Editing World Games (section)

==Editions==
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{{Location map~|Earth|position=left|lat=51.506797|long=-0.120917|label='''[[London|1985]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=bottom|lat=49.006502|long=8.403037|label='''[[Karlsruhe|1989]], [[Karlsruhe|''2029'']]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=top|lat=52.069039|long=4.302309|label='''[[The Hague|1993]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=60.980348|long=25.665367|label='''[[Lahti|1997]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=39.723296|long=140.111314|label='''[[Akita (city)|2001]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=51.435861|long=6.762987|label='''[[Duisburg|2005]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=22.638585|long=120.332424|label='''[[Kaohsiung|2009]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=3.449888|long=-76.530481|label='''[[Cali|2013]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=51.106054|long=17.034412|label='''[[Wrocław|2017]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=33.525396|long=-87.816566|label='''[[Birmingham, Alabama|2022]]'''}}
{{Location map~|Earth|position=right|lat=29.638585|long=106.332424|label='''[[Chengdu|''2025'']]'''}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-table-row1 sticky-table-col1 defaultcenter col3left col4left col9left" style="font-size:100%;"
|+ Overview of The World Games Editions
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Year
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Edition
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Host
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Opened by
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Official<br>Sports
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Invitational<br>Sports
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Medal<br>Events
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Nations
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Date
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Athletes
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Officials
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Top nation
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Top medalist
|-
! scope="row" | 1981
| [[1981 World Games|1]]
| {{USA}}, [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]]
| [[Kim Un-yong]]
| 15
| 1<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 1981, Santa Clara (USA) summary {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Santa-Clara-USA-1981-5/summary |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>{{refn|group=a|An invitational sport program did not exist for the 1981 World Games. Press coverage did not refer to water polo as an invitational sport. An agreement was reached with [[FINA]] in the lead-up to the games not to allow women's water polo athletes to march in the opening ceremony, to assuage the displeasure of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its being included in the programme.<ref name=NYT/>}}
| 104
| 58
| 25 July – 2 August 1981
|nowrap| 1,400 (est)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/03/For-the-real-sports-fan-the-name-of-the/7757365659200/|title=For the real sports fan, the name of the...|first=Joe|last=Sargis|publisher=United Press International|date=3 Aug 1981|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=2 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902051400/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/03/For-the-real-sports-fan-the-name-of-the/7757365659200/|url-status=live}}</ref> or 1,546<ref name=":9" />|| 293
|nowrap|{{USA}}
|nowrap|{{USA}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1985
| [[1985 World Games|2]]
| {{GBR}}, [[London]]
| [[Charles Palmer (judoka)|Charles Palmer]]
| 20 || 1<ref name=":1" />|| 134 || 51
|nowrap| 25 July – 4 August 1985
| 1,410 || 333
||{{ITA}}
||{{ITA}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1989
| [[1989 World Games|3]]
| {{FRG}}, [[Karlsruhe]]
|nowrap| [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| 18 || 2<ref name=":2" />|| 103 || 50
| 20 – 30 July 1989
| 1,359 || 285
||{{ITA}}
||{{FRG}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1993
| [[1993 World Games|4]]
| {{NED}}, [[The Hague]]
| [[Kevan Gosper]]
| 21 || 4<ref name=":5" />|| 160 || 67
| 21 July – 1 August 1993
| 2,026 || 418
||{{GER}}
||{{GER}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1997
| [[1997 World Games|5]]
| {{FIN}}, [[Lahti]]
| [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]]
| 20 || 6<ref name=":6" />|| 164 || 70<ref name=":6" />
| 7 – 11 August 1997
| 2,016 || 430
||{{USA}}
||{{USA}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
|| [[2001 World Games|6]]
| {{JPN}}, [[Akita (city)|Akita]]
| [[Toyama Atsuko]]
| 22 || 5<ref name=":10" />|| 170 || 80
| 16 – 26 August 2001
| 2,380 || 591
||{{RUS}}
||{{RUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
| [[2005 World Games|7]]
| {{GER}}, [[Duisburg]]
| [[Otto Schily]]
| 26 || 6<ref name="Duis" />|| 178 || 93
| 14 – 24 July 2005
| 3,149 || 638
||{{RUS}}
||{{RUS}}<br />{{GER}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| [[2009 World Games|8]]
|nowrap| {{TPE}}{{refn|group=a|The {{flagicon|ROC}} [[Taiwan|Republic of China (Taiwan)]] is recognised as [[Chinese Taipei]] by [[International World Games Association]] and the majority of international organisations it participates in due to political considerations and [[Cross-Strait relations]] with the [[China|People's Republic of China]].}}, [[Kaohsiung]]
| [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
| 25 || 5<ref name=":4" />|| 155 || 84
|align=left| 16 – 26 July 2009
| 2,908 || 636
||{{RUS}}
||{{RUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
| [[2013 World Games|9]]
| {{COL}}, [[Cali]]
| [[Angelino Garzón]]
| 26 || 4 or 5{{refn|group=a|A summary article at the TWG website cites "Roller Sports - Road" as an invitational sport.<ref name=":3" /> However, at the TWG results history look-up website, medals awarded for "Roller Sports - Speed Skating Road" events are included, unlike four 2013 invitational sports,<ref name="results"/> and the medals are included in the main Medal Tally on the website of the 2013 TWG Full Official Results, not the Invitational Medal Tally.<ref name="2013 results"/> In either case, the number of official sports is not affected since the Roller Sports are already included in the number of official sports because of other disciplines.}}|| 194 || 91
|align=left| 25 July – 4 August 2013
| 3,103 || 682
||{{ITA}}
||{{RUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2017
| [[2017 World Games|10]]
| {{POL}}, [[Wrocław]]
| [[Thomas Bach]]
| 27 || 4<ref name="Wroclaw" />|| 219 || 102
| 20 – 30 July 2017
| 3,430 || 856
||{{RUS}}
||{{RUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
| [[2022 World Games|11]]
| {{USA}}, [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]
| [[Randall Woodfin]]
| 30
| 5<ref name="invite"/><ref>[https://www.theworldgames.org/files/wg2022/TWG%202022%20-%20Quantum%20Event%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf Quantum Event Evaluation Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221124404/https://www.theworldgames.org/files/wg2022/TWG%202022%20-%20Quantum%20Event%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf |date=2024-02-21 }} - The World Games 2022, p. 8.</ref>{{refn|group=a|José Perurena, IWGA President, stated, "In Birmingham, for the first time, invitational sports were no longer presented separately but were also part of the official programme."<ref name="host">{{cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/Interview-of-the-Month-2411|title=Interview of the Month {{!}} IWGA |date=2022-12-22|access-date=2024-02-25|website=The World Games}}</ref> This is now TWG policy.}}
| 223<ref>{{Cite web|title=Detailed sports program published|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-2022-32/Detailed-Sports-Programme-published-2034|access-date=2020-07-07|website=www.theworldgames.org|archive-date=2020-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210801/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-2022-32/Detailed-Sports-Programme-published-2034|url-status=live}}Note: This document states 207 official events, which, however, includes men's lacrosse, an invitational event.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The World Games 2022 Birmingham Partners with NFL, Adds Flag Football|website=twg2022.com|url=https://twg2022.com/2020/flagfootball-nfl/|date=15 Jul 2020|access-date=2020-08-06|archive-date=2022-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227182621/https://twg2022.com/2020/flagfootball-nfl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwrf.com/?page=about_our_sport|title=Introduction to Wheelchair Rugby|publisher=International Wheelchair Rugby Federation|quote=Wheelchair Rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes. ... Men and women compete on the same teams and in the same competitions.|website=iwrf.com|access-date=2021-05-31|archive-date=2021-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728133140/https://www.iwrf.com/?page=about_our_sport|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Duathlon – the little sibling of Triathlon|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/Meet-Duathlon-the-little-sibling-of-Triathlon-2064|date=27 Nov 2020|access-date=2021-05-31|website=theworldgames.org|publisher=International World Games Association|quote=At The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 40 female and 40 male Duathlon athletes will compete in individual competitions as well as in Mixed Relay.|archive-date=2020-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211122854/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/Meet-Duathlon-the-little-sibling-of-Triathlon-2064|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wushu Included as an Invitational Sport in The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, USA|url=http://www.iwuf.org/2020/09/22/wushu-included-as-an-invitational-sport-in-the-world-games-2022-in-birmingham-usa/|date=22 Sep 2020|access-date=2021-05-29|website=iwuf.org|publisher=International Wushu Federation|archive-date=2020-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005084628/http://www.iwuf.org/2020/09/22/wushu-included-as-an-invitational-sport-in-the-world-games-2022-in-birmingham-usa/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 99<ref name="theworldgames.org">{{cite web|title=FULL RESULTS FROM THE OFFICIAL RESULTS PROVIDER|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Birmingham-USA-2022-13/infosystem#//swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/hide/|date=3 Nov 2022|access-date=2022-11-03|website=theworldgames.org|publisher=International World Games Association|archive-date=2023-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714215231/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Birmingham-USA-2022-13/infosystem#//swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/hide/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7 – 17 July 2022
|3,457<ref name="theworldgames.org"/>
| 868
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||{{ITA}}
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! scope="row" | 2025
| [[2025 World Games|12]]
| {{CHN}}, [[Chengdu]]
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|35 || 0 || 253 || 117
|align=left| 7 – 17 August 2025
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! scope="row" | 2029
| [[2029 World Games|13]]
| {{GER}}, [[Karlsruhe]]
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| 19 – 29 July 2029
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