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{{Infobox games
| name          = 1999 Military World Games <br> Svjetske vojne igre 1999
| logo          =
| size          = 200px
| caption       = 
| host_city     = [[Zagreb]]
| country       = Croatia
| motto         = 
| nations       = 82
| teams         = 
| athletes      = 6734
| events        = 20 (+2 demonstration)
| opening       = {{Start date|1999|8|8}}
| closing       = {{End date|1999|8|17}}
| opened_by     = 
| athlete_oath  = 
| judge_oath    = 
| torch_lighter = 
| stadium       = [[Stadion Maksimir]]
| length        = 
| ind_prize     = 
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| website       = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| previous      = [[1995 Military World Games|1995 Rome]]
| next          = [[2003 Military World Games|2003 Catania]] 
}}
The '''1999 [[Military World Games]]''' was the second edition of the global [[multi-sport event]] for military personnel, organised by the [[International Military Sports Council]] (CISM). It was hosted in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] from 8 to 17 August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mwg.htm|title=CISM MILITARY WORLD GAMES|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

[[Mar del Plata]], Argentina, was the original choice of host, but withdrew due to organisational problems. The opening ceremony was held at the [[Stadion Maksimir]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110430052725/http://www.rio2011.mil.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=86&lang=en 1999- 2nd Military World Games, Zagreb, Croatia]. 2011 Military World Games (archived). Retrieved on 2014-11-17.</ref> which also served as a venue for the [[association football]] matches. Russia easily topped the medal table with 46 golds among its 112 medals. China was the next most successful with 29 golds in its haul of 66 medals, while Italy ranked third with sixteen gold medals. The hosts Croatia performed well given their comparative size, finishing fourth with eleven gold medals.<ref name=Bell>Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games''. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. {{ISBN|0-7864-1026-4}}.</ref>

A total of twenty-two sports were contested at the competition. An increase of five from the previous edition in 1995. Four [[List of world records in swimming|swimming world records]] were broken during the competition: [[Lorenzo Vismara]]  set records in the 50-metre and 100-metre [[freestyle swimming]] events, while his compatriot [[Emiliano Brembilla]] also broke freestyle records over the 400-metre and 1500-metre distances.<ref name=Bell/>

==Sports==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing}}
*{{GamesSport|Canoeing}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling}}
*{{GamesSport|Diving}}
*{{GamesSport|Fencing}}
*{{GamesSport|Football}}
*{{GamesSport|Handball}}
*{{GamesSport|Judo}}
*{{GamesSport|Lifesaving}} (demonstration)<ref name=CISM1>[http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/005_WORLD_GAMES/1999_zagreb/1999_zagreb.asp 1999 Military World Games]. CISM. Retrieved on 2014-11-17.</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Military pentathlon|Image=No}}
*{{GamesSport|Naval pentathlon|Image=No}}
*{{GamesSport|Orienteering}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing}} (demonstration)<ref name=CISM1/>
*{{GamesSport|Shooting}}
*{{GamesSport|Swimming}}
*{{GamesSport|Taekwondo}}
*{{GamesSport|Triathlon}}
*{{GamesSport|Water polo}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling}}
*{{GamesSport|Volleyball}}
{{div col end}}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Venue
!Event(s)
|-
|[[Stadion Maksimir]]
|Opening ceremony and football
|-
|[[Galgovo Stadium]]
|Football
|-
|[[Stadium Sisak]]
|Football
|-
|[[Vrapčanski Potok]]
|Shooting
|-
|[[Lučko Airport]]
|Parachuting (pentathlon)
|-
|[[Officers' School Jastrebarsko]]
|Military pentathlon
|-
|[[Jarun SRC]]
|Naval pentathlon, triathlon, rowing, canoeing
|-
|[[Delnice]], [[Vrh Svetih Treh Kraljev]], [[Ponikve, Ogulin|Ponikve]]
|Orienteering
|-
|[[Sportski Park Mladost|Mladost Stadium]]
|Athletics
|-
|[[Sutinska Vela]]
|Judo
|-
|[[Peščenica Sports Hall]]
|Wrestling
|-
|[[Dom Sportova]]
|Boxing, handball
|-
|[[Zagreb Fair]]
|Fencing
|-
|[[Karlovac Sports Hall]]
|Taekwondo
|-
|[[Sportski Park Mladost|Mladost SRC]], [[Šalata SRC]]
|Swimming, lifesaving, diving, water polo
|-
|[[Kutija Šibica]]
|Handball
|-
|[[Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall]]
|Volleyball
|-
|[[Mladost Volleyball Centre]]
|Volleyball
|-
|[[Kres Sports Hall]], [[Trnsko]]
|Volleyball
|}

