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	34	191	24
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	31	152	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	62	349	44
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	72	401	49
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	78	359	51
2022 World Games	Birmingham	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	83	408	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	42	30	32	104
4	Great Britain	GBR	38	31	41	110
5	Italy	ITA	36	32	38	106
6	France	FRA	34	45	39	118
7	United States	USA	33	38	39	110
8	Germany	GER	31	26	37	94
9	South Korea	KOR	29	8	9	46
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	25	47
18	Iran	IRI	8	8	4	20
19	Chinese Taipei	TPE	7	14	7	28
20	Canada	CAN	7	12	13	32
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	4	11
29	Australia	AUS	4	9	7	20
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	6	7	16
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
=	Cuba	CUB	1	0	0	1
=	Mixed team	MIX	1	0	0	1
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	0	0	1
62	Portugal	POR	0	9	9	18
63	Morocco	MAR	0	3	5	8
64	Argentina	ARG	0	3	4	7
65	New Zealand	NZL	0	3	2	5
66	Jordan	JOR	0	2	2	4
67	England	ENG	0	2	0	2
68	India	IND	0	1	3	4
69	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
=	Singapore	SGP	0	1	1	2
72	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
77	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	2	2
=	United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	0	2	2
79	Bahamas	BAH	0	0	1	1
=	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