1993 World Games

The 1993 World Games (Dutch: 1993 Wereldspelen), the fourth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in The Hague, Netherlands.

World Games IV
IV Wereldspelen

Host city	The Hague, Netherlands
Nations	44
Athletes	1,265
Events	155 (23 sports)[1]
Opening	22 July 1993
Closing	2 August 1993
Opened by	Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Main venue	Zuiderpark Stadion
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Titles

155 titles were awarded in 23 sports (not including invitational sports — aikido, equestrian vaulting, indoor tug of war, baton twirling and barefoot waterski).

Sport	Titles	Notes
Acrobatic gymnastics	15
Beach volleyball	2
Bodybuilding	7
Boules	2
Bowling	3
Casting	13
Field archery	6
Fistball	1
Finswimming	14
Karate	12
Korfball	1
Life saving	16
Netball	1
Powerlifting	6
Racquetball	2
Roller hockey	1
Roller skating, artistic	4
Roller speed skating	10
Sambo	9
Taekwondo	12
Trampoline	6
Triathlon	4
Tug of war	2
Water skiing	6
Total	155

Medal table

Further information: List of 1993 World Games medal winners

The medal tally during the fourth World Games is as follows. Germany finished at the top of the final medal table.^[2] There were two gold medals (and zero silver medals) awarded in five of the acrobatic gymnastics events because of ties for first place. There were two bronze medals awarded in the karate kumite (10) and taekwondo (12) events and one of the acrobatic gymnastics events.

  *   Host nation (Netherlands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	21	19	15	55
2	Italy (ITA)	14	19	6	39
3	Great Britain (GBR)	12	5	9	26
4	United States (USA)	11	11	12	34
5	France (FRA)	11	10	15	36
6	Bulgaria (BUL)	10	1	7	18
7	Netherlands (NED)*	9	5	16	30
8	Sweden (SWE)	8	10	10	28
9	Russia (RUS)	7	8	2	17
10	China (CHN)	5	2	2	9
11	South Korea (KOR)	4	2	1	7
12	Belarus (BLR)	4	1	5	10
13	Japan (JPN)	4	0	1	5
14	Belgium (BEL)	3	5	4	12
15	Norway (NOR)	3	4	7	14
16	Czech Republic (CZE)	3	3	3	9
17	Spain (ESP)	3	2	6	11
18	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	5	8
19	Poland (POL)	3	0	0	3
20	Finland (FIN)	2	6	6	14
21	Australia (AUS)	2	4	5	11
22	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	3	1	6
23	Estonia (EST)	2	3	0	5
24	Mexico (MEX)	2	2	1	5
25	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	1	4
26	Ukraine (UKR)	1	5	1	7
27	Ireland (IRL)	1	2	0	3
28	Canada (CAN)	1	1	8	10
29	Hungary (HUN)	1	1	5	7
30	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	1	3
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
32	Singapore (SIN)	1	1	0	2
33	Portugal (POR)	1	0	2	3
34	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
35	Mongolia (MGL)	1	0	0	1
36	Lithuania (LTU)	0	3	3	6
37	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	2	4
38	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
39	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	2	3
	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
41	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
42	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
44	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
45	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (50 entries)		160	150	178	488