==Medal table==

{{Medals table
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 | flag_template  = Flagcountry
 | event          = 1987
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 46 | silver_RUS = 35 | bronze_RUS = 31
 | gold_CHN = 29 | silver_CHN = 21 | bronze_CHN = 16
 | gold_ITA = 16 | silver_ITA = 20 | bronze_ITA = 21
 | gold_CRO = 11 | silver_CRO = 12 | bronze_CRO = 20
 | gold_KOR = 10 | silver_KOR = 4 | bronze_KOR = 4
 | gold_GER = 9 | silver_GER = 11 | bronze_GER = 12
 | gold_FRA = 9 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 10
 | gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 10 | bronze_USA = 8
 | gold_UKR = 7 | silver_UKR = 17 | bronze_UKR = 13
 | gold_PRK = 6 | silver_PRK = 5 | bronze_PRK = 8
 | gold_SLO = 6 | silver_SLO = 4 | bronze_SLO = 5
 | gold_POL = 5 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 4
 | gold_BLR = 5 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 14
 | gold_AUT = 4 | silver_AUT = 6 | bronze_AUT = 5
 | gold_KEN = 4 | silver_KEN = 5 | bronze_KEN = 5
 | gold_LAT = 4 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 1
 | gold_NLD = 2 | silver_NLD = 2 | bronze_NLD = 2
 | gold_BUL = 2 | silver_BUL = 2 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_AZE = 2 | silver_AZE = 1 | bronze_AZE = 6
 | gold_DZA = 2 | silver_DZA = 1 | bronze_DZA = 0
 | gold_IRL = 2 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 3
 | gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 4 | bronze_BRA = 3
 | gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 2 | bronze_ROU = 1
 | gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 1
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 3
 | gold_EGY = 1 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 3
 | gold_QAT = 1 | silver_QAT = 0 | bronze_QAT = 1
 | gold_TUN = 1 | silver_TUN = 0 | bronze_TUN = 1
 | gold_SEN = 1 | silver_SEN = 0 | bronze_SEN = 0
 | gold_TAN = 1 | silver_TAN = 0 | bronze_TAN = 0
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 7 | bronze_GRE = 2
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 5 | bronze_NOR = 7
 | gold_LSO = 0 | silver_LSO = 3 | bronze_LSO = 1
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 1
 | gold_CYP = 0 | silver_CYP = 2 | bronze_CYP = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 4
 | gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 3
 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 2 | name_GEO = {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}}
 | gold_SAU = 0 | silver_SAU = 1 | bronze_SAU = 1
 | gold_NAM = 0 | silver_NAM = 1 | bronze_NAM = 0
 | gold_ZAF = 0 | silver_ZAF = 0 | bronze_ZAF = 2
 | gold_CHE = 0 | silver_CHE = 0 | bronze_CHE = 2
 | gold_BRB = 0 | silver_BRB = 0 | bronze_BRB = 1
 | gold_BWA = 0 | silver_BWA = 0 | bronze_BWA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_CIV = 0 | silver_CIV = 0 | bronze_CIV = 1
 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_SDN = 0 | silver_SDN = 0 | bronze_SDN = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
;Sport, nation and venue information
*Bell, Daniel (2003). ''Encyclopedia of International Games''. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. {{ISBN|0-7864-1026-4}}.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121225173532/http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/001_HOME/001_homepage.asp CISM website]

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