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	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	57	316	42
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	67	326	48
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	60	297	51

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	60	43	20	123
2	Japan	JPN	41	27	30	98
3	Great Britain	GBR	37	31	41	109
4	Italy	ITA	35	31	38	104
5	France	FRA	33	42	37	112
6	Germany	GER	31	26	37	94
7	China	CHN	29	12	7	48
8	South Korea	KOR	28	6	6	40
9	United States	USA	24	35	34	93
10	Ukraine	UKR	22	28	19	69
11	Spain	ESP	16	19	17	52
12	Sweden	SWE	14	10	20	44
13	Bulgaria	BUL	14	5	9	28
14	Brazil	BRA	13	2	6	21
15	Hungary	HUN	11	11	8	30
16	Belgium	BEL	10	11	5	26
17	Netherlands	NED	9	13	24	46
18	Austria	AUT	7	9	4	20
19	Canada	CAN	7	8	12	27
20	Egypt	EGY	7	8	10	25
21	Poland	POL	7	5	7	19
22	Belarus	BLR	6	9	18	33
23	Chinese Taipei	TPE	6	8	4	18
24	Denmark	DEN	6	5	7	18
25	Romania	ROU	5	9	4	18
26	Colombia	COL	5	2	3	10
27	Serbia	SRB	4	3	0	7
28	Israel	ISR	4	2	4	10
29	Australia	AUS	3	9	6	18
30	Mexico	MEX	3	8	6	17
31	Venezuela	VEN	3	5	7	15
32	Turkey	TUR	3	4	9	16
33	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	2	3	8
34	Malaysia	MAS	3	0	2	5
35	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
=	Philippines	PHI	3	0	0	3
37	Slovenia	SLO	2	7	2	11
38	Croatia	CRO	2	5	9	16
39	Iran	IRI	2	5	3	10
40	Greece	GRE	2	3	3	8
41	South Africa	RSA	2	3	2	7
42	Kazakhstan	KAZ	2	1	2	5
43	Vietnam	VIE	2	1	0	3
44	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
45	Finland	FIN	1	6	6	13
46	Slovakia	SVK	1	4	5	10
47	Norway	NOR	1	3	8	12
48	Czech Republic	CZE	1	2	4	7
49	Switzerland	SUI	1	2	1	4
50	Indonesia	INA	1	1	5	7
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
=	Peru	PER	1	1	2	4
54	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	1	1	3
55	Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	0	0	1
58	Portugal	POR	0	8	9	17
59	Argentina	ARG	0	3	3	6
60	New Zealand	NZL	0	3	2	5
61	Jordan	JOR	0	2	2	4
62	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
63	Morocco	MAR	0	1	5	6
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
=	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