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	13	45	12
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	10	34	12
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	10	34	12
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	33	116	21
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	24	105	28
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	26	138	21
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	36	270	30
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	34	194	28
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	38	219	29
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	37	239	34
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	37	212	36

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	54	41	16	111
2	China	CHN	29	12	6	47
3	France	FRA	23	28	24	75
4	United States	USA	20	26	15	61
5	Great Britain	GBR	17	23	21	61
6	Italy	ITA	16	15	17	48
7	Germany	GER	15	15	16	46
8	Ukraine	UKR	14	21	16	51
9	Bulgaria	BUL	14	3	9	26
10	Sweden	SWE	13	7	12	32
11	Belgium	BEL	10	10	5	25
12	Spain	ESP	10	9	2	21
13	Brazil	BRA	10	0	5	15
14	Japan	JPN	7	8	7	22
15	Belarus	BLR	6	9	17	32
16	Romania	ROU	5	9	4	18
17	Austria	AUT	5	5	2	12
18	Netherlands	NED	4	8	6	18
19	Hungary	HUN	4	6	7	17
20	Canada	CAN	4	5	7	16
21	Poland	POL	4	1	2	7
22	Malaysia	MAS	3	0	2	5
23	Slovenia	SLO	2	7	2	11
24	Australia	AUS	2	6	4	12
25	Denmark	DEN	2	5	6	13
26	Israel	ISR	2	2	3	7
27	Colombia	COL	2	1	3	6
28	South Korea	KOR	1	4	2	7
29	Croatia	CRO	1	2	5	8
30	Indonesia	INA	1	1	3	5
31	Mexico	MEX	1	1	1	3
32	Iran	IRI	1	1	0	2
=	Switzerland	SUI	1	1	0	2
=	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	1	0	2
35	Egypt	EGY	1	0	2	3
36	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia	SRB	1	0	0	1
=	Vietnam	VIE	1	0	0	1
39	Portugal	POR	0	6	7	13
40	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	2	2	4
=	Norway	NOR	0	2	2	4
42	New Zealand	NZL	0	2	1	3
43	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
=	Finland	FIN	0	2	0	2
45	Czech Republic	CZE	0	1	3	4
46	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	2	3
47	Argentina	ARG	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
=	South Africa	RSA	0	1	1	2
50	Hong Kong	HKG	0	1	0	1
=	Ireland	IRL	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
53	India	IND	0	0	2	2
54	El Salvador	ESA	0	0	1	1
=	Georgia	GEO	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Slovakia	SVK	0	0	1	1
=	Turkey	TUR	0	0	1	1
=	Venezuela	VEN	0	0	1	1