World Games 1981 / medal table

This table shows the medal table for the 1981 World Games . Of the 102 decisions, one decision in the invitation sports is not included in the official medal table.

The placements are sorted according to the number of gold medals won, followed by the number of silver and bronze medals ( lexicographical order ). If two or more countries have an identical medal balance, they are listed alphabetically on the same rank. This corresponds to the system used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Medal table for official sports (created after 101 decisions)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	United States	37	37	25th	99
02	South Korea	9	3	1	13
03	Italy	7th	12	17th	36
04th	France	7th	6th	6th	19th
05	Japan	7th	4th	5	16
06th	Canada	5	5	5	15th
07th	United Kingdom (a) (b)	4th	4th	4th	12
08th	BR Germany	4th	-	5	9
09	Norway	4th	1	3	8th
10	People's Republic of China	4th	-	-	4th
11	Netherlands	2	4th	5	11
12	Belgium	2	-	4th	6th
13	Venezuela	2	-	-	2
14th	Australia	1	4th	5	10
15th	Sweden (a)	1	4th	3	8th
16	Austria	1	2	3	6th
17th	Switzerland	1	2	1	4th
18th	Finland	1	2	-	3
19th	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
20th	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
20th	Portugal	1	-	-	1
22nd	Spain	-	3	3	6th
23	Mexico	-	2	5	7th
24	Argentina	-	1	2	3
24	Denmark	-	1	2	3
24	Ivory Coast	-	1	2	3
27	Egypt	-	1	1	2
28	Thailand	-	1	-	1
29	India	-	-	2	2
29	Indonesia	-	-	2	2
31	Bahamas	-	-	1	1
Total (c)		102	101	113	316

^(a)At the 1981 World Games, the British athletes competed for their respective states of England , Wales , Scotland or Northern Ireland, depending on the sports association . The International Association for World Games - similar to the IOC - combines all results of the four states under the United Kingdom . This peculiarity did not occur with the British karate fighters, as they already competed under the national flag of the United Kingdom at their sports association -  World Karate Federation (WKF). Roller sports enthusiasts (under the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS)) and water skiers (under the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF)) were also not affected by the special feature.

^(b)The mixed badminton competition was won by two athletes from different nations - Thomas Kihlström for Sweden and Gillian Gilks for England. Both nations are therefore each added a gold medal.

^(c)Two bronze medals were awarded in all badminton, kumite and taekwondo competitions. No bronze medals were awarded in eight of the nine powerlifting competitions or in the synchronized competition for women and women singles in trampoline gymnastics. No silver medal was awarded in a powerlifting competition. In the women's individual trampoline gymnastics competition, Christine Tough won the silver medal for Canada and Barbara Letho for the United States, a bronze medal was not awarded.

Medal table invitation sports (created after a decision)
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Netherlands	1	-	-	1
02	United States	-	1	-	1
03	Canada	-	-	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

Web links

• Medal table
• Results of the respective disciplines