Ukraine first participated at the World Games at the 1993 World Games and since then participated in all World Games.
Several Olympic medallists competed for Ukraine at the World Games. These athletes include Oxana Tsyhuleva (trampoline gymnastics), Anna Bessonova and Hanna Rizatdinova (both – rhythmic gymnastics), Stanislav Horuna (karate), while others were medallists of the World Games and participated at the Summer Olympics (Olena Movchan, Maryna Kyiko (both – trampoline gymnastics), Natalia Hodunko, Alina Maksymenko, Viktoriia Onopriienko (all – rhythmic gymnastics), Anita Serogina (karate)). Both Maryna Pryshchepa and Svitlana Iaromka won medals in sumo at the World Games and competed in judo at the Olympics. Olena Buryak competed in rowing at the Olympics and won medals in indoor rowing at the World Games.
At the 1989 World Games, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian finswimmer Oleh Ananiev won a gold and a silver in individual competitions as well as two gold medals in relays.
Medal count
Official sports World GamesAthletesIncluding invitational sports.GoldSilverBronzeRank 1981–1985 Did not participate 1989 Part of Soviet Union 1993 The Hague 1 5 1 7 26 1997 Lahti 5 7 0 12 11 2001 Akita 18 1 0 0 1 32 2005 Duisburg 7 6 8 21 7 2009 Kaohsiung 9 12 10 31 6 2013 Cali 87Колумбія зустрічатиме полтавських атлетів у складі збірної України, Полтавщина Спорт, 18 July 2023. 9 10 9 28 7 2017 Wrocław 77 10 7 9 26 5 2022 BirminghamIncluding invitational sports. 104 16 12 17 45 3 2025 Chengdu 60 16 14 14 44 3 Total 74 73 68 215Including two medals in invitational sports at the 2022 World Games. 9Medal history of The World Games (remark: it still includes two gold medals from the 2009 World Games Ukraine was later stripped of).
Invitational sports World GamesGoldSilverBronzeRank 1981–1985 Did not participate 1989 Part of Soviet Union 1993 The Hague 0 0 0 0 — 1997 Lahti 0 0 0 0 — 2001 Akita 1 0 0 1 6 2005 Duisburg 0 0 0 0 — 2009 Kaohsiung 0 0 0 0 — 2013 Cali 0 1 1 2 15 2017 Wrocław 5 2 0 7 1 2022 Birmingham 0 1 1 2 NR 2025 Chengdu Future event Total 6 4 2 12
Medals by sport
Most successful Ukrainian competitors 52 Ukrainian athletes won at least two medals at World Games. Among athletes who won at least 4 medals are also Anna Bessonova (rhythmic gymnastics, 6 medals), Dmytro Sydorenko and Anastasiia Antoniak (both – finswimming, 4 medals). Only the athletes who represented independent Ukraine are included in the statistics.
NoAthleteSport Total1Larysa Soloviova 40152Olena Movchan 31043Ihor Soroka 21144Olena Buryak 2002Bohdan Mochulskyi 2002Igor Liubchenko 2002Oleh Pryimachov 2002Alina Boykova 2002Olena Chabanenko 2002Oxana Tsyhuleva 2002
See also Ukraine at the Olympics Ukraine at the Paralympics Ukraine at the Youth Olympics Ukraine at the European Games Ukraine at the Universiade Ukraine at the European Youth Olympic Festival
References
External links Medal history of the World Games