The World Hot Air Ballooning Championships are the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Hot Air Balloon Championship and the FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship. These biennial events for hot air ballooning are conducted under the direction of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA or Comité International d'Aérostation).
Championships
FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Year City Country Date Winners No. ofAthletes No. ofNations 1973 Albuquerque February 10–17 32 14 1975 Albuquerque October 2–12 34 15 1977 Castle Howard September 10–18 51 22 1979 Uppsala January 3–9 33 16 1981 Battle Creek June 20–28 82 21 1983 Nantes August 28 – September 7 70 20 1985 Battle Creek July 12–20 98 23 1987 Schielleiten/Stubenberg September 5–12 71 24 1989 Saga November 18–27 102 25 1991 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu August 10–18 101 26 1993 Larochette August 12–22 101 32 1995 Battle Creek June 30 – July 8 86 32 1997 Saga November 15–27 112 38 1999 Bad Waltersdorf August 28 – September 5 90 35 2002 Châtellerault August 23 – September 1 99 36 2004 Mildura June 26 - July 3 87 32 2006 Tochigi November 18–25 62 31 2008 Hofkirchen September 13–20 102 33 2010 Debrecen October 2–10 118 31 2012 Battle Creek August 17–25 99 30 2014 Rio Claro July 17–27 59 21 2016 Saga October 30 – November 7 105 31 2018 Groß-Siegharts August 18–26 105 38 2022 Murska Sobota September 18–22 103 31 2024 Szeged September 8–13 118 282026Krosno September 20–24 101 31
Team competition (since 2018) 2018 Groß-SieghartsEvgeny Chubarov Andrey Kulkov640,4David Spildooren Steven Vlegels640,3Nicola Scaife Matthew Scaife Sean Kavanagh Andrew Robertson638,22022 Murska SobotaNicolas Schwartz Jean-Philippe Odouard Clément Seigeot Laure De Coligny642,2Yudai Fujita Shiro Katahira Sansei Tomizawa Satoshi Ueda614Stefan Zeberli Marc Blaser René Erni Cedric Gauch Roman Hugi Nicole Vogel5982024 SzegedBruce Wood Cameron Wall Chase Donner Jeremy Rubin Joe Heartsill Joe Zvada Johnny R. Petrehn Lucas Heartsill Nick Donner Rhett Heartsill644,1Clément Seigeot Paul Cuenot Etienne Mercier Jean-Philippe Odouard Nicolas Philippe Michel Bourbier Nicolas Schwartz619,8Arthur Alleman David Spildooren Kenian Dekein Maarten Deleersnyder Steven Vlegels Thomas Spildooren595,4
FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship Year City Country Date Winners No. ofAthletes No. ofNations 2014 Leszno September 8–13 38 16 2016 Birštonas July 5–10 42 20 2018 Nałęczów August 7–11 33 10 2023 Northam September 4–9 30 13
All-time medal table Updated after the 2026 World Championships (excluding team competitions).
See also World Junior Hot Air Ballooning Championships European Hot Air Balloon Championships
References
External links FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA) 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship