1993 World Games

{{Short description|Multi-sport event in The Hague, Netherlands}}

{{More citations needed|date=August 2022}}{{Infobox games

| name = World Games IV
IV Wereldspelen

| logo = World Games 1993 logo.png

| size = 200

| Slogan =

| host_city = The Hague, Netherlands

| nations = 44

| athletes = 1,265

| events = 155 (23 sports){{cite web|url=http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/world_Game_about.php|title=The World Games in the past|publisher=worldgames2009.tw|accessdate=9 June 2012|archive-date=4 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904031009/http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/world_Game_about.php|url-status=dead}}

| opening = 22 July 1993

| Countdown =

| closing = 2 August 1993

| opened_by = Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

| athlete_oath =

| judge_oath =

| torch_lighter =

| stadium = Zuiderpark Stadion

| previous = Karlsruhe 1989

| next = Lahti 1997

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The 1993 World Games ({{langx|nl|1993 Wereldspelen}}), the fourth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in The Hague, Netherlands.

Titles

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

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SportTitlesNotes
align=left|Acrobatic gymnastics15
align=left|Beach volleyball2
align=left|Bodybuilding7
align=left|Boules2
align=left|Bowling3
align=left|Casting13
align=left|Field archery6
align=left|Fistball1
align=left|Finswimming14
align=left|Karate12
align=left|Korfball1
align=left|Life saving16
align=left|Netball1
align=left|Powerlifting6
align=left|Racquetball2
align=left|Roller hockey1
align=left|Roller skating, artistic4
align=left|Roller speed skating10
align=left|Sambo9
align=left|Taekwondo12
align=left|Trampoline6
align=left|Triathlon4
align=left|Tug of war2
align=left|Water skiing6
Total155

Medal table

{{Further|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&category=0&country=0 | title= Results of the World Games |publisher=International World Games Association|accessdate=2015-10-26}} 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.

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| gold_GER = 21 | silver_GER = 19 | bronze_GER = 15

| gold_ITA = 14 | silver_ITA = 19 | bronze_ITA = 6

| gold_GBR = 12 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 9

| gold_FRA = 11 | silver_FRA = 10 | bronze_FRA = 15

| gold_USA = 11 | silver_USA = 11 | bronze_USA = 12

| gold_BUL = 10 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 7

| gold_NED = 9 | silver_NED = 5 | bronze_NED = 16 | host_NED = yes

| gold_SWE = 8 | silver_SWE = 10 | bronze_SWE = 10

| gold_RUS = 7 | silver_RUS = 8 | bronze_RUS = 2 | name_RUS = {{flagteam|RUS|1991}}

| gold_CHN = 5 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 2

| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 1 | name_KOR = {{flagteam|KOR|1984}}

| gold_BLR = 4 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 5 | name_BLR = {{flagteam|BLR|1991}}

| gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 1 | name_JPN = {{flagteam|JPN|1947}}

| gold_BEL = 3 | silver_BEL = 5 | bronze_BEL = 4

| gold_NOR = 3 | silver_NOR = 4 | bronze_NOR = 7

| gold_CZE = 3 | silver_CZE = 3 | bronze_CZE = 3

| gold_ESP = 3 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 6

| gold_DEN = 3 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 5

| gold_POL = 3 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_FIN = 2 | silver_FIN = 6 | bronze_FIN = 6

| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 4 | bronze_AUS = 5

| gold_TPE = 2 | silver_TPE = 3 | bronze_TPE = 1

| gold_EST = 2 | silver_EST = 3 | bronze_EST = 0

| gold_MEX = 2 | silver_MEX = 2 | bronze_MEX = 1

| gold_SUI = 2 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 1

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 5 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 2 | bronze_IRL = 0

| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 8

| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 5

| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 1

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 1 | bronze_NZL = 1

| gold_SIN = 1 | silver_SIN = 1 | bronze_SIN = 0

| gold_POR = 1 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 2

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1

| gold_MGL = 1 | silver_MGL = 0 | bronze_MGL = 0

| gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 3 | bronze_LTU = 3 | name_LTU = {{flagteam|LTU|1988}}

| gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 2 | bronze_EGY = 2

| gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 0

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 2

| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 2

| gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 1 | name_RSA = {{flagteam|RSA|1928}}

| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0

| gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 0

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 3

| gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 0 | bronze_JAM = 1

| gold_JOR = 0 | silver_JOR = 0 | bronze_JOR = 1

| gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 0 | bronze_NGR = 1

| gold_PHI = 0 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1 | name_PHI = {{flagteam|PHI|1936}}

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