Sumo at the World Games

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Sumo was introduced as an official World Games sport at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg. It had previously appeared as an invitational sport at the 2001 World Games in Akita.

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Sumo was removed from the World Games program for 2025 due to issues during competition at the 2022 World Games. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1310831
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)11111032
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)99624
4Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)33410
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1203
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1012
7Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)1001
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1001
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0314
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0189
11Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0101
12Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0011
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)0011
Totals (13 entries)404040120

Medalists

Men

-85 kg (lightweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Japan.svg  Chohei Kimura  (JPN)Flag of Germany.svg  Peer Schmidt-Düwiger  (GER)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Lodoijamtsyn Bat-Erdene  (MGL)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitaliy Tikhenko  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Igor Kurinnoy  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Yuya Hanada  (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Hungary.svg  Sandor Bardosi  (HUN)Flag of Russia.svg  Nachyn Mongush  (RUS)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Gantugs Rentsendorj  (MGL)
2013 Cali Flag of Japan.svg  Tatsuma Kawaguchi  (JPN)Flag of Russia.svg  Batyr Altyev  (RUS)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Gantugs Rentsendorj  (MGL)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Batyr Altyev  (RUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Trent Sabo  (USA)Flag of Poland.svg  Pawel Wojda  (POL)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelrahman Elsefy  (EGY)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Demid Karachenko  (UKR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sviatoslav Semykras  (UKR)

-115 kg (middleweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Japan.svg  Seietsu Hikage  (JPN)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar  (MGL)Flag of Russia.svg  David Tsallagov  (RUS)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Japan.svg  Katsuo Yoshida  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Seietsu Hikage  (JPN)Flag of Russia.svg  David Tsallagov  (RUS)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Japan.svg  Ryo Ito  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Katsuo Yoshida  (JPN)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kostiantyn Iermakov  (UKR)
2013 Cali Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Gordienko  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Atsamaz Kaziev  (RUS)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu  (MGL)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Atsamaz Kaziev  (RUS)Flag of Egypt.svg  Misbah Hossam  (EGY)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu  (MGL)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vazha Daiauri  (UKR)Flag of Japan.svg  Shion Fujisawa  (JPN)Flag of Poland.svg  Aron Rozum  (POL)

+115 kg (heavyweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Germany.svg  Jörg Brümmer  (GER)Flag of Estonia.svg  Jüri Uustalu  (EST)Flag of Japan.svg  Takahisa Osanai  (JPN)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Japan.svg  Keisho Shimoda  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Takayuki Ichihara  (JPN)Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Paczków  (POL)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Himeno  (JPN)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Naranbat Gankhuyag  (MGL)Flag of Russia.svg  Alan Karaev  (RUS)
2013 Cali Flag of Russia.svg  Alan Karaev  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Margiev  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Mutoshi Matsunaga  (JPN)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Margiev  (RUS)Flag of Egypt.svg  Ramy Belai  (EGY)Flag of Japan.svg  Soichiro Kurokawa  (JPN)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Japan.svg  Hidetora Hanada  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Daiki Nakamura  (JPN)Flag of Brazil.svg  Rui Junior  (BRA)

Open

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Japan.svg  Kenichi Yajima  (JPN)Flag of Germany.svg  Torsten Scheibler  (GER)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Poříz  (CZE)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Japan.svg  Takayuki Ichihara  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Keisho Shimoda  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Seietsu Hikage  (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Mongolia.svg  Byambajav Ulambayaryn  (MGL)Flag of Japan.svg  Mutoshi Matsunaga  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Himeno  (JPN)
2013 Cali Flag of Mongolia.svg  Naranbat Gankhuyag  (MGL)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yevhen Kozliatin  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Margiev  (RUS)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Margiev  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Batyr Altyev  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Hayato Miwa  (JPN)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Japan.svg  Daiki Nakamura  (JPN)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Badral Baasandorj  (MGL)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Veresiuk  (UKR)

Women

-65 kg (lightweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Germany.svg  Astrid Lixenfeld  (GER)Flag of Japan.svg  Satomi Ishigaya  (JPN)Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Bobkina  (RUS)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alina Boykova  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Salakhova  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Tamami Iwai  (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Ukraine.svg  Alina Boykova  (UKR)Flag of Mongolia.svg  Selenge Enkhzaya  (MGL)Flag of Russia.svg  Nelli Vorobyeva  (RUS)
2013 Cali Flag of Japan.svg  Yukina Iwamoto  (JPN)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luciana Montgomery Watanabe  (BRA)Flag of Russia.svg  Vera Koval  (RUS)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Trosiuk  (UKR)Flag of Brazil.svg  Luciana Montgomery Higuchi  (BRA)Flag of Poland.svg  Magdalena Macios  (POL)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Japan.svg  Yuka Okutomi  (JPN)Flag of Japan.svg  Miku Yamanaka  (JPN)Flag of Poland.svg  Magdalena Macios  (POL)

-80 kg (middleweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)Flag of Russia.svg  Olesya Kovalenko  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Rie Tsuihiji  (JPN)Flag of Germany.svg  Sandra Köppen  (GER)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Panteleyeva  (RUS)Flag of Japan.svg  Satomi Ishigaya  (JPN)Flag of Germany.svg  Nicole Hehemann  (GER)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Estonia.svg  Epp Mäe  (EST)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Maryna Pryshchepa  (UKR)Flag of Japan.svg  Asano Matsuura  (JPN)
2013 Cali Flag of Ukraine.svg  Maryna Pryshchepa  (UKR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Maryna Maksymenko  (UKR)Flag of Japan.svg  Asano Matsuura  (JPN)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Mongolia.svg  Munkhtsetseg Otgon  (MGL)Flag of Japan.svg  Asano Ota  (JPN)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Maryna Maksymenko  (UKR)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Japan.svg  Sakura Ishii  (JPN)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Karyna Kolesnik  (UKR)Flag of Poland.svg  Monika Skiba  (POL)

+80 kg (heavyweight)

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)
None (Middleweight competed as +65 kg)
2005 Duisburg Flag of Germany.svg  Sandra Köppen  (GER)Flag of Russia.svg  Olesya Kovalenko  (RUS)Flag of Poland.svg  Edyta Witkowska  (POL)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Zhigalova  (RUS)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olga Davydko  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Keyb  (RUS)
2013 Cali Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Zhigalova  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Olesya Kovalenko  (RUS)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Maria Alejandra Cedeno Henriquez  (VEN)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Poliakova  (RUS)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Davydko  (RUS)Flag of Thailand.svg  Viparat Vituteerasan  (THA)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Yaromka  (UKR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivanna Berezovska  (UKR)Flag of Japan.svg  Airi Hisano  (JPN)

Open

GamesGoldSilverBronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)
None
2005 Duisburg Flag of Russia.svg  Olesya Kovalenko  (RUS)Flag of Poland.svg  Edyta Witkowska  (POL)Flag of Russia.svg  Yekaterina Keyb  (RUS)
2009 Kaohsiung Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Zhigalova  (RUS)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olga Davydko  (UKR)Flag of Poland.svg  Edyta Witkowska-Popecka  (POL)
2013 Cali Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Zhigalova  (RUS)Flag of Brazil.svg  Janaina Fernanda Silva  (BRA)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Yaromka  (UKR)
2017 Wrocław Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Poliakova  (RUS)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivanna Berezovska  (UKR)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Davydko  (RUS)
2022 Birmingham Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivanna Berezovska  (UKR)Flag of Japan.svg  Hiyori Kon  (JPN)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Yaromka  (UKR)

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