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	40	139	24
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	58	364	45
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	68	367	47
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	80	423	51
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	86	381	54
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	95	440	61
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	93	490	59

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	67	17	13	97
2	Russia	RUS	64	44	33	141
3	United States	USA	61	64	54	179
4	Japan	JPN	50	38	42	130
5	France	FRA	49	49	50	148
6	Great Britain	GBR	49	48	55	152
7	Italy	ITA	42	46	50	138
8	Germany	GER	38	31	45	114
9	Ukraine	UKR	35	34	27	96
10	South Korea	KOR	30	10	12	52
11	Sweden	SWE	21	14	23	58
12	Spain	ESP	18	22	23	63
13	Hungary	HUN	15	13	11	39
14	Netherlands	NED	14	17	31	62
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	11	19	24	54
20	Iran	IRI	11	9	6	26
21	Australia	AUS	9	19	16	44
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	15	9	31
27	Poland	POL	7	7	10	24
28	Israel	ISR	7	5	8	20
29	Mexico	MEX	6	10	9	25
30	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
31	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
32	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
33	Venezuela	VEN	5	6	8	19
34	Greece	GRE	5	6	6	17
35	Colombia	COL	5	2	6	13
36	Indonesia	INA	4	5	7	16
37	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
38	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
39	Thailand	THA	4	3	5	12
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	Kazakhstan	KAZ	3	3	4	10
45	Switzerland	SUI	3	3	3	9
46	Philippines	PHI	3	1	1	5
47	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
48	Croatia	CRO	2	7	10	19
49	Slovenia	SLO	2	6	5	13
50	Argentina	ARG	2	4	9	15
51	Czech Republic	CZE	2	4	5	11
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	6	2	8
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	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	0	1
81	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
83	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