The 1993 World Games were held in The Hague, Netherlands, from July 22 to August 2, 1993. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's free skating | Heath Mederios  United States | Jayson Sutcliffe  Australia | Samo Kokorovec  Italy |
| Women's free skating | Anna Cocco Italy | Dezera Salas United States | Laure Bourguignon  France |
| Pairs |  Italy Patrick Venerucci Maura Ferri |  United States David DeMotte Dezera Salas |  Argentina Flavio Fissolo Gabi Múgica |
| Dance | United States Doug Wait Deanna Monahan | Italy Roberto Stanzani Alessandra Lanzoni | Italy Franco Culcasi Annamaria Culcasi |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 70 kg | Eduard Derzapf  Germany | Kim Jun-ho  South Korea | Anwar El-Amawy  Egypt |
| Men's 80 kg | Azman Abdullah  Singapore | Patrice Linguet France | Ray Williams  Canada |
| Men's 90 kg | Ian Dowe  Great Britain | Gustav Ander  Sweden | Jouni Herranen  Finland |
| Men's +90 kg | Glenn Gravenbeek  Netherlands | Svend Karlsen  Norway | Gene Howell United States |
| Women's 52 kg | Andrulla Blanchette Great Britain | Quah Jee Jong Singapore | Ina Lopulissa Netherlands |
| Women's 57 kg | Martha Sánchez  Mexico | Maria Aicher Germany | Elena Sesana Italy |
| Women's +57 kg | Conny Plösser Germany | Gunilla Söderberg Sweden | Linda Forbin France |
| Event [2] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Tomas Leandersson Sweden | Yvan Augustin France | Paeng Nepomuceno  Philippines |
| Women's singles | Pauline Smith Great Britain | Lisa Kwan  Malaysia | Oh Hyun-mi South Korea |
| Mixed doubles |  Finland Mika Koivuniemi Pauliina Aalto |  Sweden Tomas Leandersson Åsa Larsson |  France Yvan Augustin Isabelle Saldjian |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's recurve | Andrea Parenti Italy | Paul Vermeiren  Belgium | Martinus Grov Norway |
| Men's compound | Morgan Lundin Sweden | Dominique Guyon France | Jean-Paul Laury France |
| Men's barebow | Twan Cleven Netherlands | Roy Mundon Great Britain | Mattias Fallgren Sweden |
| Women's recurve | Monica Angeli Italy | Catherine Pellen France | Lisa Andersson Sweden |
| Women's compound | Catherine Chapelain France | Carmen Ceriotti Italy | Fabiola Palazzini Italy |
| Women's barebow | Patricia Lovell Great Britain | Marie Palm Sweden | Anna Maria Bianchi Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 300 m time trial | Tony Muse United States | Luca Antoniel Italy | Derek Parra United States |
| Men's 500 m sprint | Tony Muse United States | Luca Antoniel Italy | Derek Parra United States |
| Men's 5000 m mass start | Arnaud Gicquel France | Derek Parra United States | Chris Luxton Australia |
| Men's 10000 m points | Derek Parra United States | Arnaud Gicquel France | Chris Luxton Australia |
| Men's 20000 m elimination | Armando Capannolo Italy | Arnaud Gicquel France | John Dyett-Carthew  New Zealand |
| Women's 300 m time trial | Desly Hill Australia | Anne Titze Germany | Heather Laufer United States |
| Women's 500 m sprint | Hilde Goovaerts Belgium | Luana Pilia Italy | María Eva Richardson  Argentina |
| Women's 3000 m mass start | Anne Titze Germany | Desly Hill Australia | Caroline Lagrée France |
| Women's 5000 m points | Caroline Lagrée France | Araceli Larrea  Spain | Heather Laufer United States |
| Women's 10000 m elimination | Anne Titze Germany | Antonella Mauri Italy | Hilde Goovaerts Belgium |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's triples | France Christian Fazzino Jean-Marc Foyot Daniel Monard |  Belgium Alain Van Caeneghem Michel Van Campenhout Charles Weibel |  Denmark Bo Fuglsang Brian Fuglsang Peter Fuglsang |
| Women's doubles | France Aline Dole Ranya Kouadri | Sweden Lotta Brohult Christel Eriksson |  Germany Denise Pektor Stefanie Schwarzbach |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's lightweight | Gerard McNamara  Ireland | Rodney Hypolite Great Britain | Sergey Zhuravlev  Russia | |||
