| Muaythai at the World Combat Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governing body | IFMA |
| Events | 11 (men: 8; women: 3) |
| Games | |
Muaythai [lower-alpha 1] was featured in the World Combat Games official programme for the first time at the 2010 World Combat Games in Beijing, China. [4] [5] It has been played at all editions since then. The International Federation of Muaythai Associations is governing body for muaythai at the World Combat Games.
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | 11 |  Thailand |
| 2 | 2013 | 11 |  Russia |
The muaythai competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has never changed in the two editions (currently 8 for men and 3 for women), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table. Weights were measured in kilograms.
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | – | –51 kg |
| Bantamweight | –54 kg | –54 kg |
| Featherweight | –57 kg | – |
| Lightweight | – | –60 kg |
| Light welterweight | –63.5 kg | – |
| Welterweight | –67 kg | |
| Light middleweight | –71 kg | |
| Middleweight | –75 kg | |
| Light heavyweight | –81 kg | |
| Heavyweight | –91 kg |
For the World Combat Games, there have been two venues that have been or be used to host muaythai.
| Games | Venue | Other sports hosted at venue for those games | Capacity | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Beijing | Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium | Boxing, Kickboxing | 7,000 | [6] |
| 2013 Saint Petersburg | Yubileyny Sports Complex (Arena 2) | Boxing, Kickboxing, Wushu | 7,000 | [7] |
The numbers below are after the 2013 World Combat Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 |  Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 |  Morocco | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Turkey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 |  Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 |  Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 22 | 22 | 44 | 88 | |
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