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	68	292	25
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	61	244	25
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	66	244	32
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	87	319	42
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	69	219	41
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	67	271	35
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	80	459	49
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	94	615	50
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	102	534	53
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	110	494	54
2022 World Games	Birmingham, Alabama	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	123	562	65
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	136	715	65

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	118	78	56	252
2	China	CHN	95	46	25	166
3	United States	USA	84	89	67	240
4	Germany	GER	75	49	65	189
5	Italy	ITA	60	72	74	206
6	France	FRA	59	59	70	188
7	Ukraine	UKR	57	62	58	177
8	Japan	JPN	57	43	45	145
9	Great Britain	GBR	53	53	64	170
10	Hungary	HUN	34	34	34	102
11	South Korea	KOR	33	17	23	73
12	Sweden	SWE	23	22	30	75
13	Spain	ESP	18	23	27	68
14	Netherlands	NED	18	20	33	71
15	Canada	CAN	17	21	33	71
16	Brazil	BRA	15	3	8	26
17	Belgium	BEL	14	15	13	42
18	Poland	POL	14	11	14	39
19	Bulgaria	BUL	14	7	11	32
20	Belarus	BLR	13	9	24	46
21	Chinese Taipei	TPE	12	25	20	57
22	Soviet Union	URS	12	6	5	23
23	Iran	IRI	11	9	6	26
24	Australia	AUS	10	21	19	50
25	Mexico	MEX	10	14	13	37
26	Indonesia	INA	10	8	9	27
27	Denmark	DEN	10	7	9	26
28	Austria	AUT	8	13	7	28
29	Egypt	EGY	8	8	14	30
30	South Africa	RSA	8	8	2	18
31	Israel	ISR	7	5	8	20
32	Colombia	COL	6	10	13	29
33	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
34	Finland	FIN	5	12	12	29
35	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
36	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
37	Greece	GRE	5	8	9	22
38	Venezuela	VEN	5	6	9	20
39	Norway	NOR	5	5	16	26
40	Thailand	THA	5	4	7	16
41	Kazakhstan	KAZ	5	3	6	14
42	Portugal	POR	4	11	13	28
43	New Zealand	NZL	4	9	4	17
44	Czech Republic	CZE	4	6	8	18
45	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
46	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
47	Serbia	SRB	4	3	1	8
48	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	7	3	13
49	Argentina	ARG	3	6	10	19
50	Switzerland	SUI	3	6	6	15
51	Slovakia	SVK	3	5	8	16
52	Philippines	PHI	3	1	1	5
53	Neutral Participant	NEU	3	0	4	7
54	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
55	Croatia	CRO	2	9	10	21
56	Slovenia	SLO	2	6	5	13
57	Estonia	EST	2	5	2	9
58	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
59	Chile	CHI	1	4	3	8
60	Morocco	MAR	1	3	6	10
61	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	3	4	8
62	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	1	3	1	5
63	Jordan	JOR	1	2	3	6
64	Brunei	BRU	1	2	0	3
65	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
68	Ireland	IRL	1	1	1	3
69	Bolivia	BOL	1	0	1	2
=	Georgia	GEO	1	0	1	2
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
72	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
77	India	IND	0	3	5	8
78	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	0	3
79	Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
80	England	ENG	0	2	1	3
=	Guatemala	GUA	0	2	1	3
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	1	3
83	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
86	Lebanon	LBN	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
88	Jamaica	JAM	0	0	2	2
=	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
91	Bahamas	BAH	0	0	1	1
=	El Salvador	ESA	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