World Games

The 2021 edition originally scheduled from 15 to 21 July 2021 was postponed after the Olympic Games have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1981 World Games	Santa Clara	USA	24 July – 2 August 1981	42	207	25
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	37	164	22
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	41	145	25
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	63	220	37
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	48	172	37
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	51	226	32
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	64	410	45
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	74	553	47
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	82	469	51
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	88	430	54
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	97	488	61
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	101	608	60

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	70	45	34	149
2	China	CHN	67	19	13	99
3	United States	USA	61	64	54	179
4	France	FRA	51	52	52	155
5	Great Britain	GBR	50	50	57	157
6	Japan	JPN	50	38	43	131
7	Germany	GER	48	36	48	132
8	Italy	ITA	41	48	52	141
9	Ukraine	UKR	37	35	28	100
10	South Korea	KOR	30	10	12	52
11	Sweden	SWE	21	14	24	59
12	Spain	ESP	18	22	27	67
13	Netherlands	NED	15	18	32	65
14	Hungary	HUN	15	15	12	42
15	Belgium	BEL	14	12	12	38
16	Bulgaria	BUL	14	7	11	32
17	Belarus	BLR	13	9	23	45
18	Brazil	BRA	13	3	8	24
19	Canada	CAN	12	19	25	56
20	Iran	IRI	11	9	6	26
21	Australia	AUS	9	19	17	45
22	Austria	AUT	8	11	6	25
23	Egypt	EGY	8	8	13	29
24	South Africa	RSA	8	8	2	18
25	Denmark	DEN	8	6	8	22
26	Chinese Taipei	TPE	7	16	11	34
27	Poland	POL	7	7	10	24
28	Indonesia	INA	7	7	7	21
29	Israel	ISR	7	5	8	20
30	Mexico	MEX	6	10	9	25
31	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
32	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
33	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
34	Venezuela	VEN	5	6	8	19
35	Greece	GRE	5	6	6	17
36	Thailand	THA	5	4	7	16
37	Colombia	COL	5	2	6	13
38	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
39	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
40	Serbia	SRB	4	3	1	8
41	Portugal	POR	3	11	13	27
42	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	7	3	13
43	Slovakia	SVK	3	5	7	15
44	Switzerland	SUI	3	5	4	12
45	Czech Republic	CZE	3	4	5	12
46	Kazakhstan	KAZ	3	3	4	10
47	Philippines	PHI	3	1	1	5
48	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
49	Croatia	CRO	2	7	10	19
50	Slovenia	SLO	2	6	5	13
51	Argentina	ARG	2	4	9	15
52	Norway	NOR	2	2	13	17
53	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
54	Finland	FIN	1	7	8	16
55	Chile	CHI	1	4	2	7
56	Morocco	MAR	1	3	6	10
57	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	3	3	7
58	Jordan	JOR	1	2	3	6
59	Brunei	BRU	1	2	0	3
60	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
63	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
64	Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
=	Cuba	CUB	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Neutral Participant	NEU	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	0	0	1
69	New Zealand	NZL	0	7	3	10
70	India	IND	0	2	4	6
=	Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
72	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
73	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Estonia	EST	0	1	1	2
=	Ireland	IRL	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
77	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	1	0	1
=	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	0	1
82	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
84	Bahamas	BAH	0	0	1	1
=	El Salvador	ESA	0	0	1	1
=	Georgia	GEO	0	0	1	1
=	Kuwait	KUW	0	0	1	1
=	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	0	1	1
=	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	0	1	1