Military World Games facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Military World Games

First event	1995 Rome
Occur every	4 Years
Last event	2019 Wuhan
Next event	2025 Bern
Purpose	Military multi-sport event for nations of the world
Organization	CISM

The Military World Games are like the Olympics, but for military athletes! They are a big multi-sport event where soldiers, sailors, and air force members from different countries compete. The International Military Sports Council (CISM) organizes these games.

The first Military World Games happened in 1995. Before that, there were championships for individual military sports. The first Winter Military World Games took place in March 2010. They were held in the Aosta Valley region of Italy.

What Sports Are Played?

The Military World Games feature many exciting sports. They are divided into Summer and Winter Games, just like the regular Olympics.

Summer Sports

These are some of the sports you can see at the Summer Military World Games:

There are also special military-focused sports:

• Aeronautical pentathlon (for air force athletes)
• Military pentathlon (a mix of shooting, obstacle running, swimming, throwing, and cross-country running)
• Naval pentathlon (for navy athletes)

Winter Sports

The Winter Military World Games include these sports:

Where Have the Games Been Held?

The Military World Games happen every four years. Different cities around the world host them.

Summer Games Locations

Here are the cities that have hosted the Summer Military World Games:

This table shows more details about the Summer Games:

Year	Games	Host City	Opened by	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top Country
						Men	Women	Total
1995	1	Rome	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro	September 4 – 16	93			4017	17	179	Russia
1999	2	Zagreb	Franjo Tuđman	August 8 – 17	80			7825	18	199	Russia
2003	3	Catania	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	December 4 – 11	81			3217	11	120	China
2007	4	Hyderabad	Pratibha Patil	October 14 – 21	101			4738	15	157	Russia
2011	5	Rio de Janeiro	Dilma Rousseff	July 15 – 24	113			4017	20	195	Brazil
2015	6	Mungyeong	Park Geun-hye	October 2 – 11	110			8700	24	248	Russia
2019	7	Wuhan	Xi Jinping	October 18 – 27	110			9308	27	316	China
2027	8	Charlotte	TBA	TBA

Winter Games Locations

Here are the cities that have hosted the Winter Military World Games:

This table shows more details about the Winter Games:

Year	Games	Host City	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top Country
					Men	Women	Total
2010	1	Aosta Valley	March 20 – 25	43			800	6	28	Italy
2013	2	Annecy	March 24 – 29	40			1000	8	36	France
2017	3	Sochi	February 24 – 27	25			402	7	44	Russia
2022	4	Berchtesgaden	Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2025	5	Lucerne	March 24 – 29					10	50	France

Cadet Games

There are also Cadet Games for younger military members.

Year	Games	Host City	Dates	Nations	Competitors			Sports	Events	Top Country
					Men	Women	Total
2010	1	Ankara
2014	2	Quito
2022	3	St. Petersburg	August 4–12	20				7		Russia
2024	4

Medals Won

Countries compete to win the most medals. Here's a look at which countries have won the most medals in both Summer and Winter Games.

