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, California	USA	24 July – 2 August 1981	81	334	28
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	96	433	30
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	83	342	33
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	113	445	46
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	72	338	43
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	84	397	37
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	99	604	50
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	111	758	53
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	127	693	54
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	136	696	56
2022 World Games	Birmingham, Alabama	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	149	786	66
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	177	1039	74

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	123	82	56	261
2	United States	USA	120	111	88	319
3	Italy	ITA	107	117	104	328
4	China	CHN	100	50	28	178
5	Germany	GER	90	59	89	238
6	France	FRA	69	82	90	241
7	Ukraine	UKR	61	62	60	183
8	Japan	JPN	57	43	45	145
9	Great Britain	GBR	54	54	71	179
10	Spain	ESP	43	37	36	116
11	Colombia	COL	39	46	34	119
12	South Korea	KOR	36	20	30	86
13	Hungary	HUN	34	34	34	102
14	Netherlands	NED	31	21	33	85
15	Belgium	BEL	27	33	29	89
16	Sweden	SWE	27	23	30	80
17	Chinese Taipei	TPE	23	41	39	103
18	Brazil	BRA	19	7	15	41
19	Canada	CAN	17	23	35	75
20	Bulgaria	BUL	15	8	13	36
21	Poland	POL	14	11	14	39
22	Belarus	BLR	14	9	25	48
23	Soviet Union	URS	12	6	5	23
24	Australia	AUS	11	25	27	63
25	Mexico	MEX	11	15	17	43
26	Iran	IRI	11	9	7	27
27	Austria	AUT	10	15	13	38
28	Indonesia	INA	10	8	9	27
29	Denmark	DEN	10	7	9	26
30	New Zealand	NZL	9	16	8	33
31	Portugal	POR	9	11	16	36
32	Egypt	EGY	8	8	14	30
33	South Africa	RSA	8	8	2	18
34	Israel	ISR	8	5	9	22
35	Kazakhstan	KAZ	7	7	7	21
36	Finland	FIN	6	15	13	34
37	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
38	Argentina	ARG	5	9	18	32
39	Venezuela	VEN	5	9	11	25
40	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
41	Czech Republic	CZE	5	8	13	26
42	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
43	Greece	GRE	5	8	9	22
44	Norway	NOR	5	5	16	26
45	Thailand	THA	5	4	7	16
46	Neutral Participant	NEU	5	4	5	14
47	Chile	CHI	4	7	8	19
48	Uzbekistan	UZB	4	5	7	16
49	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
50	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
51	Serbia	SRB	4	3	1	8
52	Switzerland	SUI	3	16	12	31
53	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	7	3	13
54	Slovakia	SVK	3	5	8	16
55	Philippines	PHI	3	1	2	6
56	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
57	Croatia	CRO	2	9	10	21
58	Slovenia	SLO	2	9	5	16
59	Estonia	EST	2	5	2	9
60	Ecuador	ECU	2	3	6	11
61	El Salvador	ESA	2	0	1	3
62	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
63	Morocco	MAR	1	3	6	10
64	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	1	3	1	5
65	Jordan	JOR	1	2	3	6
66	Brunei	BRU	1	2	0	3
=	Mongolia	MGL	1	2	0	3
68	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
71	Ireland	IRL	1	1	1	3
72	Paraguay	PAR	1	1	0	2
73	Bolivia	BOL	1	0	1	2
=	Georgia	GEO	1	0	1	2
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
76	Armenia	ARM	1	0	0	1
=	Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
=	Costa Rica	CRC	1	0	0	1
=	Cuba	CUB	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	0	0	1
82	India	IND	0	3	6	9
83	Lithuania	LTU	0	3	3	6
84	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	0	3
85	Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
86	Guatemala	GUA	0	2	2	4
87	England	ENG	0	2	1	3
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	1	3
89	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
91	Latvia	LAT	0	1	0	1
=	Lebanon	LBN	0	1	0	1
93	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	0	4	4
94	Jamaica	JAM	0	0	2	2
=	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
97	Bahamas	BAH	0	0	1	1
=	Cameroon	CMR	0	0	1	1
=	Kuwait	KUW	0	0	1	1
=	Namibia	NAM	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