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	23	84	20
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	18	66	17
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	22	82	21
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	45	164	31
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	24	105	28
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	27	168	23
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	37	303	33
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	35	230	30
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	39	255	31
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	37	239	34
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	38	234	36

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	54	41	16	111
2	China	CHN	29	12	6	47
3	South Korea	KOR	28	6	6	40
4	United States	USA	24	32	22	78
5	France	FRA	23	29	24	76
6	Great Britain	GBR	23	23	23	69
7	Italy	ITA	22	16	23	61
8	Germany	GER	21	19	24	64
9	Ukraine	UKR	14	21	16	51
10	Bulgaria	BUL	14	3	9	26
11	Spain	ESP	13	14	7	34
12	Sweden	SWE	13	7	12	32
13	Belgium	BEL	10	10	5	25
14	Brazil	BRA	10	0	5	15
15	Japan	JPN	7	9	7	23
16	Belarus	BLR	6	9	17	32
17	Canada	CAN	6	6	11	23
18	Romania	ROU	5	9	4	18
19	Austria	AUT	5	5	2	12
20	Netherlands	NED	4	8	15	27
21	Hungary	HUN	4	6	7	17
22	Egypt	EGY	4	3	4	11
23	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4	2	2	8
24	Poland	POL	4	1	2	7
25	Denmark	DEN	3	5	7	15
26	Malaysia	MAS	3	0	2	5
27	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
28	Australia	AUS	2	7	4	13
29	Slovenia	SLO	2	7	2	11
30	Mexico	MEX	2	5	5	12
31	Israel	ISR	2	2	3	7
32	Colombia	COL	2	1	3	6
33	Philippines	PHI	2	0	0	2
34	Croatia	CRO	1	2	5	8
35	South Africa	RSA	1	2	2	5
36	Indonesia	INA	1	1	5	7
37	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
38	Iran	IRI	1	1	0	2
=	Switzerland	SUI	1	1	0	2
=	Uzbekistan	UZB	1	1	0	2
41	Bahrain	BRN	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia	SRB	1	0	0	1
=	Vietnam	VIE	1	0	0	1
45	Portugal	POR	0	7	7	14
46	Argentina	ARG	0	3	3	6
47	Azerbaijan	AZE	0	2	2	4
=	Jordan	JOR	0	2	2	4
=	New Zealand	NZL	0	2	2	4
=	Norway	NOR	0	2	2	4
51	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
=	Finland	FIN	0	2	0	2
53	Turkey	TUR	0	1	5	6
54	Czech Republic	CZE	0	1	3	4
55	Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	2	3
56	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
57	Hong Kong	HKG	0	1	0	1
=	Ireland	IRL	0	1	0	1
=	Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
60	Morocco	MAR	0	0	3	3
61	India	IND	0	0	2	2
62	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
=	Slovakia	SVK	0	0	1	1
=	Venezuela	VEN	0	0	1	1