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, California	USA	24 July – 2 August 1981	81	334	28
1985 World Games	London	GBR	25 July – 4 August 1985	96	433	30
1989 World Games	Karlsruhe	GER	20 – 30 July 1989	83	342	33
1993 World Games	Den Haag	NED	22 July – 2 August 1993	113	445	46
1997 World Games	Lahti	FIN	7 – 17 August 1997	82	373	43
2001 World Games	Akita	JPN	16 – 26 August 2001	101	451	42
2005 World Games	Duisburg	GER	14 – 24 July 2005	117	662	51
2009 World Games	Kaohsiung	TPE	16 – 26 July 2009	129	818	56
2013 World Games	Cali	COL	25 July – 4 August 2013	148	762	56
2017 World Games	Wrocław	POL	20 – 30 July 2017	166	789	61
2022 World Games	Birmingham, Alabama	USA	7 – 17 July 2022	175	866	70
2025 World Games	Chengdu	CHN	6 – 17 August 2025	196	1105	77

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Russia	RUS	143	100	71	314
2	United States	USA	120	112	88	320
3	Germany	GER	110	73	103	286
4	Italy	ITA	109	122	108	339
5	China	CHN	101	51	28	180
6	France	FRA	88	98	102	288
7	Ukraine	UKR	74	72	66	212
8	Japan	JPN	72	56	58	186
9	Great Britain	GBR	54	54	71	179
10	Spain	ESP	45	41	41	127
11	Colombia	COL	39	49	36	124
12	South Korea	KOR	38	20	31	89
13	Netherlands	NED	37	32	47	116
14	Hungary	HUN	36	35	36	107
15	Belgium	BEL	32	35	35	102
16	Sweden	SWE	30	25	37	92
17	Chinese Taipei	TPE	23	43	39	105
18	Denmark	DEN	22	11	13	46
19	Brazil	BRA	20	10	17	47
20	Canada	CAN	18	25	36	79
21	Poland	POL	17	17	26	60
22	Bulgaria	BUL	15	8	13	36
23	Austria	AUT	14	19	15	48
24	Belarus	BLR	14	9	25	48
25	Mexico	MEX	13	15	19	47
26	Israel	ISR	13	8	15	36
27	Soviet Union	URS	12	6	5	23
28	Australia	AUS	11	25	27	63
29	Iran	IRI	11	11	8	30
30	Indonesia	INA	10	8	9	27
31	Thailand	THA	10	6	9	25
32	New Zealand	NZL	9	16	8	33
33	Portugal	POR	9	12	17	38
34	Egypt	EGY	9	10	15	34
35	Kazakhstan	KAZ	8	9	10	27
36	South Africa	RSA	8	8	2	18
37	Switzerland	SUI	6	19	14	39
38	Finland	FIN	6	15	13	34
39	Vietnam	VIE	6	7	3	16
40	Greece	GRE	5	10	9	24
41	Argentina	ARG	5	9	18	32
42	Venezuela	VEN	5	9	12	26
43	Romania	ROU	5	9	5	19
44	Czech Republic	CZE	5	8	14	27
45	Turkey	TUR	5	8	11	24
46	Norway	NOR	5	5	17	27
47	Neutral Participant	NEU	5	4	5	14
48	Serbia	SRB	5	4	1	10
49	Mongolia	MGL	4	9	4	17
50	Chile	CHI	4	7	8	19
51	Uzbekistan	UZB	4	5	7	16
52	Hong Kong	HKG	4	4	6	14
53	United Arab Emirates	UAE	4	4	5	13
54	Malaysia	MAS	4	3	8	15
55	Slovenia	SLO	3	10	9	22
56	Azerbaijan	AZE	3	7	3	13
57	Estonia	EST	3	7	2	12
58	Slovakia	SVK	3	5	8	16
59	Philippines	PHI	3	2	2	7
60	Fiji	FIJ	3	0	0	3
61	Croatia	CRO	2	9	10	21
62	Morocco	MAR	2	4	7	13
63	Ecuador	ECU	2	3	6	11
64	El Salvador	ESA	2	0	1	3
65	Algeria	ALG	2	0	0	2
66	Jordan	JOR	1	3	3	7
67	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	1	3	1	5
68	Brunei	BRU	1	2	0	3
69	Peru	PER	1	1	3	5
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	1	1	2	4
=	Ivory Coast	CIV	1	1	2	4
72	Ireland	IRL	1	1	1	3
73	Bahrain	BRN	1	1	0	2
=	Paraguay	PAR	1	1	0	2
75	Bolivia	BOL	1	0	1	2
=	Georgia	GEO	1	0	1	2
=	Republic of Moldova	MDA	1	0	1	2
78	Armenia	ARM	1	0	0	1
=	Costa Rica	CRC	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
83	India	IND	0	3	6	9
84	Lithuania	LTU	0	3	3	6
85	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	3	0	3
86	Singapore	SGP	0	2	4	6
87	Guatemala	GUA	0	2	2	4
88	England	ENG	0	2	1	3
=	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	1	3
90	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	1	4	5
91	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	1	1	2
=	Qatar	QAT	0	1	1	2
93	Latvia	LAT	0	1	0	1
=	Lebanon	LBN	0	1	0	1
95	Montenegro	MNE	0	0	4	4
96	Jamaica	JAM	0	0	2	2
97	Bahamas	BAH	0	0	1	1
=	Cameroon	CMR	0	0	1	1
=	Kuwait	KUW	0	0	1	1
=	Multiple nations	MUL	0	0	1	1
=	Namibia	NAM	0	0	1	1
=	Nigeria	NGR	0	0	1	1
=	Saudi Arabia	KSA	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Tunisia	TUN	0	0	1	1
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	0	1	1