1981 World Games

Host City Santa Clara
Country USA
Held 24 July – 2 August 1981
Competitors 207
Countries 25

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 4 4
Doubles Men — Medal 8 4
Singles Women — Medal 4 4
Doubles Women — Medal 8 4
Doubles Mixed — Medal 8 5
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Baseball Men — Medal 53 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-60 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-65 kg Men — Medal 4 2
-70 kg Men — Medal 4 3
-75 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+80 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-80 kg Men — Medal 4 3
Open Ippon Men — Medal 4 3
Kata Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Kata Individual Women — Medal 3 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Softball Women — Medal 20 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-48 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-52 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-56 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-60 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-64 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-68 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-73 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-78 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-84 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+84 kg Men — Medal 4 4
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Trampoline Individual Men — Medal 3 2
Trampoline Synchro Men — Medal 6 2
Trampoline Double Mini Men — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Men — Medal 3 1
Trampoline Individual Women — Medal 3 2
Trampoline Synchro Women — Medal 4 1
Trampoline Double Mini Women — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Women — Medal 3 1
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Overall Men — Medal 3 2
Tricks Men — Medal 3 2
Slalom Men — Medal 3 3
Jumping Men — Medal 3 3
Overall Women — Medal 3 3
Tricks Women — Medal 3 3
Slalom Women — Medal 3 2
Jumping Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 11 14 12 37
2 South Korea KOR 9 3 1 13
3 Japan JPN 5 4 5 14
4 Canada CAN 4 3 3 10
5 China CHN 4 0 0 4
6 Great Britain GBR 2 2 1 5
7 Netherlands NED 2 1 3 6
8 Venezuela VEN 2 0 0 2
9 France FRA 1 2 2 5
10 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 1 1 3
11 Mixed team MIX 1 0 0 1
12 Spain ESP 0 3 3 6
13 Australia AUS 0 2 4 6
14 Sweden SWE 0 2 1 3
15 England ENG 0 2 0 2
16 Mexico MEX 0 1 3 4
17 Denmark DEN 0 1 2 3
= Ivory Coast CIV 0 1 2 3
19 Argentina ARG 0 1 1 2
20 Italy ITA 0 0 9 9
21 Germany GER 0 0 3 3
= Indonesia INA 0 0 3 3
23 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= India IND 0 0 1 1
= Scotland SCO 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Singles, Men Chen Changjie CHN Morten Frost DEN Prakash Padukone
Liem Swie King 		IND
INA
Doubles, Men Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing CHN Thomas Kihlström / Stefan Karlsson SWE William Gilliland / Daniel Travers
Hariamanto Kartono / Rudy Heryanto 		SCO
INA
Doubles, Mixed Gillian Gilks / Thomas Kihlström MIX Nora Perry / Michael Tredgett ENG Imelda Wiguna / Christian Hadinata
Lene Køppen / Steen Skovgaard 		INA