| Men's middleweight | Frank Schramm Germany | Hsieh Yi-ching  Chinese Taipei | Walt Forsey Canada | |||
| Men's heavyweight | Gene Bell United States | Viktor Naleikin  Ukraine | Brian Reynolds Great Britain | |||
| Women's lightweight | Claudine Cognacq  Denmark | Raija Koskinen Finland | Gema Cristóbal Spain | |||
| Women's middleweight | Carrie Boudreau United States | Beate Amdahl Norway | Ingeborg Marx Belgium | |||
| Women's heavyweight | Cathy Millen New Zealand | Tammy Diande United States | Shelby Corson United States | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Michael Bronfeld United States | John Ellis United States | Sherman Greenfeld Canada |
| Women's singles | Michelle Gould United States | Malia Bailey United States | Carol McFetridge Canada |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Portugal | Argentina |  Spain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 52 kg | Namsrain Baatarbold  Mongolia | Abram Agamiryan Russia | Raibek Mendigaliyev  Kazakhstan |
| Men's 57 kg | Kalek Akmaliev Kazakhstan | Sergey Zadorin Russia | Eduardas Rudas  Lithuania |
| Men's 62 kg | Sergey Ignatenko Russia | Andrey Savenkov Kazakhstan | Yakim Rankov  Bulgaria |
| Men's 68 kg | Ivan Netov Bulgaria | Valery Belov Russia | José León Spain |
| Men's 74 kg | Nikolay Igrushkin Russia | Mihails Zakoljapins  Latvia | Algis Mečkovskis Lithuania |
| Men's 82 kg | Khusein Khaibulaev Russia | Petras Mažeika Lithuania | Igor Dudich  Belarus |
| Men's 90 kg | Aleksandr Dunaev Russia | Tsvetomir Petrov Bulgaria | Ron Angus Canada |
| Men's 100 kg | Vladimir Rumiantsev Russia | Ričardas Rocevičius Lithuania | Todor Todorov Bulgaria |
| Men's +100 kg | Vladimir Emelianov Belarus | Murat Khasanov Russia | Algimantas Grybauskas Lithuania |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Fabrice Schwertz France | Sergey Bukhovtsev Ukraine | Martin von Stedingk Sweden |
| Men's synchro | Germany Christian Kemmer Martin Kubicka | Sweden Lars von Stedingk Martin von Stedingk | Denmark Anders Christiansen Mads Ledstrup |
| Men's tumbling | Jon Beck United States | Rayshine Harris United States | Aleksey Kryzhanovsky Russia |
| Women's individual | Sue Challis Great Britain | Andrea Holmes Great Britain | Nathalie Treil France |
| Women's synchro |  Great Britain Sue Challis Andrea Holmes | Germany Sandra Beck Hiltrud Roewe |  Australia Jackie Cully Sallyann Proposch |
| Women's tumbling | Chrystel Robert France | Tatyana Morozova Belarus | Michelle Mara United States |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Jan van der Marel Netherlands | Eimert Venderbosch Netherlands | Johan Boonstra Netherlands |
| Men's team |  Netherlands Johan Boonstra Jan van der Marel Eimert Venderbosch | Belgium Koen Hoeyberghs Koenraad Jurgens Dirk Van Gossum |  Hungary |
| Women's individual | Mieke Suys Belgium | Jacqueline van Vliet Netherlands | Luciënne Groenendijk Netherlands |
| Women's team | Netherlands Luciënne Groenendijk Jacqueline van Vliet | Belgium Chantal Duck Mieke Suys | Hungary |
| Event [4] | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's jump | Oleg Deviatovski Belarus | Patrice Martin France | John Levingston Australia |
| Men's slalom | John Battleday Great Britain | John Levingston Australia | Neil Ritchie Australia |
| Men's tricks | Patrice Martin France | Russell Gay United States | Oleg Deviatovski Belarus |
| Women's jump | Olga Pavlova Belarus | Philippa Roberts Great Britain | Kim DeMacedo Canada |
| Women's slalom | Philippa Roberts Great Britain | Natalia Rumyantseva Russia | April Coble United States |
| Women's tricks | Olga Pavlova Belarus | Natalia Rumyantseva Russia | Julia Gromyko Belarus |
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