World Games

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category Multi-Sport Games
Years 1981—2022
Editions 11
Competitors 2305
Countries 86

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 61 304 44
2013 World Games Cali COL 25 July – 4 August 2013 71 353 48
2017 World Games Wrocław POL 20 – 30 July 2017 78 359 51
2022 World Games Birmingham USA 7 – 17 July 2022 82 363 59

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 63 50 23 136
2 China CHN 46 13 8 67
3 Japan JPN 41 29 32 102
4 Great Britain GBR 38 31 41 110
5 Italy ITA 36 32 38 106
6 France FRA 34 45 39 118
7 Germany GER 31 26 37 94
8 United States USA 29 38 39 106
9 South Korea KOR 29 7 8 44
10 Ukraine UKR 28 31 22 81
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 3 7 23
15 Hungary HUN 11 11 10 32
16 Belgium BEL 10 11 5 26
17 Netherlands NED 9 13 24 46
18 Iran IRI 8 8 4 20
19 Chinese Taipei TPE 7 12 6 25
20 Canada CAN 7 11 13 31
21 Belarus BLR 7 9 19 35
22 Austria AUT 7 9 4 20
23 Egypt EGY 7 8 10 25
24 Poland POL 7 6 10 23
25 Denmark DEN 6 5 7 18
26 Vietnam VIE 6 5 2 13
27 Romania ROU 5 9 4 18
28 Colombia COL 5 2 3 10
29 Australia AUS 4 9 6 19
30 Turkey TUR 4 5 11 20
31 Israel ISR 4 3 5 12
32 Serbia SRB 4 3 0 7
33 Thailand THA 4 2 3 9
34 Mexico MEX 3 8 8 19
35 Venezuela VEN 3 5 7 15
36 Indonesia INA 3 3 6 12
37 Malaysia MAS 3 2 6 11
38 Azerbaijan AZE 3 2 3 8
= Kazakhstan KAZ 3 2 3 8
40 Philippines PHI 3 1 0 4
41 Fiji FIJ 3 0 0 3
42 Slovenia SLO 2 7 2 11
43 Croatia CRO 2 5 9 16
44 Slovakia SVK 2 4 5 11
45 Greece GRE 2 3 3 8
46 South Africa RSA 2 3 2 7
47 Algeria ALG 2 0 0 2
48 Finland FIN 1 7 6 14
49 Norway NOR 1 3 8 12
50 Hong Kong HKG 1 3 5 9
51 Czech Republic CZE 1 2 5 8
52 Switzerland SUI 1 2 1 4
= Uzbekistan UZB 1 2 1 4
54 Peru PER 1 1 3 5
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1 1 2 4
= Ivory Coast CIV 1 1 2 4
57 Brunei BRU 1 1 0 2
58 Bahrain BRN 1 0 0 1
= Mixed team MIX 1 0 0 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 0 0 1
61 Portugal POR 0 9 9 18
62 Morocco MAR 0 3 5 8
63 Argentina ARG 0 3 4 7
64 New Zealand NZL 0 3 2 5
65 Jordan JOR 0 2 2 4
66 England ENG 0 2 0 2
67 India IND 0 1 3 4
68 Dominican Republic DOM 0 1 1 2
= Qatar QAT 0 1 1 2
= Singapore SGP 0 1 1 2
71 Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
= Ecuador ECU 0 1 0 1
= Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 0 1
= Luxembourg LUX 0 1 0 1
76 Montenegro MNE 0 0 2 2
= United Arab Emirates UAE 0 0 2 2
78 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