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	32	118	22
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	30	110	22
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	34	127	24
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	57	208	37
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	36	149	34
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	39	204	30
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	50	340	40
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	48	267	40
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	57	316	42
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	78	359	51
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	72	333	54

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	61	46	22	129
2	Japan	JPN	41	27	30	98
3	Great Britain	GBR	38	31	41	110
4	Italy	ITA	36	31	38	105
5	France	FRA	33	43	37	113
6	Germany	GER	31	26	37	94
7	China	CHN	29	12	7	48
8	Ukraine	UKR	28	30	20	78
9	South Korea	KOR	28	6	6	40
10	United States	USA	26	38	38	102
11	Spain	ESP	16	20	17	53
12	Sweden	SWE	15	11	21	47
13	Bulgaria	BUL	14	5	9	28
14	Brazil	BRA	13	2	6	21
15	Hungary	HUN	11	11	10	32
16	Belgium	BEL	10	11	5	26
17	Netherlands	NED	9	13	24	46
18	Belarus	BLR	7	9	19	35
19	Canada	CAN	7	9	12	28
20	Austria	AUT	7	9	4	20
21	Egypt	EGY	7	8	10	25
22	Poland	POL	7	6	10	23
23	Chinese Taipei	TPE	6	8	4	18
24	Denmark	DEN	6	5	7	18
25	Romania	ROU	5	9	4	18
26	Colombia	COL	5	2	3	10
27	Australia	AUS	4	9	6	19
28	Turkey	TUR	4	4	10	18
29	Israel	ISR	4	3	5	12
30	Serbia	SRB	4	3	0	7
31	Thailand	THA	4	2	3	9
32	Vietnam	VIE	4	1	0	5
33	Mexico	MEX	3	8	7	18
34	Venezuela	VEN	3	5	7	15
35	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	2	3	8
=	Kazakhstan	KAZ	3	2	3	8
37	Malaysia	MAS	3	0	2	5
38	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
=	Philippines	PHI	3	0	0	3
40	Iran	IRI	2	7	3	12
41	Slovenia	SLO	2	7	2	11
42	Croatia	CRO	2	5	9	16
43	Slovakia	SVK	2	4	5	11
44	Greece	GRE	2	3	3	8
45	South Africa	RSA	2	3	2	7
46	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
47	Finland	FIN	1	7	6	14
48	Norway	NOR	1	3	8	12
49	Czech Republic	CZE	1	2	5	8
50	Switzerland	SUI	1	2	1	4
51	Indonesia	INA	1	1	5	7
52	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
55	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	1	1	3
56	Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	0	0	1
59	Portugal	POR	0	9	9	18
60	Morocco	MAR	0	3	5	8
61	Argentina	ARG	0	3	3	6
62	New Zealand	NZL	0	3	2	5
63	Jordan	JOR	0	2	2	4
64	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
65	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Hong Kong	HKG	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
68	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
=	Ireland	IRL	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	0	1
72	India	IND	0	0	2	2
=	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
75	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
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	0	1	1