DEN
Singles, Women Zhang Ailing CHN Hwang Seon-Ae KOR Lene Køppen
Fumiko Tokairin 		DEN
JPN
Doubles, Women Zhang Ailing / Liu Xia CHN Nora Perry / Jane Webster ENG Hwang Seon-Ae / Kim Yeon-Ja
Fumiko Tokairin / Sonoe Otsuka 		KOR
JPN
Baseball, Men United States USA South Korea KOR Australia AUS
-60 kg, Men Masayuki Naito JPN Fernando Rosuero ESP Joe Tierney
Giuseppe Tinnirello 		GBR
ITA
-65 kg, Men Yoshikazu Ono JPN Toshiaki Maeda JPN Roberto de Luca
Kesayoshi Yokouchi 		ITA
JPN
-70 kg, Men Cecil Hackett GBR Bernard Bilicki FRA Yukiyoshi Marutani
Seiji Nishimura 		JPN
JPN
-75 kg, Men Lin Chi-Min TPE Fred Royers NED Christian Gauze
Ángel López 		FRA
ESP
-80 kg, Men Osamu Kamikodo JPN Hisao Murase JPN Tokey Hill
Otti Roethof 		USA
NED
+80 kg, Men Ludwig Kotzebue NED Chen Chien TPE Claudio Guazzaroni
Francisco Torres 		ITA
ESP
Open Ippon, Men Victor Charles GBR Marc Pyrée FRA Billy Blanks
Claude Pettinella 		USA
FRA
Kata Individual, Men Keji Okada JPN Masashi Koyama JPN Domingo Llanos USA
Kata Individual, Women Suzuko Okamura JPN Mie Nakayama JPN María Moreno ESP
Softball, Women United States USA Canada CAN Bahamas BAH
-48 kg, Men Gwon Gi-Mun KOR Dae-Sung Lee USA Aldo Codazzo
Reinhard Langer 		ITA
GER
-52 kg, Men Yang Gi-Mo KOR Franco Benito ESP Fernando Celada
Dominic Maelionico 		MEX
ITA
-56 kg, Men Chung Bum-Soo KOR Óscar Aguilar MEX Serge Langlois
Geremia Di Costanzo 		CAN
ITA
-60 kg, Men Lee Jun-Gul KOR Jorge García ESP Raffaele Marchione
Juan Mangoni 		ITA
ARG
-64 kg, Men Kim Jung-Guk KOR Alfonso Qahhaar USA Luigi Sienore
Kone Sowleymane 		ITA
CIV
-68 kg, Men Kim Jung-Guk KOR Raúl Busca ARG Antonio Hernández
Ruben Thijs 		MEX
NED
-73 kg, Men Oh Il-Nam KOR Kim Cheol-Ho USA Patrice Remarck
Helmut Gärtner 		CIV
GER
-78 kg, Men Lee Dong-Jun KOR Jersey Long CAN Andreas Scheffler
Luigi D'Oriano 		GER
ITA
-84 kg, Men Jung Chan KOR Cisse Abouaye CIV Tom Federle
Sun Hsin-Nien 		USA
TPE
+84 kg, Men Darrell Henegan CAN Park Chong-Man KOR Harry Prijs
Miguel Esquivel 		NED
MEX
Trampoline Individual, Men Yves Milord CAN Steve Elliott USA Rand Wilson USA
Trampoline Synchro, Men Karl Heger / Steve Elliott USA Paul Rugheimer / Carlos Villarreal USA Brett Brown / Alain Gauthier CAN
Trampoline Double Mini, Men Brett Brown CAN Karl Heger USA Tim Cleave CAN
Tumbling, Men Steve Elliott USA Randy Wickstrom USA Steve Cooper USA
Trampoline Individual, Women Bethany Fairchild USA Christine Tough
Barbara Letho 		CAN
USA
Trampoline Synchro, Women Norma Letho / Barbara Letho USA Bethany Fairchild / Mary Borkowski USA
Trampoline Double Mini, Women Christine Tough CAN Bethany Fairchild USA Norma Letho USA
Tumbling, Women Angie Whiting USA Kristi Laman USA Stacey Hansen USA
Overall, Men Sammy Duvall USA Carl Roberge USA Michael Neville AUS
Tricks, Men Patrice Martin FRA Carl Roberge USA Sammy Duvall USA
Slalom, Men Bob LaPoint USA Andrew Mapple GBR Michael Neville AUS
Jumping, Men Sammy Duvall USA Michael Hazelwood GBR Glen Thurlow AUS
Overall, Women Ana María Carrasco VEN Anita Carlman SWE Karin Roberge USA
Tricks, Women Ana María Carrasco VEN Karin Roberge USA Anita Carlman SWE
Slalom, Women Cyndi Benzel USA Sue Fieldhouse AUS Cindy Todd USA
Jumping, Women Marion Van Dijk NED Sue Lipplegoes AUS Cindy Todd USA