Sumo at the 2005 World Games

Sumo at the 2005 World Games
Venue	Landschaftspark Nord - Kraftzentrale
Dates	19–20 July 2005
No. of events	8
Competitors	54 from 15 nations

The sumo competition at the 2005 World Games took place from 19 to 20 July in Duisburg, Germany at the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord. This was the first time sumo was chosen to be an official sport at the World Games and as a result the medals were included in the official medal tally.

Participating nations

•  Australia (3)
•  Brazil (5)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  France (3)
•  Germany (6)
•  Japan (10)
•  Mauritius (3)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Russia (6)
•  South Africa (3)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (6)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	4	3	10
2	Russia	2	3	2	7
3	Ukraine	2	0	0	2
4	Germany	1	0	1	2
5	Poland	0	1	2	3
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Vitaliy Tikhenko  Ukraine	Igor Kurinnoy  Russia	Yuya Hanada  Japan
Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida  Japan	Seietsu Hikage  Japan	David Tsallagov  Russia
Heavyweight	Keisho Shimoda  Japan	Takayuki Ichihara  Japan	Robert Paczków  Poland
Openweight	Takayuki Ichihara  Japan	Keisho Shimoda  Japan	Seietsu Hikage  Japan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Alina Boykova  Ukraine	Ekaterina Salakhova  Russia	Tamami Iwai  Japan
Middleweight	Svetlana Panteleeva  Russia	Satomi Ishigaya  Japan	Nicole Hehemann  Germany
Heavyweight	Sandra Köppen  Germany	Olesya Kovalenko  Russia	Edyta Witkowska  Poland
Openweight	Olesya Kovalenko  Russia	Edyta Witkowska  Poland	Ekaterina Keyb  Russia

External links

• The World Games 2005
• Sumo Results