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	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:

• Archery
• Artistic gymnastics
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Beach volleyball
• Boxing
• Cycling
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Football
• Golf
• Handball
• Judo
• Modern pentathlon
• Open water swimming
• Orienteering
• Parachuting
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

There are also special military sports:

• Aeronautical pentathlon
• Military pentathlon
• Naval pentathlon

Winter Games Sports

These are the sports featured at the Winter Games:

• Alpine skiing
• Biathlon
• Cross-country skiing
• Military patrol
• Short track speed skating
• Ski mountaineering
• Ski-orienteering
• Sport climbing

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	Rome	93	4017	17	179	Russia
1999	2	Zagreb	80	7825	18	199	Russia
2003	3	Catania	81	3217	11	120	China
2007	4	Hyderabad	101	4738	15	157	Russia
2011	5	Rio de Janeiro	113	4017	20	195	Brazil
2015	6	Mungyeong	110	8700	24	248	Russia
2019	7	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	Aosta Valley	43	800	6	28	Italy
2013	2	Annecy	40	1000	8	36	France
2017	3	Sochi	25	402	7	44	Russia
2022	4	Berchtesgaden	Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2025	5	Bern	Future event

Cadet Games

There are also Cadet Games for younger military athletes.

Year	Games	Host City	Nations	Sports	Top Country
2010	1	Ankara
2014	2	Quito
2022	3	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

Images for kids

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  The flag of CISM, the organization that runs the games.

See also

In Spanish: Juegos Mundiales Militares para niños

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