Summer Games Medals This table shows the total medals won up to the 2019 Military World Games. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  China (CHN) 324 247 168 739 2  Russia (RUS) 294 227 190 711 3  Brazil (BRA) 102 104 107 313 4  Italy (ITA) 88 94 115 297 5  France (FRA) 51 53 70 174 6  Poland (POL) 49 61 87 197 7  South Korea (KOR) 47 48 57 152 8  Germany (GER) 40 71 80 191 9  North Korea (PRK) 39 34 45 118 10  Ukraine (UKR) 34 63 73 170 11  Kenya (KEN) 27 26 25 78 12  United States (USA) 21 30 30 81 13  Belarus (BLR) 18 25 58 101 14  Bahrain (BHR) 17 5 15 37 15  Slovenia (SLO) 15 17 22 54 16  Iran (IRI) 14 22 27 63 17  Turkey (TUR) 14 10 16 40 18  Norway (NOR) 13 21 15 49 19  Croatia (CRO) 13 12 21 46 20  Uzbekistan (UZB) 13 9 12 34 21  Romania (ROM) 11 23 29 63 22  Austria (AUT) 10 15 21 46 23  Morocco (MAR) 10 11 11 32 24  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 10 9 23 42 25  Belgium (BEL) 10 5 13 28 26  Qatar (QAT) 9 11 10 30 27  Latvia (LAT) 9 7 9 25 28  Brunei (BRN) 9 6 11 26 29  Egypt (EGY) 8 8 14 30 30  Switzerland (SUI) 8 7 20 35 31  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 8 6 5 19 32  Algeria (ALG) 7 9 17 33 33  Slovakia (SVK) 7 7 10 24 34  Netherlands (NED) 7 4 9 20 35  Sweden (SWE) 7 2 9 18 36  Czech Republic (CZE) 6 10 10 26 37  Tunisia (TUN) 6 4 6 16 38  Finland (FIN) 5 18 12 35 39  Azerbaijan (AZE) 5 12 22 39 40  Greece (GRE) 4 20 11 35 41  Estonia (EST) 4 4 6 14 42  Hungary (HUN) 3 10 6 19 43  India (IND) 3 4 19 26 44  Lithuania (LTU) 3 4 16 23 45  Bulgaria (BUL) 3 3 6 12 46  Canada (CAN) 3 1 10 14 47  Ecuador (ECU) 3 1 0 4 48  Chile (CHI) 2 4 2 8  Syria (SYR) 2 4 2 8 50  Sri Lanka (SRI) 2 2 8 12 51  Ireland (IRL) 2 1 4 7 52  Venezuela (VEN) 1 4 10 15 53  Mongolia (MGL) 1 3 5 9 54  Vietnam (VIE) 1 2 3 6 55  Oman (OMA) 1 2 2 5 56  Tanzania (TAN) 1 2 0 3 57  Armenia (ARM) 1 1 5 7 58  Denmark (DEN) 1 1 3 5 59  Namibia (NAM) 1 1 2 4  Sudan (SUD) 1 1 2 4 61  Uganda (UGA) 1 0 2 3  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1 0 2 3 63  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 1 0 1 2 64  Gabon (GAB) 1 0 0 1  Senegal (SEN) 1 0 0 1 66  Thailand (THA) 0 5 10 15 67  Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 4 7 11 68  Lesotho (LES) 0 3 1 4 69  Cyprus (CYP) 0 2 2 4 70  Cameroon (CMR) 0 1 4 5 71  Indonesia (INA) 0 1 3 4 72  Georgia (GEO) 0 1 2 3  Jordan (JOR) 0 1 2 3 74  Luxembourg (LUX) 0 1 1 2  Rwanda (RWA) 0 1 1 2 76  Monaco (MON) 0 1 0 1 77  Barbados (BAR) 0 0 3 3  Serbia (SRB) 0 0 3 3  South Africa (RSA) 0 0 3 3  Spain (ESP) 0 0 3 3 81  Botswana (BOT) 0 0 2 2  Kuwait (KUW) 0 0 2 2  Pakistan (PAK) 0 0 2 2  Uruguay (URU) 0 0 2 2 85  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 1 1  Albania (ALB) 0 0 1 1  Argentina (ARG) 0 0 1 1  Colombia (COL) 0 0 1 1  Ivory Coast (CIV) 0 0 1 1  Jamaica (JAM) 0 0 1 1  Portugal (POR) 0 0 1 1  Suriname (SUR) 0 0 1 1 Totals (92 entries) 1,433 1,449 1,682 4,564

Winter Games Medals This table shows the total medals won up to the 2017 Winter Military World Games. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Russia (RUS) 29 16 14 59 2  Italy (ITA) 25 19 18 62 3  France (FRA) 24 21 20 65 4  China (CHN) 6 11 8 25 5  Austria (AUT) 6 11 6 23 6  Switzerland (SUI) 5 6 5 16 7  Slovenia (SLO) 4 4 5 13 8  Norway (NOR) 2 5 2 9 9  Germany (GER) 2 3 7 12 10  Poland (POL) 2 0 1 3 11  South Korea (KOR) 2 0 0 2 12  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 4 2 7 13  Estonia (EST) 1 1 0 2 14  Spain (ESP) 1 0 2 3 15  Finland (FIN) 0 1 5 6 16  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 1 4 5 17  Romania (ROM) 0 1 1 2 18  Belarus (BLR) 0 1 0 1 19  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1  Iran (IRN) 0 0 1 1  Lithuania (LTU) 0 0 1 1  Serbia (SRB) 0 0 1 1  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1 Totals (23 entries) 110 105 105 320

Other Military Sports Events

There are other sports events for military members too:

• International Army Games
• World Military Championships
• World Military Cup
• African Military Games
• Invictus Games
• Military pentathlon
• World Police and Fire Games

See also

In Spanish: Juegos Mundiales Militares para niños