The games took place, divided into two groups--the sports teams and the amateur teams.

In the group of sports teams, competitions were made in more than 30 events for 400-odd gold medals.

The Kigwancha team came first in the men's football event and the April 25 team in the women's football.

The Suyangsan Sports Team took the first and second places in the catch-weight event of Ssirum (Korean wrestling).

What caught the eyes of spectators were records of new athletes.

A teen-ager of the April 25 Sports Team won gold medals in the women's 800 meter and 1,500 meter freestyle swimming and a 12-year-old girl of the Taesongsan Sports Team snatched a bronze medal in the women's individual figure skating.

Meanwhile, the Naegohyang team comprising mainly of teenagers came third in the women's football event.

The 13th People's Games well showed the rapid sports development of the country.