World Hot Air Ballooning Championships

World Hot Air Ballooning Championships is main ballooning championships in the World. Organized by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Championships

Men's

Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Athletes	No. of Nations
1973	Albuquerque	United States	February 10–17		32	14
1975	Albuquerque	United States	October 2–12		34	15
1977	Castle Howard	Great Britain	September 10–18		51	22
1979	Uppsala	Sweden	January 3–9		33	16
1981	Battle Creek	United States	June 20–28		82	21
1983	Nantes	France	August 28 - September 7		70	20
1985	Battle Creek	United States	July 12–20		98	23
1987	Schielleiten/Stubenberg	Austria	September 5–12		71	24
1989	Saga Prefecture	Japan	November 18–27		102	25
1991	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	Canada	August 10–18		101	26
1993	Larochette	Luxembourg	August 12–22		101	32
1995	Battle Creek	United States	June 30 - July 8		86	32
1997	Saga Prefecture	Japan	November 15–27		112	38
1999	Bad Waltersdorf	Austria	August 28 - September 5		90	35
2002	Châtellerault	France	August 23 - September 1		99	36
2004	Mildura	Australia	June 26 - July 3		87	32
2006	Tochigi	Japan	November 18–25		62	31
2008	Hofkirchen bei Hartberg	Austria	September 13–20		102	33
2010	Debrecen	Hungary	October 2–10		118	31
2012	Battle Creek	United States	August 17–25		99	30
2014	Rio Claro	Brazil	July 17–27		59	21
2016	Saga Prefecture	Japan	October 30 - November 7		105	31
2018	Groβ Siegharts	Austria	August 18 - 26		105	38
2020	Murska Sobota	Slovenia	September 20 - 26

Women's

Year	City	Country	Date	No. of Athletes	No. of Nations
2014	Leszno	Poland	September 8–13	38	16
2016	Birštonas	Lithuania	July 5–10	42	20
2018	Nałęczów	Poland	August 7–11	33	10

All-time medal table

Updated after 2018 Men's and Women's Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	15	10	7	32
2	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	1	6
3	Australia (AUS)	3	0	3	6
4	Germany (GER)	2	4	2	8
5	France (FRA)	1	1	2	4
6	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
	Poland (POL)	1	0	1	2
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	3	5
9	Lithuania (LTU)	0	2	2	4
10	Austria (AUT)	0	2	1	3
11	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
12	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
14	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		26	26	27	79

See also

• World Junior Hot Air Ballooning Championships

References

• Medalists and venues