Air sports with the discipline parachuting were introduced as World Games sports at the World Games 1997 in Lahti. At the 2013 World Games in Cali, paragliding was staged for the only time. At the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, paramotoring and gliding were contested for the only time. At the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, drone racing was introduced and will also be held in 2025.
Parachuting
editMen
editAccuracy Landing
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti |  Ivan Hovorka (CZE)
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 Chen Junbo (CHN)
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 Oleg Fomin (BLR)
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Freestyle
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti |  Saudi Arabia (KSA)
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 United States (USA)
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 France (FRA)
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| 2001 Akita | United States (USA)
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France (FRA)
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United States (USA)
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Women
editAccuracy Landing
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti |  Irena Avbelj (SLO)
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Lai Xiaoli (CHN)
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 Monika Filipowska (POL)
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Freestyle
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti | United States (USA)
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 Japan (JPN)
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 Switzerland (SUI)
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| 2001 Akita |  Italy (ITA)
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Japan (JPN)
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Italy (ITA)
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Mixed
editAccuracy Landing
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Akita |  Marco Pflüger (GER)
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Wang Jianming (CHN)
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Wei Ning (CHN)
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| 2005 Duisburg |  István Asztalos (HUN)
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Stefan Wiesner (GER)
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 Savas Kocyigit (TUR)
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| 2009 Kaohsiung | Stefan Wiesner (GER)
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 Robert Juris (SVK)
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 Liubov Ekshikeeva (RUS)
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Canopy Formation, 2-way
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Kaohsiung | United States (USA)
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Russia (RUS)
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 Australia (AUS)
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Canopy Piloting
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Duisburg |  Jason Moledzki (CAN)
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Shannon Pilcher (USA)
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Clint Clawson (USA)
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| 2009 Kaohsiung | Jason Moledzki (CAN)
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Nicholas Batsch (USA)
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 Marat Leiras (BRA)
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| 2013 Cali | Curtis Bartholomew (USA)
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Thomas Dellibac (USA)
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 Pablo Hernández (ESP)
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| 2017 Wrocław | Nicolas Batsch (USA)
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Curtis Bartholomew (USA)
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 Cornelia Mihai (UAE)
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| 2022 Birmingham | Cedric Veiga Rios (FRA)
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Nicholas Batsch (USA)
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Abdulbari Qubaisi (UAE)
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Formation Skydiving, 4-way
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti | United States (USA)
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France (FRA)
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 South Africa (RSA)
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| 2001 Akita | United States (USA)
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 Norway (NOR)
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France (FRA)
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| 2005 Duisburg | United States (USA)
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Russia (RUS)
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Italy (ITA)
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| 2009 Kaohsiung | United States (USA)
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Russia (RUS)
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France (FRA)
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Freeflying
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Duisburg | France (FRA)
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Germany (GER)
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United States (USA)
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| 2009 Kaohsiung | France (FRA)
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Norway (NOR)
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 Great Britain (GBR)
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Freestyle
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Duisburg |  Denmark (DEN)
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France (FRA)
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Japan (JPN)
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Paragliding
editMen
editAccuracy Landing
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Matjaz Feraric (SLO)
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Thomas Lednik (CZE)
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 Tanapat Luangiam (THA)
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Women
editAccuracy Landing
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali |  Jolanta Romanenko (LTU)
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Nunnapat Phuchong (THA)
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 Milica Marinkovic (SRB)
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Paramotoring
editMixed
editParamotor Slalom
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | Wojciech Bogda (POL)
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Kittiphob Phrommat (THA)
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Marcin Bernat (POL)
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Gliding
editMixed
editGlider Aerobatics
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | Ference Toth (HUN)
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Luca Bertossio (ITA)
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Eugen Schaal (GER)
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Drone racing
editMixed
editFirst Person View
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Birmingham | Killian Rousseau (FRA)
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Paweł Laszczak (POL)
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Alejandro Zamora (ESP)
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