Sumo at the World Games

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.

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

Medalists

Men

-85 kg (lightweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Chohei Kimura (JPN)  Peer Schmidt-Düwiger (GER)  Lodoijamtsyn Bat-Erdene (MGL)
2005 Duisburg  Vitaliy Tikhenko (UKR)  Igor Kurinnoy (RUS)  Yuya Hanada (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung  Sandor Bardosi (HUN)  Nachyn Mongush (RUS)  Gantugs Rentsendorj (MGL)
2013 Cali  Tatsuma Kawaguchi (JPN)  Batyr Altyev (RUS)  Gantugs Rentsendorj (MGL)
2017 Wrocław  Batyr Altyev (RUS)  Trent Sabo (USA)  Pawel Wojda (POL)
2022 Birmingham  Abdelrahman Elsefy (EGY)  Demid Karachenko (UKR)  Sviatoslav Semykras (UKR)

-115 kg (middleweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Seietsu Hikage (JPN)  Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar (MGL)  David Tsallagov (RUS)
2005 Duisburg  Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)  Seietsu Hikage (JPN)  David Tsallagov (RUS)
2009 Kaohsiung  Ryo Ito (JPN)  Katsuo Yoshida (JPN)  Kostiantyn Iermakov (UKR)
2013 Cali  Oleksandr Gordienko (UKR)  Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)  Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)
2017 Wrocław  Atsamaz Kaziev (RUS)  Misbah Hossam (EGY)  Usukhbayar Ochirkhuu (MGL)
2022 Birmingham  Vazha Daiauri (UKR)  Shion Fujisawa (JPN)  Aron Rozum (POL)

+115 kg (heavyweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Jörg Brümmer (GER)  Jüri Uustalu (EST)  Takahisa Osanai (JPN)
2005 Duisburg  Keisho Shimoda (JPN)  Takayuki Ichihara (JPN)  Robert Paczków (POL)
2009 Kaohsiung  Takashi Himeno (JPN)  Naranbat Gankhuyag (MGL)  Alan Karaev (RUS)
2013 Cali  Alan Karaev (RUS)  Vasiliy Margiev (RUS)  Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)
2017 Wrocław  Vasiliy Margiev (RUS)  Ramy Belai (EGY)  Soichiro Kurokawa (JPN)
2022 Birmingham  Hidetora Hanada (JPN)  Daiki Nakamura (JPN)  Rui Junior (BRA)

Open

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Kenichi Yajima (JPN)  Torsten Scheibler (GER)  Jaroslav Poříz (CZE)
2005 Duisburg  Takayuki Ichihara (JPN)  Keisho Shimoda (JPN)  Seietsu Hikage (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung  Byambajav Ulambayaryn (MGL)  Mutoshi Matsunaga (JPN)  Takashi Himeno (JPN)
2013 Cali  Naranbat Gankhuyag (MGL)  Yevhen Kozliatin (UKR)  Vasiliy Margiev (RUS)
2017 Wrocław  Vasiliy Margiev (RUS)  Batyr Altyev (RUS)  Hayato Miwa (JPN)
2022 Birmingham  Daiki Nakamura (JPN)  Badral Baasandorj (MGL)  Oleksandr Veresiuk (UKR)

Women

-65 kg (lightweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Astrid Lixenfeld (GER)  Satomi Ishigaya (JPN)  Natalia Bobkina (RUS)
2005 Duisburg  Alina Boykova (UKR)  Yekaterina Salakhova (RUS)  Tamami Iwai (JPN)
2009 Kaohsiung  Alina Boykova (UKR)  Selenge Enkhzaya (MGL)  Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS)
2013 Cali  Yukina Iwamoto (JPN)  Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)  Vera Koval (RUS)
2017 Wrocław  Svitlana Trosiuk (UKR)  Luciana Montgomery Higuchi (BRA)  Magdalena Macios (POL)
2022 Birmingham  Yuka Okutomi (JPN)  Miku Yamanaka (JPN)  Magdalena Macios (POL)

-80 kg (middleweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)  Olesya Kovalenko (RUS)  Rie Tsuihiji (JPN)  Sandra Köppen (GER)
2005 Duisburg  Svetlana Panteleyeva (RUS)  Satomi Ishigaya (JPN)  Nicole Hehemann (GER)
2009 Kaohsiung  Epp Mäe (EST)  Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR)  Asano Matsuura (JPN)
2013 Cali  Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR)  Maryna Maksymenko (UKR)  Asano Matsuura (JPN)
2017 Wrocław  Munkhtsetseg Otgon (MGL)  Asano Ota (JPN)  Maryna Maksymenko (UKR)
2022 Birmingham  Sakura Ishii (JPN)  Karyna Kolesnik (UKR)  Monika Skiba (POL)

+80 kg (heavyweight)

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)
None (Middleweight competed as +65 kg)
2005 Duisburg  Sandra Köppen (GER)  Olesya Kovalenko (RUS)  Edyta Witkowska (POL)
2009 Kaohsiung  Anna Zhigalova (RUS)  Olga Davydko (UKR)  Yekaterina Keyb (RUS)
2013 Cali  Anna Zhigalova (RUS)  Olesya Kovalenko (RUS)  Maria Alejandra Cedeno Henriquez (VEN)
2017 Wrocław  Anna Poliakova (RUS)  Olga Davydko (RUS)  Viparat Vituteerasan (THA)
2022 Birmingham  Svitlana Yaromka (UKR)  Ivanna Berezovska (UKR)  Airi Hisano (JPN)

Open

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Akita (Demonstration)
None
2005 Duisburg  Olesya Kovalenko (RUS)  Edyta Witkowska (POL)  Yekaterina Keyb (RUS)
2009 Kaohsiung  Anna Zhigalova (RUS)  Olga Davydko (UKR)  Edyta Witkowska-Popecka (POL)
2013 Cali  Anna Zhigalova (RUS)  Janaina Fernanda Silva (BRA)  Svitlana Yaromka (UKR)
2017 Wrocław  Anna Poliakova (RUS)  Ivanna Berezovska (UKR)  Olga Davydko (RUS)
2022 Birmingham  Ivanna Berezovska (UKR)  Hiyori Kon (JPN)  Svitlana Yaromka (UKR)

References

  1. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Hanamichi: Sumo Dropped from World Games". tachiai.org. July 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Gunning, John (Oct 18, 2023). "Sumo's Olympic dream requires fresh approach". The Japan Times.
  4. ^ Gunning, John (Jul 13, 2022). "World Games chaos highlights amateur sumo's structural flaws". The Japan Times.