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	54	220	25
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	55	195	23
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	59	192	29
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	78	259	39
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	63	201	38
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	61	253	33
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	74	441	47
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	84	585	47
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	92	504	51
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	102	470	54
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	113	532	61
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	117	657	60

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	105	68	51	224
2	China	CHN	95	46	25	166
3	Germany	GER	74	48	65	187
4	United States	USA	61	64	54	179
5	Italy	ITA	58	68	72	198
6	France	FRA	58	58	65	181
7	Great Britain	GBR	50	50	57	157
8	Japan	JPN	50	38	43	131
9	Ukraine	UKR	43	45	45	133
10	Hungary	HUN	34	33	34	101
11	South Korea	KOR	33	17	23	73
12	Sweden	SWE	21	20	27	68
13	Spain	ESP	18	23	26	67
14	Netherlands	NED	16	18	32	66
15	Belgium	BEL	14	12	12	38
16	Bulgaria	BUL	14	7	11	32
17	Belarus	BLR	13	9	24	46
18	Brazil	BRA	13	3	8	24
19	Canada	CAN	12	19	25	56
20	Soviet Union	URS	12	6	5	23
21	Iran	IRI	11	9	6	26
22	Australia	AUS	9	19	17	45
23	Poland	POL	9	9	10	28
24	Denmark	DEN	9	7	9	25
25	Austria	AUT	8	13	7	28
26	Egypt	EGY	8	8	14	30
27	South Africa	RSA	8	8	2	18
28	Chinese Taipei	TPE	7	17	11	35
29	Indonesia	INA	7	7	7	21
30	Israel	ISR	7	5	8	20
31	Mexico	MEX	6	10	9	25
32	Colombia	COL	6	9	13	28
33	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
34	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
35	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
36	Greece	GRE	5	8	9	22
37	Venezuela	VEN	5	6	8	19
38	Thailand	THA	5	4	7	16
39	Portugal	POR	4	11	13	28
40	Czech Republic	CZE	4	6	8	18
41	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
42	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
43	Serbia	SRB	4	3	1	8
44	Finland	FIN	3	10	10	23
45	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	7	3	13
46	Switzerland	SUI	3	6	6	15
47	Slovakia	SVK	3	5	8	16
48	Kazakhstan	KAZ	3	3	4	10
49	Philippines	PHI	3	1	1	5
50	Neutral Participant	NEU	3	0	4	7
51	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
52	Croatia	CRO	2	9	10	21
53	Slovenia	SLO	2	6	5	13
54	Estonia	EST	2	5	2	9
55	Argentina	ARG	2	4	9	15
56	Norway	NOR	2	2	13	17
57	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
58	Chile	CHI	1	4	2	7
59	Morocco	MAR	1	3	6	10
60	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	3	3	7
61	Jordan	JOR	1	2	3	6
62	Brunei	BRU	1	2	0	3
63	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
66	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
67	Bahrain	BRN	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
71	New Zealand	NZL	0	7	3	10
72	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	0	3
73	India	IND	0	2	4	6
=	Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
75	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
76	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Ireland	IRL	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
79	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	0	1
83	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
85	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