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Military World Games
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First event 1995 Rome
Occur every 4 Years
Last event 2019 Wuhan
Next event Curicó 2023
Purpose Military multi-sport event for nations of the world
Organization CISM

The Military World Games is a big sports competition for athletes who are part of military forces from different countries. The International Military Sports Council (CISM) organizes these games. Think of it like the Olympics, but for military members!

The first Military World Games happened in 1995. Before that, there were smaller championships for individual sports. Later, a special winter version of the games was created. The first Winter Military World Games took place in Italy in 2010.

Sports at the Games

Many different sports are played at the Military World Games. They are split into summer and winter events.

Summer Games Sports

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

There are also special military sports:

  • Aeronautical pentathlon
  • Military pentathlon
  • Naval pentathlon

Winter Games Sports

These are the sports featured at the Winter Games:

Where the Games Have Been Held

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

Summer Games Locations

Here's a look at past Summer Games:

Year Games Host City Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Country
1995 1 Italy Rome 93 4017 17 179  Russia
1999 2 Croatia Zagreb 80 7825 18 199  Russia
2003 3 Italy Catania 81 3217 11 120  China
2007 4 India Hyderabad 101 4738 15 157  Russia
2011 5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 113 4017 20 195  Brazil
2015 6 South Korea Mungyeong 110 8700 24 248  Russia
2019 7 China Wuhan 110 9308 27 316  China

Winter Games Locations

Here's a look at past Winter Games:

Year Games Host City Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Country
2010 1 Italy Aosta Valley 43 800 6 28  Italy
2013 2 France Annecy 40 1000 8 36  France
2017 3 Russia Sochi 25 402 7 44  Russia
2022 4 Germany Berchtesgaden Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2025 5 Switzerland Bern Future event

Cadet Games

There are also Cadet Games for younger military athletes.

Year Games Host City Nations Sports Top Country
2010 1 Turkey Ankara
2014 2 Ecuador Quito
2022 3 Russia St. Petersburg 20 7  Russia

Medals Won

Countries compete to win gold, silver, and bronze medals. Here's a look at which countries have won the most medals.

Summer Games Medals

This table shows the total medals won up to the 2019 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) 20 30 30 80
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) 1,432 1,449 1,682 4,563

Winter Games Medals

This table shows the total medals won up to the 2017 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

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See also

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