World Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1981—2022
Editions 11
Competitors 2058
Countries 80

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 51 291 40
2017 World Games Wrocław POL 20 – 30 July 2017 55 290 44
2022 World Games Birmingham USA 7 – 17 July 2022 50 270 46

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 58 43 19 120
2 Japan JPN 41 27 30 98
3 Great Britain GBR 37 31 41 109
4 Italy ITA 35 30 37 102
5 France FRA 32 42 36 110
6 Germany GER 30 25 36 91
7 China CHN 29 12 6 47
8 South Korea KOR 28 6 6 40
9 United States USA 24 35 33 92
10 Ukraine UKR 20 24 16 60
11 Spain ESP 16 19 14 49
12 Sweden SWE 14 10 20 44
13 Bulgaria BUL 14 3 9 26
14 Brazil BRA 13 2 6 21
15 Belgium BEL 10 11 5 26
16 Netherlands NED 8 13 23 44
17 Egypt EGY 7 8 10 25
18 Canada CAN 7 7 12 26
19 Belarus BLR 6 9 18 33
20 Austria AUT 6 9 4 19
21 Chinese Taipei TPE 6 8 4 18
22 Romania ROU 5 9 4 18
23 Hungary HUN 5 7 8 20
24 Colombia COL 5 2 3 10
= Poland POL 5 2 3 10
26 Australia AUS 3 9 6 18
27 Denmark DEN 3 5 7 15
= Venezuela VEN 3 5 7 15
29 Malaysia MAS 3 0 2 5
30 Fiji FIJ 3 0 0 3
= Philippines PHI 3 0 0 3
32 Mexico MEX 2 7 6 15
33 Slovenia SLO 2 7 2 11
34 Iran IRI 2 5 2 9
35 Croatia CRO 2 4 8 14
36 Turkey TUR 2 3 9 14
37 Greece GRE 2 3 3 8
38 Azerbaijan AZE 2 2 3 7
= Israel ISR 2 2 3 7
40 South Africa RSA 2 2 2 6
41 Kazakhstan KAZ 2 1 2 5
42 Vietnam VIE 2 1 0 3
43 Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
44 Finland FIN 1 6 5 12
45 Norway NOR 1 3 8 12
46 Slovakia SVK 1 2 4 7
47 Switzerland SUI 1 2 1 4
48 Indonesia INA 1 1 5 7
49 Ivory Coast CIV 1 1 2 4
= Peru PER 1 1 2 4
51 Uzbekistan UZB 1 1 1 3
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1 0 2 3
53 Bahrain BRN 1 0 0 1
= Mixed team MIX 1 0 0 1
= Serbia SRB 1 0 0 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 0 0 1
57 Portugal POR 0 7 7 14
58 Argentina ARG 0 3 3 6
59 New Zealand NZL 0 3 2 5
60 Jordan JOR 0 2 2 4
61 England ENG 0 2 0 2
62 Morocco MAR 0 1 4 5
63 Czech Republic CZE 0 1 3 4
64 Dominican Republic DOM 0 1 1 2
= Hong Kong HKG 0 1 1 2
= Qatar QAT 0 1 1 2
67 Ecuador ECU 0 1 0 1
= Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 0 1
= Luxembourg LUX 0 1 0 1
71 India IND 0 0 2 2
= Montenegro MNE 0 0 2 2
= Thailand THA 0 0 2 2
74 El Salvador ESA 0 0 1 1
= Georgia GEO 0 0 1 1
= Kuwait KUW 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