Dancesport at the World Games

Last updated November 28, 2025

Dancesport has been part of the World Games since the 1997 edition. Among the disciplines are Standard, Latin, Salsa and Rock'n'Roll.

Medalists

Standard

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997 Lahti	Great Britain (GBR) Hazel Newberry Christopher Hawkins	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Bucciarelli William Pino	Germany (GER) Pia David Stefan Ossenkop
2001 Akita	Great Britain (GBR) Kylie Jones Jonathan Crossley	Italy (ITA) Alessia Betti Mirko Gozzoli	Lithuania (LTU) Edita Daniūtė Arūnas Bižokas
2005 Duisburg	Lithuania (LTU) Edita Daniūtė Arūnas Bižokas	Germany (GER) Natascha Karabey Sascha Karabey	Italy (ITA) Silvia Pitton Paolo Bosco
2009 Kaohsiung	Italy (ITA) Silvia Pitton Paolo Bosco	Germany (GER) Claudia Koehler Benedetto Ferruggia	Russia (RUS) Alina Basyuk Marat Gimaev
2013 Cali	Germany (GER) Benedetto Ferruggia Claudia Koehler	Russia (RUS) Sergei Konovaltsev Olga Konovaltseva	Italy (ITA) Rosario Guerra Grazia Benincasa
2017 Wrocław ^[1]	Germany (GER) Benedetto Ferruggia Claudia Koehler	Russia (RUS) Dmitry Zharkov Olga Kulikova	Lithuania (LTU) Evaldas Sodeika Ieva Žukauskaitė
2022 Birmingham ^[2]	Lithuania Ieva Sodeikienė Evaldas Sodeika	Italy Debora Pacini Francesco Galuppo	Lithuania Veronika Golodneva Vaidotas Lacitis

Latin

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997 Lahti	Denmark (DEN) Mie Bach Steen Lund	Slovenia (SLO) Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca	Finland (FIN) Katja Koukkula Jussi Väänänen
2001 Akita	Slovenia (SLO) Katerina Venturini Andrej Skufca	Russia (RUS) Anna Bezikova Dmitriy Timokhin	United States (USA) Maria Manusova Eugene Katsevman
2005 Duisburg	United States (USA) Maria Manusova Eugene Katsevman	Denmark (DEN) Kristina Juel-Stokkebrø Peter Stokkebrø	Italy (ITA) Annalisa di Filippo Stefano di Filippo
2009 Kaohsiung	Russia (RUS) Anna Firstova Alexey Silde	Slovenia (SLO) Jagoda Štrukelj Jurij Batagelj	Italy (ITA) Antonia Goffredo Gabriele Goffredo
2013 Cali	Moldova (MDA) Gabriele Goffredo Anna Matus	Russia (RUS) Timur Imametdinov Ekaterina Nikolaeva	France (FRA) Charles-Guillaume Schmitt Elena Salikhova
2017 Wrocław	Moldova (MDA) Gabriele Goffredo Anna Matus	Russia (RUS) Armen Tsaturyan Svetlana Gudyno	France (FRA) Charles-Guillaume Schmitt Elena Salikhova
2022 Birmingham ^[2]	Moldova Anna Matus Gabriele Pasquale Goffredo	Germany Khrystyna Moshenska Marius-Andrei Balan	France Elena Salikhova Charles-Guillaume Schmitt

Rock 'n' Roll

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	France (FRA) Diane Eonin Christophe Payan	Russia (RUS) Olga Sbitneva Ivan Yudin	France (FRA) Fanny Delebecque Alexis Chardenoux
2009 Kaohsiung	France (FRA) Kathy Richeta Christophe Payan	Russia (RUS) Olga Sbitneva Ivan Yudin	Russia (RUS) Katrin Gazazyan Ivan Klimov
2017 Wrocław	Poland (POL) Jacek Tarczylo Anna Miadzielec	Russia (RUS) Konstantin Chistikov Ksenia Osnovina	Germany (GER) Tobias Bludau Michelle Uhl
2022 Birmingham ^[2]	Germany Michelle Uhl Tobias Bludau	Switzerland Noëmi Kuran-Pellegatta Nicolas Kuran-Pellegatta	Austria Anna Sturm Matthias Feichtinger

Salsa

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Colombia (COL) Yefersson Benjumea Adriana Avila	Czech Republic (CZE) Jakub Mazuch Michaela Gatekova	Italy (ITA) Antonio Berardi Jasmina Berardi
2017 Wrocław	Colombia (COL) Stevens Rebolledo Yinessa Ortega	Colombia (COL) Yefersson Benjumea Adriana Avila	Italy (ITA) Simone Sanfilippo Serena Maso

B-Boys

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022 Birmingham ^[3]	Victor Montalvo (Victor) United States	Jeffrey Louis (Jeffro) United States	Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) Japan

B-Girls

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022 Birmingham ^[3]	Ami Yuasa (Ami) Japan	Sunny Choi (Sunny) United States	Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) Japan

References

↑ "IWGA - 2017 results - Dancesport". Result history of The World Games. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
1 2 3 "The World Games 2022 - Birmingham, USA - Results book – DanceSports (Standard, Latin, Rock 'n' Roll)" (PDF). swog2022.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022.
1 2 "The World Games 2022 - Birmingham, USA - Results book – DanceSports Breaking (B-Boys, B-Girls)" (PDF). swog2022.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022.

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[y384-1] "IWGA - 2017 results - Dancesport". Result history of The World Games. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

[2022_DanceSports-2] 1 2 3 "The World Games 2022 - Birmingham, USA - Results book – DanceSports (Standard, Latin, Rock 'n' Roll)" (PDF). swog2022.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022.

[2022_DanceSports_Breaking-3] 1 2 "The World Games 2022 - Birmingham, USA - Results book – DanceSports Breaking (B-Boys, B-Girls)" (PDF). swog2022.sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022.

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