheng
Street (invitation sport)
00200 m individual sprint	Emmanuelle Silva	Andres Felipe Munoz	Jorge Luis Martinez Morales
00500 m sprint	Pedro Causil	Andres Felipe Munoz	Andrea Angeletti
10000 m points	Liao Yen-Sheng	Jorge Luis Cifuentes	Beard swings
20000 m elimination	Beard swings	Peter Michael	Jorge David Bolanos Villacorte

See also

• World championships
• European championships

Web links

• World Games website: www.theworldgames.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ worldgames on www.britishskatinglegends.com
2. ↑ www.worldgames2009.tw - December 17th, 2008
3. ↑ www.speedskating.at - December 15, 2008
4. ↑ Roller Skating Speed ​​Women's Point Elimination 10000m 9th The World Games | Cali 2013 Official Website