World Police and Fire Games 2013

15 th World Police and Fire Games 2013 occured from August 1-10 at Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK). The games featured almost 7,000 competitors from 67 countries across 56 sports.US topped the medal tally accompanied by Spain, UK and Canada while India finished 11th with 51 gold, 29 silver and 12 silver medals.

Medal Tally:

• 1 ) US: 248 gold, 182 silver & 150 bronze
• 2 ) Spain: 154 gold, 131 silver & 104 bronze 
• 3 ) UK: 147 gold, 107 silver & 72 bronze

Introduction:

The planet Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is really a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired police force and fire service personnel worldover.

The Games, attracting approximately 10,000 entrants, is simply a tad fewer than the Summer Olympics.It, actually, exceeds the third position holder the Commonwealth Games when it comes to number of participants.

Some facts:

First World Police & Fire Games: San Jose, California (US) in 1985

Next games: Fairfax County, Virginia, (US) in 2015

The biggest: WPFG 2011: with over 16,000 athletes attending from 59 nations in Ny, (US)

Hosts:

US: 6 times (1985, 87, 91, 93, 2001,2011)

Canada: Four times (1989, 97, 2005 & 2009)

Australia: Twice (1995 & 2007)

Sweden, Spain & UK: Once (1999, 2003 & 2013 respectively)

First Asian Host: China (proposed in 2019)

Britain's Treble:

2012 Summer Olympics working in london

2013 World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, Northern Ireland &

2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland