Editing World Games (section)

==Medal tables==

===All-time nation medal table===

{{Main|All-time World Games medal table}}
As of the 2022 World Games
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{{Medals table
 | caption        = Top ten total medal ranking<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&category=0&country=0|title=Results of the World Games|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=2015-10-26|archive-date=2016-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105150610/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&category=0&country=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518|title=2009 Kaohsiung: Doping Violations|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=2017-11-12|archive-date=2017-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113527/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-w-games2009.html|publisher=International Sumo Federation|title=The World Games 2009 Kaohsiung|access-date=2017-11-12|archive-date=2021-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002072246/http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-w-games2009.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/300/Medal/Medals?sport=00&medalKind=DefaultSports|title=The World Games 2013 Cali Medal Tally|publisher=sportresult.com|access-date=2015-10-26|archive-date=2016-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104120644/http://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/300/Medal/Medals?sport=00&medalKind=DefaultSports|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=International Sumo Federation – World Games|url=http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-w-games2013.html|access-date=2015-11-01|archive-date=2016-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605001854/http://www.ifs-sumo.org/ifs-w-games2013.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/29/World-Games-I-Results/2896365227200/|title=World Games I Results|date=29 July 1981 |publisher=United Press International}}</ref>
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 | gold_ITA = 166 | silver_ITA = 171 | bronze_ITA = 153 | note_ITA = {{efn|name=fn4|The results from the 2001 World Games are from the archived website of the Akita, Japan, organizing committee.<ref name="akita">{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618112426/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/index.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/index.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Results/|archivedate=2007-06-18|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215140901/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1735.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1735.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Karate/Sparring/Open weight/Men August 18-19 / Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno Town, Japan|archivedate=2005-12-15|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415202144/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1755.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1755.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Karate/Sparring/-60kg/Women/ August 18-19 / Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno Town, Japan|archivedate=2005-04-15|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920104842/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1909.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1909.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Point Race/|archivedate=2005-09-20|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102141935/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1965.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1965.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Surf/Rescue Bord Rescue Race|archivedate=2005-11-02|accessdate=2019-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107120812/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1960.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1960.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Surf/Rescue Tube Rescue Race|archivedate=2005-11-07|accessdate=2019-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415173116/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1921.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1921.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x50m Obstacle Relay|archivedate=2005-04-15|accessdate=2019-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415174817/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1923.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1923.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x25m Manikin Relay|archivedate=2005-04-15|accessdate=2019-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914082703/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1925.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1925.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x50m Rescue Tube Relay|archivedate=2005-09-14|accessdate=2019-10-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050910142437/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re0340.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re0340.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Sport Boules/Petanque/Women/Doubles/ August 17-19 / World Games Plaza, Akita City, Japan|archivedate=2005-09-10|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908144543/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re3131.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re3131.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Water Ski/Tournament/Men/ August 23-25 / Ogata Water Ski Course, Ogata Village, Japan|archivedate=2005-09-08|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwsf.com/WorldGamesAkita/WORLDGAMESSunday.htm|title=WORLD GAMES AKITA, JAPAN|date=2001-08-26|accessdate=2018-02-03|archive-date=2012-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716130437/http://www.iwsf.com/WorldGamesAkita/WORLDGAMESSunday.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914185043/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re2337.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re2337.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Roller Skating/Speed/Point+elimination 15,000m/Men/ August 24-26 / Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita City, Japan|archivedate=2005-09-14|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050909123818/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re2339.html|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp:80/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re2339.html|title=The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Roller Skating/Speed/Elimination 20,000m/Men/ August 24-26 / Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita City, Japan|archivedate=2005-09-09|accessdate=2018-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
 | gold_USA = 161 | silver_USA = 137 | bronze_USA = 115 | note_USA = {{efn|name=fn7|The 1997 bronze medalists in aerobics mixed pair were from Great Britain, not United States as stated in IWGA source.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dybo.co.uk/members/steve-benton/|title=DYBO Health & Fitness|accessdate=2019-10-16|quote=... multi British Sports Aerobics champions Helen Carpenter-Waters and Alastair Rates who became GB’s only ever medallists at World level|archive-date=2019-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016181416/http://dybo.co.uk/members/steve-benton/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
 | gold_GER = 162 | silver_GER = 118 | bronze_GER = 156| note_GER = {{efn|name=fn8|In 2017, Germany was stripped of a gold medal in women's bowling for doping. This table reflects the reallocation of medals for that event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067082/bowling-kickboxer-and-indoor-rower-stripped-of-world-games-medals-for-doping|title=Bowler, kickboxer and indoor rower stripped of World Games medals for doping|publisher=Dunsar Media Company Limited|work=Inside the Games|first=Nick|last=Butler|date=5 July 2018|accessdate=2019-10-22|archive-date=2022-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716094135/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067082/bowling-kickboxer-and-indoor-rower-stripped-of-world-games-medals-for-doping|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
 | gold_RUS = 137 | silver_RUS = 110 | bronze_RUS = 72 | note_RUS = {{efn|name=fn1|The Soviet Union, which won 36 total medals in 1989, is counted separately from its all successor states, including Russia.  This is consistent with the separate counting of medals for other states that sub-divided into their constituent successor states following their initial participation in the World Games. These include Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia) and FR Yugoslavia (2001) and  Serbia and Montenegro in (2005).}}
 | gold_FRA = 114 | silver_FRA = 116 | bronze_FRA = 121
 | gold_CHN = 78 | silver_CHN = 59 | bronze_CHN = 29
 | gold_GBR = 65 | silver_GBR = 65 | bronze_GBR = 95 | note_GBR = {{efn|name=fn7}}{{efn|name=fn2|The 1981 mixed badminton title was won by a pair of players from Sweden and Great Britain.  Both nations are counted as having won a gold medal.}}
 | gold_JPN = 65 | silver_JPN = 49 | bronze_JPN = 65
 | gold_UKR = 58 | silver_UKR = 59 | bronze_UKR = 54 | note_UKR = {{efn|name=fn3|In 2009, Ukraine was stripped of two gold medals in bodybuilding for doping, and Qatar and Brazil were each stripped of a silver medal. This table does not include those stripped medals, and neither does it include possible reallocation of those medals, as the results at the World Games website do not reflect a reallocation.<ref name="2009doping">{{cite web|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518|title=2009 Kaohsiung: Doping Violations|publisher=International World Games Association|accessdate=2017-11-12|archive-date=2017-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113113527/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/2009-kaohsiung--doping-violations-518|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
 | gold_ESP = 47 | silver_ESP = 49 | bronze_ESP = 49
}}
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===All-time athlete medal table===
Top ten medal table for athletes<ref>{{cite web|title=TWG most successful athletes|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/athletes/most-successful|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=2021-05-26|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509171156/https://www.theworldgames.org/athletes/most-successful|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header defaultcenter col2left col3left"
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! scope="col"|Rank
! scope="col" style="width:7.8em;"|Athlete
! scope="col" style="width:8.2em;"|Nation
! scope="col" style="width:5.6em;"|Sport
! scope="col"| Years Active
! scope="col" style="background-color:gold; width:3.5em; font-weight:bold;"| Gold
! scope="col" style="background-color:silver; width:3.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; width:3.5em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em;"|Total
|-
! scope="row"| 1
| Jurgen Kolenda || {{flagIOC|GER}} || [[Finswimming at the World Games|Finswimming]] || 1981–1985 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 11
|-
! scope="row"| 2
| Steve Rajeff || {{flagIOC|USA}} || [[Casting at the World Games|Casting]] || 1981–2005 || 8 || 4 || 3 || 15
|-
! scope="row"| 3
| Serguei Akhapov || {{flagIOC|RUS}} || [[Finswimming at the World Games|Finswimming]] || 1989–2005 || 8 || 4 || 1 || 13
|-
! scope="row"| 4
| [[Bart Swings]] || {{flagIOC|BEL}} || [[Inline speed skating|Speed skating]] || 2013–2022 || 8 || 2 || 2 || 12
|-
! scope="row"|5
| Danny Wieck || {{flagIOC|GER}} || [[Lifesaving at the World Games|Life saving]] || 2013–2022 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 9
|-
! scope="row"| 6
| Magali Rousseau || {{flagIOC|FRA}} || [[Lifesaving at the World Games|Life saving]] || 2013–2022 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 8
|-
! scope="row"| 6
| [[:fr:Patrice_Martin_(sportif)|Patrice Martin]]|| {{flagIOC|FRA}} || [[Water skiing|Waterski]]|| 1981–2001 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 8
|-
! scope="row"| 8
| [[Anna Poliakova]]|| {{flagIOC|RUS}} || [[Sumo at the World Games|Sumo]]|| 2009–2017 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 6
|-
! scope="row"| 9
| Marcello Saporiti || {{flagIOC|ITA}} || [[Lifesaving at the World Games|Life saving]] || 1989–1993 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 9
|-
! scope="row"| 10
| Vasilisa Kravchuk || {{flagIOC|RUS}} || [[Finswimming at the World Games|Finswimming]] || 2005–2013 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 8
|}